Washington, November 22 : Just after she officially pardoned a turkey for Thanksgiving at a farm in Wasilla, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin conducted a TV interview with another bird being slaughtered in the background.

A Triple D Farms worker was seen feeding a turkey into a grinder, while Palin was taking about returning to work in Alaska.

According to Fox News, the farm worker even turned around several times to watch Palin’s on-going interview with a KTUU-TV reporter.

Washington, Nov. 21 : Utah’s Republican Governor Jon Huntsman has said that his party can only survive in America’s topsy-turvy political cauldron if it focuses on issues related to the environment.

“If we’re going to survive as a party, we need to focus on the environment. There’s a fundamental tone deafness with our party when it comes to the environment. ... The last place we can be as a party is be viewed as the anti-science party. That’s not a model for the future,” Huntsman said.

Melbourne, Nov 17 : Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is emerging as an unlikely saviour of the US publishing industry, for literary agents are considering signing her for book deals.

It is reckoned that Palin may make 10.8 million dollars by revealing about the recent election campaign.

While many journalists and politicians are also expected to write books on this year’s presidential election, Palin''s personal account of her tumultuous introduction to national politics is widely regarded as the tale most likely to repay a multi-million-dollar advance.

Miami (Florida), Nov. 14 : Alaska Governor and Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has said that the United States is in safe hands under Barack Obama, provided he "governs with the skill and the grace and the greatness of which he is capable".

Miami, Nov 14 : Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has said that carefree spending cost the Republicans the polls, but the party has been loyal to core issues that will win back voters.

The Washington Times quoted Palin as saying that the Republicans remain strong on national defense, social issues and free markets.

Washington, Nov. 14 : In normal circumstances, reporters find it quite simple to judge a politician’s popularity.

They look at the percentage of people who tell pollsters they have a “favorable” impression; they look at whether that number is rising or falling over time; and they look at whether the “favorable” number exceeds the “unfavorable” number.

But, in the case of Republican vice-presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the American media copped it big time.