"Hu's the Communist" Open Thread

It's not officially over yet but nobody cares about Barney Frank, so it might as well be over. Governor Palin has completed her speech for the evening. We'll update when news of what she allegedly said becomes available.

The last thread got big, so use this as the new open thread.

If you are planning on going to either the Iowa or South Dakota book signings tomorrow, drop a comment or tip.

It looks like Tim Tebow did an Adam Morrison.

Update by Mel: Lynn Sweet has a report on Gov. Palin's speech here. A few of the Guv's jokes, according to Sweet:

"You betcha. Who talks that way?"

On deciding to speak to the Gridiron Club "Sometimes you just got to trust your instincts. And when you don't, you end up in places like this."

"At least now I can put a face to the newspapers I do read."

"It's good to be here though, really, in front of this audience of leading journalists and intellectuals, or as I like to call it, a death panel."

On being on the same program as Frank "And I'm the controversial one?"

Politico has a report with a few of Palin's jokes [Note: Politico seems to be having some trouble with malware, so the link to their story has been removed for now. We'll add it back when they get things straightened out.]:

Addressing the crowd of journalists, the former Alaska governor poked fun at the penchant of political reporters to leaf through campaign book indexes to find their names, noting that she decided to skip the index on her book.

So, at the dinner, she created one: "A: Alaska, media not understanding it, page 1-432.

"B: Biased, Page 1-432."

“The view is so much better inside the bus than under the bus," she said, neatly putting together a reference to her book tour and a crack at the former ticket mate, And if she ever need a bald campaign manager, "I'm left with James Carville," a reference to President Clinton’s 1992 campaign manager and a dig at Steve Schmidt, McCain's manager in 2008.

As for the president, Palin joked that she was looking at a magazine cover of Obama and Chinese president Hu Jinato (sic) during an airplane flight. A nearby passenger stated, "Hu's the Communist," she related.

And, Palin said, "I thought he was asking a question."

The Wall Street Journal reports another joke:

She also got in a dig at her vice presidential campaign rival, Joe Biden, saying that if she had won he would be the one on book tour. Taking off from the title of her book (”Going Rogue”), she said Mr. Biden’s book likely would have been entitled “Going Rogaine,” a reference to the vice president’s hair-challenged profile.

And a couple of more jokes via the AP:

Sarah Palin poked fun at herself in a speech to journalists Saturday night, drawing laughter when she announced she "came down from my hotel room and I could see the Russian embassy."

The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate also joked that she had originally thought of titling her book "How To Look Like a Million Bucks For Only $150,000" before settling on "Going Rogue."

Update by Hal: After a great 4th quarter to take the lead 12-10, Nebraska blows it on a kickoff out of bounds and horse collar penalty which allowed t.u. to kick a game winning field goal to win 13-12. t.u. will now likely (and unfortunately for me) go to the national championship game against Alabama.

Update by TR: I changed the title of the post. I laughed almost as hard at this one as I did at her smackdown of Chris Daggett last month.

Update II by Mel: Greta Van Susteren has posted what she says is the full text of Gov. Palin's Gridiron Dinner speech here.