Sep 16th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
ITA on Palin
Indoor Tanning Association leaps to the defense of Sarah Palin:
While partisan bloggers and the sun scare industry will use this as an opportunity to undermine Gov. Palin and demonize the indoor tanning industry, the fact is that Governor Palin’s decision to get UV light from a tanning bed positively impacts her health.
Maybe the Center for American Progress Action Fund development team should try to figure out what the “sun scare industry” is so we can see if they want to subsidize some bloggers.
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September 16th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
You guys just lost the indoor tanning vote. Maureen Dowd said Palin represents “guns, babies and Bibles” — you’re losing those votes, too.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Wasn’t “SunScare” one of the evil Transformers?
No, wait, that was “StarScream.” Never mind.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
“Indoor Tanning Association” sounds like the name of an 80s band.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
You missed the best part – the kudos!
Dermatologists, bloggers and the sun scare industry. Oh my!
September 16th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
I had no idea I had such conscientious individuals out there protecting a right I had no idea I had.
If I understand their information correctly, the ITA’s Board President, Dan Humiston, is running as the Republican candidate for Congress in Western NY:
Thank God we may have such men to protect Our Tanning Freedoms in Washington.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Uh-oh, Palin may have lost the dermatologists vote.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Maureen Dowd said Palin represents “guns, babies and Bibles” — you’re losing those votes, too.
Wow, you mean all three of them who may have voted Dem aren’t going to now? What a shock.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
“Kudos to Governor Palin for standing up to dermatologists and other members of the sun scare industry who are trying to frighten Americans away from UV light.”
Those damn dermatologists, what with their constant focus on skin health. They are nothing but cancer-haters. What did a little skin cancer ever do to anyone?
September 16th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Palin’s love of skin lesions is what endeared her to McCain.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
This is a joke, right?
Do they really think people are out to demonize the indoor tanning industry? Sixty seconds ago I didn’t even realize there was an indoor tanning “industry.”
September 16th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Three words:
Mel An Oma
McCain/Palin: The Melanoma Ticket!
September 16th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Wow, do a search on the “sun scare industry”… it’s, uhm, “enlightening”.
Who knew the what powers the sunscreen lobby had? They’ve practically invented skin cancer to sell their nefarious wares! Quick everyone, we must spread the word before they marshal their forces to sil
September 16th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Join McCain – skin cancer.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
The Goth plot to subvert our nation’s tan youth must be resisted.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Learn more about the sun scare industry here
http://www.sunlightscam.com/sunscare.html
September 16th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
I smell fear … And methinks the smell is coming from all you left-wing whackos defecating in your shorts. PRICELESS
September 16th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Wait — if the Dermatology lobby was “on the take” as the “Sunlight Scam” website alleges, wouldn’t they be advocating that you spend more time in the Sun ?
September 16th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
El Cid has cracked the code — this is a battle to the death between the Goths and the indoor tanning industry. Sort of like the Iraq-Iran War of the 1980s, it’s hard to decide who to root for.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
How retro can you get – even Zonker renounced his quest for the perfect tan.
Now if she’d rewired the place to put in some 400w HID lights to combat SAD – not to grow anything, mind you – she might pick up some votes.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Who knew tanning and cancer were partisan issues!
September 16th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
For fuck’s sake! Can we please leave the tanning bed alone. We’ve got an awesome narrative developing around McCain/Palin as liars; lets not distract from that.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
In other news, high fructose corn syrup is good for you.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
You’ll have to pry my tanning bed from my warm, somewhat leathery hand!
September 16th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I would guess sun scare is just a defamatory way of referring to the sun screen industry, no?
September 16th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I’m not anti-dermatologist, I’m pro-UV.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Wow. The Pit Bullshit is coming fast and furious now.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Matt Yglesias: In the pocket of Big SPF.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Nice to see they are standing up to Big Sunblock.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Njorl at #23 wins the thread.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Meanwhile, the vicious undercurrent of the message is: Barack Obama doesn’t need a tanning bed, if you take my meaning.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
“Especially in dreary northern locations like Alaska…”
At least the Sun Scare Industry says nice things about Alaska. I think the ITA just lost the Alaska vote…
September 16th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
El Cid has cracked the code — this is a battle to the death between the Goths and the indoor tanning industry. Sort of like the Iraq-Iran War of the 1980s, it’s hard to decide who to root for.
Except, of course, that Rumsfeld sold all those tanning beds to Saddam in 1984, and the corporate media have flushed that episode down the memory hole.
