Add an exotic vacation in Hawaii to the list of things partial first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin can’t finish. Claiming she was doing it for the benefit of fellow travelers, Palin ended her Christmas Hawaii trip prematurely when reporters noticed she used a Sharpie to black out the McCain/Palin ‘08 logo on a visor she wore.

Bored at work? The people at Credo Mobile (formerly Working Assets Long Distance) have a diversion. They produced a Sarah Palin holiday letter generator. The letterhead itself is my favorite part, but the idea of Sarah replacing Oprah (quitters unite!) does give me pause…

We’re not here to husband our poll numbers like a trophy on a shelf.

— White House adviser David Axelrod, quoted by The Nation, when asked about President Obama’s falling approval rate.

Hanukkah is drawing to a close, so it’s time to get down to the true, emotional baggage laden, nitty-gritty, consumerist, Christian, gimme-gimme-gimme heart of the happy holidays: Xmas. Toby Keith reminded us what “Merry Christmas” is really all about recently, when he appeared with Stephen Colbert.

You’d think from the way party boss Jim “Big Jim” Greer talks, this here is like the first-ever electronical seasons’ greeting card. I suppose nobody sends Republicans Blue Mountain greeting cards, eh?

Our Democratic friends are about to walk off a political cliff here.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by the New York Times, on trying to pass health care reform without any Republican support.

God recently called Brother Oral Roberts home, this time seemingly free of charge. The 91-year-old faith healer and televangelist went without asking for contributions.

Sadly, this is not satire. You really can order this for Christmas, with free shipping included.

You know, again, we are entitled to our own opinions. We’re not entitled to our own facts.

— Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), quoted by Politico, criticizing Sen. John Thune (R-SD) for his failure to say when benefits to the proposed health care bill would become effective.

I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat-cat bankers on Wall Street.

— President Obama, in an interview on 60 Minutes.