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They don’t have outfits that big. nor codpieces that small.

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Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

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

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

A tremendous foreign policy asset… to all of our adversaries.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

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Speaking my language

by DougJ|  October 5, 20093:01 pm| 224 Comments

This post is in: We Are All Mayans Now

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Apocalypse talk is catching on!

And on Monday, John Weaver, McCain’s closest political adviser for much of the past decade, said that he was nearly certain that the former governor would never be the Republican nominee and added that, if she was, “it would surely mean a political apocalypse is upon us.”

Steve Schmidt goes with the more moderate “catastrophic” in describing a possible Palin nomination.

Perhaps I’m being overly dramatic here, but a Palin presidency and the end of the world are inextricably linked in my mind.

Update. Can you think of some clever word or phrase combining “apocalypse” with the words “Sarah Palin” or words associated with Sarah Palin? You guys are good at this stuff.

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  1. 1.

    crispy

    October 5, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    I’ve been having a lot of trouble getting to your site in the past couple days. Either the browser sits there waiting for a response that never comes, or it says it can’t find the site. Has your hosting suddenly gotten amazingly awful or is it something on my end?

  2. 2.

    Pete

    October 5, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    Apocalypse now! Please?

  3. 3.

    WyldPiratd

    October 5, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    If Palin were to be elected Prez, I’m pretty sure I would eat the business end of my 12 gauge, so Apocalypse for me if not for thee.

  4. 4.

    slag

    October 5, 2009 at 3:06 pm

    Perhaps I’m being overly dramatic here, but a Palin presidency and the end of the world are inextricably linked in my mind.

    Nobody expects the Palin Presidential Rapture.

  5. 5.

    aimai

    October 5, 2009 at 3:08 pm

    yeah, I agree, if Palin were to be elected I think I’d prefer Apocalypse. Although, on reconsideration, if I really thought she was going to get in perhaps I’d go the other route and descend rapidly into sex and drugs, sort of the way the Europeans split between penitentials and ecstatic perverts at the time of the black death.

    aimai

  6. 6.

    cat

    October 5, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    Who knew …
    that Palin is the Anti-Christ.

  7. 7.

    RedKitten

    October 5, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    That’s the disturbing thing — a lot of Palin’s supporters say that her appeal is that she’s emblematic of the theory that anybody can be President. They really seem to forget that yes, anybody can be President, just like anybody can do any particular job…IF they have the brains and work hard to develop the skills.

    You wouldn’t want some unqualified dumbass performing brain surgery on you, so why are they so damned eager to have an unqualified dumbass running their country?

  8. 8.

    Tony J

    October 5, 2009 at 3:12 pm

    Perhaps I’m being overly dramatic here, but a Palin presidency and the end of the world are inextricably linked in my mind.

    It would be like that bit from my imaginary Director’s Cut of Terminator, where it was finally explained what event convinced Skynet that the human race was too dangerous for it to be allowed to survive.

  9. 9.

    JR

    October 5, 2009 at 3:12 pm

    One time Christopher Walken shook her hand and foresaw something horrific. He won’t talk about it now, but I can tell it weighs on him…

  10. 10.

    anonevent

    October 5, 2009 at 3:13 pm

    The more you bring up signs of the end times, the more the Evangelicals will get excited.

  11. 11.

    The Confidence Man

    October 5, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    “I can see the Rapture from my house!”

  12. 12.

    Rathskeller

    October 5, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    I think it’s more narrowly focused than that. They’re saying if she is nominated, then that would be a clear sign that the GOP is lost as a national party. The Know-nothings in the middle of the 19th century were able to do little more than tear apart a national party, and perhaps that is what the Palinista movement will do, after a troubling time.

  13. 13.

    Zandar

    October 5, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    Moosepocalypse immediately springs to mind, as does Ragnalsorok.

  14. 14.

    Stephen Suh

    October 5, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    Going for the obvious one: Sarahpocalypse.

  15. 15.

    Zifnab

    October 5, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    Perhaps I’m being overly dramatic here, but a Palin presidency and the end of the world are inextricably linked in my mind.

    After eight years of Bush, I’m confident we could suffer through a term of Palin. Odds are she’d quit before the end of the year, on account’a governing being such a chore and all.

    The worst of the Bush years came out of DeLay and Frist, Rumsfeld, Gonzales, Ashcroft, and Cheney. Giving those yahoos the keys to the kingdom again is what really scares me. But put Bush/Palin in office with guys like Gates and Rice and Powell at his side, and I’m betting he’d get a lot of brush cleared and that’s about it.

    Keep in mind that before 9/11, people were already calling Bush a lame duck. As an administrator, Palin simply doesn’t know how to get anything done. The GOP needs everyone to jump on board the fail train with them, or they can’t get any serious bullshit out the door.

    It’s worth keeping in mind that the worst sins of the Bush Administration – Iraq, tax cuts, the Patriot Act – all had Democrat co-sponsors.

  16. 16.

    Tony J

    October 5, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    Can you think of some clever word or phrase combining “apocalypse” with the words “Sarah Palin” or words associated with Sarah Palin?

    “I can see Machu Picchu from my house!”

  17. 17.

    Singularity

    October 5, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    Wasillalypse. or Wasilla-lips Wow, if you like.

  18. 18.

    cyragnome

    October 5, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    […]a Palin presidency[…]

    Oh, my…Apocalipstick on a pig?

  19. 19.

    freelancer (itouch)

    October 5, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    @JR:
    haha! This. With tina fey as wingnut Martin sheen.

  20. 20.

    Beauzeaux

    October 5, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    @RedKitten:

    You wouldn’t want some unqualified dumbass performing brain surgery on you, so why are they so damned eager to have an unqualified dumbass running their country?

    My guess is that there is a significant faction in the Republican party that likes have personable, telegenic dumbasses for President because (1) they are easy to control, and (2) it makes it less likely that the people who are actually running things behind the scenes are less likely to get caught.

    I think two of the last three Republican presidents were chosen by party leaders for exactly those reasons.

