# Sarah Palin may leave Republican Party. **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 30, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291 "2013-06-30T21:39:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/1 "2013-06-30T21:39:30Z")
Don’t Let the Door Hit Your Ass on the Way Out. I’ll never forgive McCain for inflicting this witch on America. Maybe the Republicans national embarrassment is coming to an end? The sooner she’s gone the better. > **[Is Sarah Palin about to leave the Republican Party? Tea Party celebrity hints...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351750/Is-Sarah-Palin-leave-Republican-Party-Tea-Party-celebrity-hints-independent-start-new-Freedom-Party.html)** > > Palin responded to a Fox viewer's Twitter question Saturday about the possibility of her and conservative commenter Mark Levin leaving the Republican Party and creating a new political group called the 'Freedom Party,' suggesting they might. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/2 "2013-06-30T21:46:28Z")
Nice, and she might make a new political party which will peel a lot of votes from the GOP and flush 'em. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/3 "2013-06-30T21:54:04Z")
Most Republicans have figured out Palin is dumb as a stump. I can’t see her peeling away many Republican votes. Some of the Tea Party members would follow her. I won’t miss them either. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/4 "2013-06-30T21:59:44Z")
She has to do something to remain relevant. I’m not sure this will help. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/5 "2013-06-30T22:00:30Z")
The Cow Moose Party? ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/6 "2013-06-30T22:02:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Palin hinted that she is open to the thought of going independent and said that if the GOP continues to stray from its conservative roots, others in the party would do the same. Which conservative roots would those be? I am not certain Ms. Palin knows the answer to that question. Which would make her a perfect leader for a new party, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/7 "2013-06-30T22:07:44Z")
How long till she’s run out of things to quit? Obvious jokes aside, she was responding to a pretty leading question, and given her tendency to blather, I doubt she really has any plans in this direction. As long as her paychecks keep coming from GOP affiliated institutions, the GOP will continue to have the pleasure of her memebership. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/8 "2013-06-30T22:08:16Z")
I don’t think she could fill the the banquet room at the Holiday Inn out on Rte. 9. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/9 "2013-06-30T22:09:38Z")
> [@](#): > > They had talked about renewing their contract, but it didn’t happen. > > [**Money may have been a factor:**](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351750/Is-Sarah-Palin-leave-Republican-Party-Tea-Party-celebrity-hints-independent-start-new-Freedom-Party.html) How much did she have to pay them? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/10 "2013-06-30T22:35:40Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > The Cow Moose Party? Pity Party. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/11 "2013-06-30T22:53:48Z")
You betcha! > [@elucidator](#): > > I don’t think she could fill the the banquet room at the Holiday Inn out on Rte. 9. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/12 "2013-06-30T23:04:20Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > … As long as her paychecks keep coming from GOP affiliated institutions, the GOP will continue to have the pleasure of her memebership. Well, maybe. Her fan base is shrinking fast, but it could probably still be psyched by a “The GOP has betrayed the Movement!” sort of play, get her a little more attention for a little while longer. There’s already a bit of rumbling about that, and if House Republicans cave on immigration reform (which they almost have to), that could be a play. Joy. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/13 "2013-06-30T23:22:51Z")
I’m mildly curious about why a newspaper in Great Britain cares what Sarah Palin is up to. It’s not like she’s on page 3 or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/14 "2013-06-30T23:38:38Z")
British papers get a lot of readers outside of the immediate area. Frequently they break stories U.S. papers don’t or won’t, some stories more important that others, the Guardian’s NSA-bugging stories being the most recent. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/15 "2013-06-30T23:42:13Z")
Please remember that the Daily Mail makes Fox News look like a quality operation dedicated to truth. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/16 "2013-06-30T23:45:33Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > British papers get a lot of readers outside of the immediate area. Frequently they break stories U.S. papers don’t or won’t, some stories more important that others, the Guardian’s NSA-bugging stories being the most recent. Well, OK, but the NSA-bugging story has been known to all Americans since the Patriot Act was passed. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/17 "2013-07-01T00:02:11Z")
> [@](#): > > LONDON (AP) — Before this week, the Guardian newspaper’s [**gradual move into the U.S.**](http://news.yahoo.com/guardian-makes-splash-us-security-scoops-214451283.html) — hiring dozens of employees in the last two years — hadn’t produced much of a splash in terms of scoops. > > In the last three days that has changed. > > \ > > Guardian defense correspondent Nick Hopkins added to the British newspaper’s string of newsbreaks Friday, revealing that the U.K.'s electronic surveillance agency has had access to the data trove collected by the U.S. government. > > The stories have brought the Guardian wide attention in media circles and its website a substantial spike in traffic — company figures show a 20 percent increase in Internet visits. Thursday was the company’s busiest day for U.S. traffic ever, it says. The linked story is on [yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com), where the Firefox addon [**Dark Side of the Prism**](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dark-side-of-the-prism/) plays. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/18 "2013-07-01T00:11:12Z")
She won’t dare leave the Republican party. Fox would fire her ass the same day. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/19 "2013-07-01T00:23:32Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’ll never forgive McCain for inflicting this witch on America. Unless I’m mistaken McCain had nothing to do with it and has many times demonstrated his distain for her. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291/20 "2013-07-01T00:35:03Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Unless I’m mistaken McCain had nothing to do with it and has many times demonstrated his distain for her. How nice it is that a candidate for the presidency of the United States has disdain for the person he selected to step into his shoes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291.md?page=2)