Sarah Palin Arrives In St. Louis For The Debate (VIDEO)

Watch video below of Sarah Palin arriving by plane in St. Louis with her family ahead of Thursday night's vice presidential debate.

Here's the press pool report from the airport:

On the flight from Flagstaff, Arizona to St. Louis, Palin spokesperson Tracey Schmitt said that the Alaska governor is looking forward to tonight's debate, "She is eager to lay out the contrast of her record of executive leadership and Joe Biden's 35 years in the halls of congress."

While in the air, we learned that while running on the McCain ranch on Monday afternoon Palin slipped on some gravel and cut the palm of her right hand. She is wearing a large band-aid on the palm of her hand.

Yesterday, debate prep went all day on the ranch. She spent another day doing mock debates outside with McCain Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Randy Schneumann who "played" the role of Joe Biden. The group broke for dinner at 7:30pm local and her advisors along with her family which include Todd, Willow, Piper and Trig. They ate steaks and twice baked potatoes on picnic tables outside.

Also during the flight, Willow and Piper came to the back of the plane to pass out black licorice and stickers. Willow was wearing a grey T-shirt and jeans while Piper wore a blue sweatshirt that read "Alaska Grown", jeans and missing her two front teeth which apparently is not a new development, but a few months old.

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Comments

[jedi21]

01:15 AM on 10/03/2008

why is John mccains family never with him on the campaign trail...could it be that they all support Sen. Bama and Sen. Joe Biden?

[rzan1]

11:05 PM on 10/02/2008

There she is carrying her favorite accessory, Trig Palin. I am sorry for that baby. Why is his mother, with her high heels on, and her daughter and husband empty-handed, carrying that little guy down the stairs from the airplane? Good photo op is the answer that comes to mind. Once again, she exploits her 5-month-old son.

[desertbloom]

03:45 AM on 10/03/2008

He is hauled around like a prop.

[disgusted48]

05:06 PM on 10/03/2008

Seems the husband is also hauled around like a prop, since he doesn't seem to help with the kids much, preferring instead to stare off into space while his wife hobbles down airplane steps in high heels with the baby in tow, or letting his very pregnant daughter hold the baby for 1-2 hours, during the republican convention, while he is again staring in space, and again while his little daughter trips around on stage with the tiny infant while he is..... staring off in space.

[GraneeWetherwaxx]

10:55 PM on 10/02/2008

Have we ever seen Todd "the First Dude" Palin holding his baby? I've seen the youngest daughter holding and "grooming" the baby, and I've seen the oldest daughter holding the baby. Even Sarah Palin holds the child, but not Todd. I'm just curious, because it seems odd.

[ofcoursejesusisblack]

09:03 PM on 10/02/2008

ok ya'll!!!! The time has come!!!! Here we go!!!

[firewmn]

08:55 PM on 10/02/2008

Ok- she carries her baby like a sack of potato's and Todd has QUIT waving when getting off the plane..

The "first DUD" is clearly over it.. (& not it's not a typo)

That's okay Todd - We are OVER you & Ms. Phalin.... (& no-it's not a typo)

**

[dadw5boys]

08:44 PM on 10/02/2008

I HAVE RAISED 6 KIDS. THAT YOUNG WIND BLOWING YOU COVER THEIR HEADS.

CAN'T SHOW OFF THE KID IF IT IS COVERED UP RIGHT, SARAH 6 PACK !!!!!!!!

[SteamRanger]

08:33 PM on 10/02/2008

When my son was an infant, there's no way I would have stood there like a stump and let my wife pack him in her arms down a steep flight of stairs. Looks like the First Dude isn't much of a gentleman. I also guess they must not have things like carriers and baby slings in Alaska.

Then again, my wife wasn't trying to use our child as a photo prop, either.

[SurferKit]

08:41 PM on 10/02/2008

I've never once seen Toddie carry the baby, or even hold his youngest daughter's hand as she descends the flight of stairs from the airplane for that matter.