  21. 21.

    Wayne

    October 5, 2009 at 3:19 pm

    saracalypse
    sarapocalypse
    palacalypse

  22. 22.

    snabby

    October 5, 2009 at 3:55 pm

    Can you think of some clever word or phrase combining “apocalypse” with the words “Sarah Palin” or words associated with Sarah Palin? You guys are good at this stuff.

    What comes to my mind is “Apocalypstic on a pitbull.”

  23. 23.

    Duck

    October 5, 2009 at 3:55 pm

    Sara-pocalypse?

  24. 24.

    Seth

    October 5, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    Apocalipstick.

  25. 25.

    smiley

    October 5, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    Apocalin? That’s all I got.

  26. 26.

    Midnight Marauder

    October 5, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    @Zifnab:

    After eight years of Bush, I’m confident we could suffer through a term of Palin.

    I feel like you are substantially downplaying the gigantic downgrade in mental facilities from Bush to Palin. And if you don’t think there’s a big difference there, well then, that should be even more concerning to you.

  27. 27.

    fbeuks

    October 5, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    Sarahpocalypse

  28. 28.

    Polish the Guillotines

    October 5, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    @snabby: This.

  29. 29.

    fbeuks

    October 5, 2009 at 3:59 pm

    Sarahpocalypse

  30. 30.

    Charlie

    October 5, 2009 at 3:59 pm

    Apocalypse Now, Too.

  31. 31.

    gbear

    October 5, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    Alsocalypse? That’s all I got.

    Except for that ‘Speak My Language’ is a song title on Minneapolis band Fine Art’s first album (I think it came out in ’78).

  32. 32.

    recusancy

    October 5, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    Catastropalin

  33. 33.

    Warren Terra

    October 5, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    Wasillapocalypse, mentioned above (more or less0 is a possibility …

    Maybe Sarahgeddon?

  34. 34.

    MikeJ

    October 5, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    My guess is that there is a significant faction in the Republican party that likes have personable, telegenic dumbasses for President because (1) they are easy to control, and (2) it makes it less likely that the people who are actually running things behind the scenes are less likely to get caught.

    They also reinforce the idea that government can’t do anything right.

  35. 35.

    Timothy S

    October 5, 2009 at 4:02 pm

    Last week, the TV series Supernatural had Palin presiding over the US during the (literal) Apocalypse, which was good for a laugh.

  36. 36.

    DanF

    October 5, 2009 at 4:02 pm

    S/P Extinction Event

  37. 37.

    Blue Raven

    October 5, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    @fbeuks:

    Sarahpocalypse

    Damn, beat me to it.

    Mental second-place in my head: “Alsogeddon.”

  38. 38.

    Mike T

    October 5, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    @fbeuks:

    I was about to suggest Sarah Pocalypse.

  39. 39.

    cleek

    October 5, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    @Warren Terra: “Sarahgeddon” will be hard to beat.

  40. 40.

    Comrade Jake

    October 5, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    Youbetchapocalypse

  41. 41.

    AaronLaperle

    October 5, 2009 at 4:06 pm

    eh, all i got is “I can see the apocalypse from my house.”

    Or maybe something about Death riding a Pale(in) Horse, but the imagery there is a little to…mrrr….

  42. 42.

    dadanarchist

    October 5, 2009 at 4:06 pm

    Palinize the Eschaton

    See why: Immanentize the Eschaton

  43. 43.

    trollhattan

    October 5, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    Cari-Boom! Barbie
    Trig-Track-D’oh!
    SarahNova
    ApocalypsoSarah (cha-cha-cha)

  44. 44.

    Michael Sheridan

    October 5, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    Sarah-poca-tastrophe?

    Super-Sarah-Palin-istic-catastrophic-GOP-shus?

  45. 45.

    Bullsmith

    October 5, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    Apocalypse Also.

  46. 46.

    The Golux

    October 5, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    This doesn’t have anything to do with apocalypstick-on-a-pig, but in terms of wordplay, Roger Angell of the New Yorker (and palindromist extraordinaire) came up with this beaut:

    All I saw: Wasilla.

  47. 47.

    DonkeyKong

    October 5, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    Apoca-you-betcha! Now

  48. 48.

    Midnight Marauder

    October 5, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    @cleek:

    “Sarahgeddon” will be hard to beat.

    This.

  49. 49.

    FoxinSocks

    October 5, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    May I suggest:

    Wasillageddon

  50. 50.

    jp2

    October 5, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    Wasillicide.

  51. 51.

    Calming Influence

    October 5, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    Since we’re cookiing up words, let me drop this in the pot: Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator

    My fave so far: “Meat Notgay Palin”

  52. 52.

    danimal

    October 5, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    I first though of Wassilapocalypse, but I have to agree: Sarahgeddon is a winner.

  53. 53.

    Calming Influence

    October 5, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    Sorry, I forgot cookiing is spelled with 3 i’s

  54. 54.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 5, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    @Warren Terra: Sarahgeddon gets my vote. Here, on BJ, not in a real election… not to say that things happening here aren’t real… especially elections and votes and stuff. Uhh… Vote for Bitsy. Also.

  55. 55.

    flukebucket

    October 5, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    It’s worth keeping in mind that the worst sins of the Bush Administration – Iraq, tax cuts, the Patriot Act – all had Democrat co-sponsors.

    Keeping that in mind is essential to understanding where we are and where we are going.

  56. 56.

    Punchy

    October 5, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    Pinktacolips?

  57. 57.

    Penfold

    October 5, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    @dadanarchist:

    Fnord?

    Perhaps I’m being overly dramatic here, but a Palin presidency and the end of the world are inextricably linked in my mind.

    Only to the extent that it would be less the end of the world and more another nail in the coffin of US power and domestic stability.

    @Zifnab:

    I agree with you that Palin in and of herself would be ineffectual, but then that’s how a lot of people felt about Dubya. (Incidentally, this was true of my Republicans friends as well. They thought/said, “How much damage can he do with the party apparatus keepign him in line?” They expected more of a Daddy Bush redux than what we got.)

