The Turkey Trot to Nowhere.
27 11 2009Was she inspired by the intrepid runners of Ketchikan Alaska? They ran the infamous “Road to Nowhere” this summer on the access road that got built anyway, despite the fact that the even more infamous “Bridge to Nowhere never” happened. “Why waste a perfectly good road in the middle of nothing?” they thought So they ran. There was no particular distance goal. They just quit whenever they felt like it. It seemed fitting.
So Thanksgiving morning, in Washington state, Sarah Palin participated in the Kennewick “Turkey Trot,” a 5k run that is traditionally held on the morning of the holiday. Fans came from miles around to flock to the race site to catch a glimpse of their favorite conservative icon, pushing a double stroller down the road. They waved, they cheered, they lined the route with cell phones. The ones who really wanted a good shot hung out at the finish line. Bad plan.
However, she didn’t finish the race, opting to leave the course early to avoid more crowds at the end. About 40 minutes into the run, people gathered at the finish line to get more pictures of Palin started to learn that she was gone.
Yes, she quit 40 minutes in, leaving on purpose to avoid the adoring masses at the finish line.
Towards the end of the race, the officers asked Palin what she wanted to do. Palin decided to divert off the course and head back to their cars so the family could get to their Thanksgiving dinner, Pitts said.
Race time? 8:55am. But no worries. You can stand out in the cold again to wait for Palin. She’ll be signing books at the Hastings bookstore Sunday at noon. No word about how long the event will last.
Todd Palin fans will be disappointed. He opted to spend Thanksgiving at home in Wasilla “fixing the roof.” I wonder if he’ll ever have a book…
November 27th, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Suffice it to say that I will not be waiting in any line hoping that she will sign some book that I just bought. Unless the book is by Alfred Russel Wallace.
Or Steven Jay Gould.
November 27th, 2009 at 2:25 PM
I was just looking up “hopeless” in the dictionary…
November 27th, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Quit a 5k run after 40 minutes….O.K., look at this from a narcissist’s point of view. She can’t really run and get all sweaty and have her hair ruined and her makeup start to run, not good for photo ops, which is why she cut out before the finish line. That and she really was hungry for one of those nasty sandwiches.
November 27th, 2009 at 2:27 PM
Gotta put in some asterisks instead of itches to keep this out of spam-
Reminds me of the lyrics in “Menopause the Musical” to the tune of “The Lion Sleeps Toninght”:
“In his workshop or on the rooftop
my husband spends his day.
In his workshop or on the rooftop
my huband spends his day.
“Weeeee.. We um baum baum away
Weeeee.. We um baum baum away
(Shes a witch, shes a witch,
shes a b , shes a b
Shes a witch, shes a witch,
shes a b , shes a b
Shes a witch, shes a witch,
shes a b , shes a b
Shes a witch, shes a witch,
shes a b , shes a b )”
(Monkey and jungle sounds)
November 27th, 2009 at 2:30 PM
What are the odds out there that Palin will go all “quitty” on her book tour? I suspect by next week or the week after she will discover that this is just WORK and we all know how well she handles “actual responsibilities”. Meanwhile, her children are not in school and Trig is not receiving any therapy, which we can assume he needs to help his development. Do you think she will set up a trust fund for him with all her money, or just expect us tax payers to take care of him? Wouldn’t that be kind of socialist of her?
November 27th, 2009 at 2:34 PM
lol, Kate
November 27th, 2009 at 2:35 PM
I wonder if she’ll start quitting half-way through each autograph she signs? For example: “Sarah P—-”
November 27th, 2009 at 2:41 PM
5K=3.1 miles. 40 min in and she quit short of the finish. 13 min per mile? And she graced the cover of Runner’s World. Some runner, more like a slow walker. It was all the grandkids fault, you betcha.
November 27th, 2009 at 2:46 PM
Not surprised here…she was only there for folks to see her…once they did that, why stay??
On a serious note…the trip plan outlined has me very concerned for the baby…anyone else?…I just know that I could never put my grandkids who are not babies, but under the age of 5 through so much stress as all this travel, changes, feedings etc..especially given the flu out there…and her little baby is just that a baby…and one with special needs…and was that not a photo posted showing him being held in the rain, 42degrees, with no pants or shoes on? why is this not being picked up big time?
November 27th, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Glenda @33 –
Does anyone know if Mrs. Todd Palin or her publisher are paying for the police at her book signings or are the communities she’s visiting footing the bill?
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There were members of the Monroe County Sheriff’s office at the signing in Rochester to handle traffic and crowd control. I’d bet that the cost is coming out of my taxes, not the pockets of Murdoch or Palin.
November 27th, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Sarah will undoubtedly maintain her faction but the recordings of her failings, short combing, and lies, in video and by her own hand and own mouth will follow her wherever she goes. They are inescapable. She will be followed the rest of her martyred life by a pile of steaming moose muffins.
