# Palin says she has "Fire In the Belly." Is it just gas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 20, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614 "2011-05-20T20:07:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/241 "2011-06-26T23:48:33Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Really? I recall that Palin was unable to remember what the Vice President did - at a time when she was running for the office. You can’t recall knowledge you don’t have. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/242 "2011-06-27T12:32:31Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > There’s a good chance she can see Taiwan from her porch too. So she better keep an eye on it. She can see the Pacific Ocean from her porch. Taiwanese can see the Pacific Ocean from their porch as well. Sic Semper Gloria Fi, they can see each other. Not much for basic math, are ya? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/243 "2011-06-27T12:53:39Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Really? I recall that Palin was unable to remember what the Vice President did - at a time when she was running for the office. > [@runner pat](#): > > You can’t recall knowledge you don’t have. She was totally right about that.[sup]1[/sup] Just like she was totally right about Paul Revere.[sup]2[/sup] She also didn’t quit her bus tour.[sup]3[/sup] 1 - As long as you suitably torture the meaning of the phrase “in charge of.” 2 - Get out the waterboards for “Ringing those bells” and “warned the British.” 3 - Actually, This one might be correct. It’s more like: “Postponed for a bit, becuase the TV cameras weren’t following me as much. And when they were, they were unfairly reporting what I said, instead of what I wanted to say.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/244 "2011-06-27T15:44:28Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > You can’t recall knowledge you don’t have. You’re right, I can’t. And that reflects poorly on Palin. My knowledge is based on facts. Palin, on the other hand, often does “recall” knowledge of things she doesn’t know. Which means she is less qualified to hold political office than I am. And I’m not qualified to be President. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/245 "2011-06-29T16:36:24Z")
Apparently Palin [showed up in Iowa yesterday](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sarah-palin-in-iowa-will-she-or-wont-she/2011/06/28/AGA9lYpH_story.html), but there was no mention of a bus anywhere in the story. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/246 "2011-06-29T21:50:44Z")
She’s here in Minnesota today. Her idiot daughter is signing her book at Mall of America. I was going to take my kids to the amusement park there, but had to abort and go to the zoo instead because the mall was mobbed with retards wanting to get a glimpse of their queen. I wonder if Bristol’s even _read_ that book she “wrote.” ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/247 "2011-06-30T13:36:05Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Apparently Palin [showed up in Iowa yesterday](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sarah-palin-in-iowa-will-she-or-wont-she/2011/06/28/AGA9lYpH_story.html), but there was no mention of a bus anywhere in the story. Very few people know this, but a Jury Summons in Alaska has a loophole that allows one to skip it if they’re in Iowa. Weird, huh? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/248 "2011-06-30T17:14:46Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Really? I recall that Palin was unable to remember what the Vice President did - at a time when she was running for the office. I meant that ironically. Or literally, if you take the quote I responded to out of context. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/249 "2011-06-30T17:37:58Z")
Everything we know about Sarah Palin is wrong. Her name isn’t even really Sarah Palin. Fortunately, the [Truth](http://electnomorespys.blogspot.com/) has been revealed at last! > [@](#): > > Sarah Palin’s identity is fabricated. Obama was positioned to win the election by a landslide. I think even McCain was picked as the opponent for Obama. If you want to get a guy elected, why not elect who he is going to run against? This is why I think **Sarah Palin was strategically planted as McCain’s running mate**. By fabricating her history, Al-Qaeda or NWO, wouldn’t know if she was on their team which would create chatter and flush out those who are part of Obama’s “organized community.” They continued with this online code and wrapped it around “Sarah Palin” to gather intelligence. > > “Sarah Palin” claims to be a **Maverick**. John McCain claims to be a **Maverick** The person in the Rich Jerk videos online appears to be Dallas **Maverick’s Ma** rk Cuban. Sarah coined the term “ **ma** ma” grizzly. Under investigation for insider trading of company called **Ma** mma was **Ma** rk Cuban. The first forum to attack and hack me online was a forum called Friends In Business Scams 101 with the owner named **Ma** ma. Cuban is also known for financing a movie through **Ma** gnolia Pictures named “Redacted.” This is anti war movie that many thought was treasonous. I imagine the release of Sarah Palin’s emails, many of which were "red"acted, was timed with the Mavericks’s playoff games. > > Sarah Palin’s siblings names are Heather Heath **Bruce** and Molly Heath **McCa(n)n**. Palin’s daughter “Piper,” also the name of a plane, share a birthday with actor **Bruce** Willis who played “John **McC(l)ane**,” the guy who fights the terrorists in Die Hard who were really about robbing the place. This code appears to date back for a very long time, right now is when the last piece of the puzzle was about to fall into place. > > It appears that Sarah’s **entire background** is fabricated. I’m not sure how they did it, but Alaska is about half the size of the continental United States. It’s also one of least densely populated, most remote areas in the US. It wouldn’t be difficult to build a background for her, and swap her name in anywhere the real Alaska Governor’s name existed. The feds had several months to pull this off. When Sarah was announced as McCain’s running mate the voice they used was similar to the voice used in video to announce Dan Kennedy, another online expert claiming to be a copywriter. > > Sarah’s last name is short for palindrome. McCain’s favorite band he claims is ABBA, a palindrome. So who’s name is a palindrome? **SOROS**. George Soros has been credited with collapsing several nations currencies in Europe. **Soros has spoken publicly several times about a “new world order.”