    Both are strictly true, but what are theyodds that we WON’T get more powerful, determined enabling loons in VP and cabinet positions? I’m inclined to think it would end badly. All the more so as the Dems will most likely lose seats in the midterms and if an incumbent gets booted, they’ll probably lose seats during 2012 as well. Then, as you pointed out, there are remaining Dems who will happily collaborate in whatever the administration is up to.

  58. 58.

    Deborah

    October 5, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    I vote for Sarahgeddon and Apocalypse now, also.

  59. 59.

    Bordo

    October 5, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    Sarahgeddon is brilliant.

    I can offer only a lousy limerick:

    “With a smile and a wink she did capture
    “Conservative hearts that beat faster
    “For a snowbilly chick
    “With the brains of a hick
    “‘Cause she’s likely to bring on the Rapture”

  60. 60.

    Bordo

    October 5, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    Sarahgeddon is brilliant.

    I can offer only a lousy limerick:

    “With a smile and a wink she did capture
    “Conservative hearts that beat faster
    “For a snowbilly chick
    “With the brains of a hick
    “‘Cause she’s likely to bring on the Rapture”

  61. 61.

    EdTheRed

    October 5, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    Sarahgeddon, Too.

  62. 62.

    Bordo

    October 5, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    Sarahgeddon is brilliant.

    I can offer only a lousy limerick:

    “With a smile and a wink she did capture
    “Conservative hearts that beat faster
    “For a snowbilly chick
    “With the brains of a hick
    “‘Cause she’s likely to bring on the Rapture”

  63. 63.

    Dom Phenom

    October 5, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    @Bullsmith:

    perfect.

    /thread.

  64. 64.

    GambitRF

    October 5, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    I am become death, shatterer of worlds. Also.

  65. 65.

    Scruffy McSnufflepuss

    October 5, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    At her inauguration, she will wink, and the starbursts we see will augur the nuclear weapons starbursts that will rain down on us all a mere two weeks later.

    The good news is, she will no longer have to see Russia from her house. It will not be there anymore. The bad news is, neither will Alaska, or any other identifiable geopolitical unit.

  66. 66.

    dadanarchist

    October 5, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    @Penfold: Fnord?

    Hail Eris!

  67. 67.

    olaf

    October 5, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    How about: “The Boor of Babble-on”

  68. 68.

    Loneoak

    October 5, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    It’s worth remembering that the Wasilla Wingnuts believe Alaska will become a refuge during the Apocalypse. Because it’s shaped like a crown. Also, too.

  69. 69.

    Penfold

    October 5, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    @flukebucket:

    Keeping that in mind is essential to understanding where we are and where we are going.

    Sigh. That’s sadly so much more true than I wish it was.

    @danimal:
    @Midnight Marauder:
    @cleek:

    I’m voting for this too. And Bitsy.

  70. 70.

    CT Voter

    October 5, 2009 at 4:24 pm

    Sarahgeddon is perfect.

    Only thing I could come up with was Sarah Palinapocalypse, but that just makes me think of colonoscopies for some reason.

  71. 71.

    DonkeyKong

    October 5, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    With the “Big Bang” the Universe was created and with the “Big Betcha” the Universe will end. Alpha to Sarahmega.

  72. 72.

    dadanarchist

    October 5, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    @GambitRF:

    I am become death (wink), shatterer of worlds. Also.

    Fixed.

  73. 73.

    Citizen_X

    October 5, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    I’m sorry, but none of you can match the apocalyptic terror of the phrase, “President Sarah Palin.”

  74. 74.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 5, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    @CT Voter: Both are unpleasant?

  75. 75.

    FoxinSocks

    October 5, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    When Sarahgeddon happens, will there be a battle at Moosegiddo?

  76. 76.

    Penfold

    October 5, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    @flukebucket:

    Keeping that in mind is essential to understanding where we are and where we are going.

    Sigh. This is sadly a lot more true than I wish it were.

    @Midnight Marauder:
    @cleek
    @Omnes Omnibus:
    et al:

    I vote for this too. And Bitsy.

    @dadanarchist:

    What is John Guilt?

  77. 77.

    Skippy

    October 5, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    The Moosewoman of the Apocalypse.

    My first thought was Pitbull with Apocalypstick. Also. But I was beaten to it.

  78. 78.

    mclaren

    October 5, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    Governordaemmerung – The twilight of the GOPS.

  79. 79.

    chiggins

    October 5, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    Armacuda? Youbetchageddon!

  80. 80.

    gnomedad

    October 5, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    Apocalypse Barbie?
    Armageddon Barbie?

  81. 81.

    SpotWeld

    October 5, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    Hmm.. apocolypse by an unstoppable simple minded creature.

    Fatal Palindemic

  82. 82.

    edsaid

    October 5, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    The All of ‘Em Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

  83. 83.

    Svensker

    October 5, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    @DonkeyKong:

    Alpha to Sarahmega.

    I get where you were trying to go there, but it sounds a bit too much like “smegma”. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

  84. 84.

    machine

    October 5, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    “Rogueocalypse”

  85. 85.

    slag

    October 5, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    @Bullsmith: FTW

  86. 86.

    Svensker

    October 5, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    And may I just say that there are many brilliant minds among us. The coffee spewed across my monitor is a testament to y’all.

  87. 87.

    Penfold

    October 5, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    @GambitRF:

    Bhagavad Gita FTW!

    What would Oppenheimer say?

  88. 88.

    AaronLaperle

    October 5, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    an update to my earlier comment

    Palin rides a Dead horse.

  89. 89.

    scav

    October 5, 2009 at 4:37 pm

    @The Golux: Tangentially related, could we define sarahpalindromes as speeches that make as much sense backwards as forwards?

  90. 90.

    neil

    October 5, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    I guess someone else’s answer is pretty close to my preferred “you-betchalypse”.

    Barracudalypse?

    Winkocalypse?

