Palin Signs Deal With Fox News, and We’re All Shocked. Shocked, We Say. (UPDATED)
It wasn’t if, but when. You can imagine Sarah Palin as an action movie heroine on a large ship that’s about to blow up. She’s in some kind of red leather suit…she’s running….running…… There it goes! A huge orange roiling cloud of flame bursts from the hull, and the shock wave of the explosion propels her as she leaps off the bow of the ship to a waiting lifeboat. Oof. The ship, of course, is the SS McCain Campaign and any shred of credibility she had left, and the lifeboat is (wait for it) Fox News. Because credibility really isn’t all that important, is it?
Since her talent for producing copious amounts of fiction that people swallow hook, line and sinker is now manifest, where else could she go? It’s a perfect fit.
The network confirmed that Ms. Palin will appear on the network’s programming on a regular basis as part of a multi-year deal. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Ms. Palin will not have her own regular program, one person familiar with the deal said, though she will host an occasional series that will run on the network from time to time. This person would not elaborate, but the network does have a precedent for such a series. Oliver L. North is the host of an occasionally running documentary series on the military called “War Stories.”
I guess God didn’t want her to be Vice President after all. He just wanted her to make gobs of money and become part of …. the media.
[I wonder if she needs help naming her new segment? Feel free to make suggestions in the comments.]
This just reported by The Anchorage Daily News:
Palin is expected to provide political commentary and analysis for a number of Fox properties, including Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, FoxNews.com and special event political programming for Fox Broadcasting. That means she’ll be on a number of shows, the network said. [snip]
She also will host periodic episodes of the cable news channel’s “Real American Stories,” a new series the network describes as “exploring inspirational real-life tales of overcoming adversity throughout the American landscape.” The series is expected to debut this year. It will be produced from New York, meaning Palin will be spending much of her time on the East Coast.
Political commentary and analysis? Guess she’s going to break out those index cards from the VP debate prep and start learning geography and history and stuff. I’m thinking the “Real American Stories” segment will be more up her alley. No right or wrong answers. And she’ll be spending much of her time on the East Coast? Interesting… Get ready New Yorkers. Your life is about to get very interesting.
what is she gonna do, color in one of her coloring books
I must say, after more than a year of reading about this farce of a women, that i think this is the best news I’ve heard about her. She belongs at Fox along with the other right wing nut cases and will not be able to annoy those of us who would not tune into Fox even if it was the only channel left on the t.v.
You nailed it, AKM.
I’m seeing a odd concoction of Glenn Beck circus down the road with her railing on issues, with some chew toys.
You need a contest to name her new enterprise.
Will she wear a blonde wig? Get more plastic repair work done like Greta?
Will she think of a catchy slogan like Hannity and His Youre a Great American Sean Hannity?
Will she bring Trig to the show like a ventriloquists dummy, and Piper, to keep an eye on him, and mommy?
Will she move to NYC, or jet to and fro in Murdochs private jet? Or film it in her O’Paylin Chateau?
The who Faux lineup is filled with o’crazies now.
A contest to name her show! I like it. AKM
Ok, lets all make a bet, how long this lasts?
I say less than 15 months.
Jon Stewart is going to have so much new material for his show….
I…….wait. *Gathers her thoughts* I…….damn. Ok. There are no words for this, even though it isn’t surprising.
hahahahaha
hahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahaha
[takes deep breath]
hahahahahahahaha
Stop! Stop! I can’t take any more hilarity!
The Fox Channel is also perfect in another way.
They also air ” America’s Most Wanted ” so hopefully we will see her face appear on that Show as a contributor….” In what respect Charlie “..??
Isn’t the IRS back from Holiday vacation… yet..?
Headline should read:
Fox Hires Mentally Unstable Ignoramus as Host.
Sound like a match made in heaven.
I can’t wait until they try and prep her for one of her shows. OMG…too funny. Let them get a taste of Palin’s catatonic stare, arms crossed, jaw to chest, staring at the floor…unresponsive. Or, wait until she wipes off all her makeup and messes up her hair right before air time.
Payback is a B****, isn’t it.
If this means she is out of politics, as far as running for office, I’m going to get royally drunk in celebration!!!
So, is this how she is helping Alaska by quitting midterm? When does that part start? Is she donating her income to help Alaskans in need?
She really is Forrest Gump with a uterus. Stupid is as stupid does.
AKM the imagery you created for this post is brilliant!
I was thinking of buying a new Plasma T.V.. But I might decide to throw things at the screen if O’Paylin show up.
I was hoping she was washed up on the shore of irritating and stupid Political Has beens. Or is she like Mac Arthur and his “Generals never die, they just fade away “.
I like Doonsebury and his tiny action figure O”paylin spouting nonsence.
I depend on You tube and snips from Palingates, Bree Palins and the Immoral minority blogs
But I don’t need to court high blood pressure, though I do like a good laugh now and again.
I cringe when I hear Sean Hannity and Youre a Great American. What will her catch Phrase be?
It this Gods Plan? Really?
Perfect. Now I suppose that she will also get a clothing allowance and a personal stylist…but remember that you can’t judge a book by it’s cover – it’s what is between the pages that count… and in Palin’s case, we know that there isn’t much between the covers of her book.
It’s a sure bet that she won’t be writing her own material for broadcast, though, that much is sure. And we already know that she is quite adept at spewing Republican Talking Points.
In hiring Palin, Fox continues it’s hold on the propaganda arm of the Republican Party.
Well, this had to happen. A network boasting such a powerful lineup of intellectual heavyweights –Beck, Hannity, the idiots of Fox and Friends, Hume– needed yet another deep thinker.
I assume she is not doing a regular program because it is too much work and requires too much knowledge. This is a nifty little side venture that will add another revenue stream to the Palin household, give her the national exposure she so desperately craves and cement the Tea Party loons to Fox ever more tightly.
Oh, God, the humor! The HUMOR!!! Now she can suck up to Glen Beck EVERY DAY OF HER LIFE!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I love it!!!!
PR stunt to try to mitigate the 60 Minutes bomb shells to the people who don’t follow these blogs. The electorate is being played. I still want to see her in a prison jump suit. But she’s probably in a straight jacket with duct tape on her mouth.
& comedians thought they would have no material after Bush left office.
How about “Truthiness with Sarah Palin” or “Countdown to the Rapture with Sarah Palin” or “Parenting Advice with Sarah Palin, featuring special guest Britol!)” or “How to Sink a Candidate with Sarah Palin”!
I can’t wait to find out the real name!
Names for her show (or ideas for segments in which she is expert)
Jibber-Jabber
Fun with Puppets
Grifters guide to cash flow
Do I look fat?
What up N. and S. Korea…how you different?
How to scam the IRS and the public
KTBY- Fox, Ch 4, Anchorage. Will this be her new studio?
Wonder if she’ll even stay in Alaska? With her potential millions she might want to get away from “all those nosy bloggers” and all of the other people who keep looking into her business. If she has a spread in LA, she can get celebrity treatment without question.
Also, I wonder how long this deal was in the making and if it has anything to do with her quitting? She couldn’t talk about the deal until it was finalized, but when was the offer made, and did she promise to quit in order to get the gig?
I meant “Bristol”, I forgot the spellcheck with all of the excitement.
I am so glad I do not have cable!
falling out of my chair laughing – she’s going to be part of the elite, liberal media? who’s going to translate for her also too? AKM and Mudpups – you are the best!
title entry….”That’s my Story..and I’m sticking to it”…
heh heh heh…comparing Palin’s upcoming series with Oliver North’s “War Stories” supposed documentaries. Only on Fox– “A Deeper Shade of Rouge” oops, I mean “A Deeper Shade of Rogue”
BWAhahahahaha…Noooo surprise here…
Gag. I have rampaging food poisoning, and I think I just had a setback.
“Twitchat with Sarah Palin”
Welcome to the new fox show THE END OF TIMES COUNT DOWN Starring Sarah Palin. Also her sidekick Rev Muthie and the rest of the Wasllla Hillbillies.
Tea Baggers: Lying, Stoopid, Mentally Unstable, Need only Apply
Hosted by Sarah Palin
She can’t ASK people questions, can she?
Maybe she can show us the work being done on her “biggest energy project in the history of America” she got done. What? Transcanada isn’t building yet?
I agree, I think they (Palin handlers/FOX) are trying to change the subject after that 60 minute broadcast. I’m sure this has been in the works for some time, so it’s not surprising that they picked today to release this statement.
Let’s not let them get away with changing the subject.
“Sarah Palin’s Fairy Tale Hour”?
“I’m Sarah, dammit”?
Ahhhhh .
Granny’s show should be called . . . . .
The Crippling Syntax and Lying News Hour With Sarah Palin
Daily Kos has an article up that palin has already quit … it’s a funny read and a joke!
I think that she will broadcast from the turrent. She will never move to the meltingpot N.Y. Too many ickey unamericans that don’t look like hern
Word Salad, Also Too…. with Sarah Palin
CO almost native —
I like it — A deeper shade of Rouge.
How to lie and get away with it. You too can become POTUS.
An inspiration guide to Politics and Gods Will.
Maybe she can do jail house interviews (from the inside)! Bailin’ with Palin
or what about Palin’s Wailin’
The “60 Minutes” story was an open attempt by the Establishment GOP to bury Palin once and for all, and leave the door open for, say, Wall Street Mitt.
This rushed announcement (to thwart the “Palin is a whack job” news reports) is a reminder that the neo-cons at Fox;
1. control the teabaggers
2. have two bible-thumpers (Huckabee, Palin) on their payroll
3. are still the reigning master media manipulators
Whichever Republican candidate prevails had better run as a neo-con!
How to lie and get away with it. You too can become POTUS.
An inspirational guide to Politics and Gods Will.
Maybe it will be an exercise show… you know:
“On The Road with Sarah Palin” (My apologies to Charles Kuralt)
I’m sure this was all part of the package offer she received from Rupert if she quit. A book, a big fancy tour with an ego bus (and private jet), and a deal with Fox.
One song keeps going through my head when I think of Palin.
Money makes da’ verld go round, da’ verld go round, da’ verld go round…money make da’ verld go round, of that you can be sure…………..money,money,money,money,money,money………
The world’s highest paid attention whore.
How long before she effs this up, too?
As suggested, Jon Stewart — and Colbert — have just gotten free material for awhile, at least. I cannot wait.
From the Daily Beast: Pailins Ten most awkward media moments:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-05/sarah-palins-ten-most-awkward-media-moments/
Oh, yeah….Jon Stewart is licking his chops!
Is she going to be part of the cartoon Sunday nights. I bet she fades away within three, months, no two, I mean right after the 2010 election. Even Faux news will be fed up with the shallow, uninformed word salad she spews.
Initially called On Point with Sarah Palin, it will be changed to, ya know we as America people deserve honesty, not socialist death panels.
Trisha at #18 *Do I look fat?*
This one made me LOL.
Or how about, *Does lying make my butt look big?*
As pointed out by a TPM Commenter, by going to Fox she is now precluded from being on other network programs. This is an attempt to hide her from all other media.
Evelyn Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 10:56 AM
“Twitchat with Sarah Palin”
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wicked funny
“Makin’ up Stuff with a Made-up Stiff”
This just in…..The Daily Show just fired all of its writers.
Said Jon Stewart – “We don’t need ‘em anymore – the Daily Show will just run all of Palin’s Fox shows”.
It was God’s plan.
“Silly Sarah’s Stupid Sayings” comes to mind. This is mind-boggling. I will never watch Fox for the remainder of my life..and ban it from my kids and grandkids futures- it is all about MONEY – nothing more and we deserve HER to be quiet now! she is embarassing to real Alaskans, REAL women and religious people of the US
“The Liar Show” is already taken on twitter and facebook.
@CRFlats: In regard to Jon Stewart, I remember the day that Robert Novak tore off his mike and rush angrily off the CNN set (after swearing). Jon looked upwards and gave thanks for comedy gold. Ditto for the day the Cheney shot that guy in the face.
Now, all Stewart has to do to get guaranteed laughs is go through every clip of Sarah blasting the media for makin’ things up. What fun! Now Sarah will join that elite core of people she used to hate.
As for Sarah’s comments, nothing much will change. Instead of posting ghost-written comments on facebook, she will have a chance to read the ghost-written comments from the teleprompter. And, let’s hope that Sarah resists any efforts to get her a voice coach. She sounds fine, just fine!
Well, FOX just gave our Quitter Queen a platform to spew more of her never ending lies.
from ‘pageant walkin’ to ‘Mosse$hit Talkin’
How about this?
Moose$hit Talkin…. with Sarah Palin!
I’ll agree that she’s got a beautiful voice … perfect for yelling, “GO ROGUE WITH ME.” The book tour wigs look great on TV, also, too.