She may still somehow finagle her way into a position to run for POTUS, and the shock and awe tactics of her and of the RepoTaliban, birthers, dooms dayers, and teabagging fools might be able to pull it off.
But rationally, I think she has cooked her own goose.
And just in time for Christmas.
How very kind of her.
You betcha.
November 27th, 2009 at 3:50 PM
I know you have some local phrases in Alaska that we Outsiders may not recognize.
Is “fixin’ the roof” anything like ‘hiking the Appalachian Trail’?
November 27th, 2009 at 3:57 PM
I am sure that when Palin recounts this event, she will say she won first place in this 5k, sound correct?
What’s with the twin stroller? Did she fake the birth of twins somewhere between Indiana and Washington? Seriously, she just showed up for the photo opp. She is so fake.
November 27th, 2009 at 4:01 PM
O/T – Andrew Halcro has an excellent post about the “Liar Quitter Queen”.
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/permafrost_friday_the_final_chapter_-_writing_wrongs
November 27th, 2009 at 4:04 PM
38 J-Dog Says:
Hey NY Dem – Are you SURE Scarah is not a runner?
She ran out on AK
She ran out on Todd
She ran out of a book signing…
Seems to me that Ms Quitty Pants does do a lot of running!”
Too right!
And Sarah’s no runner!
I ran for 20 years till my tendons couldn’t take it any more, and I am confident any runner or past runner will agree with me.
Runners don’t quit runs.
It is part of the mentality and the psychology of running.
When you pay the entry fee, get up at an ungodly hour on your day off, maybe drive a couple of hours, to go out into whatever kind of weather happens that day, and wait for the starting gun – you are out there to run the very best you can physically run on that given day.
You don’t want to go home with the feeling that you slacked off.
Whether you are fast or slow, old or young, whether you are a walker or a runner – that is your contract with yourself.
The only way you quit a run, a walk, a bike ride is if you are physically incapable of crossing the finish line.
Non runners think runners are crazy, because they will push themselves, sometimes ’till they collapse and maybe even die, but that is part of the mind set. There will be nothing in reserve when you cross the finish line, even if your are the last one across. The goal is to finish and to finish with your best effort.
Sarah’s just defined her self, again, as a lazy, uncommited quitter to another couple of million Americans who claims to be something she is not.
November 27th, 2009 at 4:09 PM
What!!! She quit a 5K before reaching the finish line? Does this woman ever finish anything? How embarrassing. For years she has been touting herself to be in great shape, an avid runner – Runner’s World material (NOT!). Heck, I’m short, I don’t have a runner’s body, I’m not in great shape, and I can do better than that – I did the Woman’s Walk five years ago, 4 weeks having a total hip replacement, in less time than Palin in this run. I guess after the photo op at the beginning of the race – why stay? All she wanted was to give a speech and have another photo op. She doesn’t want to deal with these people in these small towns, on a one-to-one basis, she considers them to be beneath her, now that she’s a millionaire. She blows smoke up their behinds, and they fall all over her. What losers – all the way around – Palin and her supporters!
November 27th, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Heard that Palin was going to pardon a Quizno sandwich this Thanksgiving.
November 27th, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Xenon, many of the “autographs” $P gives are a big loopy “SP.” You can see this on the news footage of her book events. In fact, sellers of some of the signed copies of her book up for sale on eBay exult that by cracky, she wrote out her whole name, not just the initials! Take a look over there–it’s so…sad.
November 27th, 2009 at 4:59 PM
So SP is goin’ rogue on Thanksgiving!
She touts herself as a real American, a patriot, and high on family values, and doesn’t have a turkey dinner because it’s too much work? Having Quizno’s instead?? Oh, she might have turkey tomorrow….which is NOT Thanksgiving!!!
Amazing!! Do you she think she’s trying to change our holiday traditions???
November 27th, 2009 at 5:01 PM
schnauzer- The book tour is a farce. Please the check the flight history of UJT750 and you will discover the bus is empty. Sarah is flying from one book signing to another by private corporate jet. Her bus trip through Middle America is a farce. Her desire to visit the smaller towns in America works only if there is a nice airport nearby.
November 27th, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Did her widdle hand get tired and she had to quit signing her full name?
How mavericky of her to cheat some folks out of a full autograph.
November 27th, 2009 at 5:20 PM
yes, the race was delayed by her by about 15 mins. And she didn’t finish. Why did she show up? Also, too, she was at our local club – CBRC – and I assume that was to let her public fawn over her. I’m sorry I wasn’t there at the time because I am not a fan and would have let her know it!!
November 27th, 2009 at 5:45 PM
So she opted to be at the very back, huh? Who’s to say she didn’t drop out before the very first turn in the race where no one would notice? After all she didn’t need to run at all, she already got her photo op.
Quitter.
November 27th, 2009 at 6:32 PM
As a runner, I feel cheated and insulted that Sarah Palin, despite not finishing, a 5K she made the runners world cover.
