# Sarah blames Track's PTSD on Obama **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 21, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737 "2016-01-21T01:23:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/161 "2016-02-02T01:05:03Z")
Did you ever have a Pet Rock? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/162 "2016-02-02T14:22:34Z")
… than she did in the speech. It’s a low bar, admittedly. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/163 "2016-02-02T15:38:49Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > … than she did in the speech. It’s a low bar, admittedly. She wasn’t as all over the map like she was having a stroke or a verbal gas leak, I’ll give her that. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/164 "2016-02-02T16:59:26Z")
Really? From [here](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/1/sarah-palin-i-didnt-lay-ptsd-foot-president/): [QUOTE=Half-Governor Palin] I never blamed President Obama. What I have blamed President Obama in doing, though, is this level of disrespect for the United States military that has made manifest in getting budgets, in a not trying to beef it up and let our military do the job that they are trained to do. [/QUOTE] and > [@](#): > > And in specific issues that we’re talking about that are so hot today, specifically, let’s get in there and let’s utterly destroy ISIS, as we know our United States military can do, yet we have a commander-in-chief who seems to kind of want to kowtow and allow the enemy to be poking at us, and that’s unacceptable to most Americans, certainly to me. Sounds like a stroke to me. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/165 "2016-02-02T17:36:16Z")
I have literally never heard that woman utter a sentence that was specific, coherent and grammatically correct. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/166 "2016-02-02T17:48:07Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I have literally never heard that woman utter a sentence that was specific, coherent and grammatically correct. She defines the term “scatterbrain”. In addition to “stupid twat”, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/167 "2016-02-02T18:00:38Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I have literally never heard that woman utter a sentence that was specific, coherent and grammatically correct. You know, I hate to defend her, but the next quote in the [same article I linked earlier](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/1/sarah-palin-i-didnt-lay-ptsd-foot-president/) does (mostly) have grammar and coherency on its side: > [@](#): > > I don’t regret any comment that I made, because I didn’t lay PTSD at the foot of the president. I did say, though, and suggested very adamantly that there is much more that our commander-in-chief can do to prove that he respects our troops and will let them do their job. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/168 "2016-02-02T18:18:45Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > You know, I hate to defend her, but the next quote in the [same article I linked earlier](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/1/sarah-palin-i-didnt-lay-ptsd-foot-president/) does (mostly) have grammar and coherency on its side: Also predictably fact free. She’s a dizz-bang; dumber than a wet sack of hammers. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/169 "2016-02-18T18:52:26Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Did you ever have a Pet Rock? The rock was smarter, and much more pleasant to be around. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/170 "2016-02-18T18:54:51Z")
What I want to know, and it’s bugged me for a whie, Why does she get any attention, and why do people let her spew such chronically stupid bullshit ALL the time? She was never relevant to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/171 "2016-02-18T19:14:21Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > What I want to know, and it’s bugged me for a whie, > Why does she get any attention, and why do people let her spew such chronically stupid bullshit ALL the time? > > She was never relevant to begin with. She was absolutely relevant. A governor and potential VP is relevant. How people in America ever let her become relevant is a mystery though. Her continued relevance is puzzling. She’s basically the embodiment of the “stiggin it to the libs!” mindset. Is that all it takes? Trump is leading the polls by basically just calling everyone a loser. I guess it is. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/172 "2016-02-19T04:45:20Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > She was absolutely relevant. A governor and potential VP is relevant. How people in America ever let her become relevant is a mystery though. > > Her continued relevance is puzzling. She’s basically the embodiment of the “stiggin it to the libs!” mindset. Is that all it takes? Trump is leading the polls by basically just calling everyone a loser. I guess it is. I guess so. Didn’t she walk out on that governor gig??? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/173 "2016-02-19T12:43:28Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I guess so. Didn’t she walk out on that governor gig??? Yup. Which made it pretty obvious to anyone without blinders on that she’s just a grifter. Here we are 8 years later though. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/174 "2017-12-18T22:07:53Z")
Track has [just been arrested](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/mat-su/2017/12/18/track-palin-arrested-for-assaulting-his-father-todd-palin/) for burglary and assaulting his father. The guy sounds like he’s pretty messed up. Doesn’t help when you have a family that’s straight out of a sitcom. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/175 "2017-12-18T22:11:20Z")
Thanks, Obama! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/176 "2017-12-18T22:11:59Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Doesn’t help when you have a family that’s straight out of a sitcom. That’s harsh. I mean if it were a sitcom, they’d have funny names. Oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/177 "2017-12-18T22:16:22Z")
If he were black this would be in the ‘police encounters’ thread. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/178 "2017-12-18T22:22:35Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Track has [just been arrested](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/mat-su/2017/12/18/track-palin-arrested-for-assaulting-his-father-todd-palin/) for burglary and assaulting his father. The guy sounds like he’s pretty messed up. Doesn’t help when you have a family that’s straight out of a sitcom. A sitcom cancelled after the first episode due to lack of funny and lousy acting, maybe. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/179 "2017-12-18T22:51:15Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > A sitcom cancelled after the first episode due to lack of funny and lousy acting, maybe. I don’t know: kid comes after his dad, dad’s waving a gun and hollering, kid busts through the window and kicks dad’s ass while mom is screaming, the kid steals dad’s truck while mom tries pursuit, as the cops come tearing down the driveway and arrest the kid, while mom continues screaming through the whole thing as dad and kid are hauled off to the hospital. You can’t write stuff this good. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737/180 "2017-12-18T22:54:55Z")
I just hope the family is able to find peace. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-blames-tracks-ptsd-on-obama/743737.md?page=10)