Amazon has this running on the side of the main page. What exactly is the deal? Are they selling politics to get folks onto the site? Is it really relevant? How is this supposed to influence my shopping?

As the election draws closer, many blogs and other sites are taking advantage of it to draw traffic.  It seems Amazon is no less susceptible to the desire for hits.  The funny thing is that it’s actually a turn off for me.  I prefer to shop on Amazon, not get my news, politics, or even the weather.

Am I the only one this bothers?

The hottest Republican Meme ever is Sara Palin. The meme is “Little Known Facts: Sarah Palin.” It’s spreading like wild fire. Most of the tweets are positive and fun, in the spirit of the long running Chuck Norris meme.

You can follow the near constant flow of this Twitter meme via Twitter’s own search. They are coming in at a good clip.

What’s the effect? Will this be a passing fancy? Or will this be the Republican’s Barak Obama type effect?

Jump on the bandwagon or ignore it, but in the mean time I’m going back to watching the latest little known facts about Sarah Palin.

(Sarah Palin was announced as John McCain’s VP running mate on Aug. 29th.)