ON KO: NRO says that Sarah Palin's tanning bed is for treating depression.

[muntrv]

What a bunch of tools!

[NJmaverick]

1. Pale skin depresses her?

:shrug:

[madaboutharry]

2. I missed the show, Who

is NRO?

[muntrv]

5. National Review Online.

[LisaM]

3. I've never been to Alaska

but maybe this is a common thing there - people need artificial daylight so they don't get seasonal affective disorder.

I'm not necessarily sticking up for her on this - I just wonder if this is more common in Alaska than other places.

[lapfog_1]

30. SAD - seasonal affective disorder.

And, yes, artificial sunlight helps a lot, especially in a place that has extremes in terms of hours of light and hours of dark. However, a tanning bed would not be the treatment of choice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder

[VeggieTart]

34. Maybe it works for her

But yes, it is far more likely to cause cancer than sunlight.

I think KO was going a little far on his show. He should have said he doesn't believe for a second it's for SAD.

Unless you live in a fairly southern state, you're going to be short on daylight in the winter and be more than a little moody.

[angstlessk]

hell, inexperienced and with a mental illness

sounds like she will make a great president when mcsame kicks the ole bucket!!!

nothing bad about mental illness, unless you are president of the united states of america! (see boosh)

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

36. inexperienced - mentally ill - believes in armageddon and end times - great!

Seriously, though, I do think there is a touch of madness in Palin's unblinking eyes. I think she should be submitted to psychological testing before we let her go any farther in this campaign or closer to the red button.

[NightWatcher]

4. I'm all for trashing her, but many Alaskans suffer from SAD (Seasonal affective disorder)

due to the lack of sunlight. It does have a link to Vitamin D defecientcy.

She's a PIG, but maybe not for this one...... OK, she should have paid for it out of pocket or with medical insurance.

[angstlessk]

10. they sell an array of lights for SAD..not tanning beds..in tanning beds

you have your eyes shut and covered..not much daylight there!!!

[yardwork]

15. That's my impression of the treatment for SAD, too. The point is to get light into the eyes.

In any case, is it wise for the Republicans to suggest that their VP suffers from depression? Remember Eagleton?

Disclaimer: I suffer from depression, too, but not Seasonal Affective Disorder. However, I did look into it, which is how I know that tanning beds were not the treatment of choice.

[NightWatcher]

16. serious, I thought it absorbed through the skin?

eh, either way, she's got a few bucks to buy her own stuff. I wonder if McSame has taught her about the consequences of too much uv sunlight

[lapfog_1]

32. Actually both.

Sunlight absorbed through the skin helps to create vitamins and enzymes, however, light in the eyes triggers the release of certain brain chemicals.

I believe the treatment for depression requires that the light be seen.

[musette_sf]

22. exactly

i just ordered one for my office. the SAD lamp, not a tanning bed :-)

[eShirl]

33. have you tried both?

[firedupdem]

6. I knew that one was coming. All the meth labs are for depression too. n/t

[annabanana]

7. Is she clinically depressed? . . She has SAD?

Are we SURE she's the best choice to be a heartbeat away from the Oval Office?

[ingac70]

8. They shoulda said psoriasis. n/t

[Tallison]

42. My aunt got melanoma from treating psoriasis with a tanning bed

ETA: Seriously, it's shocking what remains on the market while consumers riot about bisphenol A in their water bottles...

[ingac70]

45. So sad...

Is she still living?

There is a drug out now that gets rid of psoriasis fast...

http://www.taclonex.com/

expensive, but really works.

[Tallison]

46. Yes! Four years in remission

But I'm an RN, and I'll never forget my first cancer patient at UVa Hospital. She was 26 with first-time melanoma and died fast.

[Jade Fox]

9. Those lights look like this......

[C_U_L8R]

11. Just great. One has PTSD and the other's chronically depressed

and between the two of them they can't come up with a single program that will actually benefit the people of this country.
This is like a bad drama on a second string cable network.

[tblue]

14. What C_U_L8R said.

[moriah]

12. I thought the solution for SAD was a light box, not a tanning bed. n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. Was it prescribed by a psychiatrist? Has Palin had therapy? We need to see her medical records.

Hey, she opened the door on the issue.

[yardwork]

20. That was a very stupid response by the campaign, I agree.

It raises a lot more questions than it answers, and anyway I think it's another lie, unless tanning beds have recently become a treatment for SAD.

[geckosfeet]

17. OK - so I want to know if her state funded health insurance bought it for her?

[Glimmer of Hope]

18. Those things should be outlawed. She is going to ruin her skin and look like a dried up prune.

[TheCowsCameHome]

25. Well, that would be a match, considering who her running mate is.

[blogslut]

19. I hadn't heard of that

I realize that white light is used to treat SAD but I wasn't aware that UV-ray beds were part of this therapy.

I think this explanation is more bovine fecal matter.

[NightWatcher]

21. has McSame warned her about too much uv light (skin cancer)?

[LisaM]

28. I know - that's more than a little ironic

I had the same thought.

[Mind_your_head]

23. You can never be too tan or too thin......Obama is beautifully BOTH!

Naturally! :-)

[FreeState]

24. THem release her medical records and prove it with a doctors order for it n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

26. Bet her regular bed has lots of depressions, too.

[Sanity Claws]

27. Bullshit

I lived in Seattle for over 20 years and am very aware of how to treat SAD. You use light boxes for 20-30 minutes in the morning. You can read the paper or exercise in front of it. You don't use in them in the evening because it will keep you awake at night. You do not use a tanning bed.

[malaise]

29. That's great news

One geriatric with Alzheimers and one depressed vacuous, vicious viper!

[eShirl]

31. don't knock it till you've tried it

I have used a tanning booth in the past here in Maine, during the winter, and believe me it does make a difference.

Palin is still a twit though.

[emilyg]

37. Good for you.

Darkness sets early in Alaska. Why shouldn't she use a tanning bed. Silly discussion.

[beachmom]

38. Because tanning beds increase risk of skin cancer.

[Booster]

35. Great. McCain has dementia and she's depressed.

[Mind_your_head]

40. Well, How can we take advantage of that?

Remember McCain has had melanoma 4X's (that we know of).....

Sarah for PRESIDENT!!!!!

She's 'controllable', b/c she's totally CLUELESS! (What a nightmare. Even third-world countries have to put up a better front/facade than we do here in amerika)

[Tallison]

41. And they'll both have melanoma

Leaving that prospect otherwise alone!

[Mind_your_head]

43. LOL - good point! n/r

[graywarrior]

39. She'll need two of them after Nov 4

[Sebastian Doyle]

44. I'm not going make jokes about depression, because I've been there.

But a depressed Dominionist-Armegeddonist is the LAST fucking person I want with their hand on "the button". Even worse than John "anger issues" McCain. :scared:

[kath]

47. Depression was enough to get Eagleton off the ticket.

Oh, wait -- IOKIYAR!!

[pokerfan]

48. This just gets scarier and scarier.

A vindictive, ruthless, evangelical who wants to be next in line to a septegenarian Commander in Chief with a history of cancer suffers from some sort of emotional disorder and now we find out that she self-medicates!!!

This has
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written all over it.

I think we need to see to see those medical records now more than ever. Since McSame didn't see fit to vet this creature, the responsibility must fall to the electorate.