Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

When the time comes to make an endorsement, the pain of NYT editors will be palpable as they reluctantly whisper “Biden.”

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

It could be worse. Vance could have said “post-menopausal sows.” Waiting for that audiotape to surface.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

‘Museums aren’t America’s attic for its racist shit.’

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

If you are in line to indict donald trump, stay in line.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about it’s history.”

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

The willow is too close to the house.

The arc of the moral universe doesn’t bend itself. it’s up to us.

“Joe Biden deserved better than he got from some folks in his own party.”

No one could have predicted…

I really should read my own blog.

Nikki Haley, who can’t acknowledge ‘slavery’, is a pathetic shill.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

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News from the Hill:

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) 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.

Reader Interactions

72Comments

  2. 2.

    John O

    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?

  3. 3.

    Joshua Norton

    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.

  4. 4.

    The Moar You Know

    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.

  6. 6.

    lilly Von Schtupp

    Ooo! Fun. She strikes me as the female version of Ron Burgundy without the insight and will read whatever flashes across the teleprompter.

  9. 9.

    Trollhattan

    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.

  11. 11.

    linda

    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…

  12. 12.

    Sloegin

    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.

  13. 13.

    Trollhattan

    @ 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.

  14. 14.

    FourtyTwo

    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)!

  17. 17.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    I like how the blog software turned the R in parentheses after Palin’s name into a registered trademark symbol. Apt.

  18. 18.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    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.

  19. 19.

    Tonal Crow

    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.

  20. 20.

    Cris

    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 (R)
    Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ™

    Edit: me and Mary, we think alike

  22. 22.

    The Moar You Know

    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.

  23. 23.

    Bubblegum Tate

    @lilly Von Schtupp:

    She strikes me as the female version of Ron Burgundy without the insight and will read whatever flashes across the teleprompter.

    Ha! Awesome. And funny because it seems so very plausible.

    "Oh gosh, go fuck yerselves, mavericks!"

  26. 26.

    Karen

    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.

  27. 27.

    The Tim Channel

    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.

  28. 28.

    Swervus

    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!

  30. 30.

    Kathy

    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 :)

  31. 31.

    Tsulagi

    Sarah Palin’s “ideas”

    Don’t forget her molecules!

    Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin® has launched a new political action committee (PAC) to support candidates nationwide

    I think we know which candidates that would be. This one. Ain’t no one getting in line before her.

  32. 32.

    Mike in NC

    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.

    Well, the MSM won’t do it but Jon Stewart did on an excellent Daily Show back in October. Pretty hilarious segment.

  35. 35.

    David

    Try using your alt option and shift keys:

    Palin √

    Palin ®

    Palin ©

    Palin ™

    Palin Ò¿Ò

    Palin 

    JoeSixPac

  39. 39.

    Krista

    Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh putting themselves out there as the "face" of the Republican Party.

    I know. It’s beautiful.

    And is it just me, or does SarahPac sound like either an antidepressant or an alternative feminine hygiene product?

  40. 40.

    Cain

    @Anton Sirius:

    I saw it as the jackboots of the AIP stomping all over the heartland, myself.

    What is that thing reaching towards mississippi??!! Someone stop it!!

    cain

  41. 41.

    Joshua Norton

    Sarah Palin’s "ideas"

    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.

  43. 43.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    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.

  45. 45.

    Stevenovitch

    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.

  48. 48.

    Chris Johnson

    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…

  49. 49.

    Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist

    @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.

  51. 51.

    Left Coast Tom

    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.

  54. 54.

    Mike Mussington

    The word ‘hagiography’ might fit better than we think, if you stay out of the dictionary.

  55. 55.

    Comrade grumpy realist

    Hey, Joan of Arc actually got some stuff done. Palin isn’t fit to kiss her shoe.

  56. 56.

    Jeffro

    Not "NoblePatrioticEagleAmericaRawksPAC" or "RealAmericanPartsOfTheCountryPAC" or even "NeverOncePalledAroundWithTerroristsPAC"?

    Just "SarahPAC"?
    Is there a level of narcissism BEYOND "regular" narcissism?

  57. 57.

    DonnaInMichigan

    I hope Tina Fey hasn’t packed away those Sarah Palin glasses……..

    Why didn’ t she name it SarahSixPac?

  62. 62.

    Joshua Norton

    Is there a level of narcissism BEYOND "regular" narcissism?

    Yes. Republican. Then republican pundit. Then republican blogger.

  63. 63.

    Surreal American

    The links to the hagiography biography and to donate work, though. Funny that.

    That submit link seems appropriately labeled, given the fervent devotion of her fans.

  65. 65.

    Trolhattan

    Yup, no legs and has man hands in that Sarahpac page. Aiyeee, now I’m a-skeert of her odd powers.

  66. 66.

    R-Jud

    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.

  67. 67.

    Chum

    I’m looking forward to the Rep primary already. I hope Rudy runs against her. Great debate, you betcha.

  68. 68.

    Zuzu's Petals

    @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.

  69. 69.

    Ash Can

    @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.

  70. 70.

    Kathy

    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.

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