# Dear God, thank you for not electing Sarah Palin **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 6, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399 "2008-11-06T03:01:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/241 "2008-11-14T00:33:29Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > OK, here’s a few more.. > > Blowin’ Barack #1 : Obama and the Big O > Blowin’ Barack #2 : On the Presidents Staff > Blowin’ Barack #3 : Foreign Policy Experience Blowin’ Barack #4: All the President’s Semen ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/242 "2008-11-14T00:35:39Z")
Obama and the Forty Thieves. Barack and the Seventy Virgins. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/243 "2008-11-14T00:42:21Z")
Did no one think of “BarackbackMountain”? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/244 "2008-11-14T00:43:22Z")
> [@wring](#): > > Did no one think of “BarackbackMountain”? Win. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/245 "2008-11-14T00:51:49Z")
> [@wring](#): > > Did no one think of “BarackbackMountain”? Racist homophobe! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/246 "2008-11-14T01:01:51Z")
> [@wring](#): > > Did no one think of “BarackbackMountain”? Make that _Mountin’_ for the extra point. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/247 "2008-11-14T01:22:53Z")
Blowin’ Barack #5: Social List Blowin’ Barack #6: Putting on Ayers (for our gay friends) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/248 "2008-11-14T01:32:43Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > So, I’m lying? The link is a written story with an embedded video interview with Palin. I quoted one relevant part in my post. Here’s the quote:'\*“So, no, I think that if there are allegations based on questions or comments that I made in debate prep about NAFTA, and about the continent versus the country when we talk about Africa there, then those were taken out of context,” Palin said. “And that’s cruel and it’s mean-spirited, it’s immature, it’s unprofessional, and those guys are jerks, if they came away with it taking things out of context and then tried to spread something on national news. It is not fair and not right.” \* This came after the reported incidents, so it is impossible its the source of the rumors. And, taken in context, she was putting “quote marks” around “country”, since those were the words used. I mea come on, how do you deny you said Africa was a country without using the term “counrty” in the same sentence as Africa? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/249 "2008-11-14T01:37:15Z")
Humpin’ Hussein: The First Lady (and Second, and Third, and Fourth, and Fifth…) Humpin’ Hussein #2: Air Fist One I’m going to regret hitting send. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/250 "2008-11-14T01:44:55Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Given that a number of Dopers here have posted that they find Barack (and/or Michelle) Obama to be rather sexy, and no one’s bitched about it, its quite clear that you’re dead wrong on this. Yes, clearly I am.:smack: And sorry I brought it up, too.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/251 "2008-11-14T01:45:42Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yes, clearly I am.:smack: And sorry I brought it up, too.😃 Couldn’t help myself! Just like with the Nailin’ Palin ones…they just write themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/252 "2008-11-14T02:02:52Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Here’s the quote:'\*“So, no, I think that if there are allegations based on questions or comments that I made in debate prep about NAFTA, and about the continent versus the country when we talk about Africa there, then those were taken out of context,” Palin said. “And that’s cruel and it’s mean-spirited, it’s immature, it’s unprofessional, and those guys are jerks, if they came away with it taking things out of context and then tried to spread something on national news. It is not fair and not right.” > \* > This came after the reported incidents, so it is impossible its the source of the rumors. And, taken in context, she was putting “quote marks” around “country”, since those were the words used. I mea come on, how do you deny you said Africa was a country without using the term “counrty” in the same sentence as Africa? I’d like to see a more precise timeline, but I haven’t. She is suggesting the comments or questions she had during her debate prep were taken out of context and used as the basis of the post-election stories of how extra-dumb she was. I don’t see how this violates any timeline I’ve seen. Perhaps I said something unclear to suggest that the Palin interview was the source of the “dumb Sarah” stories. I did not mean that. My meaning was the Palin was indirectly confirming those stories, by confirming that such conversations took place and she actually made comments that were later quoted, or misquoted, by the leaker. > [@](#): > > I mea come on, how do you deny you said Africa was a country without using the term “counrty” in the same sentence as Africa? You say, “I never said anything to suggest that Africa is anything other than a continent”, or any of about a thousand other ways of saying the same thing. And if you don’t understand the phrase, “…about the continent versus the country when we talk about Africa…”, to suggest that there IS a continent and a country named Africa, you are either being disingenuous or you have a poor understanding of the language. As I said earlier, I had already written off those stories as bullshit, until Pailn opened her big stupid mouth and confirmed that she may have said such things; though apparently in some other bizarro context where what she said didn’t seem so dumb – to her, at least. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/253 "2008-11-14T04:05:35Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > This is REALLY important for me to hear, to remind me that not all Republicans are batshit loonballs who support this woman and think she’s the savior of the Republican party. Thank you. > > Kudos to Andrew Sullivan too. Seconded, with heartfelt thanks that you’re willing to even try, [brobby\*\*, in the face of such entrenched pig-ignorance and rabid blind ideology. You’ve got a helluva uphill slog ahead of you. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/254 "2008-11-14T14:47:10Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Given that a number of Dopers here have posted that they find Barack (and/or Michelle) Obama to be rather sexy, and no one’s bitched about it, its quite clear that you’re dead wrong on this. My wife thinks Barack looks like “Starvin’ Marvin” from the early South Park episode. Her aesthetic judgment is in question, however, as she also thinks that I am good-looking (or at least claims to, when I’m within earshot). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/255 "2008-11-14T15:04:47Z")
Those ears…those _ears!_ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/256 "2008-11-14T16:04:00Z")
Nailin’ Palin #12: The Oval Oriface Hot Toddy #1: Iron Doggy Style ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399/257 "2008-11-14T16:55:40Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Here’s the (Palin) quote:'\*“So, no, I think that if there are allegations based on questions or comments that I made in debate prep about NAFTA, and about the continent versus the country when we talk about Africa there, then those were taken out of context,” Palin said. “And that’s cruel and it’s mean-spirited, it’s immature, it’s unprofessional, and those guys are jerks, if they came away with it taking things out of context and then tried to spread something on national news. It is not fair and not right.” > \* That’s an awful lot of blabber (together with the other Palin ramblings about Africa) which somehow lacks the simple declarative “I never said anything about Africa being a country. It’s a lie.” Which of course doesn’t prove anything in itself. Maybe poor Sarah just didn’t pick up enough language pointers during her time on the Straight Talk Express. :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-thank-you-for-not-electing-sarah-palin/471399.md?page=12)