Are her fans starting to realize that she is in it for the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. What about all those cries of “Save us Sarah”….”Lead the Revolution”?????????
hahahahahaha! Losers. Their iconic savior is only interested in the almighty dollar.
The Daily NoShow?
Wll she have to relocate?
“Ms. Palin”? MS? They obviously didn’t get the memo that Queen Esther insists on the title “Governor.”
Good Morning Real America.
Sarah Palin, from my Front Porch
Palin around with Commonsense.
Look in the mirror Granny…
You ARE the ” Lame-stream Media “. You named yourself so we wouldn’t have to later.
Since there were no tweets yesterday to the 60 Minutes piece…
this is their ‘ distraction ‘ and response. This agreement was signed a long time ago. So transparent.
No kidding they didn’t give her a regular show–they had to know she’d quit midshow after some ramble about how only dead fish finish their contracts.
Perfect! She’ll F it up royally in no time. This is what rock bottom looks like, Sarah.
Palin Joins Fox News…a match made in heaven.
Somebody over on Sarah’s Facebook is orgasmic…how he’s going to have Fox News on 24/7 in his house now. People are dancing in the streets.
Criers and Liars
Well, judging from the real karma that follows O’Sarah around, perhaps she will bring on the downfall of FOX as she does everything else.
I keep thinking of what Peggy Noonan said, “She doesn’t know what she doesn’t know.” And what another blogger said is interesting: John McCain should be charged with treason.
…can’t make this stuff up…
Is “Megamouth the Puppet” out of a job now…?
Granny won’t have to have her hand shoved up her backside and make her lips move anymore. She can just walk up to the mic herself.. on her Show.
Maybe Meg can go to work for Bristol… she has a PR Firm.
The Princess Winky Sparkleburst News Hour. She can have a hard hitting debate type show with liberal guests and continuely screech “In honor of the American soldier, quit makin’ things up.” when ever she doesn’t have a talking point to respond to their point of view.
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Buttercup has climbed into the lap of unlimited luxury. Rupert ‘The Murdoch’ has fallen like ton of bricks for Miz Palin. This is gonna be fun.
“Just Talkin’ and Holdin’ the Media Accountable and Tellin’ it Like I See It for the Troops in Harm’s Way for the Benefit of Alaska” with Sarah Palin
Interviews with ordinary Americans, hm? Well, Dirty Jobs is already taken, and Shovellin’ Dipsh**ts is probably not family safe…
I am simply thrilled by this news as it (hopefully) means that she won’t be running for any office. It’s God’s plan!
Y’suppose there’s still one or two of those “Where’s Sarah” buttons hanging around in Alaska somewhere? Or – no, let Faux make up their own -
Oh wow. Pun not intended, but it works, don’t ya think?
You guys are freaking hilarious!!
I vote for Twitchat with Sarah =)
My 2 cents….
“The Silly Hour with Sarah”
“Grifting for Dummies”
Oh I give up, I’m laughing too much to think right now! hahahahhahaha!!!!
overthemoon lol – so far this one’s got my vote.
Is it just me, or are all the comments being italicized in this string?
overthemoon’s “”made me laugh…
“Makin’ Things Up” would certainly be accurate
I don’t have a good feeling about this. FOX couldn’t care less if she is mentally unbalanced, a border line personality and a liar. Look at Glenn Beck. The crazier the better. If it gets viewers they are happy.
that was “Daily NoShow” betweeen those “”" before my knuckles knotted
Headcase News to compete with CNN’s Headline News
The thing is: this deal was probably signed WAAAAY BEFORE the airing of last night’s 60 Minutes report.
I wonder if Murdoch/Faux Noise is/are having second thoughts about this ‘deal’ in light of the apparent recent disengagement of the RNC [from her] and the seeming disengagement of some of her previously loyal bots. After last night’s 60 Minutes, things can’t be looking too good.
All but the most base of her base seem to be trying to scratch their way out from under her ‘aura’, now – are Murdoch and Faux Noise ‘a day late and a couple-million dollars short’ in signing her? [NOTE to Murdoch/Faux: Haste makes Waste!] beth.
“Goin’ with the Flow” – she has obviously chosen dead-fishdom.
bubbles #65 – I told ya, it was that epic threesome when his yacht was moored in Juneau this past summer.
“Honey, you got real talent there. Now here’s how we milk it on the street…”
It’s the Sarah Show! An American Independent Patriot ! (AIP)
Sarah’s Happy American Memoirs (SHAM)
Sarah: Taking On Progressives! (STOP!)
Egads, I’ll be here all afternoon now. I’m sure someone will come up with the perfect one. Just like C.R.A.P. was.
Pecan Farmer Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 11:39 AM
I don’t have a good feeling about this. FOX couldn’t care less if she is mentally unbalanced, a border line personality and a liar. Look at Glenn Beck. The crazier the better. If it gets viewers they are happy.
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i agree and i believe Rupert Murdoch to be an enemy of the United States and its’ peoples entire.
i have to say, i really wonder how this is supposed to work. the woman is barely literate – how is she going to carry a show? also, too, i would think – and hope – that this move is going to disillusion a good percentage of the very base that was singing her praises just yesterday. she isn’t doing anything to improve anybody’s life but her own. if that is not plain to those people by now then they truly must be stupid.
i can see her feeling at home and enjoying a loyal audience on something like the 700 club – preaching her crap. but how’s that gonna fly on a so-called news station? i don’t know. i don’t ever watch faux news anyway but i am curious about how this is supposed to be a good thing for anyone or thing except palin’s bank account.
Pecan Farmer @ #74 – you have a point but I think the more Americans see of her, the more they will realise just how crazy she is. This kind of exposure does not bode well for a presidential campaign in 2012 should Palin decide to run.
Same for Beck – if he were to run for public office, his show would suddenly get a lot more coverage in the mainstream, which would seal his fate. The American electorate only caught a glimpse in 2008 of Palin in the general election and decisively did NOT elect her and John McCain. Imagine how turned off the general public would be with Palin on cable and in their faces even more with her bile.
I wish she didn’t get the attention either – but – she may come to regret what she asked for. If she crashes and burns, fades into notoriety and OUT of public office for good, this country will be better off.
“Twittin’ around the Truth”
“Quittin’ for Dummies”
“Teabaggin’ by the Beltway”
“Also, too, for $”
“Winkin’, Blinkin’, No Thinkin’”
“Palin and the Bots” (karaoke)
Oh great! Now she will become part of the endless cycling of talking heads who appear on morning shows to give us the wisdom of their uninformed opinions. She is even more ignorant than most.
Sizzlin’ Sarah & The Teabaggers
oh wait, that’s probably better as a country rock group or a feelthy movie.
Oh I got it.
45 Minutes: with Sarah Palin.
A little OT, but….
Has AKM yet revealed the mysterious mail she received several weeks ago and said she’d reveal after the holidays?
Mo Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 11:43 AM
bubbles #65 – I told ya, it was that epic threesome when his yacht was moored in Juneau this past summer.
“Honey, you got real talent there. Now here’s how we milk it on the street…”
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uh huh. yep. yep. exactly.
rich, gag……..
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she is “thrilled” to become a contributor at Fox News, in a press release announcing the deal.
“I am thrilled to be joining the great talent and management team at FOX News. It’s wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balanced news,” Palin said in the release.
Bill Shine, the executive vice president of programming for Fox News, said, “Governor Palin has captivated everyone on both sides of the political spectrum and we are excited to add her dynamic voice to the FOX News lineup.”
The release adds that Palin will “provide political commentary and analysis” for Fox News, Fox Business, FoxNews.com and special event programming.
She will also host a show called “Real American Stories,” which Fox describes as “a series exploring inspirational real-life tales of overcoming adversity throughout the American landscape that will debut in 2010.”
Rupert would loose less money if he just married her.
Too bad several years ago was a show called
“Fact or Fiction” about weird happenings.
We can all say what we want – money talks and bs walks. She has the money backing and will get stuff thrown her way. Our comments have become just a bunch of folks complaining. Maybe she’ll never run for office again, but she will continue to be a presence and rake in the $$. What a wonderful site – NOT!!! Think of Nancy Grace. Think of Greta. Think of anyone who was a commentator during OJ. They are still around and raking in the bucks. BTW, on which channel?
The piece over at the Daily Beast is a good one. Sarah Palin’s most disasterous TV moments.
I’m sure this was part of a package deal, but I do think that Murdock and Palin’s handlers released this news today to try and change the subject. Don’t let them get away with it. Let’s keep the Schmidt story going………
Also too, I see that Murkowski is going to try and block the clean air act. Moveon.org is looking for signature for a petition. From email I received…
But Big Oil and Coal lobbyists are demanding the Congress pull the plug on Obama. Senator Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican and the #3 top recipient of campaign donations from oil companies and electric utilities, is leading the charge by pushing an amendment to block any efforts to enforce the Clean Air Act.4 . The vote on Murkwoski’s Clean Air Act rollback amendment is scheduled for next week. Right now it’s too close to call, but we can stop it if enough of us speak out.
Take a minute to sign our petition opposing efforts to pull the plug on President Obama’s enforcement of the Clean Air Act. Click here to add your name
Maybe she will have an exercise show. Show America how to get rid of the cottage cheese thighs.
“Sarah’s Real ‘Mericun Life with Real ‘Mericuns”
And so it goes.
O’Paylin is going for inspirational speaker and story teller.
How about:
The Sister Sarah Palin’s Gospel Hour.
All you need to know about everything and anything –straight from the inspired Gospel of Palin– and imparted to you by the one and only expert on everything and anything, co-author of “Going Rogue” and sole-author of “The Gospel According to Palin,” Sister Sarah, herself.
beth.
With this new job, it will be hard for her to keep up the pretense that a run for the presidency is in her future plans. Assuming that her show format has her speaking her thoughts (not just reading something written by others), she will provide the world with a new treasure trove of word salad which will then be used to expose her limited knowledge and ability to think critically to anyone who still does not see it.
It’s over. Palin gets what she wanted. She wanted to be a star. She never really wanted to have to work for it.
I think it would be a big mistake to underestimate this power-hungry woman. A TV show gives her a platform to say whatever she wants about anything, get a lot of airtime with her own agenda, and get paid lots while she is doing it. It could be considered free campaigning and is nothing but a way to increase her chances of making a run for the nomination in 2012.
Real American Stories, huh? AKA Palin’s Hork Up A Hairball Hour?
Palin will “provide political commentary and analysis” for Fox News, Fox Business, FoxNews.com and special event programming…
Oh that’s choice. Political commentary and analysis from a woman who couldn’t explain N. Korea and S. Korea and had to be taught about WW1 and WW2.
Sheesh………………Talk about your empty puppet. Get bigger boobs Palin, it will help.
The Grudge Report
Mad About Money, Also, Too…..
Murdock and Me
In The Weeds With Sarah
“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.” –Susan B. Anthony
“Failin’ Palin Report”
Also such as to mention “Palin gotcha media hour”
ewww… no, no I couldn’t Polar-bear to hear that retched voice for any amount of time!
77 beth Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 11:41 AM
The thing is: this deal was probably signed WAAAAY BEFORE the airing of last night’s 60 Minutes report.
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Of course this was signed waaaaay before this. Lawyers would need to be going over this contract with a fine-tooth comb to make sure all the ‘ details ‘ were written down. Remember all those stipulations… just to have her show up and speak..?
I saw on one News report that had quoted ” her Lawyer… Barnett ” about the deal. This is the same Lawyer that negotiated the HC book deal. They had this ‘ deal’ signed, inked and all written out as PART OF the negotiations for her writing the book. One depended on the other. It was part of the negotiations from both sides back in the summer. This is that Old contract/book deal…this is just part of that deal.
Mama Bear and Megamouth.
From what I read her faithful think this is a way to start her run for higher office.LOL .Ya just can’t say much because you are always attacked even when you do not say anything against Ms palin but disagree with her world view.You are called a hater.I am sure most of you have seen the same.I don’t listen to any of the talking heads anyway never have.I think I watched Greta once special person she was interviewing and Larry King same reason.Went on Greta wire a few times and she lets people say anything they want to..Her following is just like Palins She can do no wrong and I have heard her stretch the truth in a story.You say anything about how she operatesx and they jump all over you.
Y’all forgot “Meet the Dress” and “Wink Wink, Don’t tell Me!” as possible show titles. She’s the Fourth Horsemen in Faux’s news-apocalypse, joining Karl Rove, Mike Huckabee, and Newt Gingrich. Save us, Jebus!
I still have the parental lock blocking FOX News from the 2008 election. I don’t want to accidentally see it when flipping channels.
Fox News: ‘Progressing forward with Sarah Plain and Small’
Laugh as we may , this article was on the front page of the Sunday NYT. Roger Ailes may be a lot of things , dumb ain’t one of ‘em.
