Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

We are aware of all internet traditions.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

Why did Dr. Oz lose? well, according to the exit polls, it’s because Fetterman won.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

All your base are belong to Tunch.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

If you are still in the GOP, you are an extremist.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

You cannot shame the shameless.

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Remember the halcyon days when this would’ve been as much entertainment as political junkies could expect over a weekend?…

If they came to see the president, they were disappointed. But the well-dressed crowd of Republican activists who gathered at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club here Friday night still got a glimpse of party royalty.

There by the poolside, in a pink shirt and sport jacket, was Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son. And the headliner of the night was Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate…

Laughter rippled through the sold-out crowd of about 700 attending the Palm Beach GOP’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner, which cost $350 for an individual. Prices went up from there: A “patriots” package was $1,000 for two, and the “presidential” package was $25,000 for two tables of 10…

Florida Gov. Rick Scott was also scheduled to speak, but he canceled because of a deadly bridge collapse in Miami, event organizers said…

Some of Palin’s lines drew laughter and applause, particularly those that echoed the phrases that propelled her to fame….

As her speech veered into policy specifics about trade with China and other matters, however, the crowd’s attention appeared to shift to their meal. “I wish you would pay attention,” Palin admonished. “I traveled two days from Alaska to get here.”

As she was walking out the ballroom, Palin was asked if the crowd’s inattention and noisy chatter bothered her. She thought for a long second, and then said with a smile: “I like a crowd with energy.”

Speaking of half-forgotten GOP figures…

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  10. 10.

    trollhattan

    Beginning to question mom’s encouragement to “be a good person.” Really, mom? What happens if I’m the opposite?

  12. 12.

    Anne Laurie

    @trollhattan:

    What happens if I’m the opposite?

    You have to spend all your time with people like the Palins and the Trumps. You want that?

  13. 13.

    efgoldman

    @efgoldman: On the other hand, my Boston U Terriers beat Providence College, real nail-biter, in the Hockey East final, guaranteeing an NCAA berth.
    Scoreless until about eight minutes gone in the third, BU scored an empty-net for the final 2-0
    And raven isn’t here to tell me nobody gives a fuck. Has UGA fired Kirby yet?

  18. 18.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Some of Palin’s lines drew laughter and applause, particularly those that echoed the phrases that propelled her to fame….

    In keeping with the movie theme from the thread below, I’m trying to remember a movie that features an aging comedian who keeps dragging out his trademark line to ever-diminishing reaction, getting sweatier and sadder and more desperate his fame diminishes. Is it Zero Mostel in The Front?

    “I wish you would pay attention,” Palin admonished. “I traveled two days from Alaska to get here.”

    At least there was some degree of wry, resigned self-awareness in “Please clap”

  20. 20.

    NotMax

    Looked up ‘yesterday’s news’ in the Giant Pictorial Dictionary of Slang Expressions.

    Lo and behold, there was a photo of Palin.

    ;)

  21. 21.

    Raoul

    “I wish you would pay attention,” Palin admonished. “I traveled two days from Alaska to get here.”

    Ohhh. How sad.

    .

    Bwahahahahahaaa.

  22. 22.

    Yarrow

    “I wish you would pay attention,” Palin admonished.

    “Please clap.” — Jeb Bush

    “First of all, could I have a round of applause?” — Fred Thompson

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    jl

    Palin is an obvious grifter and knows damn well what she is doing. When it worked to her advantage, she could play the act of a half-competent moderate GOP gubernator of Alaska, for about half a term. OK, pretty weak work, and when the GOP national presidential campaign grifter opportunity came up, she completely lost interest in her AK day job. But, it beats Trump by several light years.

    So, Palin works the room to make a few bucks. It’s a gig and I guess she has to pay the bills. Too bad that the room got tough when she wanted to talk about something that required two neurons to rub together.

  25. 25.

    hellslittlestangel

    While most of the crowd came hoping to see Donald Trump, Mark Foley was there to see Barron.

  26. 26.

    Yarrow

    @jl: She shut down her Super PAC last year. It was a decade long grift but the money finally dried up. With Track’s legal bills, Bristol’s divorce and Willow’s upcoming wedding she’s got to keep the money coming in somehow. Willow is a hairdresser but the other kids don’t work.

  28. 28.

    Raoul

    Also, too, it takes as little as ten and a half hours to fly from ANC to FLL. What the heck is that dumbass doing taking two days to get there? I mean, add in an hour drive from Wasilla, and 90-120 mins for bag drop and TSA. 13 hours.

    Uhh, OK, sad lady.

  29. 29.

    Snarki, child of Loki

    Foley: “GOP 2006: come for the corruption, stay for the pedophilia!”

    Everything old is new again.

  32. 32.

    NotMax

    Ancient joke fits in just as well here.

    “What are your thoughts on Red China, Ms Palin?”

    “Works okay with a white tablecloth.”

  33. 33.

    jl

    @Yarrow: Thanks for the update. Maybe she can squeak out a living as a Trumpster banquet intellectual. Maybe she’ll audition for a cabinet post, but probably doesn’t qualify by Trump criteria. I have no idea what that would be except I imagine extremely sleazy and stupid.

