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* Sarah Palin and her family were in Springfield over the weekend and visited the Lincoln Museum…
Do not go off on her kids, please. Otherwise, have fun.
Winner gets a free beverage at an Illinois State Fair beer tent. Friday’s winner was OneMan.
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 5:39 am
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1. Per a post on Palin’s Facebook page: “Sarah Palin and family pose with U.S. Grant.”
2. “You know, if there is one thing that Lincoln taught us is that the right to bear arms is so important. If only Paul Revere had alerted John Wilkes Boothe of the fact that people in the theater had the right to carry, Mr. Lincoln would still be alive today!”
Comment by Skeeter Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 6:09 am
“I hear what you’re saying, Sarah. I was kind of a foreign policy buff, too. I could see Virginia from my backyard in Washington. I’d let you find that out for yourself but *chuckle* you know…” - Abe
Comment by Barton Lorimor Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 6:36 am
“I am telling you kids. this guy was famous. He invented those inter-locking little logs we used to build the frontier playhouse out of back at home”
Comment by Quinn T. Sential Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 6:58 am
“The gracious and forgiving nature of President Abraham Lincoln is evident as he and his family pose for a photograph with the family of notorious secessionist Todd Palin.”
– MrJM
Comment by MrJM Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 7:21 am
A woman with views from the past poses with Mrs. Lincoln.
Comment by amalia Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 7:28 am
Honest Abe is reminded of the reason behind his famous quote: “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
Comment by anon sequitor Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 7:42 am
“I wonder if the Republican Party funded her wardrobe?” mused Sarah.
Comment by Aldyth Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 7:44 am
“That #$%^& Katy Couric. I’ll bet she never would have asked him what newspapers he read,” muttered Sarah.
Comment by Aldyth Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 7:45 am
The Lincolns look absolutely mortified about having their picture take with the Palins…
Comment by 618er Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 7:47 am
She tried to stand next to Lincoln for the picture but felt some strange supernatural force pushing her away.
Comment by OneMan Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 8:16 am
SP: “What’s the capital of Alaska?”
AL: “Juneau?”
SP: “No, I’m asking YOU!”
Comment by Dooley Dudright Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 8:26 am
Sarah: Don’t worry, Mr. President, America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Comment by Anonymous Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 8:29 am
A republican who is an easy target for the small minded with a republican who was an easy target for the small minded.
Comment by That Guy Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 8:37 am
Just curious, does posting this pic and caption contest make Cap Fax part of the “lame-stream” media? I can never remember the rules on that.
Comment by Anon Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 8:37 am
Sarah: And did I tell you that I hunt caribou, too, Mr. President?
Lincoln: How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.
Sarah: No, seriously, Mr. President. They call me “Mamma Grizzly”.
Comment by Anonymous Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 8:46 am
Two cute little girls pose with seven dummies.
Comment by Jake Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 8:57 am
Spent enough time in Illinois? You betcha!
Comment by just sayin' Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 9:06 am
Sarah Palin: Well, let’s see. There’s ― of course in the great history of America there have been rulings that there’s never going to be absolute consensus by every American, and there are those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade, where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there.
President Lincoln: Seward’s folly indeed.
Comment by Ahoy Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 9:07 am
Todd: “Honey, this is totally gonna blow my street cred with our secessionist buddies in the Alaskan Independence Party.”
Comment by The End Is Near Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 9:12 am
While visiting Springfield, the A. Lincoln family decided to stop by and have their picture taken with the very life-like figures of the Palin family.
Comment by Kerfuffle Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 9:20 am
The Railsplitter meets someone who split before getting run out on a rail…
Comment by Ron Burgundy Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 9:29 am
Thanks for hiring Bill Seward!
Comment by walter sobchak Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 9:35 am
Other than that, how was the museum, Mrs Lincoln?
Comment by Leroy Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 9:36 am
“Ooooh! Which way to the display where they show him hunting the vampires?!?!?!?”
Comment by Ron Burgundy Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 9:39 am
..not all of the dummies in the Lincoln Library are made of wax.
Comment by HoosierDaddy Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 9:42 am
Lincoln boys: “Man, we have to get our pictures taken with some really strange people!”
Comment by Lulabell Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 9:44 am
Palin: “So tell me Mr. Lincoln, exactly what does emancipation mean?”
Comment by Stones Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 9:52 am
Todd discusses secession with Pres. Lincoln. (I know it was a media lie, he was not part of some secession party).
