The John McCain for President Campaign today loudly protested the use of "Gotcha Journalism" during a visit by Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) to a pre-kindergarten class in Indianapolis, IN. McCain insiders report that all seemed well after an initial "flash-card sweep" of the educational facility which eradicated references to the anti-Republican word "potato" and the strictly anti-Palin "5+5".
Informally entitled the "Least Common Denominator Tour", the morning saw Palin, McCain operatives and members of the Secret Service entering the school confidently, a fresh copy of "Pooky, the Abstinent Reindeer" handcuffed to the wrist of Senior Security Officer Talin P. Caldwell.
A routine inspection of the predominately 4 year old audience turned up nothing worse than unfounded allegations of one "Billy" having "eaten a booger". For safety's sake Billy, his accuser(s) and all potentially complicit "boogers" were removed to the Indianapolis Correctional Institute for Juveniles.
Mere moments later, as Governor Palin was relaxing into the environment and beginning her "My Half-Brother Looks Like a Rapist" talk, a "guerrilla shock-plant" answering to the name of "Anna Marie" abruptly fired what is being called the "What's your favorite color" question.
With cameras rolling, the Governor was obviously shaken by the questioners disrespect for her boundaries. Forced to quickly deal with both her personal violation and the potential political quagmire of answering such a polarizing question given the "red" and "blue" implications of current partisan politics, the Governor wheeled on her persecutor and boldly declared, "Paisley!"
It was only in the loud, ensuing debate which targeted "paisley as a color" that the McCain camp purportedly realized that they had "been had".
A later press release from the McCain campaign reported that, "Governor Palin is continuing to do a magnificent job of growing into her national role. Not only is she mastering the nuances of the American economy and Foreign Relations, she is also internalizing the understanding that her 'favorite color' may have international repercussions. We congratulate Governor Palin for her restraint in what was obviously an upsetting and partisan ambush during a mission of good will".
UPDATE: Within the last 6 hours it has been determined that "paisley" is in fact a color as defined by "Fractal Paint 8.0" in 1999.
Side Note: Anna Marie's parents have informed this journalist that she is responding well to daily treatments of "Happy Meals" and reassurances that her older sister really is a "turd".
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