Sister Sarah wants this year's Republican candidates to focus on.....wait for it....abortion. UPDATED!

As we all know the abortion issue is Palin's bread and butter.  Without the religious right anointing her Queen of the pro-lifers Sarah would probably have ended up selling bumpits and bejeweled glasses on Wasilla's local version of the QVC.

So since Palin is STILL riding this ragged pony for as many miles as she can get out of it before it dies between her legs (No pun intended), that is why I keep mentioning Bristol's rather bizarre weight gain on DWTS.  Because if you want to stop Sarah Palin from holding onto influence, or getting even more, you find the most glaring examples of hypocrisy and reveal them to the public.  And believe me there is a lot more to what is going on with number one daughter than meets the eye.

(UPDATE: I cannot believe I almost forgot this little tidbit.  I bumped into an entertainment journalist yesterday who told me that the participants on DWTS had to sign, as part of their contracts, an agreement NOT to talk about Bristol.  He said they can discuss anybody else, but are not allowed to talk to the press about Palin.  Now ask yourself, all of you doubters, why would that arrangement be important to Sarah and Bristol?)

And speaking of number one daughters and the power of the Sarah Palin mythos, have you all read about Meghan McCain's frustration at the Grizzled Mama's ability to dominate even HER book tour?

Everyone knows there is a media obsession with Sarah Palin, but I don’t know if everyone has quite realized that the obsession has become a fetishization. The further I got into my book tour last month, the more paranoia set in as I started questioning the idea that the only thing that made me interesting to some people was my association with Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin, not my father John McCain. And for that fact, it seems that the only thing that gets any kind of major media attention when it comes to women in politics is either Sarah Palin or her numerous impersonators. These are the people that are creating and dominating the political narrative for women in this country. In the Nashville airport in the midst of my book tour, I picked up the recent “Mama Grizzlies” cover of Newsweek which asks this very question. Why are only women like Sarah Palin getting nominated for elected office and receiving all of the media attention? This is the question that has been plaguing me since the release of my book.

Perhaps it will soothe McCain's chafed feelings if she reads this article by Politicususa, which points out the results of a recent Pew Research Poll and suggests that smart Democrats might be well served to use the polarization of Palin to help them "Palinize" their opponents.

Who or what could possibly be a bigger killer of candidates than supporting the Wall Street bailout? The answer is Sarah Palin, as 42% of those surveyed were less likely to vote for a candidate endorsed by Palin. Only 15% were more likely to support a Palin endorsed candidate, and for 37% Palin’s endorsement made no difference either way. To put this into context Palin was a bigger negative for candidates than having the support of Barack Obama (33%) or the Tea Party (32%). An endorsement from Palin definitely helps a candidate in the GOP primary, but is a huge liability in the general election.

This is more evidence that Democrats around the country need to be campaigning against Palin, not the candidate that she has endorsed. In districts and states where Palin has weighed in, the race needs to Palinized. The election should be about what it means to put a slate of candidates who share Sarah Palin’s beliefs in office. If Democrats take advantage of this, she will continue to be the gift that keeps on giving, but her biggest present will come in 2012 if the GOP is foolish enough to nominate her.

Not only will Palin be trounced by Obama, but whatever seats the GOP gains in 2010, they will lose in 2012 under Palin’s leadership. The GOP is the Exxon Valdez, and Palin is piloting the ship right into an epic disaster.

If I might just borrow a patented phrase from the Grizzled Mama herself, "DO YOU LOVE YOUR FREEDOM?"  Then just imagine the sweet smell of freedom from having to deal with Palin endorsed candidates or hearing about her dysfunctional family anymore?  Because that is the kind of freedom that I, and many others, are working toward.