The attention that Homer's Kathleen Gustafson's encounter with Sarah has received has brought Palin's Facebook writer out to do a little damage control.

 (Here is Sarah totally NOT rolling her eyes!)

From the word processor of Sarah Palin's Facebook ghostwriter:

While filming the Alaska documentary in Homer, I had a brief discussion with a local lady (She can't even bring herself to acknowledge Kathleen Gustafson's name!) who , in typical Alaska style, decided to give me her two cents worth about my political leanings, American politics in general, and much else besides. It’s what makes our politics so uniquely democratic: two people discussing the things they care about, even though they respectfully disagree about just about everything (you can watch a brief video of the encounter here). (Mad props to RAM for linking to the video.  That is pretty, if you don't mind my saying, ballsy of you because when people actually SEE it they are definitely NOT going to buy your version of this exchange.)

The LSM (Oh God, now we are abbreviating "Lame Stream Media?") has now decided to use this brief encounter for another one of their spin operations. They claim I – wait for it – “appear to roll my eyes” when the lady tells me she’s a teacher. Yes, it’s come to this: the media is now trying to turn my eyebrow movements into story lines. (Maybe that’s why Botox is all the rage – if you can’t move your eyebrows, your “eye rolling” can’t be misinterpreted!) (Holy crap!  Can you believe that RAM mentioned "Botox?" By the way I don't believe that they Botox eyeballs do they?) If they had checked their facts first, they would have known that I come from a family of teachers; my grandparents were teachers, my father was a teacher, my brother is a teacher, my sister works in Special Needs classrooms, my aunt is a school nurse, my mom worked as a school secretary for much of her professional life, we all volunteer in classrooms, etc., etc., etc. (NO, we checked all of that out.  Doesn't change your response though does it?) Given that family history, how likely is it that I would “roll my eyes” at someone telling me that they too work in that honorable profession? (May I?  VERY likely, thanks for asking.) Stay classy, LSM.

One good thing to come out of this little episode, though, is that it helps to remind people once again that Alaska is a great state full of independent-minded people. I look forward to introducing you to some of them in the forthcoming documentary series on life in Alaska! The show will remind you to get outdoors, breathe in God’s creation, and taste the freedom! (Did she just turn this embarrassing encounter which demonstrates what a nasty piece of work she is into a commercial for her crappy reality show?  Is THAT how YOU "stay classy" Ms. Palin?)

- Sarah (Well actually I am really Rebecca Mansour but I SOOO want to be Sarah!) Palin