“It’s vetting gone haywire,” said Gov. Sarah Palin’s beleaguered press secretary, Bill McAllister, as he dealt with a new round of questions about the governor — this time about a tanning bed installed in the governor’s mansion in Juneau.

Governor Sarah Palin had a tanning bed installed in the Governor’s mansion in Juneau, Alaska. A spokesperson says she paid the expense out of her own pocket.

(ABC News Photo Illustration)

In the 2½ weeks since Palin was named to the GOP ticket, McAllister’s phone has been ringing off the hook from national reporters who have descended on the state to look into the background of the governor.

Monday, US Weekly and a blog, NarcoNews, reported that “the former beauty queen’s penchant for a bronzed body” led to the installation of a “private tanning bed” shortly after she took office.

“She paid for it herself,” said McAllister from his Anchorage office. He told ABC News he had “no idea” why she had installed the machine but confirmed it was installed in the mansion.

What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?

A tanning bed!

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.

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.”

Palin’s running mate, John McCain, battled skin cancer in 1993 and 2000 and has admitted to being a regular wearer of SPF 30, long sleeves and a hat in the sun. Bet he won’t be in favor of her installing one of these babies.

The irony here is that Palin declared May 2007 to be Skin Cancer Awareness Month in Alaska. In the press release, it read, “Skin cancer is caused, overwhelmingly, by over-exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun and from tanning beds.”

What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?

A tanning bed!

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.

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.”

Palin’s running mate, John McCain, battled skin cancer in 1993 and 2000 and has admitted to being a regular wearer of SPF 30, long sleeves and a hat in the sun. Bet he won’t be in favor of her installing one of these babies.

The irony here is that Palin declared May 2007 to be Skin Cancer Awareness Month in Alaska. In the press release, it read, “Skin cancer is caused, overwhelmingly, by over-exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun and from tanning beds.”

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