No longer do Obama supporters who are Baracking the Vote have a monopoly on cutesy puns.
 

Welcome to Palintology.
 

Definition: (n) (PAY-lin-tology) An obsession with all things Sarah Palin, Alaska, anti-abortion, abstinence and teen pregnancy related.
 

Trish Houser actually created a pro-Palin web site by this name two years ago in Alaska. But now, the phenomenon is catching on. And with that comes commercialism! The Anchorage Daily News has the scoop on how you can wear your Sarah Palin promotion on your sleeve (or um, down below):

Local and Internet-based businesses are cranking out Sarah Palin products -- from "Palin Power" maternity T-shirts to "Wonder Palin" thong underwear.

(I just hope that maternity T-shirt comes in junior sizes.)
 

It isn’t just small businesses getting in on the palintology action, though:

One of the country's major Web-based T-shirt retailers, Cafe Press, said its members from around the world had created 2,310 Palin-related items for sale by 5:30 a.m. Alaska time on Friday, even before Republican presidential candidate McCain had officially announced Palin as his running mate.

"It's fascinating to see how (the sellers) jump onto news items," said Marc Cowlin, the San Mateo, Calif.-based company's spokesman. By Tuesday, at least 93,600 items mentioning Palin were for sale on its Web site. But Cowlin didn't know how many had actually sold.

Among the items for sale on Cafe Press: Pro-McCain/Palin baby bibs, T-shirts, thong underwear, political signs and bumper stickers.

Thongs and baby bibs? Isn’t that how Bristol Palin got in trouble in the first place?
 

Oh well, at least now the College Republicans have something to counter Obamamania on campus. Because as one t-shirt says, Our mama beats your Obama.