Snooki Tanning-Bed Protest Splits Sin From Taxes: Amity Shlaes

Snookered by Snooki. That’s what President Barack Obama probably felt after the reality TV celebrity introduced race into the discussion of a new tax on tanning.

“McCain would never put a 10 percent tax on tanning,” the “Jersey Shore” star, whose real name is Nicole Polizzi, said of the man who lost the election to Obama. “Because he’s pale and would probably want to be tan.”