  91. 91.

    chiggins

    October 5, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    Trignarök

  92. 92.

    Dreggas

    October 5, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    Sarah Palageddon

  93. 93.

    Mike G

    October 5, 2009 at 4:39 pm

    You wouldn’t want some unqualified dumbass performing brain surgery on you, so why are they so damned eager to have an unqualified dumbass running their country?

    If you’re a Repig, you think of the presidency as an unquestionable, infallible semi-diety, a magical figurehead whose primary qualification should be making you feel good about your various group identities and giving simpleton-slogan-packed speeches; being able to perform executive duties is almost irrelevant.

    It reminds me of something I read about a meeting of corporate CEOs in 2004. When asked who they were voting for, three quarters put their hands up for Bush. When asked would they hire Bush as CEO of their company, not a single hand in the room was raised.

  94. 94.

    freelancer

    October 5, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    @GambitRF:

    @dadanarchist:

    I am become death , shatterer of worlds words. Also.

    Fixed.

    Fixed. Also.

  95. 95.

    DougJ

    October 5, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    Apocalypstic on a pitbull

    I like this one.

  96. 96.

    Penfold

    October 5, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    For some reasons one of my previous comments is in moderation hell, and it does not include any forbidden words like sockalism.

    Anyway.

    @mclaren:

    The tale of RagnaGOP, mayhap?

  97. 97.

    Cameron

    October 5, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    Sarahcaust.

  98. 98.

    neil

    October 5, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    What’s the difference between a hockey mom and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?

  99. 99.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 5, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    The answer can be found in Palin’s own words:

    “All of ’em, any of ’em that have been in front of me over all these years.”

    Also.

  100. 100.

    freelancer

    October 5, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    @neil:

    What’s the difference between a hockey mom and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?

    Is it the same thing as what you get when you cross an owl with a bungee cord?

  101. 101.

    Michael

    October 5, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    Going OT, but this was too rich not to share.

    At Conservapedia, they’re rewriting the New Testament to take liberal concepts out.


    http://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project

    I don’t know if this is real or just some outstanding performance art/street theater, but I’m laughing my ass off.

    The earliest, most authentic manuscripts lack this verse set forth at Luke 23:34:[7]

    Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”

    Is this a liberal corruption of the original? This does not appear in any other Gospel, and the simple fact is that some of the persecutors of Jesus did know what they were doing. This quotation is a favorite of liberals but should not appear in a conservative Bible.

    There are other gems.

    Exclude Later-Inserted Liberal Passages: excluding the later-inserted liberal passages that are not authentic, such as the adulteress story

    Their problems with the tale are funny – from the internal link:

    http://conservapedia.com/Adulteress_story

    Amid this scholarship, why is the emphasis on this passage increasing? The answer lies in its liberal message: do not criticize or punish immoral conduct unless you are perfect yourself. Liberals cite this passage to oppose the death penalty, a misuse that has been criticized.[8] But one need not be perfect before he can recognize wrongdoing in himself. The Mosaic laws clearly state death as a punishment for sin. So the argument that an individual must be perfect is not relevant. The God-ordained government has the responsibility for punishment. Civilized society may not depend on stoning to deter immoral crimes, but it does depend on retribution enforced by people who are themselves sinners.

  102. 102.

    Rommie

    October 5, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    And Toonces could drive a car. It doesn’t mean I want him driving the Presidental Limo.

  103. 103.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    October 5, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    Maybe a riff off of the Palin/Bachmann 2012: The mayans were right? IIRC I got it from a Pandagon tweet.

    Palin 2012: The Mayans Were Right would be my contribution.

  104. 104.

    neil

    October 5, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    The Trigulation?

  105. 105.

    Lisa

    October 5, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    “I can see the Rapture from my house!”

    That, my friend was fucking hilarious.

  106. 106.

    Penfold

    October 5, 2009 at 4:49 pm

    Palin 2012: The Bridge to Nowhere (?)

  107. 107.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 5, 2009 at 4:51 pm

    Alaskapocalypse

    Apocalypstick on a pit bull (alt: Apocalypstick on a pig)

  108. 108.

    LT

    October 5, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    Sarahgeddon’s pretty dang good, but can she star in Apocalypse Also?

  109. 109.

    glasseater

    October 5, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    got a few here:

    apocahockeymom
    wheredotheygoitsalaskatastrophe
    whenputinrearshisheadisaster
    alsotootastrophe

    and on and on…

  110. 110.

    Penfold

    October 5, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    @Rommie:

    And Toonces could drive a car. It doesn’t mean I want him driving the Presidental Limo.

    I think I’d rather have him in the West Wing than Palin. Sign me up for Toonces/Church Lady 2012!

  111. 111.

    Shinobi

    October 5, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    Apalincalypse?

    Though I really like Apocalypstic on a pitbull.

    Also, I can’t believe John, and John Weaver and Steve Schmidt are SO SEXIST! How dare they say that the first female president would bring about the end of the universe as we know it. They clearly don’t respect women at all. /thingsweknowsomerepublicanwillsayanyminutenow

  112. 112.

    ThatLeftTurnInABQ

    October 5, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    Everybody else took all the good ones already, so I’ll go with however it is that you say “Fall of the American Empire” in Mandarin.

  113. 113.

    LT

    October 5, 2009 at 4:56 pm

    Oh wait:

    Sarah 2012: The Mayans Were Right!

  114. 114.

    geg6

    October 5, 2009 at 4:56 pm

    @Zifnab:

    Keep in mind that before 9/11, people were already calling Bush a lame duck. As an administrator, Palin simply doesn’t know how to get anything done. The GOP needs everyone to jump on board the fail train with them, or they can’t get any serious bullshit out the door.

    You know, this is kinda what a lot of my friends were saying to me back in 2000 when the Shrub was selected. Not to worry! they said. Yes, he’s an idiot, but he’s got pros like Cheney helping him along!

    No thanks. I didn’t fall for it then and I’m not falling for it now.

  115. 115.

