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Bristol Palin refers to Levi Johnston as a gnat in her book “Not Afraid of Life: My Journey so Far.”  But that’s not the only form of low life vermin Bristol’s got a problem with.  Residents of Middletown, Ohio, about halfway between Cincinnati and Dayton, are not happy with her

Bristol signs Books for Baggers in Bloomington

description of the Manchester Inn Hotel, where the Palin’s stayed the night before McCain announced Sarah as his running mate, in Dayton.

“The raggedy old hotel had dated furniture, small rooms, ugly pink walls, and an abundant supply of cockroaches,” she wrote. “I’d never even seen a cockroach before. Reporters might not think Wasilla is the prettiest town in the world, but at least we don’t have roaches.”

She also misspelled the name of the town, by leaving out the w.

It probably doesn’t make any difference.  Sarah Palin was probably not going to run for president in 2012 anyway because, among the 15 or so odd candidates who are seeking the Republican nomination, she wouldn’t really stand out.  Just one more right wing nut job in a room full of right wing nut jobs.  Secondly, anybody who would have supported her is already on team Bachmann, because Joan of Minneapolis and Caribou Barbie are essentially the same person.  They are both good looking women with large families from comically northern states who are fanatically anti-abortion and talk about God a lot.

But, if she was still thinking about running, she can kiss Ohio good bye, and no Republican has ever won the presidency without carrying Ohio.  Ever.

The hotel is not going to be launching a law suit or anything.  First of all, it closed in January, after 89 years.  The owner had died and, well, maybe it was a bit run down.  They are thinking of reopening it as a cooking school.  That is not a joke.

The galling thing was the misspelling of the town’s name.  That kind of thing can happen to anybody, in a random e-mail or twitter or something.  However, this book went through a publisher.  It had a ghost writer and, one would hope, a team of fact checkers and proof readers.  The fact that they made such an elementary mistake proves not only that they are incompetent but that they couldn’t care less what people in Middletown, Ohio, think.

That’s arrogance.  Politicians can get away with a lot, but not that.