This Should Be Entertaining
News from the Hill:
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin® has launched a new political action committee (PAC) to support candidates nationwide, potentially laying the groundwork for an eventual White House run.SarahPAC will support “Gov. Sarah Palin’s plans to build a better, stronger, and safer America in the 21st century,” the organization’s website says. “SarahPac will support local and national candidates who share Gov. Palin’s ideas and goals for our country.“
Sarah Palin’s “ideas”:
No doubt any money sent to SarahPac will be money well spent, Republicans!
*** Update ***
So I went to SarahPac to check things out, and, just like in the campaign, her “ideas” seem to be missing:
The links to the hagiography biography and to donate work, though. Funny that.
January 27, 2009 6:07 pm
Posted in: Clown Shoes, Politics, Republican Stupidity
72 Comments
72 Responses
Xecky Gilchrist - January 27, 2009 | 6:08 pm · Link
I reckon she is getting toward needing a new season’s wardrobe.
John O - January 27, 2009 | 6:18 pm · Link
It’s very possible I would be some sort of deranged psychopath without knowing I had someone out there in the world (read: Intertoobz) who got it.
Thanks, John. Strange times, no?
Joshua Norton - January 27, 2009 | 6:23 pm · Link
I’m sure her and First Dude have already figured a way for most of the money to end up in their pockets. Giving her a pile of money and expecting her not to steal it is like giving a pitbull a steak and expecting them not to eat it.
The Moar You Know - January 27, 2009 | 6:26 pm · Link
I love the still. She looks like a deer standing in the road, staring at some oncoming headlights.
Oh yeah, what everybody else said. If you don’t think 90 cents on the dollar ends up in hers and Todd’s pockets, you’re fucking insane. And I’m being generous with that ratio.
James F. Elliott - January 27, 2009 | 6:27 pm · Link
Oh, that’s better than eating sweet baby Jesus cookies on Christmas morning.
lilly Von Schtupp - January 27, 2009 | 6:30 pm · Link
Ooo! Fun. She strikes me as the female version of Ron Burgundy without the insight and will read whatever flashes across the teleprompter.
jenniebee - January 27, 2009 | 6:32 pm · Link
Oh damn! I dumped my popcorn stocks on Jan 21. What was I thinking?
amorphous - January 27, 2009 | 6:34 pm · Link
@Joshua Norton: LIPSTICK!
Trollhattan - January 27, 2009 | 6:35 pm · Link
Opportunity cost, baby!
Every dollar thrown at saint Sarah is one less dollar thrown at some…help me out here…qualified? no, competent?, nah, intelligent?, nope…
Some republican of the remaining party structure who might actually have a shot.
Oh Sarah, my love of your tossed sparkles knows no bounds.
The Grand Panjandrum - January 27, 2009 | 6:35 pm · Link
I can just see the writers at The Onion doing the "V8 moment" head slap because they hadn’t thought of this first.
linda - January 27, 2009 | 6:44 pm · Link
i’ll be honest, i wasn’t sure she would wear out her welcome; but, by god, she blew through that months ago; and this is the perfect cap to her 15 minutes.
.
goddamn, there are some asstastic governors in this friggin country…
Sloegin - January 27, 2009 | 6:48 pm · Link
I’m still waitin for someone in the media to call her out for what she is: a grifter.
I’m sure that’ll be anytime now. Yeah.
Trollhattan - January 27, 2009 | 6:55 pm · Link
@ Sloegin
Do you think she can get a guest stint on "The Riches"?
She’d totally accept an offer because she loves herself some attention and affirmation, and she’s not smart enough to figure out the actual reason the Riches are always on edge.
It’s just another family-values drama, donchaknow.
FourtyTwo - January 27, 2009 | 6:56 pm · Link
Man, you guys are tired of this lady? I can’t get enough…
She’s exactly what I like to point to in order to say "this is what’s wrong with today’s conservatives".
It’s like a walking, talking, self promoting Power Point presentation (with a PAC)!
mgordon - January 27, 2009 | 6:59 pm · Link
SarahPAC? Sounds like a rapper.