    GReynoldsCT00

    October 5, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    Palinacolypse?

  116. 116.

    Shinobi

    October 5, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    Oh yeah, Doug is sexist too, for not being named John and making my comment make more sense. (I miss you edit!)

  117. 117.

    Skippy

    October 5, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    I imagine the conversation went something like this:

    Steve Schmidt: This nation is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
    Reporter: What do you mean, “biblical”?
    John Weaver: What I mean is Old Testament, real wrath of God type stuff.
    Steve Schmidt: Exactly.
    John Weaver: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Global warming!
    Steve Schmidt: Forty years of Democratic rule! Earthquakes, volcanoes…
    John Weaver: The dead rising voting from the grave!
    Steve Schmidt: Human sacrifice, Republicans and Democrats living together… mass hysteria!

    This is excellent news for John McCain.

  118. 118.

    Ecks

    October 5, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    votes:

    1) Sarahgeddon

    2) Apocalipstick.

    3) Appocolypse also

    (can’t believe nobody came up with Palocolypse)

  119. 119.

    ppcli

    October 5, 2009 at 4:59 pm

    @Michael:

    Well, they’re fools and all, but the inauthenticity of the “woman taken in adultery” story is pretty well-recognized among Biblical scholars.

  120. 120.

    Butch

    October 5, 2009 at 4:59 pm

    Well, since the “g” must be dropped from all participles, maybe Apocalypsin’?

  121. 121.

    Morbo

    October 5, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    Kali Youbetcha

    Sarah Palin: the Moosih ad-Dajjal

  122. 122.

    Penfold

    October 5, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    Palin loves the biblical stuff. What about The Revelation of Saint Ronald?

    “Saying with a loud voice, ‘Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of His judgment is come: and worship Him that made Wasilla, and NASCAR, and fossil fuels, and tax cuts for the wealthy, and Real Merika.’ ”

    “And I looked, and behold a pale moose: and her name that sat on him was Palin, and Hell followed with her. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with insurance premiums, and with TEAM AMERICA FUCK YEAH.”

  123. 123.

    ruemara

    October 5, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    sarapocalypse now! Also, too.

  124. 124.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 5, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: (I see I was late to this particular game!)

    Note to self: Read all posts before weighing in. Someone probably had your bright idea earlier.

  125. 125.

    ppcli

    October 5, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    Nobody has suggested “aphockeylipse”, (which will presumably take place on the “Ragnarink”) so I’ll add it, even though it is pretty lame compared to Sarageddon. Also it actually sounds like it would be fun.

  126. 126.

    gocart mozart

    October 5, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    DougJ, wouldn’t this just be putting an Apocalypse-Schtick on a pig?

  127. 127.

    Bobby Thomson

    October 5, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    DougJ, you do realize Schmidt and others aren’t talking about an apocalypse for the nation, right? They’re talking about an apocalypse for something more important to them, the Republican party. They don’t fear a Palin presidency because they rightly assume the chances of one happening are shitty. They fear a Palin nomination.

  128. 128.

    GReynoldsCT00

    October 5, 2009 at 5:04 pm

    I have the edit buttons when I log on from my mac at home using Safari, but not so from the office using a PC and Firefox…

  129. 129.

    mclaren

    October 5, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    Sarah Palin: the horse’s ass of the apocalypse.

  130. 130.

    Penfold

    October 5, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    @geg6:

    Generally speaking ditto. See: @Penfold:

    I must admit neither I nor my friends on the opposite end of the political spectrum really thought he would do the amount of damage he did. But you know, fooled me once and all that.

  131. 131.

    MikeJ

    October 5, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    At Conservapedia, they’re rewriting the New Testament to take liberal concepts out.

    Are they going to include the naked man in the garden with Jesus?

  132. 132.

    Jeff Berardi

    October 5, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    My favorites:

    Apocalypse Also.

    “I can see the Rapture from my house!”

  133. 133.

    daryljfontaine

    October 5, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    Sarah Palin’s Peddleocalypse.

    Do anything for money
    Do anything for money
    Do anything for money
    Do anything for money
    Do anything for money
    Sarah!
    Palin!
    Sarah!
    Palin!
    Too! Also! You! Betcha!
    SARAH PALIN!
     
    Levi Johnston, dumber than a tree
    Husband Todd wants everything for free
    Bristol Butterface Butterface Butterface
    Willow Track Trig Piper ding dong doodily doo
    PRESIDENT PALIN!

    Shit, I think I just frightened myself a little.

    D

  134. 134.

    Makewi

    October 5, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    The way you guys are obsessed over Sarah Palin is a little creepy. She lost the election, but you won’t be happy until you have completely destroyed her. I don’t get it.

  135. 135.

    neil

    October 5, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    Leave Sarah alone!

  136. 136.

    jerry 101

    October 5, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    Hows bout RagnaPalin?

    Palins at the Gate?

    Sarahgeddon?

    Palinocaust?

    Bueller?

  137. 137.

    DougJ

    October 5, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    The way you guys are obsessed over Sarah Palin is a little creepy. She lost the election, but you won’t be happy until you have completely destroyed her. I don’t get it.

    Too spoofy.

  138. 138.

    Ash Can

    October 5, 2009 at 5:18 pm

    @Michael: Yeah, I bitched about this on the last thread. It was inevitable, these guys taking over for God himself. And I’m sure that their credentials in ancient Middle Eastern languages are beyond reproach, so that they’re able to identify every last one of the mistranslations that Biblical scholars have been putting in the Bible over the centuries.

    As for Weaver and Schmidt wailing about the prospect of Palin getting the nomination, WTF? Did these geniuses just wake up from a two-year coma or something? Who was running McCain’s presidential campaign, their body doubles? Do they have evil twins who bound and gagged them and locked them in closets for the duration of the campaign, and they just got out now? The shitheels responsible for dumping Sarah Fucking Palin on us in the first place are worried about her winning the 2012 nomination?

    You know how these two assholes could impress me? If they were to somehow argue convincingly that they should not rightfully get their asses kicked from one coast to the other and back again. With nail-studded boots.

