queen-of-diamonds.thumbnail.jpgAccording to the New York Times, the increasingly failing Sarah Palin is off in  Sedona, Arizona getting polished, primped and prepped for the debate by McCain campaign Pygmalions, including Randy Scheunemann, McCain’s chief foreign policy aide; Mark Wallace, a deputy campaign manager for Mr. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign; and Nicolle Wallace,  a former Bush communications director. 

In addition to all that briefing and rehearsing Sarah gets, they  need remind the Miss Alaska runner-up about  important beauty pageant tips, though maybe not the nipple plaster thing.

Here's a sampling:

11. DON’T LIE ON YOUR PAPERWORK OR IN THE INTERVIEW. If you get caught in a lie, or one of the judges is an excellent poker player, your bluff will cost you.                                                                                

18. Choose a platform that really means something to you, not just something you think will impress the judges.

19. Know your current events and important issues that are being discussed in the news.                 

27. "On stage question" is not as tough as it might seem. Often times the stage lights are so bright you can’t see the audience anyway so just pretend they aren’t even there.

31. Know your platform inside and out. You never know what you’ll be asked.

32. Be sure you understand just what the responsibilities of the titleholder are. You don’t want to win and discover that you can’t handle the job. 

79. Search Yahoo or any news site for current events relating to your platform. If your platform’s cancer and someone very famous died of cancer last week, you might want to know this. If your platform is AIDS and they’ve discovered a new treatment a couple days ago and if you can include that in the interview, it’ll wow them.

80. The competition is a performance! Put on a good show. You want to entertain as well as impress. 

96. If you make a mistake, try to act like it never happened. The audience may not notice and if the judges notice but see how quickly you can pick up your composure quickly afterwards they might be impressed.