Comment by Wumpus Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 9:55 am
Mr. Lincoln, we have something in common.
Be both know a tad.
Comment by Michelle Flaherty Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 9:57 am
It’s ok Sarah. In my time I had half the country hating me too!
Comment by WazUP Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 10:00 am
1) Do you know they almost made me PAY to get in here!
2) The Palins practice posing for the Lobby of the Grizzly Mamma Wasilla Mayoral and 1/2 Governor Museum and Library.
Comment by D.P. Gumby Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 10:17 am
The Great Poseur meets the Great Emancipator.
Comment by Former Titan Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 10:39 am
The 16th President and his family alongside the future 45th President and her family.
gotcha.
Comment by Jake From Elwood Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 10:41 am
Please be aware that I am a fan of Palin (though I hope she doesn’t run for President) and Lincoln (who faced unimaginable obstacles) so no offense or ill will meant.
Palin: Mr. Lincoln, any words of wisdom for dealing with detractors? I know you had a huge number back in your day; but now you’re widely respected as one of the best Presidents ever.
Lincoln: Don’t go to theatres.
Comment by Logic not emotion Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 10:43 am
SP: President Lincoln and I have a lot in common. His wife was Mary Todd and I married Todd!
Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 10:43 am
The Palins could only find one family at the museum who would pose for a picture with them.
Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 11:04 am
After the picture was taken, former Gov. Palin spoke at length about Abe Lincolns midnight ride to warn the folks of Salem about the Nazi witches who were coming to take their freedom.
Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 11:06 am
Palin: “I want you to notice Lincoln is to the left of me, I’m more conservative than he was!”
Comment by Wensicia Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 11:32 am
“I can see the Arch from here!”
Comment by Boone Logan Square Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 11:39 am
Palin:I think someone just stole my purse and all my jewelry is gone.We must be in Illinois”
Comment by don Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 11:48 am
Springfield seems to be the last step before the White House, Lincoln did it, Obama did it, and now I can do it.
Comment by 3rd Generation Chicago Native Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 1:20 pm
Next stop….Coney Island!
Comment by zatoichi Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 1:29 pm
Most history majors would tell you that Lincoln would have been a democrat today.
Comment by Son of a Centrist Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 1:29 pm
Sp. ” i am proud to stand here with a founding father but like all democrats he was wrong about the union. AFSCME just sucks.
Comment by Publius Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 2:22 pm
Lincoln- The United States needs her like I need a whole in my head.- Too Soon?
Comment by Come on man! Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 3:17 pm
Thank goodness that our television reality show was not up against the Lincolns.
Comment by Esquire Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 3:23 pm
The Griswold’s visit Springfield …
Comment by LINK Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 3:36 pm
After the conclusion of the tour, Sarah decides that ‘those log cabin republicans aren’t so bad after all’.
Comment by How Ironic Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 3:40 pm
“One of these is not like the others . . .”
Comment by Pat Robertson Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 3:59 pm
Todd was hoping the bearded guy could tell him where Elgin Mental Health Hospital is or at least the Geneva Sanitariom
Comment by railrat Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 4:19 pm
The Lincoln boys keep asking, “Where’s Bristol?”
Comment by Vote Quimby! Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 4:25 pm
“I think there are plenty of similarities between Mr. Lincoln and myself,” remarked Palin. “After all, as Republicans, we both look to Ronald Reagan’s example as a guide!”
Comment by lollinois Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 5:02 pm
A. Lincoln…”Yeah, Mary doesn’t care for tea parties neither do the kids”
Comment by somewhere other than here Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 6:56 pm
SP: “see kids, a picture is worth a thousand words … which reminds me, …”
(I’ll spare you the other nine hundred and eighty eight)
Comment by Retired Non-Union Guy Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 9:56 pm
Nice try Mr. Miller. This photo was taken at the Madam Toussaud’s Wax Museum Annex in Springfield rIght? I didn’t know the Palins were on display there yet.
Comment by Lefty Lefty Monday, Aug 15, 11 @ 10:28 pm
Lincoln: “I should have never hired Seward…”
Comment by Small Town Liberal Tuesday, Aug 16, 11 @ 9:06 am
Why hasn’t Obama ever been here?????
Comment by Greg G. Tuesday, Aug 16, 11 @ 9:19 am
Is it real, or is it Memorwax?
Comment by WazUP Tuesday, Aug 16, 11 @ 9:22 am