* Hail Seitan! PETA sent Bristol a baby gift for li’l Tripp: A onesie emblazoned with Give Peas a Chance and bib that says Animals Are My Friends. PETA spokesperson Michelle Cho explains:

Helping children understand that animals are living, feeling beings who deserve to be treated with respect and compassion will help them grow up to be kind, compassionate citizens.

And not shoot wolves from airplanes.

*Traveling in style: McCain and Saxby’s campaigns paid travel costs for Palin’s closest aide, Kris Perry. State Rep. Les Gara, an Anchorage Democrat, says:

The state staff had to travel around the country because of the campaign. And since the cost was caused by the campaign, I think it’s appropriate that the campaign pay for it.

*Palin is failing: A new poll by Pollster shows Gov GILF trailing Murkowski by 24% in the 2010 Republican race for Alaskan senator. Because people don’t like her.

*This is why America needs health care reform:  Li’l Tripp’s other grandmother, Sherry Johnston tells People Magazine that her arrest on six counts relating to the sale of Oxycontin is

not everything that they’re saying.

Gram Johnston explains that botched hysterectomy eight years ago required seven additional operations. Left in severe pain, she was forced to quit her job as a hairdresser, lives on disability, and is seemingly hooked on pain pills.

I have been trying for years to deal with the pain. I have a medical pump inside me.

You know, she’s a lot more likeable than Alaska’s Frost Lady.