And for the record, I have always been scared of the sun. It’s really big and very very hot.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
This line has been pushed by the indoor tanning industry for some time now. It usually rears its head around the start of summer, when newspaper articles and public service announcements caution people against excessive UV radiation exposure. But the Indoor Tanning Association (!) is about as transparent as 1950s tobacco manufacturers who advertised the health benefits of cigarettes.
If vitamin D deficiency is an issue, a daily supplement — not tanning beds — is the simplest and safest solution. It’s also a whole lot cheaper than a tanning bed.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
How long until Palin says she may not know much about the Shiites but she has experience with the Sunnis from the tanning bed in her Governor’s mansion?
September 16th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Too bad inanimate objects and minors can’t vote.
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September 16th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Who knew there was an Indoor Tanning Association? They sound like the cigarette industry flaks in the 1950’s peddling smoking’s positive medicinal effects. The only sun scare industry I know of is my dermatologist.
As John McCain (and thousands of families) well know, malanoma kills. It killed my brother at 44. Get your moles checked people.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Pimple popper!
September 16th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
yglesias has no credibility on these issues, he’s nothing but a SPF30 scumbag!
September 16th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
The Gelatin Manufacturers Institute of America would also like to remind you of the importance of our product, gelatin, and that we are standing up for all Americans’ right to use and enjoy gelatin.
Big anti-Protein doesn’t want you to enjoy gelatin and gelatin-based products. Protect your Freedom.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
When I saw this on TPM I thought it was a joke…so I came over here to find out it isn’t. Hilarious.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Michael Berube, that explains why Saddam always had such a nice tan. I’ve wondered about that for years.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
don’t forget, the sun is what makes the corn grow so big!
September 16th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
The Indoor Tanning Association performs a vital service in protecting our Constitutional rights, notably the Second Amendment Right to Brown Arms.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Hey, she IS one of the original Mavericks!
September 16th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
But… But… John McCain didn’t see the sun for 5.5 years. There will be tanning beds in every room of the White House!
September 16th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Earth to the ITA: We’re laughing at Palin not because she uses a tanning bed or likes getting tan, but because she’s passed herself off as a happily unsophisticated rugged Alaskan hockey mom who happens to be governor and yet she owns a fucking tanning bed that costs more than what many people make in a year. Most hockey moms do not own tanning beds, and I daresay most would be howling with derision if Palin were a Democrat. (Remember how hilarious it was that John Kerry enjoyed windsurfing?) It could’ve been any expensive luxury item and we’d still be making the same point about what a phony pile of dung this woman is.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
My first thought upon reading “Indoor Tanning Association” was it must be a funny way of saying “John Boehner”.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
I’m a member of the “sun scare industry” and so is John McCain. We are Melanoma survivors. Every dermatologist I have ever had always asks if I have ever used a tanning bed. A question akin to “do you smoke”. I didn’t realize dermatologists are now “bloggers”. They say this no matter who is running for President or Vice President.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
“Kudos to Governor Palin for standing up to dermatologists and other members of the sun scare industry who are trying to frighten Americans away from UV light.”
Yeah, ’cause like dermatologists wouldn’t really have any idea about the effect of ultraviolet light exposure, now would they?
Too funny. And, really rather sad. A metaphor for what it all seems to come down to: long term suffering at the hand of those most interested in short term profits. Who knew that these morons had a trade industry representative, and that he would so poorly choose to phrase the defense of his industry’s products. Maybe he quietly aspires to be an adviser to the campaign, or—better yet—a lobbyist to the next administration.
Okay. Good luck with that, anonymous media contact for the Indoor Tanning Association.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
For what it’s worth, I remember an Alaskan friend of mine in college (late 80’s) talk about getting government sponsored vitamin-D shots in the winter to ward off depression (and scurvy?).
September 16th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Oh. I see now that he hopes to become a Republican congressman from western New York.
Well, now – that’s settled. Maybe a tanning bed in each of our 438 representatives offices. With free tans to visiting constituents.
Hmm… I think this guys been standing outside in the hot sun for far too long.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
If Palin is dumb enough to use an indoor tanning bed – knowing what we know about skin cancer, she sure ain’t smart enough to be VP.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
A number of pics of First Gentleman Todd Palin seem to indicate he’s racked up some serious hours on the tanning bed. That orange glow doesn’t come from time on his fishing boat. Tanning beds are kinda girly, in a not precisely rugged he-man Alaska way, dontcha think?