Zifnab - January 27, 2009 | 7:02 pm · Link
In before "Also"
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse - January 27, 2009 | 7:04 pm · Link
I like how the blog software turned the R in parentheses after Palin’s name into a registered trademark symbol. Apt.
Litlebritdifrnt - January 27, 2009 | 7:05 pm · Link
Look gang this is absolutely wonderful, Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh putting themselves out there as the "face" of the Republican Party. What more could we ask? I say we encourage these people all we can. Donate $5.00 today! (In case anyone does not know Rush figured that $5.00 was the "loss" point, it costs them more to process the $5.00 donation with mailing, receipts, time etc.,) Or as someone at Wonkette said send them an envelope stuffed with monopoly money.
Tonal Crow - January 27, 2009 | 7:05 pm · Link
Palin can do no better service for America than to keep herself in the public’s eye. She exemplifies the ROTFLMAO parody of a serious political movement that modern conservatism has become. They have drunk the Kool-Aid, proclaimed it ambrosia, and now they’re demanding a flotilla of supertankers filled to the brim with the stuff.
Cris - January 27, 2009 | 7:05 pm · Link
I still love the fact that WordPress parses the standard notation of the Governor’s party affiliation – "( R )"—as a registered trademark sign, thus making her a brand name.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin®
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin™
Edit: me and Mary, we think alike
Laura W - January 27, 2009 | 7:08 pm · Link
@Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse: (In case you don’t get back to the pet thread, Happy Bday!)
The Moar You Know - January 27, 2009 | 7:10 pm · Link
Oh dear lord, I’ve never seen the Gibson interview before. Charlie Fucking Gibson! The master of the slow-speed softball, and she can’t handle it!
He looks utterly disgusted. Wow, just wow. Charlie Gibson thinks Sarah Palin is an idiot. I think we now know the answer to "how low can you go?" – when Charlie Gibson thinks you’re a fucking moron, that is as low as you can go.
Bubblegum Tate - January 27, 2009 | 7:15 pm · Link
@lilly Von Schtupp:
Ha! Awesome. And funny because it seems so very plausible.
"Oh gosh, go fuck yerselves, mavericks!"
Jay - January 27, 2009 | 7:24 pm · Link
Palin can’t see herself from ANY place.
Reverend Dennis - January 27, 2009 | 7:30 pm · Link
Republicans never tire of reinventing the football bat.
Karen - January 27, 2009 | 7:34 pm · Link
John McCain should be tied to the ground next to an ant hill, with honey smeared all over him. He brought this buffoon out of Alaska, now she won’t stay there & shut up.
Another McCain decision he got all wrong.
The Tim Channel - January 27, 2009 | 7:50 pm · Link
Oh Joy. You guys are missing the greater good here. There are a LOT of nutjobs who will THROW their money at her. It’s the best thing that can happen for progressives. She doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning any higher office than she is currently holding and the money they send to her will be that much less for a more qualified candidate.
Sarah is the Ralph Nader of the Republican Party! Rejoice.
Enjoy.
Swervus - January 27, 2009 | 7:55 pm · Link
ZOMG I LOVE Sarah Palin!
She is the best thing for the modern Democratic party since Joe the Plumber in Israel and Rush Limbaugh talking about racism!
Besides that, Palin is a wicked hawt MILF. Just watch the interviews on mute and you’re good to go!
Palin/Joe the Plumber 2012! C’mon guys, we can do this!
rob - January 27, 2009 | 7:58 pm · Link
Democrats are forever indebted to John "Maverick" Mcain for this special lady. Palin 2012- also!
Kathy - January 27, 2009 | 8:00 pm · Link
Did you see the silhouette of the US with the state of Alaska cutout?
It looks like the state of Alaska is pissing on Arizona.
Make of it what you will folks :)
Tsulagi - January 27, 2009 | 8:00 pm · Link
Don’t forget her molecules!
I think we know which candidates that would be. This one. Ain’t no one getting in line before her.
Mike in NC - January 27, 2009 | 8:01 pm · Link
Well, the MSM won’t do it but Jon Stewart did on an excellent Daily Show back in October. Pretty hilarious segment.