  35. 35.

    frosty

    @efgoldman:

    Boston U Terriers beat Providence College

    The UMBC Retrievers beat Virginia. The Terriers beat Providence. I’m sensing a trend here … where’s my bookie??

  38. 38.

    Roger Moore

    @Raoul:

    Also, too, it takes as little as ten and a half hours to fly from ANC to FLL. What the heck is that dumbass doing taking two days to get there?

    She’s probably stopping for an overnight layover rather than spending all day traveling. I can imagine that would make the trip a lot more pleasant, especially if she or anyone in her family (Trig, maybe?) has problems spending too many hours in a row in airports and planes.

  42. 42.

    Feebog

    $350 a pop to hear Sarah Palin trot out the same old horseshit and hang with Mark Foley? These people are stupid. And masochistic.

  43. 43.

    Cckids

    @Roger Moore: Please. As though she takes that poor child anywhere enjoyable.

    He’s served his purpose-nailing down her anti-abortion bona fides. Now he’s old/big enough to be difficult. I doubt she is up for that. She’s never shown any signs of it.

  47. 47.

    Yarrow

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Of the kids, Willow is the one who actually seems to have her own life. She’s marrying her long time boyfriend. She went to school to learn how to do hair and has been working at that for several years. She’s not pregnant last I heard and seems to know how to keep from getting pregnant.

  48. 48.

    efgoldman

    @Feebog:

    These people are stupid. And masochistic.

    And criminal.
    Can you imagine if some Dem poobah invited Anthony Weiner to a fund raiser?

  50. 50.

    Yarrow

    @Cckids:
    Exactly. She never had any interest in Trig except for his use as a prop. There’s a sad video filmed in her house in Arizona (since sold because they needed the money) where she’s “reading” to him. He couldn’t be less interested and she’s absolutely awful at it. He deserves so much better.

  55. 55.

    Cckids

    @Yarrow: He does. I remember a trailer for her short-lived show where she was taking the kids camping (supposedly), and he was left with grandma, waving as EVERYONE ELSE in the family, including Bristol’s first kid, went along. Who does that??

  56. 56.

    Mike G

    Mark Foley, really?
    Rumor is Larry Craig was invited but he missed his connection in Minneapolis having spent too long in the men’s room because….reasons.

  60. 60.

    Anne Laurie

    @Yarrow:

    Of the kids, Willow is the one who actually seems to have her own life.

    Willow got to take notes while big sister Bristol had her fifteen minutes. Apparently, she was smart enough to figure out that the drama, and the effort, wasn’t worth the “glory”. Good for her, and I hope her little sister (Piper?) is paying attention now!

  61. 61.

    Amir Khalid

    It’s cruel to say this, so I can’t resist: Tina Fey now looks way too young to do her SNL parody Sarah of Palin.

  63. 63.

    Aleta

    Something’s the matter with Palin — not even a post at the Taxpayer-Funded Travel Department.

  64. 64.

    piratedan

    well if she could see Russia from her house, maybe Vlad sent instructions via semaphore…

  66. 66.

    hervevillechaizelounge

    She won’t be his first choice—her grifting schemes are far too piddling for his liking—but I wouldn’t be surprised if Palin ends up in the Trump cabinet. Even moderately sane republicans aren’t lining up to take a one-way trip to indictment on the SS Trumptanic; and what better way to stick it to the libs?

    BTW, did Dennis Hastert’s invite get lost in the mail? Or is he still in the jug?

    Irony altert: despite their populous roster of high-profile convicted (if pardoned) criminals—Hastert, Dinesh D’Souza, Ollie North, Larry Craig, Oxy-enthusiast Rush Limbaugh—the media still calls the Republicans the law-and-order party.

  73. 73.

    Frankensteinbeck

    This story reeks of the news’s obsession with politely softening stories of political incompetence, especially Republican incompetence. I’m betting the speech was a trash fire.

    @Yarrow:
    I said back then that it’s only a matter of time before Palin ends up in extreme poverty. She got a taste of the good life and spends money like water. She’s too stupid to invest. And she didn’t achieve the big time by herself. She was just the lucky pawn to be used by people who would drop her the moment she stopped being a political asset.

  77. 77.

    DesertFriar

    @efgoldman:

    BU needed the win, the Friars did not. PC’s a 2 seed, BU a 4. One piece of advise to BU if they happen to meet the Friars in the NCAA finals, be careful of the dump-ins from the Center line.

  78. 78.

    Radiumgirl

    @GxB: Icky poo! Those images have a late-phase French artistocrats- just-a-few-steps-ahead-of-the-guillotine look to them — corrupt, venal, self-absorbed, hopelessly pampered and out of touch wealthy people who have no idea how gross they really are.

  79. 79.

    No Drought No More

    Wouldn’t it be great if Palin’s daughter married Donnie Jr.? After his divorce is finalized, I mean- wouldn’t want to chance a scandal. Her innocent children would finally have the wealthy father they deserve to balance the cruel twist of fate of being born a Palin, and [what’s-her-name] would have a prison pen pal to correspond with in between the conjugal visits.

  80. 80.

    Another_Bob

    What is it with the too-long ties with this crowd? Trump looks like a slob in his over-sized suits and dangly red tie. Why would anyone try to emulate that, or anything else about Trump in the looks/style department?

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