  139. 139.

    Bubblegum Tate

    October 5, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    So much win in this thread. I vote, in order:

    1) Apocalypse Also (I think at the very least this should become a tag for posts related to Palin’s presidential run)

    2) Apocalipstick on a pitbull

    3) Catastropalin

    The only thing I can add to the proceedings is to change “Behold a pale horse” to “Behold a pale moose.”

  140. 140.

    Calouste

    October 5, 2009 at 5:20 pm

    @scav:

    I think a more accurate definition of a sarahpalindrome would be a speech that makes as little sense forward as it makes backwards.

    It’s the difference between the assumption that it is all a load of gibberish and the assumption that it is all some fantastic wordsmithing (people have written palidromic novels).

  141. 141.

    mai naem

    October 5, 2009 at 5:20 pm

    Apocalypse Here, Apocalypse Now

  142. 142.

    Drew

    October 5, 2009 at 5:24 pm

    Alaskalypse. (Or Alaska Lypse, as a term for S.P. herself)
    Snowmobile riders of the apocalypse.
    Alsopocalypse.
    Ride a Palin horse. (Behold, a Palin horse. On a Palin horse. He rides a Palin horse. etc…)

  143. 143.

    Common Sense

    October 5, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    I can see Armageddon from my house.

    Lipstick on an AntiChrist

    The Four Moosemen of the Apocalypse.

  144. 144.

    Michael Sheridan

    October 5, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    @Makewi: We aren’t the ones who started this particular conversation – certain (temporarily sane) GOP folks are the ones worried that the Mayans might be right.

    Actually, nobody here really cares about Palin. But, since the only remaining Republican principle seems to be, “If it angers libruls, we should be for it!”, we’re just happy to do our bit in maintaining the fiction that Palin drives us crazy. If it means Sarahgeddon runs in 2012 to remind the country how batshit insane the GOP has become, it’s a win for us even if she doesn’t get the nomination.

  145. 145.

    Makewi

    October 5, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    @DougJ:

    Sure Doug. If you say so. She’s like some old blanket that you just can’t, or won’t, let go of.

  146. 146.

    Nazgul35

    October 5, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    Pro-Rapture to avoid the Palin Administration…

  147. 147.

    parksideq

    October 5, 2009 at 5:43 pm

    @Skippy: There is no Sarah, only Zuul.

  148. 148.

    Will

    October 5, 2009 at 6:24 pm

    The Crapture

  149. 149.

    Midnight Marauder

    October 5, 2009 at 6:31 pm

    @DougJ:

    Too spoofy.

    Isn’t this the 10th time or so in the past week you’ve made a comment like this regarding Makewi’s posting? At what point does it become a feature and not a bug?

  150. 150.

    WyldPiratd

    October 5, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    There should be a BJ Hall of Fame thread and this one should be the inaugural inductee.
    thanks for the laughs, folks.

  151. 151.

    Jeff Berardi

    October 5, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    “Behold a pale moose.”

    New favorite!

  152. 152.

    JR

    October 5, 2009 at 6:34 pm

    Lipstick on a-pocalypse.

  153. 153.

    Jackie

    October 5, 2009 at 6:35 pm

    Left Behind by the Right Rump

  154. 154.

    DougJ

    October 5, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    Isn’t this the 10th time or so in the past week you’ve made a comment like this regarding Makewi’s posting? At what point does it become a feature and not a bug?

    I don’t like it when he writes the obvious spoof. It’s lazy of him, he’s kind of phoning it in on those comments.

  155. 155.

    Skippy

    October 5, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    @parksideq: Obama in 2012: “Let’s show this apocalyptic bitch how we do things downtown!”

  156. 156.

    Moonbatting Average

    October 5, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    @cyragnome: “Apocalipstick on a Pig” is full of awesome, all you Sarahgeddon advocates are high :-)

  157. 157.

    JGabriel

    October 5, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    I’m with the others who suggested the portmanteau “Sarahpocalypse”, though I would take ruemara’s cue and drop the “h”.

    “Sarapocalypse” just reads better, somehow.

    .

  158. 158.

    Quaker in a Basement

    October 5, 2009 at 6:44 pm

    Palinoscopy?

  159. 159.

    alex milstein

    October 5, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    Nice of McCain’s people to come to that realization NOW. Of course when they thought it could help McCain they were right behind her.

    Yet, perhaps it was a good thing they were, because if a serious veep candidate had run, we might be living under President McCain right now.

  160. 160.

    Chad N Freude

    October 5, 2009 at 7:16 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: The story of my life.

  161. 161.

    Chad N Freude

    October 5, 2009 at 7:19 pm

    @Makewi: She needs no help from us on that score. She does fine all by herself.
    Wait … You mean we have the power to destroy people??? Wow. Who knew?

  162. 162.

    Hawes

    October 5, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    For the NRO, it would be the Sparkalypse.

  163. 163.

    Makewi

    October 5, 2009 at 7:26 pm

    @Chad N Freude:

    I guess this is one of those cultural differences that I just don’t understand. I don’t understand the level of dislike, and why 9 months after the election she is still the target of scorn.

    Seriously, someone explain it to me.

  164. 164.

    valdivia

    October 5, 2009 at 7:31 pm

    @The Confidence Man:

    Your “I can the Rapture from my house” had me laughing a lot. Great stuff.

    I liked Apocalypse Also a lot as well.

  165. 165.

    LarryB

    October 5, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    @Charlie: That one

  166. 166.

    Midnight Marauder

    October 5, 2009 at 7:34 pm

    @Makewi:

    I guess this is one of those cultural differences that I just don’t understand. I don’t understand the level of dislike, and why 9 months after the election she is still the target of scorn.

    Seriously, someone explain it to me.

    Death panels.

    You’re also pretending that she hasn’t done anything new in the past 9 months that would cause such another round of fresh “scorn” to be heaped upon her.

  167. 167.

