Sarah Palin for President?! Yikes!
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I don’t know about you all, but my eyeballs are starting to develop calluses from excessive rolling everytime I hear about Sarah Palin’s antics!
Like it or not, Sarah Palin has been in our faces for over two years now. She famously said that she could see Russia from her house. She also has a list of political issues that stretches from her house to Russia. For instance, when the McCain/Palin duo lost the election in 2008. Palin immediately went into action by blaming the disaster on her campaign staff. Even though it was McCain’s fault for choosing a running mate with the same political experience as George W. Bush’s Scottish Terrier, Barney. Then soon she realized that she had a following! If you want to call it that. Her "following" consisted of a couple of groups, one were the disillusioned right wing crowd and other Obama haters. Some of these people would later join the Tea Party. The other group are a bunch of horny guys hoping for the possibility of any Sarah Palin nude photos to surface on the internet.
With a fan base like that, it didn't take a genius to figure out how to exploit this. She developed a two step process. Step one, ditch the governor job. Step two, go out and make a bunch of money. The big question remains, who benefited the most out her resignation, Sarah Palin or the people of Alaska?
Since then, the half governor has been keeping herself busy. She became an author and does the speech circuit. Well in her case, she basically shows her audiences that she loves the sound of her own voice. She walks on stage and turns on her auto babble switch and waits an hour or so. Apparently sounding like the adults from the Charlie Brown TV Shows was good enough for the Tea Party. They are in need of a hero.
She increased her popularity even further by landing her own reality show on TLC. She was also given a spot on the Republican Fundraising Network, also known as FOX News. She joined the lineup of funnymen, like Sean Hannidy and the guy with the chalk board fetish, Glen Beck. That was the day that FOX News officially became a comedy sitcom!
You have to admit that she did in fact accomplished her goal and made a lot of money while gaining popularity points. Now as far as gaining political credibility to run this country, she’s still hanging strong at the running of a hotdog stand level.
During an interview with Barbara Walters on November 17th, Palin outdid herself once again by saying. with a semi straight face, that she probably could beat Obama in 2012. Now where was the laugh track when we needed one? After that aired, Leno and Letterman couldn’t write their monologues fast enough! Then there’s the ones out there who could care less because the world is supposed to end in 2012. I wrote a hub on that too a while ago. Anyway, her followers were all excited to hear that. Mixed reactions from the Republicans and the liberals and Democrats had a hard time to catch their breaths from laughing so hard. As for me, I wanted to know what she was drinking so I can buy myself a case!
But after making that remark, she gained more popularity points while at the same time Senator McCain gets a new batch of thank-you cards from comedians. They can't thank him enough for bringing Sarah Palin into the spotlight.
Just recently Sarah Palin does it again on the Glen Beck Show. She said that America needs to back up and support North Korea. Now obviously she screwed up, and meant to say South Korea. That’s understandable because we all do that. The best way for her to redeem herself for that error is to show everyone that she’s able to find North Korea on a map.
But like everything else, as time goes by, the North/South Korea screw up will be pretty much forgotten. Only to be resurrected if she actually decides to run for President. Tina Fey will be going delirious with her Sarah Palin impersonations again!
As well all know, Barbara Bush told Larry King, that Sarah Palin is beautiful and very happy in Alaska, and hope she stays there. Good advice from one Republican to another. Now for the Sarah Palin fan club, keep in mind, Barbara Bush is much higher on the credibility totem pole than Sarah Palin will ever be. As for as Barbara’s husband and sons, that’s another issue.
I’m going to close by humoring the Palin fan base with a hypothetical question. Let’s say Sarah Palin did became president. Who’s going to be the comedy relief for the Tea Party? Maybe they’ll tap Hannity, Limbaugh or Beck!
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If Sarah Palin becomes President I will move to Peru, since I already speak Portuguese or over to Germany with my brother. The best thing for the Dems is to have her run- anyone running against her will win lol
PS I was rooting for the grizzly on her show btw :D
Hey Tracy, I might move to Brazil, wanna come with me?
I disagree with your dislike of Tea Party Members. While a few are nut cases, many like me, are interested in spreading the message of limited government,fiscal responsibility and keeping government out of our person lives. I often go to Tea Party functions in my Revolutionary War Uniform to talk about the vision that our Founding Fathers had for this nation. By the way, I am a Libertarian and would love to see Sarah Palin in a bikini. (Drool)
Sarah Palin sounds like a racist to me with a gun that wants to run the country. Her followers act and sound that why to me also. Just because she like to kill animals for pleasure , go fishing and spews out one or two intelligent words. Sarah can't pronounce peoples names after being schooled on it she almost sound like a George Bush in a skirt only she will quit when to going gets tough and blame others for her failure.
The half term governor is a “Dan Quayle” in heels. Since we already had an idiot “W” that caused our current economic debacle, America knows not to trust in fools who think they are brilliant. One of the reason for “W” failure was his drinking, Palin just has bad genes. If in 18 months the Economy improves the GOP does not have a prayer.
Paul,
With all due respect, I don't get your anxiety over Sarah Palin possibly becoming the next President... At least in the sense that I don't really think it would be that much of a change from Obama as President. This might be a shocking statement for some, but really in my view both represent the "Celebrification" of today's politics. Neither is really qualified to hold the office of President but if enough people are willing to vote for a Barack Obama because of his "Rock Star" image then he can win. The same is true for Sarah Palin. If enough people vote for her due to her Reality TV / Social Networking persona, then she very well may be the next prez... But will it really be that much worse or better than the very, similar poser who currently occupies the White House
Sarah Palin was, and pardon the vulgarity, the "hard-on" vote for the McCain campaign. When I first saw her, I thought McCain was the shoe-in for president. After she opened her mouth, I realized McCain didn't stand a chance. But more importantly, Sarah Palin is too ignorant to realize she is living in a popularity bubble that can't sustain itself. Ms. Palin could go back to school, cram day and night - hire the best advisors money can buy. But she still doesn't pack the intellectual gunpowder to blow her own nose. Some people have it, most people don't. Sarah Palin doesn't have it. And saddest of all, she doesn't realize it...
aw, come on, she's CUTE
Sarah Palin is smart! Maybe not in the subjects that would make her viable nationally, but on how to make a lot of money, how to make the media drool, how to get a reality show, and how to teach one’s daughter to get into the game. She has a plan—whether she know it or not— and it has been executed beautifully. Her supporters know that she not the brightest constitutionally, but they like the fact that she has motivated the sleeping Republican party. Some have even said they like here because she represents the people of “average” intelligence. Average, well that is debatable, but for me, I rather have someone in office that is actually smarter than I am.
You're so right, Tiffinnie - she's figured out how to take her 15 minutes and turn it into $$$. All she has to do to keep the $$$ rolling in is to say something outrageous every week or two.
Nice hub, Paul.
L.T.
Your sensible forum comment brought me here, and Sarah's latest gaff, re the Libyan Squirmish and the North Star, led me to pick out this highly entertaining article :o)
BTW what is really scary is the inability in some quarters to distinguish between capability and popularity.
I really enjoyed your assessment of SP, it made me laugh because it was so spot on. I'm sick of hearing about her over here in the UK, bet the sensible ones among you in the US can't believe that people actually buy what she has to say. Still, every country has one.



















Wesman Todd Shaw 18 months ago
I feel the same way. :-[