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At a time when the broadcast networks are struggling with diminishing audiences and profits in news, he has built Fox News into the profit engine of the News Corporation. Fox News is believed to make more money than CNN, MSNBC and the evening newscasts of NBC, ABC and CBS combined. The division is on track to achieve $700 million in operating profit this year, according to analyst estimates that Mr. Ailes does not dispute.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/business/media/10ailes.html
Oh! The ephemera…also…too…
It will be “Rupert’s Folly” with Seward’s left-over…ta dah…”Sorry Palin”.
Look Dick look, watch Sarah read, watch Sarah read talking points…ooops…watch Sarah lie, forget about it, don’t bother Dick.
Stewart, Colbert and Letterman will be over-loaded with endless jokes.
But, but…what about the SarahPAC? All that money is for “candidates for office”, does that slide over to the “consulting firm” that Bristol heads in some sleight of hand?
Lord, where did you find these throwbacks?
Wonkette. Go there.
Pecan Farmer Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 11:39 AM
I don’t have a good feeling about this. FOX couldn’t care less if she is mentally unbalanced, a border line personality and a liar. Look at Glenn Beck. The crazier the better. If it gets viewers they are happy.
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I agree, the ratings will go through the roof. I hate that she gets away with just spewing her talking points and never having to answer any questions. I think she is dangerous.
#97 oregonfortruth Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 11:53 AM
I think it would be a big mistake to underestimate this power-hungry woman. A TV show gives her a platform to say whatever she wants about anything, get a lot of airtime with her own agenda, and get paid lots while she is doing it. It could be considered free campaigning and is nothing but a way to increase her chances of making a run for the nomination in 2012.
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I see your point. To me, sarah’s biggest Achilles’ heels are her unwillingness to take direction, advice or constructive criticism and her determination to get back at her detractors. That doesn’t make for a successful political career.
I don’t think rupert will be able to contain her once she’s gotten a taste of the ’sarah show’ and that’s going to get ugly.
Doesn’t a media person having a PAC create a conflict of interest? Or did Ronnie Reagan do away with all that?
But seriously, does this not suggest she has no plans to run for president?
And yet, there’s Huckabee …
I wrote this on another post, but I’m tellin’ ya, read “Amusing Ourselves to Death” (Neil Postman). Everything, everything, everything in our lives MUST BE ENTERTAINING or we dismiss it as unimportant. As someone else said about the Roman Empire and how well Bread and Circuses worked for them, this is a scary scary development.
We here prove just how entertaining SP is. But we also have the good judgement to understand that a Twinkie is just a Twinkie. We don’t try to convince ourselves or anyone else that Twinkies are good food. We know what they do when we eat them. They rot our teeth and make us fat. As free Americans we don’t want any Nanny State telling us we cannot eat Twinkies, but we have to stand up for the truth: Eating a diet of Twinkies is going be damaging to one’s health. One can have an occasional Twinkie, but we cannot subsist on nothing but Twinkies.
Unfortunately for Sarah Palin’s new broadcasting career, bigger and more professional Twinkies already dominate the airwaves.
She is a Twinkie. A light spongecake with a creamy filling. Tasty but insubstantial and devoid of nutrients. That’s it. Nothing more.
I wonder how this bodes for Van Flea’s claim that growing up in the midst of a “media circus” is not in Tripp’s best interests?
UPDATE: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/palin_to_fox_news_i_am_thrilled_to_be_joining_the_great_talent_and_management_team_at_fox_news_148520.asp
Palin to Fox News. ‘I am Thrilled to be Joining the Great Talent and Management Team at Fox News’
By Chris Ariens on Jan 11, 2010 02:28 PM
First On…: TVNewser has the press release announcing Sarah Palin’s multi-year deal with Fox News.
“I am thrilled to be joining the great talent and management team at Fox News. It’s wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balanced news,” says the former VP nominee and Alaska governor.
Says Bill Shine, FNC EVP of programming, “Governor Palin has captivated everyone on both sides of the political spectrum and we are excited to add her dynamic voice to the FOX News lineup.”
More details in the press release after the jump…
• Earlier: Sarah Palin to Join Fox News as a Contributor
FORMER ALASKA GOV. SARAH PALIN JOINS FOX NEWS
AS A CONTRIBUTOR
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has signed a multi-year deal with FOX News to serve as a contributor across all FOX News platforms, announced Bill Shine, Executive Vice President of Programming.
In making the announcement, Shine said, “Governor Palin has captivated everyone on both sides of the political spectrum and we are excited to add her dynamic voice to the FOX News lineup.” As a contributor, Palin will provide political commentary and analysis for FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOXNews.com, and FOX News-produced special event political programming for FOX Broadcasting.
In addition, she will host periodic episodes of FNC’s “Real American Stories,” a series exploring inspirational real-life tales of overcoming adversity throughout the American landscape that will debut in 2010.
Palin added, “I am thrilled to be joining the great talent and management team at FOX News. It’s wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balanced news.”
Governor Palin is the author of the current number one New York Times bestseller, Going Rogue: An American Life. Her book tour to over 30 cities attracted thousands of people and extensive media coverage.
Palin was the first woman to serve as Governor of Alaska. She was sworn in as the 11th governor of the state in 2006 and worked on improving resource development, education, health and transportation and infrastructure development. In August 2008, then Republican Presidential Nominee Senator John McCain selected Governor Palin to run as his Vice Presidential candidate. Prior to holding the office of Governor, Palin served two terms on the Wasilla City Council in Alaska as well as two terms as the mayor and manager of Wasilla, and worked as an oil and gas industry regulator.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour general news service covering breaking news as well as political, entertainment and business news. For eight years, FNC has been the most-watched cable news channel in the country, presenting the top thirteen programs in cable news. Owned by News Corp., FNC is available in more than 90 million homes.
austintx #109 – dang, you nearly made me run screaming away from the computer to throw myself off our deck twelve feet into a snowpile. $700 Billion? That’s serious “the wicked prosper.”
I think I’ll start a small business crafting tumbrels with accessory bundles of faggots.
What’s next? Does she leave AK, Todd and the kids forever and marry the real money, Murdoch? After all, he’s the one who’s been seeding her for the last year.
Trisha @8: I think you meant “Fox Hires ANOTHER Mentally Unstable Ignoramus Host”.
Geez, I was hoping to read a different headline when I got home today, “Ex. Gov. Committed to Mental Hospital”. Sweet lord, now we’ll never be rid of her. This morning I was so happy, thinking this was going to be the end of her, now this. One minute you’re up, the next you’re in a heap on the floor. I guess I’d better put that bottle of bubbly in the back of the fridge.
I think it’s so interesting she’s not getting a regular show; could it be that even Fox recognizes her limitations? Of course she’ll have every word written for her, so she’ll sound semi-literate (which is enough for Fox viewers). I guess this is good news if it means she’s not interested in politics, but I am so tired of the crazies coming out on top, very discouraging…
What to watch now…. Sarah or Bevis and Butthead reruns?……..this could be tough……
OK, one more for Sarah’s interviews with “ordinary” Americans:
Death Panel with Sarah Palin
Copied from an anonymous comment on Gryph’s website:
“Fox is brilliant. They have this bat sh*t crazy woman under contract. When the scandles hit (And they will) she will have to “Appear” per their demands. Custody cases, Babygates, IRS Frauds, Behind The Cell when she gets locked up. Fox got the deal of the century getting Palin to sign on the dotted line.”
Hopefully this means she’ll back off pretending she’s got a future in politics. If all she has to do is read a script (and she’s not bad at that) she may even do a good job. She has some talent in that area, TBF.
We’ll see how that turns out. Her lack of team spirit, her rogue tendencies, her stubborness, ego, all those put together will create a problem working with staff, colleagues; as well as being subject to and yielding to a supervisor, or official that tells her what they want.
Don’t know how long the “diva” will hold out being told what to do. She’s never been good at taking advice, taking orders.
I give her 6 months, or even that, then Fox will be her next under the bus victim. She’ll be launching her own show.
Just another thing for her to quit. I am sure it will be to much work for lazy Sarah.
The Queen of Kicking Down Doors, reading from a teleprompter in her AK turret. It doesn’t get any better than this. Hey, winking at Rupert is all it takes to become a national media figure.
title?
Countdown to Quit
@ rylly: Yep because winking at McCain is all it took to become a VP candidate.
Just wrote Fox….
Thank you Fox for bringing Sarah Palin onboard!!
Now I can see her up close and personal as she begins her new Career alongside Beck, O’Reilly, Hannity, VanSusteren and all their Teabagging, racist friends.
Congratulations….you have just become the “Barnum & Bailey” of Network TV & who knows maybe the BigTop of Teabaggers United!
Sock Puppet Theatre
“I am thrilled to be joining the great talent and management team at FOX News. It’s wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balanced news,” Palin said in the release.
was that a joke? oh. my. gawd. i thought when gwbush quit being president we’d emerged from opposite world, but apparently not. oh, oh, oh.
@rylly #126 – She probably had to do more than winking, she had to kiss his a$$.
Well, she doesn’t have to Twitter and FB anyone to keep herself in the public eye anymore, so there go some of her “fans” under the bus.
But I pity the poor makeup and hairstylist who have to deal with her. How many do you suppose she’ll go through in the first week?
Let’s just hope that she’s asking the questions and not answering them. That would cause a puking pandemic.
…she’s just doin’ the work of the Lord.
R’ipley in CT Says:
Wonkette. Go there.
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Did it !! Oh and those comments……….
Copied from an anonymous comment on Gryph’s website:
“Fox is brilliant. They have this bat sh*t crazy woman under contract. When the scandles hit (And they will) she will have to “Appear” per their demands. Custody cases, Babygates, IRS Frauds, Behind The Cell when she gets locked up. Fox got the deal of the century getting Palin to sign on the dotted line.”
don’t we wish – ever heard of faux hitting up karl rove on his heinous criminal past? hell no.
Sock Puppet Theater 2010
We’re sending her cheezy speeches,
The worst we can find.
She’ll have to sit and read them all
While we monitor her mind.
Now bear in mind Sarah cannot tell
Where the speeches begin and end
So to help her toss word salad,
She’s got some teabaggin’ friends
how about this: “from my lips to god’s ears”
AKM… you need to make a call to FlyinurEye.
I went to Wonkette… so their pic below inspired me. They have Granny hugging the Star Wars stormtrooper. Wrong guy.
The picture should be Granny hugging Murdoch… ala that Eddie Smurf baby photoshop. look at what he has done for her. She cradles and cuddles him with that smile on her face.
Too bad her own prop didn’t get that loving attention on the Book Tour.
But then, we know what she REALLY Love$.
http://wonkette.com/413117/sarah-palin-is-president-of-fox-news#more-413117
“sarah palin – both sides now”
“A Whiter Shade of Palin”
(Sorry Procol Harum fans)
Now is a good time to watch Jon Stewarts recap of Scarah ……..she’s pathetic.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-november-24-2008/the-daily-show-s-best-sarah-palin-moments
I will never watch it even for the entertainment value. I would never give her the ratings. Just as I won’t tune in to hear Beck, Hannity, Rush, Greta…any of them…even to hear what they are saying. I know what they are saying is stupid and full of lies, so I don’t have to tune in to discover that truth.
But, I am sure, she will be well scripted and her appearances tighly controlled. It’s the behind-the-scene drama that we won’t see that will be the most interesting.
“Talkin’ Turkey”
“Me, Me, Me and All About Meeeeeeee with Princess Quittypants”
Shill Baby, Shill
Geez. I sure hope this doesn’t take away from the time she needs to write those wonderful advice columns to President Obama via her Facebook page. NOT!!
Keith & Rachel will have lots to work with.
Someone please wake me up —
I think I entered
The Twilight Zone
or Fell Down the Rabbit Hole….
Poor Greta, she’s been upstaged big time.
“Talkin’ Turkey” – good one, leenie17! And there’s handy background footage already in the can, featuring an Ordinary American struggling to make a living!
yukonark Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 12:28 PM
“A Whiter Shade of Palin”
(Sorry Procol Harum fans)
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hee hee. that’s a goody.
I’m not very politically astute, but this woman strikes fear in me – this is NOT the end result for her, only the ’stepping stone’ to deeper and deeper entrenchment in politics, with a bigger and bigger audience to sell her crap to…probably us Alaskans should not have been jumping for joy when she ‘quit’ because were she still governor here, her ability to ‘preach’ her cause to the nation would have been curtailed….now she has free reign and you can bet she won’t be ’sayin” what FOX tells her, either, but will be connecting all the dots in her own personal agenda. What was said in her fantasy/fiction book will be ‘God’s truth’ on FOX and y’all know there is an audience out there that will eat it up. Absolutely terrifying…and sickening.