It's sad really.

[GerryS]

08:45 PM on 10/02/2008

the first dude is a "manly man", no little house on the prarie stuff for that family-

[GraneeWetherwaxx]

11:44 PM on 10/02/2008

I thought it was just me. Why won't he hold his baby? You see the youngest daughter holding the baby (and giving him the old spit shine), and the oldest daughter holding the baby. Sarah wobbles down the steps onto the tarmac in heels and holding the baby. Why isn't Todd ever holding the baby?

[ajax2]

08:32 PM on 10/02/2008

WATCH: Palin Arriving In St. Louis,
No thanks.

[desertbloom]

03:48 AM on 10/03/2008

When that family takes off on their permanent return trip to Alaska, then I will watch. And, quietly cheer.

[PuddingPop]

08:31 PM on 10/02/2008

Does Palin value education? Let's see, in the month of October, the second month of the school years, she prefers to drag her young children around the country to cheer her on in her frivolous political pursuits instead of leaving them in school with their father or other family members and...her oldest daughter is knocked up and hasn't been in school since before the end of last school year.

Talk about family and education values. That's the McPalin campaign for you.

[JADE2002]

08:36 PM on 10/02/2008

good for pointing that out, to answer your question, after the series w/ Katie Couric - NO

[Checquoline]

09:04 PM on 10/02/2008

Palin is no mother. She let her teenage daughter come home pregnant instead of telling her the facts and that encludes info about birth control. THAT child won't get to go away to school or have music lessons or get even a chance to do what she might want to do for a long time. Where was Daddy when the high school punk was knocking up his daughter?

[kingv100]

03:43 AM on 10/03/2008

he was racin' snowmobiles! yee haw!

[jodshott]

08:30 PM on 10/02/2008

Don't the Palin kids go to school? Why aren't they back in Alaska attending school? One would think that this would be a priority and arrangements would have been made with the grandparents or other relatives.

[duchessdorleans]

08:22 PM on 10/02/2008

what's all this about she's going to be wearing a bandage on her hand tonight? there's no bandage in this video. are they really going to pull that? this makes me crazy. they just blatantly cheat in front of our very eyes and no one does or says a thing about it. the french would be rioting

[Bluesue]

08:20 PM on 10/02/2008

This is just something that bothers me everytime I see her with that baby.

Am I the only one who thinks Palin always holds that baby awkwardly? Is that the new way of holding a baby? It always looks like she's about to drop him.

[SUNRAI]

08:22 PM on 10/02/2008

That baby never moves. I haven't seen that baby move yet.

[kindageeky]

08:25 PM on 10/02/2008

She holds her baby the same way Britney Spears did...

That is a really sweet little baby, though.

[songman]

08:19 PM on 10/02/2008

Check out song/video parody of Sarah at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqUv0jq8QIs
"The Lady is a Sham"
The perfect pre-debate appetizer

[LanosIceland]

08:15 PM on 10/02/2008

Bandage, baby, kids. Her strategy is pretty clear: They want to beat up on a bruised mommy
with a special needs child, exactly the kind of rabbit in a hat the GOP needs, to distract from
the Alaskan hot-air balloon ride and fortune cookie express.
America may be the richest industrialised nation but it sure as hell aint the smartest.

[ghenry]

08:04 PM on 10/02/2008

the wire is in her palm!!

[spartanmom]

08:20 PM on 10/02/2008

Keep track of when and how often she pushes her bangs back behind her ear!

[CBMO]

08:25 PM on 10/02/2008

Does Sarah Palin not look natural holding her little baby? She does not seem to have that natural way a mother has when holding her little one. Now,maybe it is because this little one has special needs, but most babies just naturally curve into their mother's body...Sarah does not seem to feel comfortable holding him. And to give the little one to her youngest daughter to hold! Gosh! For me, only when sitting down would I give a baby to someone that age.

[dadw5boys]

08:54 PM on 10/02/2008

she looks like an aunt that is guilted into baby sitting.