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Another hour, another Palin scandal.  Seems Sarah Palin is just like Bush, she can't run a business either.

A review of Palin's gubernatorial disclosure filings indicates that she failed to report her stake in the company on the form that requires candidates for governor to disclose any interest in a nonpublicly traded company.

The car wash venture was not entirely smooth sailing. State records show the business ran into trouble with Alaska's division of corporations business and professional licensing after Palin became governor of the state in 2006.

A Feb. 11, 2007 letter to the governor's business partner advises that the car wash had "not filed its biennial report and/or paid its biennial fees," which were more than a year overdue.

On April 3, 2007, the state went further and issued a "certificate of involuntary dissolution" because of the car wash's failure to file its report and pay state licensing fees.

Palin's gubernatorial disclosure filings also reveal her involvement in another failed startup -- a marketing business which was to go by the name Rouge Cou, which evidently is a literal French translation of "red neck." On the 2005 form, Palin describes the firm as one for which she secured a license but did not conduct any business.

So let's see.  She failed to report that she was part owner of the car wash business, breaking the rules, again. Then the business folded because her and her partner broke more rules. Hmmm, sounds like a leader to me.

But wait, there's more! Notice the last little bit of the quote. She registered another business, a marketing firm that she was going to call literally the french name for redneck. God this is great, you can't make this stuff up.  If there are any Alaskans out there can someone tell me if it is common for everyone from there to call themselves rednecks? Or is it just Sarah and the guy who knocked up her daughter that like to call themselves that?

Part of me so wants her to stay on the ticket, but another part of me is afraid that this fruitcake may actually make it to the Whitehouse and be a heartbeat away from the shiny red button...now that's scary.