Poor Greta, after all she has done for O’Paylin, will be left in the mud.
I think there is no love lost for Greta with palin, Greta flirted with Toad. I think I detected contempt for Greta during those interviews.
I have a few questions:
What will she talk about? The segments are bound to be longer than 140 characters… at least she won’t have to spell.
And will she use a tele-prompter?
She seems to be unraveling more quickly despite, or maybe because of, her success.
Wait until we see Palin on High Def TeeVee for her close ups….especially next to the other younger, fresher, prettier, hotter Fox babes. Ha! Palin will Red Bull and liposuction herself beyond recognition to try and measure up.
But alas, no matter what she does, she can’t make herself younger. She will go over the edge trying because she is….errr….what was the term that was used? Oh right……………… “mentally unstable”.
rebekkah Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 12:11 PM
We’ll see how that turns out. Her lack of team spirit, her rogue tendencies, her stubborness, ego, all those put together will create a problem working with staff, colleagues; as well as being subject to and yielding to a supervisor, or official that tells her what they want.
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Haven’t you ever seen Bill O’Reilly or Laura Ingraham or Glenn Beck on Fox? Ego is certainly not an issue. In fact, I think it might be a pre-requisite.
@137, Mo Good one.
Regressives understand in ways that progressives tend to be clueless about, the simple idea that, who narrates governs. That is why the airwaves are jam-packed full of lunatics like Hannity, Limbaugh, Beck, Savage, Livin and now, Palin.
On some ethreal / masochistic level, I am bummed because this probably means she won’t be running for president. If she were running, I am convinced she would win, which would be the only excuse I need ex-patriate myself from this trainwreck of a nation.
On a more practical level though, who better to drive what is left of this cesspool full of selfish, petty, arrogent, celebrity seeking morons over the cliff than the queen selfish, petty, arrogent, celebrity seeking moron herself? It seems like a fitting, almost poetic end to this miserble country and it’s citizens.
Palin’s Failin’s
Says it all, I think.
My stomach turned over when I read she now even easier access to those wack jobs that follow her. Ick………
How about Palin’s Prevarications? She doesn’t know what it means anyway. And if anyone thinks she is actually going to be responsible for the content of ANYTHING she repeats like a parrot from the teleprompter, I have a bridge…(no, no, not that one). ; )
Great titles for her show, y’all, but I laughed the loudest over Gena’s “Wink, Wink, Don’t Tell Me”. Perfect.
I won’t be watching the quitter queen on Faux or any other channel, if I can help it. But I do have to wonder just what her show will be like. We all know (and have plenty of proof from videos) that she can’t speak in anything resembling understandable English. But hasn’t she also said that she likes to just speak, going off of her instincts (gutteral or otherwise)? And she has also said that she has a great disdain for anyone who uses a telepromter. That would mean there won’t be a ghost writer for whatever comes out of her mouth, right?
And really? How is she going to give any meaningful commentary, even to her blinded followers, about world events, when she clearly has no grasp on American or world history or even basic geography? Please tell me that people aren’t really that stupid.
Fantastic!
I’ve programed my cable channels to exclude FOX. I ‘d this 10 yrs ago and never missed a thing, I’m sure.
She’s supposed to be occasionally hosting a gig on Inspirational Tales.
Sarah Heath’s Inspirational Tales … you do the mnemoic.
mnemoNic. sorry for the typo.
Let me see now…
1. There’s a “multi-year contract” that will likely continue beyond the deadline for realistically beginning a presidential campaign, and the money will be waaaayyyy too good to give up for 2 years of hard work and interviews she can’t dodge. “Study? Who, me???” Chances are now slim to none that she will run for any office.
2. I have super cheap cable and don’t get Faux News so I can’t see her, even by mistake, unless I choose to watch online (the odds of which are somewhat less than finding a volcano suddenly spring up underneath my living room).
3. The vast majority of people who will faithfully tune in to view her are those who have already had their gray matter turned to oatmeal and believe that every morsel out of her mouth is Gospel truth, by golly gosh. Continued viewing of Palin will likely render them completely catatonic and unable to vote by the 2012 election, assuring PO of another 4 year term.
4. As her ego grows by exponential proportions, the odds of a Diva War between Palin and Glenn Beck increase substantially.
Yup, works for me!
Commentary by a woman who can’t talk and analysis by a woman who doesn’t think. Oh boy, what a show!
Michelle@51: Whether you meant “wretched” or “retched,” either one works for me.
Ok, my title is “Whack a mole.”
Remember how she chastized “the Media” in her Quitty speech?
Here is a suggestion for the title of her “series”: “In honor of Our Troops, I’m Not Makin’ This Stuff Up.”
Yes, she has found her place in life. Lies and bigotry.
Name for her program?
Quittin’ this soon, also
For the company with a motto right out of AKM’s blog:
“credibility really isn’t all that important”
Oops, that should be Michelle@102, not 51. How’d I do that?
I posted on palingates ~
Granny Palin is an aging woman fast coming up on menopause. Her hair will thin, her skin will dry out, the pounds will creep up and stay and her middle will expand no matter how many crunches she does. Her appeal is based on her looks. She has nothing else. It can not be iterated and reiterated too often that she was McCains LAST choice – not the first, not the best, not even second-best – dead absolute last.
She does not play well with others either. She may fit into the Faux news profile, but it should not be overlooked that there are plenty of other divas there who will not take too kindly to her presence should her ratings start to threaten theirs. I’m sure the honeymoon will be just peachy for her, but she will be with others whose egos are as large or larger than hers.
I wouldn’t put the popcorn away just yet.
And, I hope she comes to NYC so we can ignore her along with the rest of celebritydom. Puh – leeze, you couldn’t walk on the street at lunch hour in midtown Mahattan without tripping over a “personality”. I worked literally across the street from Faux News. The tourists might notice her, but I doubt anyone else would give her the time of day.
And I hate to sound elite, but she can’t hold a candle to the hip, very thin, beautiful, young things that are to be found on the streets of New York.
Sarah Palin and Faux News…can’t think of any two entities who deserve each other more.
Expect oddsmakers to soon be taking bets on which comes first:
FOX News has buyer’s remorse like McCain’s staff did and dumps her,
or, Palin finds the job requires work and quits because “I love my job and I love FOX. It hurts to make this choice but I am doing what’s best for FOX.”
Talking Turkey with Sarah Palin
Impaling with Palin
Palin Drone
I’m Just In It For The Money, Honey, with Sarah Palin (Sort of like the reverse of Suze Orman’s show whose tag line is “People First, Then Money, Then Things” Sarah’s tag line could be: “Me first, Then Todd, Then Everybody Else, also, too.”)
Holier than Huckabee
Did FOX nor pay attention? The woman is hard to work with. She does not take direction very well. She is bottom of the FOX totem pole right now and if she doesn’t behave like a professional she will never go any higher.
I doubt they will let her write her own material, but I bet she’ll ad lib from the script, and eventually FOX will have to grow a pair and say “Hey lady, we’re your boss, not the other way around, you WILL do as we tell you or be fired” or Sarah will say “I just can’t say these things if they are not what I truly believe” – but if you had such a stand on principals, you would have turned down the idea in the first place.
It would be, to use one of SP’s favorite words, naive to think that that wasn’t going to happen as a matter of course in the job. It’s like a woman agreeing to become a prostitute and saying “well, I had no IDEA I was going to have to have sex to do this job!!!!”.
She supposedly has a Bachelors Journalism degree.
Hey, I have a B. A. in Anthropology (I was a double major in college) but since I have not worked in the field after college, I never present myself as an Anthropologist.
All the hard-working, intelligent journalists who didn’t get a spot on FOX news should be seething right now.
Greta, Hannity and O’Reilly (especially O’Reilly) like to tout their knowledge…how will they like sharing the stage with this obvious fraud? (She loves to tell others not to be naive…how will O’Reilly take it?) It’s one thing to pretend that she’s qualified as a politician (not) to promote their own agendas but another to compete with them in their own game. They helped create her so now they can compete with her.
Well, also, too, she can’t hold a candle to the stocky, stolid, down-to-earth
stereotypical Midwestern women, either. We go to school, speak English or
other languages, take care of our own kids, or look for good childcare,
etc. and don’t think winking and lieing is the way to work.
Talking Turkey and Holier than Huckabee. Hahahahahahahahaha.
Tina Fey, you go girl!
Huffpo says “Palin will offer policial commentary & analysis” (Gag me! So now we have to see & hear her blab about death panels, etc.?) Hopefully she’ll be revealed for the idiot she is in this forum.
She will “also host occasional episode of Real American Stories which are inspirational stories about true Americans”, (because she’s a pro at identifying true Americans verse untrue!)
She said she’s trilled to be joining a network that is so fair & balanced. God help us! She’ll have to travel a lot too and will probably have her kids on the set.
Not all of us spell how to lie…cuz we try not to do that either
LiladyNY Says:
Granny Palin is an aging woman fast coming up on menopause. Her hair will thin, her skin will dry out, the pounds will creep up and stay and her middle will expand no matter how many crunches she does.
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Now I am depressed…..
Well, considering Schmidts comments in the book, she may start out fresh, but will go unstable as the turn progresses. (A little word salad there.)
“My Way” for the show title, and also too for the theme song.
Oh, and please have John Ashcroft sing. TIA!
10catsinMD Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 1:05 PM
Well, considering Schmidts comments in the book, she may start out fresh, but will go unstable as the turn progresses. (A little word salad there.)
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Or as the progressives turn.
AKaurora got it right. My husband works in television, did 10 years at FOX, and the fact is TV is hard work. Lots of stress, even for the talking heads. It’s only a matter of time before Sarah can’t cut it.
title?
Anatomy of a Trainwreck
#175 @InterestedPerson ~
Well said. Good on you! : )
#179 @Irishgirl ~
There there (((Irishgirl))).
Always remember: Beauty fades, teh Stupid lasts forever.
There is a very interesting converstion going on in the forum about Fox, Ailes and Murdoch.
http://www.themudflats.net/forum/index.php/topic,9187.msg97395/topicseen.html#new
Sarah: Helping Inform Teabaggers
to be referred to by its initials only!
Irish, she’ll be taking the DHEA hormone replacement treatment in no time if not already. (to say youngish ya know)
I think Fox and Palin deserve each other and good luck now that they will actually have to work with her. Imagine someone running to Roger Ailes saying “shes catatonic again, we need some meds, pronto” or “crap, she goes on air in 5 minutes and she just scrubbed all her makeup off and messed up her hair, looks like a bag lady”.
Deal with it Fox!
Go ahead and mock her all you want, kiddies, this is a resounding bag-over-the-head-punch-in-the-face for every progressive in the nation. Regressives understand in ways that progressives tend to be clueless about, the simple idea that, who narrates also, governs. That is why the airwaves are jam-packed full of non-stop lunatics like Hannity, Limbaugh, Beck, Savage, Levin and now, Palin.
On some ethereal / masochistic level, I am bummed because this probably means she won’t be running for president. If she were running, I am convinced she would win by a landslide and that event by itself would signal my need ex-patriot myself and my family from this train wreck of a nation.
On a more practical level though, who better to drive what is left of this cesspool full of selfish, petty, arrogant, celebrity seeking morons over the cliff than the queen selfish, petty, arrogant, celebrity seeking moron herself? It seems like a fitting, almost poetic end to this miserable country and its citizens.
Try this on for a title:
Real American Propaganda: A Nation Hopelessly Lost, Stupid and Too Lazy to Stop Getting Punked
titles:
Faux Pas Palin (you know she loves things in French)
Tales from the Turret
Wasilla Whimsy
The Pink Prancer
Pander She Wrote
Check politicususa.com
Her need to remain “famous” and in the public eye sets her up as a very big target, and she’s about to get it from all sides. Finally.
The Sarah Palin Fox News segment title:
“Sarah’s flesh colored stockings coverup knee-jerk reaction.”
Palin will offer political commentary and analysis for all of the network’s platforms…
The insight she will bring should be astounding. The big question now is… will they fire her BEFORE she quits?
You guys, don’t be silly, her show will be called
Going Rouge: An American Life
Sarah wil just talk about herself over and over and over, episode after episode, blame game ater blame game. Like an ever revolving SP hell hour.
This is great news, in my opinion. One can hardly be taken seriously as a political figure if working for fox. Seems to me that some of those who have been hailing her as the saviour of the right wing now have to re-evaluate the situation — there is no route from fox to the white house. Credible candidates do not have talk shows on fox, they may show up now & then as a guest, but do not have their own shows. She will be preaching to the choir, as always, but for more money. She will alienate some of her supporters, many independents, and expose her ignorance in primetime on a regular basis.
