and then they ate their young

The gossip floodgates are opening about Palin, now. It's like all the McCain aides are saying "Oh HELL no, we're not keeping quiet after she threw us under the bus." My personal favorites so far are:

1. She actually spent far more than 150k on clothes, including close to 40k on clothes for Todd, and even made staffers pay for some of her clothes. Apparently, new bills for clothes are still coming in. Expect the shit to really hit the fan here when the RNC books get audited.

2. She didn't know AFRICA WAS A CONTINENT.

3. She wanted to talk after McCain's concession speech (I *thought* I saw her dive for the mic) but they wouldn't let her.

4. She once greeted McCain staffers who came to her room in only a towel

5. She made the first Ayer's attack before it had been approved as a strategy within the McCain Campaign (and when it was still facing major opposition from high level staffers.)

Check out more at the HuffPo article on Newsweeks special election project, some special behind the scenes tidbits reporters are allowed to pick up after they agree not to publish them until after election day. The first chapter is pretty good.