SpotWeld - January 27, 2009 | 8:02 pm · Link
Is "Political Action Committee" the new "fan club"?
Jay Severin Has A Small Pen1s - January 27, 2009 | 8:07 pm · Link
Was MILFPac taken?
David - January 27, 2009 | 8:17 pm · Link
Try using your alt option and shift keys:
Palin √
Palin ®
Palin ©
Palin ™
Palin Ò¿Ò
Palin
JoeSixPac
MobiusKlein - January 27, 2009 | 8:20 pm · Link
AEEEEI
!
Who stole Palin’s Legs
Oh, wait, I’m supposed to be serious here?
Anton Sirius - January 27, 2009 | 8:45 pm · Link
@Kathy:
I saw it as the jackboots of the AIP stomping all over the heartland, myself.
RSA - January 27, 2009 | 8:45 pm · Link
Surprisingly, the domain MILFPAC appears to remain unclaimed.
Krista - January 27, 2009 | 8:47 pm · Link
I know. It’s beautiful.
And is it just me, or does SarahPac sound like either an antidepressant or an alternative feminine hygiene product?
Cain - January 27, 2009 | 8:52 pm · Link
@Anton Sirius:
What is that thing reaching towards mississippi??!! Someone stop it!!
cain
Joshua Norton - January 27, 2009 | 8:56 pm · Link
4 vague sentences and a "donate" button. What wingnut could resist that? If the bucks are not flowing in fast enough, I guess she could slam gay marriage for a bit. That always gets the suckers waving their checkbooks.
N M - January 27, 2009 | 9:00 pm · Link
See I saw the cutout of alaska as part of her secessionist roots…
TheHatOnMyCat - January 27, 2009 | 9:03 pm · Link
Sarah supports everything I am for. As a desert dweller, I want those big snow-covered mountains and cold lakes. Especially in July.
I’ll be contributing to her PAC, she’s our future.
Tsulagi - January 27, 2009 | 9:10 pm · Link
She already knows that.
Stevenovitch - January 27, 2009 | 9:15 pm · Link
Why does her website contain the words "An historic"?
Granted it would be correct if one was speaking in an English accent (which drops the h sound), but most Americans pronounce "historic" with the non-vowel h sound, and thus would more naturally say "A historic".
I guess what I’m saying is this is clear evidence that Sarah Palin is an British sleeper agent sent here to turn our country into a socialist paradise. Let’s get this fact out there people.
Andrew - January 27, 2009 | 9:17 pm · Link
Like and, such as, the Iraq?
h8gop - January 27, 2009 | 9:25 pm · Link
I just signed up as Wilma Dikfit living in Haywood Jablowme, AK.
Chris Johnson - January 27, 2009 | 9:29 pm · Link
Now that she isn’t Vice President I find that her stuff is even more purely laughing gas. I started losing it in a big way when she in all seriousness used ‘bad scary thing’ in her sentences… and somehow, the distaste of the interviewers seems all the more piquant and obvious now…
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist - January 27, 2009 | 9:44 pm · Link
@Chris Johnson: Now that she isn’t Vice President…
Quoted for thank-Godness. In fact, I think I’ll paste it down a few more times:
She isn’t Vice President. She isn’t Vice President. She isn’t Vice President.
Ahhhhh.
maxbaer (not the original) - January 27, 2009 | 9:58 pm · Link
@Sloegin: Thanks Sloegin, you don’t hear grifter much anymore. But, it’s perfect here.
Left Coast Tom - January 27, 2009 | 10:23 pm · Link
I’m torn. On the one hand I want her to soak up whatever wingnut money might be out there, which might otherwise go to someone with a remote chance of winning an election outside Alaska. On the other hand, I’m really and truly sick of seeing articles every few days in which she does nothing but whine.
bago - January 27, 2009 | 10:34 pm · Link
Holy shit! there’s a google ad for SaraPAC at the beginning of the youtube video now!
Mike in NC - January 27, 2009 | 10:40 pm · Link
Didn’t someone here call her "Joan of Arc on a snowmobile" just the other day? Priceless.