I see this as precluding her from politics on a national level — I refuse to believe that the US will ever have a large enough number of wingnuts to support her candidacy for anything national — and that is wonderful. And now she will be a full-blown celebrity, therefore any news item/gossip that relates to her, no matter how small, is fair game.
#191
lower 48 mudflats fan Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 1:23 PM
Check politicususa.com
Her need to remain “famous” and in the public eye sets her up as a very big target, and she’s about to get it from all sides. Finally.
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I think so, too. I’ve already started writing my thank-you note to rupert and roger.
Shraderfrude at #194
I’m beyond bummed at her gig. Surely the shows will be pre-taped, heavily edited, and she’ll read from a telepromter. She will come off looking good, and that scares the hell out of me.
Having said all that, this thread is hilarious!! Sometimes laughter can be a huge stress reliever. Embrace the snark.
Jeanne and Shannyn, don’t sit by the phone waiting for her to call and ask you to be a guest on her show (I’d love to see that though – the two of you ripping her to shreds on her own show).
Also, in order to qualify for the Alaska PFD money, don;t you have to actually be a resident of the state for a certain amount of time each year ?
Or does just having an Alaska mailing address qualify, even though you spend NO TIME AT ALL actually in the state of Alaska ?
Hello ? IRS ?
How about the simplest idea…and she already named it. (She owns it)
” Yu Betcha! ”
” I did it MY Way “… ( Sorry Frank Sinatra )
Schmidt and the Campaign staff would agree. The debates proved that.
The ” Ricky Hollywood ” meme should be changed to ” Sarah Holly-Weird ”
” Step on Up to the Microphone ” ( Bonus points+ if you bring your own musical instrument)
For those of you old enough to remember Tea with Goldie from the Smothers Brothers. How about “Teabagging with Sarah”?
Has she quit yet?
Tonight at 11:30 pm on Fox a new alternative to those “Late Night” shows. Join us for Sarah Palin’s Pipeline! Brought to you by BP.
another title from R’ipley, believe it or not.
“The Other Sarah”.
Well, Sarah joining the “We Distort – You Divide” network seems appropriate enough. But a title for her show, hmm …
Sarah Palin’s Commoner Cents
Reel Amerika w/ Sarah Palin
Skirting the Issues w/ Sarah Palin
Political Predation: Sarah Palin’s Amerika
Oh NO!!! She’s coming over here to the right coast!???
Hmmmm….I smell opportunities by Mudpups….
Mudpuppies, perhaps we can all get together and buy #207 @ Shraderfrude a one-way ticket to a place where s/he can get a real idea of what a miserable country and its citizens is ~ I’m thinking Somalia or North Korea but I’m open to suggestions.
Shraderfrude, you are free to ex-pat yourself anytime you like.
Or you can stay and work to make this a better country, and support your President, and teach your children civics and responsibility and work to spread truth against lies and hypocricy. These sorts of people will only win if we sit silently by and let it happen. But, while they may use the airwaves, WE have teh Internetz and WE are making good use of it.
So you choose.
more titles:
Railin’ with Palin
Breaking Down God’s Door
I Was Against the Media Before I Was Part Of It, Like That Bridge Thing, Don’t Start Picking on Me!
or, more concisely,
Jug o’ Cheap Whine
A Palin has a job!?!?!
It will be a game show. Sarah will say something and the contestants will try and figure out what the hell she is talking about.
What ……..no more hiding behind Facebook??
LOL………… She won’t last because she doesn’t have the mental capacity or dedication to keep a job that requires “real work”
She makes Glen Beck look like an absolute genius.
We’ll get to see just how many times she falls on the “quit makin’ things up ” sword.
In order to keep current, Media Matters will have to start another blog devoted just to her.
How long will it take for folks to go after Palin’s advertising sponsors the way they are doing with Becks?
Can you see the Palin gold commercials in your head yet?……I can.
Remember this?:
Syndicating Sarah Palin
While you might assume Palin would be a better fit for conservative radio than the less partisan world of syndicated broadcast TV, my sources say the country’s biggest radio conglomerate, Clear Channel, has already passed on her.
The main objection to Palin as radio talk-show host is that she would have to hold forth for three hours a day.
While some of her recent remarks may indicate a talent for improvisation, anyone who’s listened to Rush Limbaugh or Thom Hartmann or Don Imus or Howard Stern or even Ryan Seacrest knows it’s the rare personality who can blab extemporaneously for 15 hours a week.
And relying on callers to get you through won’t help, because as we’ve all experienced, callers-in are usually more embarrassing than compelling.
Inside Radio also gleefully points out the irony of these rumors, since Palin’s disdain for the media is clear. As she admonished reporters in her departure speech: “Quit making things up.”
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/Fates_Fortunes/20621-Syndicating_Sarah_Palin_Part_2_The_Next_Rush_Limbaugh_.php
The Rouge Coop: FOX Henhouse with Sarah Heath-Palin
I bet once she goes East the divorce is coming. When it comes down to the marriage or her job, she’ll quit both.
She’s quit everything else.
Man, I swear I just looked at the site an hour or two ago, no new post and then over 200 replies. Well, who could help chiming in?
So over here on the East Coast, eh? That means she’ll be right next to Walden Pond where all those E – lites are reading those terrible things. Wait, let’s hope she doesn’t go duck hunting up there. Shades of Cheney?
“I am thrilled to be joining the great talent and management team at FOX News. It’s wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balanced news.”
Did you notice? She thinks she’s joining the management team. Remember when her scrambled syntax kept putting McCain in second place? She’s doing it again!
I’d pay money to hear Steve Schmidt’s first, uncensored reaction.
#226 Blue Idaho Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 2:09 PM
It will be a game show. Sarah will say something and the contestants will try and figure out what the hell she is talking about.
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The Ding Dong Show? She can fix moose (er, mousse).
http://www.hostesscakes.com/recipes/show/48/
It’s all about the wardrobe. Her Ivana dreams have come true!
Quitting for Dummies
Shraderfrude: I hear you! I feel the same way. I need to detach from politics because it is only hurting me now.
How can you be part of something that is now, only irrational players like our IDIOT congresscritters (few good ones, fewer all the time) and our stupid shallow media. We CAN”T discuss like adults, what we can do to fix our problems. Right now the GOP won’t play, won’t talk. Stonewall. The media goes from shiny object to shiny object and they give voices the the loudest a-holes for ratings, and then everyone thinks that most people must feel that way or why are they on TV?
Communism doesn’t work, but Mao was right, materialism will bury us. We are escapist junkies, TV, alcohol, food, INTERNET, and Americans don’t even know the history of their own country or what the Constitution really says.
Just as long as she doesn’t want to ever become President or VP- I think it is awesome. And if she can learn some things about politics-well done. Good for Sarah. This is awesome for those that love her and great for those of us who love to be humored. I think she will actually do well. I am just saying…
Media Matters is covering this already, here’s an excerpt………
In past months, Palin has frequently misled public on variety of issues
“Death panel.”
In a Facebook post, Palin claimed that under Democratic health care reform, “Obama’s ‘death panel’ ” would “decide” whether her parents or her son Trig, who has Down syndrome, were “worthy of health care.” Palin’s assertion was based on the widely debunked claim that the House health care reform bill would require end-of-life counseling.
Numerous Fox News personalities subsequently advanced Palin’s false claim.
PolitiFact.com named Palin’s death panels claim its “Lie of the Year.”
During the health care debate, Palin also falsely linked the Independent Medicare Advisory Board created by the Senate health care reform bill and nonbinding mammogram guidelines to death panels.
Media Matters previously documented numerous falsehoods Palin made during the 2008 campaign as Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential candidate, including the false claim that as Alaska governor she said “thanks, but no thanks” to the bridge to nowhere and the falsehood that a New York Times article supported the assertion that Obama was “palling around” with terrorists.
http://mediamatters.org/research/201001110028
But wait, there’s more!
Palingates is reporting Bristol signed a 6 figure contract for pics of Tripp and other family members…remember those docs Van Flea filed about Levi exploiting Tripp? This could also be the reason for Bristol’s new BSMP, LLC company.
What a bunch of g.d. hypocrites.
Lilybart, it comes down to education. As a European, the sooner this home-schooling lark is stopped in America, the better. Here in Ireland, if your child misses 20 days of school, the authorities are on top of you.
To anyone who thinks that being a pundit on Pox is a stepping stone to anything but a higher tax bracket: Name on twerp who would be an obvious candidate for anything.
Considering her limitations her show’s staff is going to be earning every penny of their paychecks. If she does spend time on the east coast, she’ll get to indulge her taste for the finer things that she mocks the liberal elite for. I’m just waiting for her to get taken apart about some foolishness she says on her show. You know Olbermann is probably smiling and shaking his head over this announcement.
The east coast, eh? Th opens a huge new market for unwanted “Where’s Sarah” buttons.
If she had any insigt whatsoever, she would not do this and the thought of it would be a total embarassment. I have to admit I feel kinda embarassed for her — almost like I did when she was trying to get through the Katie Couric interview. As much as I cannot stand her, I have a hard time seeing any human being make a total jackass of herself and that is what is coming. I don’t understand why her friends and family don’t do an intervention and stop this insanity of hers!
@238 Irishgirl
I am also concerned about home schooling. I have only anecdotal information, but everyone I know who is home schooling is doing it because of religion. I’m sure many are really good people, but I wonder how hard it is to teach your child to answer the official exams in one way but to believe another way. I am interested in hearing more if anyone has personal experience of knows people who home school, but I guess this really isn’t an open thread.
Controlling the News Cycle…..
Schmidt et al came out with their devastating portrait of a lying, “mentally limited,” and mentally unstable Sarah Palin last night. In response, Palin thinks she can control the news cycle by announcing her Fox deal today.
Did it work?
I suspect not in the way that she or Fox hoped for. Now all the jokes and comments about Palin are automatically tarring and feathering Fox as well.
“Watch Fox News…..where mentally limited whackjobs shovel lies about this American Life.”
(Meanwhile….McCain is hiding out in Israel with his own attempts to control the news cycle after Schmidt showed what a dangerous campaign the GOP ran with a nutcase as VP. Did his attempt at news cycle control work? Not in my book. All I see are two skunks (McCain and Lieberman) posturing with their limp tails up…..undermining our President on foreign soil. Country First, my arse….the creeps.)
I can’t wait to boycott the companies that advertise on her programs.
The theme music for the show will be from the Emerson , Lake and Palmer album “Brain Salad Surgery”
Next upon the bill in our House of Vaudeville
We’ve a stripper in a till
What a thrill! What a thrill!
And not content with that, with our hands behind our backs,
We pull Jesus from a hat,
Get into that! Get into that!
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!
See the show!
If you don’t have the TV on right now… you might want to tune in to CNN.
A comment on Bree’s thread posted this.
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Cafferty on CNN is doing his segment right now with this question:
Is Sarah Palin Dishonest?
He talked of the book and the 60 Minutes interview. He also mentioned that Palin has just signed a contract with “The F Word” station!!
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Jack Cafferty had the MOST brutal,honest on-air Opinion of anyone in Media of what he thought or S’error and of McCain for picking her last year on his Show.I don’t think his Opinion has changed and I’ll bet it gets worse. You might want to find this one in the CNN Archives later. It must be BRUTAL.
trisha -
You know it !!
Ya think they ran any $$$ thru Bristol’s ….ahem…..company ??
I don’t know if this was posted here, but it’s worth repeating.
Anonymous said…
I think this should be pointed out to the Palinbots (taken from ‘honesty in gov” on IM):
“The News said “Barnett her Lawyer” made a statement. Barnett worked on the HC Book deal way back in the summer. This was OBVIOUSLY part of that same contract deal and part of those negotiations. We give you a show… if you write the Book and let us publish it. So transparent. They waited for the right time to announce it… distraction.”
So that whole time she was milking your $ for SarahPac and teasing you with a run in 2012, she was building a studio in her compound for a job she knew she was taking at least a year ago.
I notice that in all of this fuss, Sarah is not hosting her own show. She is not capable of showing up on a regular basis and doing work. She will be available to read the ghost written comments prepared for her, from time to time. As for analysis, that would require some mental skill. And, we have already heard from Steve Schmidt in that department. The level of discussion on Fox News sounds much like high school kids making fun of something without any actual knowledge of the subject. They are the constant source of jokes on Jon Stewart’s show, showing them at their worst. Sarah will be in great company.
It is too bad that Fox News continues to be the publicity arm of the far right wing of the Republican Party. They may be strengthening their base, but they turn away Independents and Moderates. The thing that is scary is the way the Glenn Beck fired up a tea-bag rally. The joke is that when Michele Bachmann tried to stage another protest, Fox News used old footage to inflate attendance figures. Fox can generate some powerful hatred, as in the case of calling for violence against an abortion doctor. We have friends who only watch Fox, and they actually sound brainwashed. Fox is both a joke and is very dangerous at the same time.
