# Palin's still got it. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 3, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719 "2009-01-03T18:28:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [January 4, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/81 "2009-01-04T23:43:00Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > Warren G. Harding was one. I give up; who was the other? Personally, I woulda guessed GW, both times. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/82 "2009-01-05T00:36:43Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > I’ve already read those, but… still, it’s astounding. > > I can’t help but wonder if something like that could happen over here. Is there a possibility that a presidential candidate could say something as incredibly stupid and still, for some reason, have a chance to get elected. I’m wondering what it would take for this to happen. > > At the risk of engaging in American bashing, I must say that this reflects extremely poorly on the USA. Possibly more poorly than anything else. A ruthless politician running and having a chance of being elected is hardly a novelty. But a complete idiot? It seems astounding. More astounding even is the fact that she has been picked as a running mate when there was no particular reason to choose her. > > I sure hope our politicians won’t fall that low in my lifetime. Unfortunately, in the US we have dragged our government so low that no one who could\* do \*the job would even consider _taking_ the job. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/83 "2009-01-05T00:51:35Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Or maybe “Get lost, creep.” > > Possibly “Fuck off, you cunt.” More like “Fuck off, moron”, but the specifics don’t really matter - he’s embarassing all right. I considered making that point when \*\*clairobscur \*\*first stated “we don’t have idiots here”, but I was afraid it’d turn into a battle on French politics. We certainly have Sarkozy fans as rabid and facts-twisting as any of Bush’s cohorts… On the other hand, say what you will about Le Pen and what he stands for, but the guy \*is \*very charismatic and politically savvy. Plays the crowds and the media like a cheap fiddle. Thankfully, his daughter isn’t, so there’s hope for a less disgraceful future yet. [QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Personally, I woulda guessed GW, both times. [/QUOTE] Bingo. As far as VPs go, there’s also Dan Quayle, bless his little heart. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/84 "2009-01-05T01:17:50Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > \ “I’m only a poor corrupt official.” ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/85 "2009-01-05T01:25:48Z")
With the latest news out of Anchorage/Juneau, it seems to me that Palin is sliding in behind Blagoyevich on her own bed of slime. Inexperience aside, their (ab)use of the Governor’s office is reinforcing the image of “Wasilla rednecks” occupying the Governor’s Mansion. And I’m from Kentucky, where Ernie Fletcher did wonders for the Republican party while Governor. Vlad/Igor ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/86 "2009-01-05T01:27:28Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > As far as VPs go, there’s also Dan Quayle, bless his little heart. I have never doubted that Palin would have been just as competent at the job of VPotUS as Dan Quayle was. Yes, I am well aware that this is not a high standard to meet. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/87 "2009-01-05T01:39:54Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Just so. Let the record show that **Chefguy** brought this to our attention almost two hours before I did, and is thus entitled to whatever. This despite posting from Alaska, which entails using a kerosene powered modem with a 1K/hr upload. A bit touchy today, aren’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/88 "2009-01-05T01:52:59Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > I have never doubted that Palin would have been just as competent at the job of VPotUS as Dan Quayle was. > > Yes, I am well aware that this is not a high standard to meet. Dude, that’s _harsh!_ Quayle was [way **more** qualified for the job than Palin!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Quayle) At least Quayle had two degrees _and_ had **more** experience in government than Palin. He might have been a drooling fuckwit, but even **he** was a better choice than Palin. (How sad is _that?_ Palin couldn’t even rise to the same pathetic standard as Dan “I bet the kids would love this totem figurine with the giant wang” Quayle.) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/89 "2009-01-05T02:25:20Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > A bit touchy today, aren’t you? Just bustin’ yer chops a little, Slim. Strictly recreational. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/90 "2009-01-05T02:29:18Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Dude, that’s _harsh!_ Quayle was [way **more** qualified for the job than Palin!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Quayle) At least Quayle had two degrees _and_ had **more** experience in government than Palin. He might have been a drooling fuckwit, but even **he** was a better choice than Palin. (How sad is _that?_ Palin couldn’t even rise to the same pathetic standard as Dan “I bet the kids would love this totem figurine with the giant wang” Quayle.) I wasn’t aware of Dan Quayle’s credentials. That’s my new fact for the day. I still think that McCain, in the third debate, made a good case for Palin being well qualified to be undersecretary of Energy for the petroleum industry. ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/91 "2009-01-05T22:31:23Z")
I would welcome her continued bumbling as (one hopes) ensuring that she’s marginalized, but for people who like her, she **does** still have it. I hope someone in the Republican party comes to their senses and discards forever the notion of making her (or letting her become) their standard bearer. [http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTc4ZGQzOWE2YmM5ZTkyNjQwZmNlMDA5NTU3NGRhNzA=](http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTc4ZGQzOWE2YmM5ZTkyNjQwZmNlMDA5NTU3NGRhNzA=) My point in not dismissing SP as an idiot is that she has supporters who also likewise cannot be dismissed as idiots. Intelligent, reasonable, responsible people who I know – and not just one or two – think she was a great candidate and amply qualified, and that she’s the victim of a media hitjob or (to use a word these folks had probably never uttered or taken seriously until now) “sexism.” Why? Because anger, and despair over losing, warp judgment I think. These people still want to complain about ACORN and how Obama got bogus votes and illicit campaign contributions (which I’m sure he did), over whether SP’s three weeks as governor of a tiny state is no worse as far as executive experience than BHO’s two weeks in the Senate (arguably also true), over the media over-publicizing Bristol’s actual preganancy and falsely suggesting that Trigg was the product of a covert Bristol pregnancy (true, but that does not render SP more qualilfied). How does any of that matter, when you know that BHO won by five million votes (IIRC), and that SP did not succeed in salvaging the game, and may well have done damage? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/92 "2009-01-05T23:04:54Z")
Who’s Sarah Palin? ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/93 "2009-01-05T23:59:20Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > But wouldn’t that be a pointless ornamentation, like gelding a lily? You are _such_ a pistel! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/94 "2009-01-06T00:05:57Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Who’s Sarah Palin? She’s the most important Republican in the country. If you don’t believe it, just ask her. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/95 "2009-01-06T00:15:34Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Who’s Sarah Palin? There’s a new biopic out about her – read all about [Who’s Nailin Palin.](http://gawker.com/5065718/important-news-the-first-minute-of-that-sarah-palin-porn) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/96 "2009-01-06T00:43:06Z")
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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/97 "2009-01-06T00:55:28Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > The only fear i recall is fear that such an incopetent fool would be one very old heartbeat away from the presidency. If there’s one word you don’t want to spell incorrectly when Gaudere is looking . . . ---
**Author:** ![CAT\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CAT\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAT_1)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/98 "2009-01-06T00:55:36Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > [Here’s a photo.](http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/v-gallery/story/641138.html?/1521/gallery/640135-a641205-t3.html) Not a very good photo, but the only one I could find. Love the picture. Did you notice how the viola section is looking down at her pants and making “WTF?” faces? ---
**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:** [January 6, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/99 "2009-01-06T00:55:43Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Just bustin’ yer chops a little, Slim. Strictly recreational. I just wondered how you knew about the modem…? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719/100 "2009-01-06T01:45:03Z")
> [@CAT\_1](#): > > Love the picture. Did you notice how the viola section is looking down at her pants and making “WTF?” faces? Those young ladies are cellists. A viola _is_ larger than a violin, but not so large that you have to hold it between your knees. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-still-got-it/479719.md?page=6)