# John Cleese Says Sarah Palin's a Parrot! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 14, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809 "2008-10-14T00:57:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/41 "2008-10-14T15:10:12Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Good Lord! Is Hannity ok? He was kissing her ass at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/42 "2008-10-14T15:15:03Z")
This reminds me of the following (in the spoiler) From John Cleese. NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED OR EASILY HURT OF [AMERICAN] PRIDE. EDIT: Forgive the age of it. It is far from current. In the light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today… ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/43 "2008-10-14T15:29:27Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > This reminds me of the following (in the spoiler) From John Cleese. > > NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED OR EASILY HURT OF [AMERICAN] PRIDE. > > EDIT: Forgive the age of it. It is far from current. [And it’s not from John Cleese](http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/revocation.asp). ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/44 "2008-10-14T15:29:27Z")
God I’d forgotten that - still hilarious. I actually brings to mind that I was approached the other day by an American (well, since I live there I suppose that in itself isn’t odd) who was apologetic about that 1776 thing. Thought the world and his country might have been better off without it ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/45 "2008-10-14T15:37:18Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j\_fxs8mUcQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j_fxs8mUcQ) > > Not remotely relevent, just reminded by parrot, you’ve probably already seen it, being so hip and cool, and all. But if you haven’t its a free chuckle… > > Put down the coffee cup, put the keyboard out of spew range, back away from the monitor… Not porny, safe for work, not safe for your reputation as a serious, grown-up type person… Hilarious! Thanks for that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/46 "2008-10-14T15:42:27Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > [And it’s not from John Cleese](http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/revocation.asp). Hm. that’s a rather long article. Who _is_ it from? edit: Because a glance over the article tells me it doesn’t give an answer. Anyway, I stand corrected. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/47 "2008-10-14T16:02:40Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > [And it’s not from John Cleese](http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/revocation.asp). Certainly #14, including the slur against those who undergo therapy, would be rather rich if it had come from Cleese. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/48 "2008-10-14T16:03:09Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > He was kissing her ass at the time. So he’d pulled his head out? Too bad. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/49 "2008-10-14T16:14:39Z")
**Resolved** , the following: That Sir John of Cleese, having demonstrated the required qualities of erudition, intelligence, and droll wit, is hereby appointed Jester Emeritus for the Court of Cecil I, and That any and all internet based wit of sufficient quality (as outlined above) shall be attributed to Sir John of Cleese unless clear and unimpeachable evidence is offered to different effect and The Province of Canada, which had been an independent nation until this declaration, is awarded to Sir John of Cleese as fief, to dispose of in whatever manner he deems fit, save for the Frogophone regions, which are deemed too vexing and troublesome, and which are to be forcibly annexed to Iceland, or simply ignored, according to his pleasure. So let it be written, so let it be done. Tremble, and obey. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/50 "2008-10-14T16:16:55Z")
John Cleese also has something to say to Sean Hannity, via Keith Olbermann Ode to Sean Hannity Aping urbanity, oozing with vanity, ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/51 "2008-10-14T16:19:48Z")
When Palin said at the beginning of the debate that she might not give answers exactly to questions that the moderator and Biden were asking ,it told me that she had memorized a bunch of shit and would parrot it out. During the debate, I thought if she were interrupted ,she would have to start over from the beginning. She seems to have a pretty good memory. If that qualifies her for VP ,then she is very good choice. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/52 "2008-10-14T16:33:28Z")
:smack: Leave my desk for 5+ minutes with an unfinished post…(no clue how it got submitted) What I was trying to say… Cleese to Hannity via Olbermann > [@](#): > > **Ode to Sean Hannity** > > Aping urbanity, > oozing with vanity, > plump as a manatee, > faking humanity. > Journalistic calamity, > intellectual inanity, > Fox Noise insanity. > You’re a profanity, Hannity. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/53 "2008-10-14T16:38:47Z")
> [@Kal](#): > > Note the past tense. Nowadays, after all her strokes and with advancing age, Thatcher has dementia. > > I’m sure many here would agree that Palin is, indeed, like Thatcher: Demented. Shit, I did not know that. Dementia sucks. Whatever her faults or wrongheadedness, she was a strong woman and deserved a better end to her remarkable life. Shit. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/54 "2008-10-15T08:50:24Z")
> [@Mtgman](#): > > Shit, I did not know that. Dementia sucks. Whatever her faults or wrongheadedness, she was a strong woman and deserved a better end to her remarkable life. Shit. > > Enjoy, > Steven IIRC, her daughter did a piece on either the BBC or NPR about what Maggie was going through, and it is as horrific as you can imagine. Apparently, before it set in, Maggie had a photographic memory, now she can hardly remember who her daughter is. Sad. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/55 "2008-10-15T13:06:55Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > No. Permanent residents (i.e. they have a green card) may also contribute. Is that so? Really? Need urgent answer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/56 "2008-10-15T17:08:39Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Because he’s funny. And he’s also has a keen and insightful mind. His call on Palin was a no-brainer, though. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/57 "2008-10-15T17:23:20Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > [And it’s not from John Cleese](http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/revocation.asp). You can tell that Cleese didn’t write it by the way it’s not remotely funny. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/58 "2008-10-15T17:36:16Z")
> [@Mtgman](#): > > Shit, I did not know that. Dementia sucks. Whatever her faults or wrongheadedness, she was a strong woman and deserved a better end to her remarkable life. Shit. > > Enjoy, > Steven I’m not going to get too involved in this but suffice to say that there are a lot of Irish people who disagree strongly. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/59 "2008-10-15T19:36:39Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > Is that so? Really? > > Need urgent answer. 🙂 Yep, according to the [FEC](http://www.fec.gov/ans/answers_general.shtml#Can_nonUS_citizens_contribute): > [@](#): > > Foreign nationals are prohibited from making any contributions or expenditures in connection with any election in the U.S. Please note, however, that “green card” holders (i.e., individuals lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the U.S.) are not considered foreign nationals and, as a result, may contribute. And tell Barack I said hi. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809/60 "2008-10-15T19:41:44Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > It wouldn’t be a good thing. > But it would be hilarious. Then if we could get roadies and firemen to run congress we’d have a 6 trillion dollar surplus and China and Russia would call regularly for advice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-says-sarah-palins-a-parrot/467809.md?page=4)