She’s also going to be right next to those NYC paparazzi. Boy can they kick a$$ when it comes to the cellulite, toy boy pics. Bring on the long lenses!
SMR: True. When you seek celebrity in a shallow country like this is, you will GET IT!! You thought the Hawaii photos were bad?! Wait til you make the InTouch worst beach bodies of the year.
10cats: JINX!!
The Palins and their sad circus represent all that is going terribly wrong with the United States. Ignorance and trashiness is being embraced and education, poise and grace is being thrown away. We have become a country that strives for mediocrity and embraced idiocracy.
Palin will continue to rake in the dough as will her family and Levi, also, too. This is the way our entertainment industry works and it is all because it is also what the American people demand in order to be entertained.
The fact that McCain and company foisted this Palin disaster on the American people is further proof of how utterly out of control everything has become.
She starts tomorow on O’Lielly’s show. Didn’t he correct her about something not too long ago? Pretty much said she lied?
This ought to be good…
Will SP be moving to NYC??
What about her kids and school? What the heck will they be doing?
I will go for THE DAUGTER OF GOD or Diva without portfolio
Not sure what to call it but I’m sorry the following have already been taken:
All My Children, Arrested Development, Moonlighting, Lost, The Odd Couple, Get Smart, My Two Dads, House, The Biggest Loser, All in the Family, Quantum Leap, Bonanza, The Price is Right.
As hard as it is to imagine her on Fox News, FoxNews.com and certain specials, Sarah Palin on Fox Business Network takes my breath away.
What????
What????
# 257
Hmmmmm Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 3:09 PM
What about her kids and school? What the heck will they be doing?
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Simple… she will just Divorce them all…. she’s on her “Majic Carpet Ride “.
At least Tawd will know he won’t have to be sleeping on the couch anymore down the road.
And what about the ‘ special bond ‘ that a Mother usually has with an infant child in his early formitive years when he is learning. Even more important with a DS child. I wonder if any of those speaking organizations she spoke to last year will say anything. More hypocrisy.
I keep wondering why so many people are so sure that this means she won’t run in ‘12? Mike Huckabee is on Fox News and, until recently, was a shoe-in for running in ‘12. He’s not now because of the cop killer debacle. I personally doubt she’d run, but this deal will give her a platform to put herself out there and be on a script again. I think this is bad. Nice job, Fox News, I didn’t think you could sink lower but you’ve really outdone yourself!
Hmmmmm Says:
What about her kids and school? What the heck will they be doing?
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Edumacation is low on the Palin priority list. Methinks the show will be shot in Ak.
In all of this, let’s not them “them” win at trying to control the news cycle and changing the converstation off of the Schmidt story. We need to get back to that conversation.
They had no other response to Steve’s remarks so they release this “news”.
Sorry Palin. We won’t forget and we we continue to search for the truth among your steaming pile of lies.
38 Irishgirl Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 2:31 PM
Lilybart, it comes down to education. As a European, the sooner this home-schooling lark is stopped in America, the better. Here in Ireland, if your child misses 20 days of school, the authorities are on top of you
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In Canada we have home schooling………….it’s called ” Correspondence”.
The material comes from government AND children MUST pass (supervised) government tests in a timely fashion.
If not, it is back to public or private school……..OR ……..have your children removed from your care.
We have religious schools too…..Catholic, Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist, Evangelical etc. as well as French Immersion.
However there are core, government issued materials that MUST be taught at home and in all schools.
If you have no educational standards………you end up with a country full of teabaggers.
LiladyNY @250 said:
“So that whole time she was milking your $ for SarahPac and teasing you with a run in 2012, she was building a studio in her compound for a job she knew she was taking at least a year ago.”
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The sad thing is that her diehard fan club does NOT CARE!
They really, truly believe that she is just like them and listens to all of their suggestions.
They really, truly BELIEVE that she will be president and they will all have high level positions in the White House.
And, so what if their donations went to building the turret house and studio? They will be just fine with that because it something that SHE controls completely unfiltered, not some media mogul (I’m willing to bet that they really TRULY believe that she will be calling ALL the shots at Fox), so they don’t mind helping her build her empire with what little they have (after all, THEY are the true believers who have been there for her since the beginning).
In any event…apparently her shows will be produced in NYC, so she’ll just have to hide out in the hotel when she’s not at the Fox studios.
Looks like she’s really progressing Alaska now!
Can you imagine anyone with any business or political credibility actually agreeing to be interviewed by Ms. Dummy?
$arah is tacky and loves to whine…she’ll fit in perfectly.
JMO, once again, sarah slits her own throat.
justafarmer -
If she shows up in NYC , bubbles is gonna pull out a major can of “whup-ass” !!
I am going to repost the comment I left on IM as it relates to her
” personal connection ” that she has USED on them in the past.
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This also blows apart her whole Faux persona now that she is on Faux.
You don’t think this immediately stops any personal ‘ donations ‘ that she has been begging for through various means..? Sure Faux and Murdoch have to give her a paycheck now BUT her whole ‘ connection ‘ to these Kool-Aid drinking Cult followers and that she needs THEIR money for her cause is gone. How will they feel connected and relate… Now?
They have to realize that NOBODY on the FAUX Channel is hard up for money. Don’t they..?? Would they send their money in to Glenn Beck or Hannity when they now they make the big $$$$..? She IS one of TV people…. the Elite.I think this breaks that ‘ personal connection ‘ to those who were blindly following…the ones She could manipulate. She is NOT one of THEM anymore. If it doesn’t.. they are even dumber than we thought.JMHO.
Well, I hope she gets schooled about the Korean Conflict before she “progresses” any further. For someone who constantly puts everything in the context of “supporting our troops” she should be ashamed to learn that over 30,000 Americans lost their lives in that conflict. Yep….she sure is a patriot and an expert worthy of being a “contributor” to Faux News. I wonder how Korean War Vets feel about her not knowing what that war was all about. Geesh!
I came across the following on the Huff. Po. post about Palin joining FAUX NOISE and thought it was funny enough to share.
As you can imagine, the post has attracted the most bizarre trolls on these series of tubes!
LooktotheLeft I’m a Fan of LooktotheLeft I’m a fan of this user 775 fans permalink
It gets me in the mood for song….sing along with me my friends….
And I’m proud to be an American
Where at least I know I’m free.
And I won’t forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me.
And I gladly stand up next to you
And defend her still today.
Cause there ain’t no doubt I love
this land.
God bless the U. S. A.
Tro//ie Version
Ah’m proud to be an Amurkin
And Ah know muh neck is Red
But I won’t enlist in the mila-tar-ee
Cause Sojers wind up de@d
Ah’d druther be a tro//
On this here blog
And sling bee ess all day
That way muh asse won’t git blowed off
Gawd bless the U S A!
Political commentary and analysis?
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My guess is that Fox is going to try and help her to rebuild her image in time for 2012 elections… but that ship has sailed. You never get another chance to make a first impression. Tea-baggers are her only support base in that area now.
But the neocons would love to have another GW Bush to mold into someone who will do their bidding… namely follow their advice into endless war for endless peace so that they can continue to steal from the American public.
Gee what in the world did the east coast do to deserve Palin????
I voted for Obama, I don’t tea bag and I certainly don’t believe that liberals want to kill my sweet granny… what, oh, what did I do to deserve this.
On a bright side maybe, just maybe, the contract requires her to be exclusively on Fox… fingers crossed ’cause if she can only appear there then anyone who isn’t a complete right-wing nut job should be safe.
Just to give you a glimpse into some of the reasoning being emitted by the Palinites:
” Dragonfly 01.11.10 at 3:54 pm
I like the news on Sarah, Susie1945. I hope she shows them how to be journalists!”
PJ -
Now that is funny !!
I don’t think that Fox is going to try to help her rebuild her image for 2012. They are in it for the money, and yet do any of her supporters NOT watch fox already? I would be right up at the front of the line to boycott her advertisers. I’m going to hazard a snooty elitist guess and say that my family is in a better position than the majority of her supporters re: means to buy the stuff that’s advertised on fox, and it will not happen. I imagine I’m not the only one that feels that way.
I see this move as the throwing in of the political towel, taking the money and running. There is no way for a fox news personality to be credibly considered for office. She will have to move to alatuckysippigiasee and run for something in one of those states. Of course, sadly, there is always the chance that the idiots in Alaska, and they far outnumber the reasonable rational citizens in AK, would/could re-elect her for something…
Now that she’s a celeb let the unearthing of skeletons begin!
LiladyNY Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 12:57 PM And I hate to sound elite, but she can’t hold a candle to the hip, very thin, beautiful, young things that are to be found on the streets of New York.
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lilady you got that right. we got some real honest to goodness cuties here in NYC and you and me are two of them.
Here she was as sportscaster.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV-vWrU27Go
There is already a show called Desperate Housewives so I don’t know what Sarah will call her segment.
How about “Going Faux”?
Martha says: If you have no educational standards………you end up with a country full of teabaggers.
I totally agree with you – and with Irishgirl regarding homeschooling in America.
It is out of hand and we are turning into a country full of uneducated people who are a true embarrassment with their poor language skills, poor spelling, and poor comprehension of the world around them.
Many years ago, there was a great book “The Ugly American” that described Americans who went to other countries and compared everything to their home and found other cultures wanting. I met some of them in my travels in the late ’60s/early ’70s.
What we have now is far worse in its ego-centric stupidity. The dumbing down of America is growing stronger – and I saw this with my own children’s public school education. It is appalling!
But Palin’s total lack of concern regarding the lack of schooling of her children is criminal. She is crippling their chances of ever enjoying a life filled with good books, good conversation, interest in travel, other cultures, and friends with differing opinions that are respected and enjoyed. So sad.
Letterman and Jon Stewart must be grinning from ear to ear. Letterman had to retire that segment on Bush speeches. This should give new life that that idea all over again.
Stewart will be able to sign a lengthy contract as long as she is around. The possibilities are endless for the comedic sector.
Just a comment about $arah saying that God picked her to run for VP, and now be a news commentator. What about all those Muslim Jihadists who believe that suicide bombing is answering the call from god. They believe that when they die they will go right to heaven. What about the anti-abortionists that believe that they are doing God’s work when they kill a doctor. There are plenty of folks who do the most disgusting acts as an answer to a “request from God”. Average people would say these folks are delusional and need to be locked up.
Palin’s head is going explode being surrounded by people who love her and agree with her, although I bet she’ll butt heads with O’Reilly. She & Hannity will probably have an affair, he’s so enamored with her.
For the show content, most “stories, opinions & commentaries” all come from the spin doctors behind the scenes, who start a story like complaining that Obama didn’t respond to the underwear bomber threat for 72 hours. Then other hosts repeat the same statements & rhetoric until you think how the hell do they all think alike? But it’s all planned & they probably have strategy meetings constantly to come up with the next pile of crap.
The man behind the scenes is quite brilliant by doing that because after (stupid) viewers hear the lies over & over they believe they’re true (like how horrible healthcare reform is). Afterall, all Fox hosts are skilled at looking straight in the camera and saying it’s black when it’s white so Palin will fit right in.
Now all of Palin’s followers will join the brainwashing & increase ratings. And the head of Fox admitted that his goal is to make Obama fail, how scary! Also, undercover reporters heard that once they destroy ACORN their next target is the labor unions, which they’ve weaved into many stories lately.
@ Lilybart – The situation is crushingly and hopelessly depressing on Every. Single. Level. You can’t even laugh anymore it is so pathetic. Welcome to the futility culture. This is the culture where nature and its material companion, reality, increasingly punish us for our stupidity and fecklessness. This is the culture that will tear the United States apart, after it bankrupts us at every level, and mercilessly drives the population down by one-third through starvation, homelessness, violence, disease, and sheer political cruelty.
@ Irishgirl – I disagree about homeschooling and education as a prime factor in our ruination. At least at home, parents obviously care enough about their offspring to spend the day with them instead of shuffling them off to the nearest morally bankrupt indoctrination center. The public education system in America increasingly looks and operates just like a medium security prison. And is it really possible to imagine a more pointless activity than modern day high school? Sure you’ll get some religious quacks out of the homeschooling model, but at least we can have a reasonable expectation that they will demonstrate normative social behavior, have a functioning moral compass and deep-rooted sense of ethics when they leave the nest. These are valuable traits, considering the sordid condition of public system graduates. The whole education system really needs re-tooled. It is based on a 1911 factory floor model whose primary lesson is teaching children to get used to sitting in one place and taking orders for the better part of a day.
