C'mon in... the water's, er, shallow???

In a recent interview with People magazine, the Republican parties Vice Presidential candidate appeared to out-Palinate herself.

Hard to believe, but true, I'm afraid.

As most of us are aware, Sarah Palin and her husband, potential First Dude, Todd, have five children. Palin claimed that if she and Dude were to have had a sixth child, they already had a name picked out. To refresh memories, here are the names of her brood - to date: Track; Bristol; Willow; Piper; and, Trig. "I always wanted a son named Zamboni."

No, I'm not making this up. These things almost write themselves.

Zamboni.

Naming a kid after an ice resurfacing machine.

Nice. Although this may well corroborate her claim to being a true hockey Mom.

Not only that, in this same interview, Caribou Barbie considers herself intellectual. Remember, this is the same woman who, when pressed by that heavyweight journo, Katie Couric to name a single newspaper or magazine she read, she was unable to.

Now she states she is a "voracious reader"... One can only wonder what she reads these days - other than Reader's Digest versions of briefing papers.

An intellectual. And another hapless child named Zamboni.

Like I said, the potential depth of this gene pool might represent a shallow tide pool - regrettably frozen over in the Alaskan tundra.