September 16th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Doesn’t lipstick block the UV light? I’m sure she’s struggling with that conundrum….
September 16th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
While we’re still discussing this bitch from Alaska and her indoor tanning bed:
Pakistan orders troops to fire on US cross-border raids
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/16/pakistan.afghanistan
Money Quotes:
September 16th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Karen, Todd Palin is a rough-neck, a commercial fisherman, and a four-time champion of the Iron Dog, a 2,000 mile snowmobile race across the mountains of Alaska. They go for six days at 80 mph or so. Palin hit a buried barrel last year, got thrown 40 ft. through the air, but still finished the race. Other than that, I suppose he might be a bit “girly” compared to Rambo.
September 16th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Disappointing to see that so many people have fallen for the propaganda put out by Big Shade.
September 16th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
I think E. O’Neal’s got a crush!
September 16th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Big Shade wants to keep us in the dark.
September 16th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Well that will clash with melanoma survivor McCain, won’t it?
September 16th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
El Cid, my crush is on Sarah. I’m trying to figure out how to get rid of Todd.
September 16th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
I hope they don’t find out I buried that barrel.
September 16th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Debate #1 (If McCain was a Democrat)
Moderator: Senator McCain – You nearly lost your life due to Melanoma – The damage to your skin from cancer was greater than the damage your joints sustained due to enhanced interogation by the N. Vietnames. So why did you chose a SunLamp user for your VP? Do you hate skin?
McCain: Heliophobes loath Palin for her spirited Northern tan
September 16th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Comment, you can’t blame the McCain-Palin ticket for trying to close the melanin gap.
September 16th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
E O’Neal – are you suggesting that Palin’s sunlamp is her form of using blackface make up?
Are you suggesting that Palin is performing a minstral show by using her cancerous tanning bed?
September 16th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Paging Zonker Harris … I think Doonesbury took on the Sun Scare Industry during the Reagan administration. Zonker’s campaign didn’t go very far (he was outmatched by a lily-white James Watt – killed the Beach Boys on the Mall, boo-hoo), but I bet he’d come out of retirement to back Palin’s right to brown arms.
Course, Zonker didn’t suffer no indoor tans, so this could be the start of a new culture war …
September 16th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Rampant heliophobes dragging us into the muck (literally, to escape the sun) are destroying our politics.
September 16th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Comment, no, but that will probably be Matt’s next post. He’s releasing these fat turkeys faster than I can shoot them down.
September 16th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I’ve encountered these sun-scare industry flacks many times. They’re all in the pocket of Big Shade.
September 16th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
What I think the Sun lobby is forgetting about is the growing demographic of the Shadow People.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_people
September 16th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
That’s it! It’s all part of Palin’s plan to take over the Presidency and rule the world.
Get old man McHerbertHoover inside one of her tanning beds and…BAM!!…skin cancer recurrence!! That would make it his fifth, not good.
Hello, President Palin!
September 16th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
As long as we’re fighting dermatologists, let’s also attack the oncologists and destroy the myth of the cigarette-cancer link cooked up by the lung-scare industry!
September 16th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Maybe the Center for American Progress Action Fund development team should try to figure out what the “sun scare industry” is so we can see if they want to subsidize some bloggers.
You mean you’re not already on the payroll of big sunscreen? You sure could have fooled me.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:13 am
The whole press release from these bozos included a chilling reference to a secret cabal of dermatologists intent on robbing God-fearing Americans of the the healthful benefits of UV rays. I knew I didn’t like those guys. Probably “sun socialists” or something who want more ray-gulation.
Really, who better to support the position of tanning bed manufacturers than a self-absorbed “hockey mom” and a guy who’s had skin cancer four times? At least we know Palin’s no pussy. Melanoma? Bring it on.
September 17th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Alaska is one of the most sun deprived areas of the world.
In case you losers hadn’t figured this out, the sun is how humans make vitamin D. Google it and you’ll find that optimal vitamin D levels can REDUCE CANCER by 60%!
While you idiots show concern for skin cancer which kills 1,000 people a year, smarter people are find ways to avoid other cancers (like breast, prostate, ovarian etc) which kill 1,000 people A DAY!
From October to April it is impossible to produce natural vitamin D from the sun in Alaska (and in most areas north of Chicago). Owning or using a tanning bed is essential in these climates to reduce/avoid cancer (in addition to heart disease and autoimmune disease).
Kudos to Palin for her wise choice to stay tanned and healthy.
December 12th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
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