I think it really comes down to our culture as a whole. As Chris Hedges puts it, EVERY American, regardless of their political identity now perpetually dwells in an ‘Empire of Illusion’. Sarah Palin as infotainment prop is just another shockingly grotesque manifestation of this new reality.
And…
‘People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.’ – James Baldwin
That sums up the destiny of our broken record political discourse in the U.S. of A. quite nicely, I think.
I’m just waiting for the “I used steroids, yes, and I apologize” kind of philosophy that will certainly arise after SP has talked long and hard over the next few years. You know, it’s ok to spew values, say you follow them, and then show that you’re truly HUMAN when you’ve made a “mistake”. It’s gonna happen… just sit back and enjoy the popcorn.
Fox doesn’t care about SP’s image. They just want to boost their ratings. Probably will work for that. Palin’s a phenomenon–especially among the folks who watch Fox.
Moose Pucky never watches FOX. Moose Pucky doesn’t even have a TV.
and speaking of REAL journalists, check out the new thread here at the FLats…Moore Shannyn every week! She’s back at KUDO!!!!
Palin babbles on because Obama has the “actual responsibilities”.
I am ever so grateful. God really may be on top of it.
With a little help from his friends–the actual voters.
And bloggers.
“Rambling Rogue”
“The Empty Hour”
She will also host a show called “Real American Stories,” which Fox describes as “a series exploring inspirational real-life tales of overcoming adversity throughout the American landscape that will debut in 2010.” [from the deal announcement]
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Whoa – I didn’t know the American landscape would be debuting in 2010I (I guess it really is important to pay attention to Faux – they give you the straight skinny 24/7/365; no exaggerations, no ‘creative’ editing, no sins of omission, no slant or bias…just the factual, honest-to-G_d truth!)
Silly me, I thought the American landscape had already made its debut/appearance. Complete with red moons shining down on select, wink-blessed areas of it, even… beth.
Wasn’t Carrie Prejean supposed to host her own show on FOX?
Palin is used to giving orders to her handpicked “underlings”. She is used to being in controll and this will not be the case at Faux. She will go in Faux with them adoring her and she will consistently keep going all rogue and mavericky on them and her adoring friends will become her vicious foes. She will insist on doing things her way, as she did when she demanded to have pictures taken with her family on election night(after the loss) and was refused. She took her family on stage anyway and they turned the lights out on her. This shows just how huge her ego is. We have to remember that there are so many over inflated egos at Faux that they will start competing with each other. Palin will start to divide them after she goes after someone who she perceives has slighted her in some way. She will put Faux in shambles and then she will quit. So, save that popcorn!
Considering that she is very vain, very competitive, very vituperative, very outspoken, and very paranoid –
How long before she starts taking shots at Beck, BillO and other Fox stars? And how long after before she if sliced into tiny bits by these guys?
Wanna bet she’ll think she’s hotter than Rush?
I wanta see Beck diagram Sarah’s brain.
control
I wonder if she’s gonna interview McCain on Fox and ask him questions about his failed campaign….lol
not to be a palin show naming contest party pooper, but i understood palin would not have her own show. she is just going to steal the attention on other people’s shows.
how soon will it be before they are all tired of her?
i never even accidently watch fox news now. palin will not change that.
I was holding out for the movie -
Honey, I Shilled the Kids
lol yardwork!!!
that’s a finalist
OH GREAT SCOT…now they’re gonna pay her to trip over her tongue…she will never accomplish anything without a script…in case she’s wondering, a dialogue requires thought and skill…I guess Faux is just giving her a solo platform without talking to anyone.
I predict a cat fight among the Faux Vixens of epic proportions. The claws will be out. That one blonde girl- Gretchen is it?- she may come across as stupid, but she so isn’t. Stewart did an awesome bit on her: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/09/jon-stewart-calls-out-gre_n_385158.html
Those women won’t tolerate Palin’s bravado and lack of education for very long before skewering her, first behind her back, and then possibly in on-air digs, or “leaks” to other media outlets. She didn’t pay her dues and does not deserve to be where she is by any sort of merit. As a fellow woman, I wouldn’t tolerate that in my Fox house!
she will be scripted… she will come across bright as a light…
tv magic. there is actually a smart reason for this on fox’s part.
huge ratings… political tutoring… and no chance for a political future… who is behind this is the greater question.
I’m waiting for her to get punked by some guy that she interviews who says he’s Sarkozy but is really a radio host in Canada.
Or the President-for-Life of Africa.
In best WWII (what’s that? says Sarah) form. They’ve done it before and they can do it again, yes, they can do it again.
The paparazzi are drooling in anticipation. Think she’ll quit before or after she starts? Perhaps an office pool for closest date/time.
Sarah Palin: Babylon (babble on)
Puttin on the Quitz
Grifters Gone Wild
Mea Culpa – My Week in Review
Top of the Props – Meet the Palin’s
Here’s a preview of Sarah on FOX!
http://tiny.cc/UVKdI
My date for the office pool of when Sarah quits Fox:
Beware the ides of March. I’m going with March 15, 2010. That, or one of her former BFFs will stab her in the back. Et tu, Brute? Or, for Palinites, “Hey, Gretch, Meg! What’s with the cutlery?”
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bubbles Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 4:01 PM
LiladyNY Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 12:57 PM And I hate to sound elite, but she can’t hold a candle to the hip, very thin, beautiful, young things that are to be found on the streets of New York.
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lilady you got that right. we got some real honest to goodness cuties here in NYC and you and me are two of them.
You got that right girlfriend!! (((bubs)))
nnnaaahhhhhh…she won’t run for Pres now….she wouldn’t want to take the cut in pay …..
Good lord, just what she needs: a large soapbox to speak to the gullible masses. And she’s going to be on my coast. I DO NOT APPROVE.
Wait! Isn’t this a good thing? I mean, it’s not like she could run for President or whatever after doing this, right? Right? RIGHT?! *sigh*
Wow, now she’s going to be part of the media elite? Maybe she can yell at herself.
“Fox said that according to the multiyear deal, Palin will offer political commentary and analysis on the cable channel,”
Sarah Palin, and political commentary in the same sentence? That’s got to be an oxymoron. What can one expect from FOX NEWS. And that is only two words.
Ok….I am very confused and feeling like we all have been played in a major way? WTF Levi and Tank…..do you have a game plan? Crap! Here I think the kids need protection and then realize they are in this whole deal together….those under 18 yrs. old may be a tad bit confused…but really, they are use to the roller coaster ride, so they have no choice being minors…they have to go with the flow and think it’s normal behavior. What the hell is going to happen to Trig!!!!? Thank god she is going to go away from Alaska!
Palin: More Cluster Fox
… just when I thought television couldn’t suck any worse… but she’ll quit and do a guest appearance on flava-flave’s reality show. Or maybe she’ll move in with Brett Michaels.
call the show me it’s all about me
I was wondering if they are going to have a translator or subtitles when she speaks. Everytime I listen to her, I have to listen multiple times just to try and make heads or tails over what she is talking about. And most of the time I give up because usually it is the media is being mean to her etc etc.
I would really love to see a clash of egos at FOX. Who has the biggest head. Who is the prettiest. To be a fly on the wall would be priceless.
FOX news is like the Jerry Springer show. You know shouldn’t watch but sometimes you can’t turn away from the train wreck in front of you.
The Road Apple Show, featuring s’error palin.
(Road apples are what the amish horses drop out of their backsides as they prance down the pennsyltucky highways. …)
Ah heck… why don’t we call a spade a spade…
Sarah Palin’s Happy Horseshit Show.
The Road Apple Show, featuring s’error palin.
(Road apples are what the amish horses drop out of their backsides as they prance down the pennsyltucky highways. …)
Ah heck… why don’t we call a spade a spade…
Sarah Palin’s Happy Horses4it Show.
austintx @ 269
justafarmer -
If she shows up in NYC , bubbles is gonna pull out a major can of “whup-ass” !!
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It would SO be worth driving the 7+hours back to NY to back her up! I may have moved to the wilds of western NY, but there’s still some LI girl left in me!
sauerkraut -
This what ya talkin’ ’bout ??
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1122840/funny_horse_defecate_at_girl_head/
Swami predicts SP will quit before she is fired. My guess? By about six episodes in. That may be … 9 to 12 months.
Speaking of which, I am an average American with a compelling story worthy of being broadcast. Where can I sign up?
leenie17 -
Between you , bubbles and LiladyNY , sarah gonna get a spankin’ !!
I think its a good thing. NO one would be able to win a run for office after being a news commentator. Too much exposure. Also in that fast pace, in your face, own your words environment, ha… she’s gone.
…she can open the show with some flute playing….and do the pagent walk/wave as she heads to the table and chair…. ( hhnn “Three Blind Mice” as the theme tune ???)
Sorry if someone else already posted this link, but Andy Borowitz takes on SP/Faux…title sez it all:
Fox: Palin’s Appearances to be Simulcast in English
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/fox-palins-appearances-to_b_419519.html
Wow!! There are a lot of comments! I haven’t been through them. Just wanted to say with their marketing of Palin, Fox is the GO TO spot for Fascism.
“When fascism comes it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.” Sinclair Lewis
Hmmm. I haven’t thought about it before, but, since she’s joining the media, doesn’t that mean that she will have to take her own advice and “Quit making things up?”
a perfect match…wouldn’t you think?
And if she “quits making things up,” doesn’t that mean that she continues her quitting streak?
Oh good,,, Palin and Hannity will be able to spend more time together.
*wink wink*
Has the Quitter quit FOX yet? Surely she will. Just a matter of time.
@270 honestyinGov I know some people who have been seriously hurt by the current economy and who are die hard anti-Obama/proFox News fans. They buy the whole line and then some. Margaret Carlson on Olbermann tonight has it right – criticism and denigration from the left will strengthen Sarah with that crowd. They see any attempt at rational thought as elitism – elitism is the enemy.
“The Wacky & Tacky Show”
“Time’s A Wastin”
“In One Ear, Out The Other”
“Vacancy: Inquire Within”
“My Door’s Been Re-Opened”
317 Blue Eyes Says: January 11th, 2010 at 7:36 PM
I was wondering if they are going to have a translator or subtitles when she speaks.
Read #325 (or therabouts) re: The Borowitz take on this….
“Que S’error”
Palin commentary??! Oh good – now the rest of the US will get a true dose of the Quitter’s word salad, as we Alaskans learned long ago. … I can’t wait to see the look on the faces of the other Faux news folks after Palin’s “in depth analysis” — Wait, that means I’ll have to tune into Fox. Never mind.
Yep, I can just see her now. All charming and sweet at the beginning. Then, the e-mails to staff dissing someone else. Cat scratch fever begins. Those girls at Fox won’t have a chance. A snap of Murdoch’s fingers, and Sarah will be replacing some blonde- regular so fast her chair will still be warm.
Seriously, I don’t think she’ll last – in a team setting. And, when they spread out her program to her and instruct her what boundaries there are in what to speak or not to speak, the Sarah who doesn’t like political correctness is not gonna like it, and eventually quit. Her quitting speech would be like this: I was a sitting goose, and the Fox would have eaten me up. No one likes a sitting goose. So, for the good of Alaska, I won’t seek a new contract. Aren’t I altruistic, folks?
Another “bon mot” from a Palinite who will probably lose sleep in having to decide:
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Clash of the Titans… (heh)
Sarah Palin makes her FOXNews Debut tomorrow night against the season premiere of American Idol!
“I Can See the World from Fox” might be a good title, although I still prefer my first suggestion: “A Deeper Shade of Rogue”
I must stock up on popcorn, if we’re going to discuss all those nuts: Hannity, Beck, Palin…
I thought you wrote “FOXNews Debut of American Idiot”, PJ….heh heh.
Glad I don’t make press statements. I meant a “sitting duck” not goose…….a sitting goose, that doesn’t make sense…..time to go to bed. Goodnight.
Does this mean she is one of the media elite?
It’s commentary. Someone will write it for her. She’ll only have “safe” guests that will either spoon feed her questions she has already memorized the answers to, or they’ll all have a big love fest of common talking points.
I can’t say I’m surprised because I’m not. I predicted this. Just don’t remember when or what my timeline was.
You have to make the rounds of those “Sarah friendly blogs” to get a real feel for the idiocy out there in the good old USA. She could be caught wearing only tights with a rose between her teeth, sitting on Robert Byrd’s lap reading a copy of Jack Kerouac, and her supporters would be swooning over her interest in horticulture!
“My, my what a beautiful rose and it goes so well with her eyes!”
Will her segment be called “Bimbo’s who Breed’ with a special visit from Bristol and a special, special guest star from Piper?
She is a “journalist” now. Right up there with Murrow and Cronkite.
Question: Piper, how are you doing in school?
Answer: School?????
