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Sarah Palin at National Rifle Association

With jokes about being a redneck and the revelation that her girlfriends held a baby shower for her at a shooting range, Palin gave the crowd, many from small towns across the South and West, a dose of folksy.

“ "Some of these animal activists are just...crazy," she said. "They think we're killing Bambi's mother. I love animals, but in Alaska, Bambi's mother is dinner." Then, saying she was proud of being labeled a "redneck," she regaled them with a string of one-liners defining the term: "You're a redneck if you've ever had dinner on a ping pong table." Laughs. "You're a redneck if you've ever had a custody fight over a hunting dog. Well, Todd and I haven't, but we've got friends who have!" More laughs. "You're a redneck if your honeymoon was a hunting trip. That was us!" A whole lotta laughs. Wait, there's more. "You're a redneck if you've ever used a fishing license as ID. "You're a redneck if you've ever slept in the back of a pickup rather than pay for a hotel. "You're a redneck if you've ever said to your husband, 'Honey, move the transmission so I can take a bath.' "And you're a redneck if you think the last words of 'The Star Spangled Banner' are 'PLAY BALL!'" The audience laughed so hard my ears will never stop ringing. Read more ” Compare hers to the laugh lines Democrat  crowds respond to. "Republicans are stupid" (Laughs.) "I hate Republicans" (More laughs.) "Limbaugh is an idiot " (A whole lotta laughs) It's why we'll win.