I only appeared once in one of those running magazines, not the cover but a fine print in side the page in 2003, when I did 50K and I came out in the third position.
Runners world is toased by me…… I am going to cancel the subscription Period and none negotiable.
Let me see if I can find one of my running pics, I will share it.
November 27th, 2009 at 6:37 PM
@72 Parah Sail’in
love your name!
November 27th, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Any of youse take a gander at the pictures at the newspaper website? In one of them, a woman has a sign saying “Sarah go Home!” Some big guy is pointing at her. …
November 27th, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Book tour a farce?
Say it ain’t so MO Inkslinger.
I was hoping to get over to Sioux Falls to see the magical bus that can travel at warp speed.
Does anyone remember “A wrinkle in time?”
But yeah I’ve seen the speculation that their are many busses and a jet on loan from Franklin Graham. Quite the piece of work, our little ‘cuda.
Also, has anyone seen Willow? We see and hear about Piper, Trig, Bristol and even Track but Willow?
Could she possibly be in school, where she belongs?
November 27th, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Re schnauzer #25:
Great work! I could use you in my forensic consulting firm. Two buses , maybe? Where are the local airports? They don’t have to be large.
Keep on questioning. The Laws of Physics will lead to the truth!
November 27th, 2009 at 7:50 PM
awww poor baby quit!!! LMBO
November 27th, 2009 at 8:24 PM
@Leenie17 #62,
You are awesome! Perfect comparison — I’m still laughing!
November 27th, 2009 at 9:25 PM
the Book signing at hasting is to last two hours,, noon to 2.00 PM,, and one must produced a sale receipt that the book was bought at Hastings,,
I see Palin still holds the title the QUEEN OF THE ITQUITAROD,,
has she ever finished anything she has started in her life?
November 27th, 2009 at 9:28 PM
So, once again, Sarah quits. Now, if we could just get her to quit making public appearances and posting things on facebook. . . . .
And did the whole family show up to run? I would think that someone could have stayed home to fix a turkey. It’s just not that hard. Or maybe after the turkey people picked on her last year she has bad feelings toward them.
I ended up staying home from our family Thanksgiving dinner yesterday because I was sick. But I don’t quite get Todd staying home to work on the roof when the rest of his family seemed to be in Washington state. That just sounds fishy to me.
Please, has she left the state yet? I feel like we need to do a thorough cleaning of the south central/east part of the state.
The only good thing about her flying from book signing to book signing is that it’s probably better for Trig and Tripp. Both babies are on the trip, right? *more eye rollery*
November 27th, 2009 at 9:38 PM
No doubt $arah thinks “fixin’ the roof” makes Todd sound all manly and stuff, but I think it makes him sound available.
November 27th, 2009 at 9:44 PM
trisha @63. i need a best friend like you. your comments make me laugh til i’m silly.
November 27th, 2009 at 9:48 PM
judi @ 59 – is this the pic where the baby is “dressed” in a red (if memory serves me well) top but no apparent bottoms? that one made me a bit mad because i figured it must be cold — piper was standing there too….wearing a coat.
November 28th, 2009 at 5:12 AM
txindygirl@83 I think so…it was the pic that was posted somewhere on this site..if not here in blog then on forum…oh piper I believe had a scarf on..and it was raining out….so sad
November 28th, 2009 at 8:37 AM
Eh, I’m sitting here all befuddled. I know this is going to sound silly, but here goes: 40 minutes into a 5k? That isn’t called running. Were they crawling? How long do these community 5k’s usually take? Are people still going to be finishing next Thanksgiving? She was in Runner’s World for christ’s sake. Do they know about this?
November 28th, 2009 at 8:38 AM
And what about all her analogies with running a marathon?
November 28th, 2009 at 12:16 PM
She quit 40 minutes in on a 5K? I thought she was a runner? Most seasoned runners can easily finish a 5K in 30 minutes or much much less.
November 28th, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Muuuuch less.
November 28th, 2009 at 3:12 PM
As I was driving up into pennsyltucky coal country today, I heard the Talking Heads on the radio…
“She’s on the road to nowhere,
run Sarah hide. …”
I had all the words whilst the song played, but the absence of David Byrne has removed them from my mind at the moment.
November 28th, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Found this on HP……too funny:
BetterDeadThanRed09
The whole world is a-twitter
Over ex-governor Palin, the Quitter
Yet she forsook
Those who purchased her book,
Now we wish we could only forget her.
But the media puts her in our face:
Look! Now she’s running a race!
With a wink and a smile,
She ran for awhile,
And then quit without leaving a trace.
She was the best that McCain could pick,
To be his Vice-Presidential side-kick.
And the GOP,
Loved this VP to be,
But now she’s making them sick.
So here’s to Governor Quitter:
May we never-ever forget her,
And give her her due,
When she quits right on cue
With her poll numbers’ down in the s_itter