Piper will only make appearances and sign autographs after she completes the vacuuming, changing the baby, feeding him, putting him down for a nap, fixing the roof, swabbing the bus, fixing her makeup, and getting Mommy her iced coffee. Only then will she be able to do her number for the many “fans” out there who love nothing more than to oow and ahh over “little Sarah”.
The teabaggers cancelled their shin dig later this month. I wonder it it was a contract with with Fawn?
Lilly way up there in time. Get the Plasma, but get a big supply of those squishy kitchen sponges and keep them in a basket by your TV chair. Then, when the mood strikes, toss away!
One of the reasons was the cost. Not too many could afford the rates they were charging according to a reporter on Rachel Maddow tonight.
More from the authors of Game Change – One reason the McCain staffers kept quiet about $Paylin was “the fear of the Palin forces. Intimidated by the rabidness of her supporters, believing that they can’t be swayed by facts and worried about getting crosswise with the most highly energized part of the Republican base, McCainworld has shied away from fighting for the soul of the party, instead allowing her version of reality to go largely unchallenged — and her rise to continue unchecked.”
The good news is “with her new Fox contract making her a professional TV talking head, Palin may soon have no choice but to engage with her critics — an engagement that may well embolden them in ways that threaten her public image more than anything else so far.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0%2C8599%2C1953032%2C00.html#ixzz0cNIfj5SJ
The Yahoo news article says that Palin quit her part time sports caster job because of the low pay. Even then, you could see what she was really focused on.
I think she’s leveraged her beauty title as far as it will go. She’s smart to move from politics (especially in lieu of the book/60 min interviews) and go with Fox. She can continue to speak for increasing fees, “write” more books and ask for a higher salary. She’ll make more money on Fox than as a politician. I’m sure she did the numbers and figured this one out. And I’m sure Levi was right on the money when he cited that as a reason she quit; book deal and the Fox contract. She was in danger of losing them if she completed her term. So politics was just another stepping stone to more financial opportunities.
I wonder if she’ll still live in Wasilla now that she has the Fox job.
Todd will never leave Alaska.
Palin won’t have to “engage” with anyone she doesn’t want to.
Her commentary will be written for her. And any “guests” she may have will be screened for approval. They’ll only ask leading questions for answers she’s already memorized or parrot talking points with her. They’ll all agree with her. Unless it’s been scripted otherwise in which case Palin will always “win”. She will be a joke and it won’t matter. She’ll be the 700 club of Fox News. Her followers will eat it up. And if she asks them to send in money they’ll whip out their checkbooks.
She’s found her money fountain for now. But she’ll eventually get bored or find it still isn’t enough money, is too time consuming or whatever.
I think eventually she’ll buy a doctorate of divinity or be ordained in some way and she’ll start her own megachurch. That’s where the really big bucks are. Her Fox salary and the money she gets for speaking won’t be enough to satisfy her for long. She’ll want more and when she can’t get it that way, she’ll move on to something else, just like she dumped politics when it limited how much money she could make.
She’s sick. I’m not sure there is a cure for her. (In this life.)
Todd will never leave Alaska.
So?
In what way would this be a deterrent to Sarah’s plans?
It might be to everyone’s advantage.
I have a question about the AFT and SarahPac as related to her new duties with Fox. Now that Fox will be paying her, doing her hair and make-up and providing a ghost writer to craft her new image…..does she still qualify for taking funds from AFT and SarahPa, or does her Spy Pie (?) or the Bristol LLC take care of that? Does she still have to pretend to be a political contender and contribute to candidates? Is it ethical to contribute to a candidate if you are part of a “News” Organization????? If you are not using your PAC for political reasons and work for a “News” Organization, then there is no need for the PAC. Am I right?
OT- on TPMMuckraker a bit of a fluff up over the tea party convention. Perhaps they have connected the dots between the $500. admission fee and Palins $100,000. speaking fee. Why pay to see her when she’s gonna be on TeeVee.
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/the_tea_party_movement_is_about_to_be_hijacked_act.php#more
Isn’t it about time for the American Psychiatric Association (or some other professional, well-established, respected medical authority) to step in and request the F.C.C. take a good, hard look at the licensing of FoxNews due to the danger much of the channel’s programming/infotainers/talking heads poses to the mental health and well-being of the entire American public?
At the very least FoxNews should be severely –and publicly!– chastised by the APA for taking advantage of (and willfully, unapologetically exploiting!) the demonstrable mental instability of at least 2 of its hires: Beck and Palin.
First Amendment (rights) and free enterprise capitalism are one thing; being a clear and present danger to the populace by pushing the boundaries of societal acceptability beyond the edge of sanity, is something else, entirely. beth.
mlaiuppa Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 9:29 PM
Todd will never leave Alaska.
So?
In what way would this be a deterrent to Sarah’s plans?
It might be to everyone’s advantage.
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Everyone’s?
I agree with most of what you say.
I doubt Alaska is getting rid of Sarah so easily, especially when she hasn’t yet even lived in her new castle.
She’ll be fed in from her studio, fly outside when convenient, and keep a fairly loose schedule based from her compound on Lake Lucille.
The only thing she HASN’T quit in her life is Todd, even if she hasn’t been 100% faithful in her teeny tiny little heart of hearts.
I doubt she will be able to pull of leadership of a megachurch, but then again, nobody ever thought she’d be so close to the White House either.
I do not think that FOX is going to be such a good thing for her. And I believe she will be devastating to FOX. I am glad she is there, and when News Corpse begins to rot from the inside out I am sure she will be the cause.
But I think Todd is going to be tested sorely and this may break his will. This is a lot bigger than sneaking a few beers in the man-cave hoping the wife’s bat-shite crazy doesn’t rub off on him.
@ beth: It may be mental illness. It may also be drugs. Hard to tell.
mlaiuppa Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 9:29 PM
Todd will never leave Alaska.
So?
In what way would this be a deterrent to Sarah’s plans?
It might be to everyone’s advantage.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Everyone’s?
I agree with most of what you say.
I doubt Alaska is getting rid of Sarah so easily, especially when she hasn’t yet even lived in her new castle.
She’ll be fed in from her studio, fly outside when convenient, and keep a fairly loose schedule based from her compound on Lake Lucille.
The only thing she HASN’T quit in her life is Todd, even if she hasn’t been 100% faithful in her teeny tiny little heart of hearts.
I doubt she will be able to pull off leadership of a megachurch, but then again, nobody ever thought she’d be so close to the White House either.
I do not think that FOX is going to be such a good thing for her. And I believe she will be devastating to FOX. I am glad she is there, and when News Corpse begins to rot from the inside out I am sure she will be the cause.
But I think Todd is going to be tested sorely and this may break his will. This is a lot bigger than sneaking a few beers in the man-cave hoping the wife’s bat-shyte crazy doesn’t rub off on him.
Granny’s new job came early enough that she did make Letterman tonight.
He made about 3 Jokes or references. He started one off by saying….
( paraphrasing )
Did you hear the News that Sarah Palin is going to be working for Fox..?
Yes…. she is. I guess all those magazines and newspapers she has read finally came in handy.
(Oouch! )
Wait for Jon Stewart tomorrow.
CNN’s Jack Cafferty covered the SP News with a question for his blog.
Question : Do you believe Sarah Palin is dishonest?
I went half-way down the comments reading them. I don’t remember even 1 that defended her. Many did not answer directly to that question.
The responses were more like she was ‘ delusional ‘… or she believes what she is saying so is it really a Lie or dishonest, because SHE believes it..?
Those type of answers tell you most think there is something more serious going on. You can read the responses yourself.
http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/11/do-you-believe-sarah-palin-is-dishonest/#comments
@ justafarmer – you’re too kind:)
@ BigSlick – H.R. PufnStuf …that was priceless and thanks for the raspberry lambic through my nose.
“Thrilled, wonderful, and excited”… I think they borrowed that from the 60s Apollo Program. Houston, we are GO for launch.
Yay! She’s the female Pat Buchanan! No, this is terrific! I think we were all waiting for exactly this, right? Well, I was, anyway, also, too.
She’s going a direction that she should have in the first place. Not politics: gimmicky pseudo-intellectual entertainment. This is where her talents lie. Pun intended.
That’s what being an ESPN sportscaster is. Speaking of which, she wasn’t actually employed as a local sports anchor; she was an intern, learning the ropes, paying her dues, getting some airtime, certainly leading to a real job if she had stuck with it more than a few months.
So the next thing is regular guest cameos on the Christian Broadcast Network. I was sort of expecting that first, but “Wite-Out” Gate may have scuttled that, hmm?
This is going to be a breeze for her. They have “people” who will handle literally everything, just like the McCain campaign. She will have to do nothing but be a Talking Head. Perfect. Just like those sports guys…
Even though I would actually like her to stage a presidential campaign (oh yeah), I don’t think she truly wants to be a politician. Or president. What she wants at her core is to be admired. She simply wants to be a rockstar. She wants <fans and the trappings that go with that – the entourage, the wardrobe and stylists, being feted, recognized and photographed.
I betcha the real story that the Heaths don’t tell is that she was that little girl playing microphone with a toilet paper roll clutched in a sticky hand, playing Donny & Marie Osmond, Sonny & Cher. Lip-synching her heart out, pretending to be a singer, an actress, a stewardess.
[Me, I was pretending to be go-go dancer Goldie Hawn on Laugh-In.]
No, she won’t have to relocate. Unless she gets a real show. But I agree – it wouldn’t be a deterrent. I hope it all works out beautifully for her. Because that’s how she will get off our backs and go away.
And you all know what’s coming for little Piper, don’cha? I bet she’s already got an L.A. agent working with Bristol’s “PR” business and the Wasilla lady friends that were “managing” the book tour.
Look for Piper on Nickleodeon or a minor movie part. Mrs. Palin will be busy managing that in the near and distant future.
Native DJ Goes Rogue
I really appreciated the way I heard this big news today. The news at the top of the hour on my favorite indigenous radio station KNBA closed with a announcement about Mrs. Palin’s Excellent Adventures.
Immediately following, the D.J. launched into his music set and got all mavericky with some interesting selections. The lyrics are key.
‘She’s Got Baggage’:
She’s got baggage
She’s got so much heavy baggage
The weight of the world
Is on her shoulder
I wonder how she carries it around
Wake up, it was the
middle of the night
Telephone ringing
so I turned on the light
What up
She must be calling me again
Night after night
And it’s driving me insane
Got up, dragged myself out of bed
Nuclear explosion banging in my head
Why me, how did I get so lucky
A million other guys
She had to pick me
Hey Joe, say it ain’t so
She called me up
then she put me on hold
Hey Joe, say it ain’t so
She called me up
then she put me on hold
Watch out, we got a whacked out woman
Huuricane warning and
it’s blowin’ me away
‘No Earthly Good’:
Come heed me, my brothers, come heed, one and all
Don’t brag about standing or you’ll surely fall
You’re shining your light and shine it you should
But you’re so heavenly minded, you’re no earthly good
If you’re holding heaven, then spread it around
There’s hungry hands reaching up here from the ground
Move over and share the high ground where you stood
So heavenly minded, you’re no earthly good
The gospel ain’t gospel until it is spread
But how can you share it where you’ve got your head
There’s hand that reach out for a hand if you would
So heavenly minded, you’re no earthly good
It wasn’t an accident. Each one that followed was specifically appropriate to the Palin news.
Bob Dylan’s ‘Life is Hard’, ‘The River Haunt’, ‘If Love Can’t Find a Way’, Stella the Artist, Perfect Place, Black Cadillac, Short People (from the Little Criminals album), Bob Dylan again with ‘Only A Pawn In Their Game’ from ‘The Times They Are A’Changin’, Good Morning Happiness, and Elvis Presley’s ‘Suspicious Minds’.
Funny, funny. Made my day. Thanks, David. Nothing wrong with a little subtlety in your snark! Unlike those ridiculous pieces of nasty Palin groupies on KWHL.
“My View, also too”
Jeez, we had a soap opera filmed in my home town, and I never watched it, found it dull. (Since Cancelled) But it did put dollars into the towns coffers. And it was a topic of conversation once in a while.
And here I am fixated on the O’Paylin family soap opera, when all I had to do was get out of my car to watch proffessionals filming some of their ridiculous plot lines at the cemetary, the church, the park, the local Tavern. $arah O’Paylins plot line is more ridiculous than any of the good twin, bad twin, actress back from the dead storyline that ever was dreamed up by a script writer..
The woman is like a Vampire, no one has the guts to put a stake through her heart, too cowardly like McCain. He should have given her the boot for the good of the country, when it was obvious she was nuttier than a fruitcake.
News Alert. Palin’s TV appearances to be simulcast in English!!!!!
http://www.borowitzreport.com/
I knew there was a reason I didn’t like Fox News….