Mike Mussington - January 27, 2009 | 10:44 pm · Link
The word ‘hagiography’ might fit better than we think, if you stay out of the dictionary.
Comrade grumpy realist - January 27, 2009 | 10:45 pm · Link
Hey, Joan of Arc actually got some stuff done. Palin isn’t fit to kiss her shoe.
Jeffro - January 27, 2009 | 10:48 pm · Link
Not "NoblePatrioticEagleAmericaRawksPAC" or "RealAmericanPartsOfTheCountryPAC" or even "NeverOncePalledAroundWithTerroristsPAC"?
Just "SarahPAC"?
Is there a level of narcissism BEYOND "regular" narcissism?
DonnaInMichigan - January 27, 2009 | 10:57 pm · Link
I hope Tina Fey hasn’t packed away those Sarah Palin glasses….....
Why didn’ t she name it SarahSixPac?
Fern - January 27, 2009 | 11:08 pm · Link
@Jeffro:
It appears so.
DonnaInMichigan - January 27, 2009 | 11:15 pm · Link
SHUDDER:
Reports Image Index for Candidate ID: P20001939
FEC HOME NEW SEARCH NEW ADVANCED SEARCH
PALIN, SARAH
Office Sought: President
Election Year: 2012
State: Presidential Candidate
Party: REP (Republican Party)
Go to http://www.fec.gov/finance/dis.....info.shtml
and search for Palin.
YellowJournalism - January 28, 2009 | 12:24 am · Link
Anyone think that at first glance that webpage resembles a genital herpes ad?
Just Some Fuckhead - January 28, 2009 | 12:29 am · Link
@YellowJournalism: It has a certain flare.
Joshua Norton - January 28, 2009 | 12:37 am · Link
Yes. Republican. Then republican pundit. Then republican blogger.
Surreal American - January 28, 2009 | 12:42 am · Link
That submit link seems appropriately labeled, given the fervent devotion of her fans.
TheAssInTheHatOnMyCat(Formerly Comrade Tax Analyst) - January 28, 2009 | 1:46 am · Link
How about "Sarah the Dumber"?
Trolhattan - January 28, 2009 | 2:53 am · Link
Yup, no legs and has man hands in that Sarahpac page. Aiyeee, now I’m a-skeert of her odd powers.
R-Jud - January 28, 2009 | 3:44 am · Link
I know he’s fictional, but please stop insulting Ron Burgundy by comparing him to Sarah. Ron is a MUCH better flutist.
Flautist. Whatever. Also.
Chum - January 28, 2009 | 4:27 am · Link
I’m looking forward to the Rep primary already. I hope Rudy runs against her. Great debate, you betcha.
Zuzu's Petals - January 28, 2009 | 4:41 am · Link
@Karen:
I dunno. I think about the alternative scenario had McCain not picked her: she would simply have followed her expected trajectory to the national stage in 2010 or 2012.
At least this way she’s been somewhat neutralized by a disastrous rollout when she quite obviously wasn’t ready for prime time.
Ash Can - January 28, 2009 | 5:21 am · Link
@Comrade grumpy realist: Not only that, historical records show that Joan of Arc was a genius, militarily and overall. Just that fact alone makes me want to choke anyone who tries to liken Moosepie Sally to her.
Kathy - January 28, 2009 | 9:12 am · Link
Not to bring down a quite entertaining discussion, but the idea of "la diva Sarah" pimping for money to further herself is beyond crass. Check out Mudflats regarding the situation in the rural fishing villages. They had a terrible fishing situation must now decide between outrageously expensive heating oil and food. These are incredibly remote isolated areas that seem to have been forgotten by their governor. Actually John, Mudflats has links to collect donations. Perhaps this is another cause Balloon Juice can promote.
D-Chance. - January 28, 2009 | 9:25 am · Link
Speaking of babes and money…
The New York Times.
The third paragraph may go down as an all-time classic.
Stlinquirer - January 28, 2009 | 7:22 pm · Link
Of course, the PAC is located in …. Arlington, VA. I forget – that’s not part of real America, or even the real Virginia, is it? Sheesh.