Sarah Palin's $30,000 Tanning Bed

When I heard that John McCain spend's over $250,000 on "household help" (maids) in a year, I thought that was outrageous. But now that I know Sarah Palin had a $30,000 tanning bed installed in the Governor's mansion in Alaska, I think that tops it all. Did she spend her own money on it? Sure. But that's beside the point.

Seems Sarah Palin installed a tanning bed in the governor's mansion in 2007.

"She did. She paid for it with her own money," Roger Wetherell, chief communications officer of Alaska's Department of Transportation and Public Facilities told Us Weekly.

"It was done shortly after she took office [in early 2007] and moved into the mansion," Wetherell told the Narco News, who first reported the story.

According to Wetherell, it was paid for with her own money and purchased used from a health club.

Now we know how she gets that wonderful "skin tone." Jokes aside though. She spends way too much trying to convince the world she is just an average "hockey mom." Lemme tell you a secret, middle class moms don't usually have $30,000 tanning beds.

Tanning beds can cost up to $35,000 to install in a home -- not including parts, Alaska-based Color Me Tan manager Erin Weise told the Narco News. Weise added, "I don't think it's normal for people to have a tanning bed in their house. It's expensive."

In a time when every day folk are losing their homes, 700 families a day in California are foreclosing, you'd think things like this would seem to get more attention. But to be fair, she did pay for it with her own money. Cool. But stop trying to compare yourself to ordinary people. You know, the ones who are struggling to pay these gas prices, and don't have that health care plan you do, as a Governor.

Now, I can't really say I'm actually angry about this. It seems almost too funny to be true, but it does make me wonder a few things. Mind if I do aloud?

1. Are there tanning beds in the White house already?
2. If there aren't would Sarah Palin be the first to have tanning beds installed in the White House, should McCain win?
3. How much would the installation cost, or if there are tanning beds already in the White House how much did it cost?
4. Does McCain consider tanning beds to be "pork barrel" spending?

Color me curious.