    Makewi

    October 5, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    @Midnight Marauder:

    I forgot about death panels.

  168. 168.

    Chad N Freude

    October 5, 2009 at 7:44 pm

    why 9 months after the election she is still the target of scorn.

    Seriously, someone explain it to me.

    The trolliest comment in I don’t know how long.

  169. 169.

    Chad N Freude

    October 5, 2009 at 7:45 pm

    @Chad N Freude: Done in by the evil block-quote guillotine. The “Explain it”sentence is part of the quote. Also.

  170. 170.

    miwome

    October 5, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    Apalinypse, moosepocalypse, Alaskalypse, roguepocalypse, Sarahgeddon, end of elites as we know them

  171. 171.

    Midnight Marauder

    October 5, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    @Makewi:

    I forgot about death panels.

    You’re kidding, right?

  172. 172.

    anticontrarian

    October 5, 2009 at 7:56 pm

    i’m sure someone already said this, but i think the answer is ‘sarapocalypse.’

  173. 173.

    asiangrrlMN

    October 5, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    @The Golux: Because I am a word nerd, I liked yours.

    All I saw: Wasilla.

    Mine: Now, Apocalypse.

  174. 174.

    Chad N Freude

    October 5, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    @asiangrrlMN: Now, Apocalypse won.

  175. 175.

    Ash Can

    October 5, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    @Will: I don’t care what the consensus turns out to be. This one is by far and away my favorite, and I’m going to rip it off shamelessly.

  176. 176.

    JR

    October 5, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    The Winkydink.

  177. 177.

    Lavocat

    October 5, 2009 at 8:06 pm

    “Sarahpox” = smallpox for the body politic

  178. 178.

    Makewi

    October 5, 2009 at 8:06 pm

    @Chad N Freude:

    Requesting information is trollish behavior. Got it.

  179. 179.

    raptusregaliter

    October 5, 2009 at 8:09 pm

    Here’s some of the relevant verses (with updates) from Revelation 16:

    And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Sarahgeddon. (16)

    And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the Wasilla air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. Also. (17)

    And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and sparkles; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And, you know, mighty. So mighty. You betcha. (18)

    That’s all I got so far. Here are the last three verses of Rev. 16 if somebody wants to have at them. I’ve gotta go…

    And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. (19)

    And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. (20)

    And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. (21)

  180. 180.

    danimal

    October 5, 2009 at 8:11 pm

    @Makewi: Trolls with pure intentions are a sure sign that the Sarahgeddon is upon us.

  181. 181.

    Chad N Freude

    October 5, 2009 at 8:12 pm

    @Makewi: Sorry, dude, but with her proving not to be a quitter by quitting, spreading the death panel meme, not showing up for Republican events where she was expected, her garbled speeches, her unbelievably awful (and garbled) Op-Ed in the WSJ, and her public catfight with Levi Johnston, it seemed like troll seduction to me. Apology, for real.

  182. 182.

    Lavocat

    October 5, 2009 at 8:22 pm

    How about anagrams of Sarah Palin?

    Here are seven that come to mind:

    1 Anal Parish;
    2 A Rash Plan I (my second favorite);
    3 A Sharp Nail;
    4 Has Anal Rip;
    5 Has Iran Pal;
    6 Lash Iran, Pa!; &
    7 Sharia Plan (my favorite).

    John McCain’s running mate? Has Iran Pal who has a Sharia Plan.

  183. 183.

    Singularity

    October 5, 2009 at 8:27 pm

    Saragnarok

  184. 184.

    Makewi

    October 5, 2009 at 8:28 pm

    @Chad N Freude:

    OK, no worries. I mostly missed all that, except for the death panels bit which momentarily registered due to being related to a current policy debate.

  185. 185.

    fishbane

    October 5, 2009 at 8:38 pm

    I guess this is one of those cultural differences that I just don’t understand. I don’t understand the level of dislike, and why 9 months after the election she is still the target of scorn.
    Seriously, someone explain it to me.

    If you’re serious, it must be cultural. Because she’s just fucking hilarious and frightening in equal measure.

  186. 186.

    Will

    October 5, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    @Ash Can:

    I am humbled and honored by your statement.

  187. 187.

    The Confidence Man

    October 5, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    @Drew: “Alaskalypse” is TEH AWESOME

  188. 188.

    fishbane

    October 5, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    Not exactly directly topical, but I just noticed that “Pharasee Sarah P” is a Palin-drome. Yeah, I had to misspell it, but she wouldn’t spell it right, also.

    I always become aware of the fact that I really, really have got to finish my work for the day when I become distracted with palindromes.

  189. 189.

    srv

    October 5, 2009 at 8:50 pm

    Apalinlypto?

    We really need to start a numerology thing, is Sarah the antichrist? Like her birthday being 2/11/64 = 666, or the names of her kids.

  190. 190.

    Jebediah

    October 5, 2009 at 8:52 pm

    @Makewi:

    For me, it is because she is a malicious, dishonest, ignorant moron who refuses to go away.
    If keeping our attention on her means the rightards nominate her thinking we fear her, bonus! Also.

  191. 191.

    Kathy

    October 5, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    This is a total test:

    @will

    FTW! The internets have a winner.

    If my link is gibberish, I am saying that I think Will’s “crapture” entry wins this thread (although sarapocolypse is close second.)

  192. 192.

    wasabi gasp

    October 5, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    You are fighting for the biggest nothing in history.

  193. 193.

    cs

    October 5, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    My late entry for the alliteration fangirls…

    Palinpocalypse

    Shiny, eh?

    I’m feeling nihilistic enough tonight to almost want to see a Palin presidency first hand. The sheer absurdity of it would almost certainly outweigh the tragedy. To have a president who could not match wits with Katie Couric would be the nice comic ending of our country’s often irrational storyline.

  194. 194.

    Penfold

    October 5, 2009 at 9:30 pm

    @Jeff Berardi:

    The problem for conservatives has never been liberal translations but the danger of reading more than a few dozen preselected verses.

    Thank you sir!

