Palin now a target of the paparazzi

After a three and a half week book tour that hit 33 cities in 25 states, the Palins are taking a break for the holidays, squeezing in vacation time in Hawaii.

But even when on vacation, Palin can’t catch a break. Now a paparazzi target, Palin was photographed wearing a visor from her campaign, however the word McCain was blacked out with a marker. TMZ ran the photos and wrote, “For the first time ever, Sarah Palin used her head to make a searing political comment — a frontal attack on Sen. John McCain.”

Palin stressed on Wednesday that she “was honored and proud to run with him.” Palin said in a statement to POLITICO that she was just trying to “be incognito” — to go unrecognized and shield her children and husband, Todd, from paparazzi.

The hotel where she was staying had to chase away five photographers, a friend said.

Palin said in the statement to POLITICO: “I am so sorry if people took this silly incident the wrong way. I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago. So much for trying to be incognito.”

See the pictures at TMZ.com

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