** He’s also behind hundreds of companies and foundations that appear to employ and empower radicals. The feds appeared to act as the research arm to Glenn Beck’s show helping explain the connection Soros has to organizations such as; **The Tides Foundation, The Apollo Alliance, Open Society, and hundreds of others**. He’s also connected to over **30 major news organizations**. Even Mark Cuban, posing as the Rich Jerk on Youtube, can be seen wiping his rear with $100 bills. To most people, this would appear that he just has so much money, to me it has double meaning. **It represents the devaluing of our currency**. [Formatting copied from original] ---
**Author:** ![Profound\_Gibberish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Profound\_Gibberish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profound_Gibberish)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/250 "2011-06-30T17:47:02Z")
So was that stolen from Glen Beck? ---
**Author:** ![Profound\_Gibberish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Profound\_Gibberish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profound_Gibberish)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/251 "2011-06-30T17:59:07Z")
OK, just gave that link a little read. Remember back in the day, the crazy people would type their manuscripts and hand them out on the sidewalk? Now in the age of the intertubes, they can take their Profound Gibberish and make it look spiffy and almost with an air of legitimacy. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/252 "2011-06-30T18:38:21Z")
McCain’s favorite band is ABBA? Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/253 "2011-06-30T19:20:02Z")
It’s nice to know that the crazies aren’t entirely confined to one side of the aisle. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/254 "2011-06-30T21:20:27Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Everything we know about Sarah Palin is wrong. Her name isn’t even really Sarah Palin. > > Fortunately, the [Truth](http://electnomorespys.blogspot.com/) has been revealed at last! > [Formatting copied from original] That there is some high-quality, grade-A, pure and uncut crazy. I wonder what the street value of that pile of drugs is? > [@C3](#): > > McCain’s favorite band is ABBA? Huh. Wasn’t there a rumor going around that Newt Gingrich’s phone rang in front of some reporters while he was speaking in Arizona, and his ringtone was “Dancing Queen?” How does that fit into the pile of crazy? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/255 "2011-06-30T21:34:26Z")
I love the fact that Palin’s **entire background** in bold letters is fabricated … and he proves that by referencing Palin’s sisters’ names. How far back does this conspiracy go? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/256 "2011-06-30T21:38:44Z")
My favorite part was how “they” made up Sarah Palin’s political record. According to the link, Palin was never actually Governor of Alaska. All “the Feds” did was delete the name of the real governor from every record and substitute in Palin’s name in order to make people think she had been Governor. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/257 "2011-06-30T21:44:55Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > How far back does this conspiracy go? Well, ABBA’s name is a palindrome. And ABBA got together in 1972. But the name of the band was an acronym of names of the four members: Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Faltskog. So the planning must have gone back to when they were named in 1945 - which is the same year Hitler supposedly died. Are we supposed to believe this is all a coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/258 "2011-06-30T22:28:42Z")
Let me know when FIFTY EIGHT PERCENT of Democrats believe this kind of thing (or are unwilling to dismiss it), and then we can talk about how both sides are the same. [Large Portion Of GOP Thinks Obama Is Racist, Socialist, Non-U.S. Citizen: Poll | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/02/large-portion-of-gop-thin_n_445951.html) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/259 "2011-07-01T13:35:01Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Very few people know this, but a Jury Summons in Alaska has a loophole that allows one to skip it if they’re in Iowa. Weird, huh? > > -Joe And in Minnesota. [Twine Ball or bust!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp9yqLbJ4Wk) ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614/260 "2011-07-01T15:06:45Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > And in Minnesota. [Twine Ball or bust!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp9yqLbJ4Wk) Well, sure. It’s the well-known Corn Belt Loophole. She’s also clear on Nebraska and Indiana. Illinois was left off the list because everyone knew they’d produce the US’s first Socialist President. -Joe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614.md?page=14)