  195. 195.

    Matt Ortega

    October 5, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    Rumor has it that the upcoming flick 2012 is based on a hypothetical Palin presidency.

  196. 196.

    General Winfield Stuck

    October 5, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    The Palind of humanity.

  197. 197.

    Penfold

    October 5, 2009 at 9:32 pm

    @Penfold:

    Umm, well fuck. Let me try that again:

    @Penfold:

    New favorite!

    Thank you sir!

  198. 198.

    joe from Lowell

    October 5, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    Has anyone suggested ‘Wasillageddon?’

  199. 199.

    chrome agnomen

    October 5, 2009 at 9:57 pm

    the palingularity

  200. 200.

    wasabi gasp

    October 5, 2009 at 10:00 pm

    Sarahphim of the Apocalypse

  201. 201.

    gg

    October 5, 2009 at 10:00 pm

    Lots of good suggestions! To remind people of another classic, I will add:

    “Apocalypse in what respect, Charlie?”

  202. 202.

    LanceThruster

    October 5, 2009 at 10:08 pm

    Palina-poca-lypso – The Dance Towards Oblivion

  203. 203.

    LanceThruster

    October 5, 2009 at 10:28 pm

    @Drew:

    Don’t think I ever heard her refer to them as snowmobiles so wouldn’t it be “The Four Snowmachinemen of the Apocalypse”?

  204. 204.

    FearItself

    October 5, 2009 at 10:29 pm

    The first thing I thought of was ” I beheld a pale moose…” but a bunch of you got there first. I’d go with that.

  205. 205.

    AlanDownunder

    October 5, 2009 at 10:31 pm

    I always liked the palindrone as a term for her hubby, and I can see the palinocons supplanting the neocons as successors to the paleocons, but sorry – nothing apocalypse-related comes to mind.

  206. 206.

    General Winfield Stuck

    October 5, 2009 at 10:37 pm

    “The Four Snowmachinemen of the Apocalypse”?

    Or, The Four Moose of the Apocalypse

  207. 207.

    wasabi gasp

    October 5, 2009 at 11:01 pm

    @General Winfield Stuck: And for, also, the Apocalypse, too.

  208. 208.

    neal peart

    October 5, 2009 at 11:13 pm

    Geddy, Alex and I vote for Sarahpocalypse

  209. 209.

    Redshift

    October 5, 2009 at 11:40 pm

    If it’s the end of the world we’re talking about, then I like Sarahpocalypse, but if we’re talking about Weaver’s “political apocalypse,” then I’d go with GOPocalypse.

    (But I guess that one is actually a lot broader. So many signs of the GOPocalypse…)

  210. 210.

    RareSanity

    October 5, 2009 at 11:43 pm

    Dammit…too busy at work today to join in. But, just for the record, I submit:

    Apocalypse, Also: The Palend of Times.

  211. 211.

    RareSanity

    October 5, 2009 at 11:45 pm

    @Drew:

    “Alaskalypse”. Also.

  212. 212.

    General Winfield Stuck

    October 5, 2009 at 11:57 pm

    The Front Porch of the Apocalypse (or how I stopped worrying and learned to love Russia)

    fashionably lame, eh?

  213. 213.

    Steeplejack

    October 6, 2009 at 12:04 am

    @Drew:

    Alsopocalypse.

    Got here late, was hoping no one would have gotten in ahead of me with what I thought was the obvious winner, but you nailed it. Well played, sir.

  214. 214.

    dadanarchist

    October 6, 2009 at 12:09 am

    @AlanDownunder: I always liked the palindrone as a term for her hubby

    At first I thought you wrote Palindrome, which is of course a.) a type of word of which Palin has absolutely no idea; and b.) a hellish and sadistic arena where godless liberals will serve out their remaining miserable days following Sarahgeddon…

  215. 215.

    Macayla's Little Friend

    October 6, 2009 at 2:45 am

    @chrome agnomen:
    That’s even fun to say.
    And as “a palingularity”, could be used frequently these days.
    Also fun – fifth hit when I googled “singularity” and “meaning”:
    http://www.aleph.se/Trans/Global/Singularity/
    “A palingularity is a black hole in the reactionary worldview whose density is so intense that no light can be shed on what lies behind it.”

  216. 216.

    Little Macayla's Friend

    October 6, 2009 at 3:36 am

    @Macayla’s Little Friend:
    Should be Little Macayla’s Friend.
    Way past bedtime.

  217. 217.

    Gravenstone

    October 6, 2009 at 6:21 am

    @RedKitten:

    You wouldn’t want some unqualified dumbass performing brain surgery on you, so why are they so damned eager to have an unqualified dumbass running their country?

    /applauds

    Seriously, you have such a wonderful ability to distill the essence of the thing into one well crafted phrase. I nominate this as the 2009 successor to “I can see the moon from my house, but that doesn’t make me a fucking astronaut.”

  218. 218.

    tofubo

    October 6, 2009 at 8:58 am

    get aboard the you betcha cruise and aerial wolf hunt, organized by the national review online and townhall.com, parah sailin’ to the apocalypse, hitting every iceberg on the way to victory in 2012, too. also.

  219. 219.

    Deb T

    October 6, 2009 at 11:39 am

    Sarageddon is my favorite so far, but I also like Sarah Palinopocalypse.

  220. 220.

    Svensker

    October 6, 2009 at 11:47 am

    @dadanarchist:

    b.) a hellish and sadistic arena where godless liberals will serve out their remaining miserable days following Sarahgeddon…

    No, that would be the Palin-dome.

  221. 221.

    toro toro

    October 6, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    Alaskapopse?

  222. 222.

    JR

    October 6, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    Pallin’ around with Beelzebub.

  223. 223.

    Deb T

    October 6, 2009 at 1:13 pm

    Palinopocalypse rhymes with Stephanopolus.
    Coinkidink?

  224. 224.

    Deb T

    October 6, 2009 at 1:14 pm

    Is Palin O’pocalypse an Irish name?

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