# Sarah Palin's career options have opened up.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 5, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210 "2008-11-05T04:45:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/1 "2008-11-05T04:45:23Z")

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Okay. We now know she will not be Vice President of The United States.

What is next for her? Possible job options welcome. Be creative.

1. Talk show hostess.
2. Book author.
3. Person incarcerated by the Alaska Penal System.
4. Private person.
5. Governor.  
6 ?

Cartooniverse

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**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/2 "2008-11-05T04:47:40Z")

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Plumber

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**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/3 "2008-11-05T04:54:27Z")

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Not to be, well, \*too \*disrespectful, but I’m kind of hoping for “Playboy Centerfold”.

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**Author:** ![Shot\_Clock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Shot\_Clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_Clock)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/4 "2008-11-05T04:54:50Z")

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“Tonight on ABC Family…Sarah Palin stars as a very special mom who uses laughs and love to keep it real while running her family…and the nation! Your gonna love Sarah as **President Mom** , only on ABC Family!”

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**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/5 "2008-11-05T05:14:56Z")

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Who’s Nailin Paylin, only this time with the REAL Sarah Palin 😉

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/6 "2008-11-05T05:16:27Z")

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Profit?

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/7 "2008-11-05T05:59:42Z")

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Televangelist.

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/8 "2008-11-05T06:05:40Z")

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She and Elizabeth Hasselback can get their own show on Fox where they talk about politics. It will be 30 minutes of lots of talking with no one actually saying anything.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/9 "2008-11-05T06:08:43Z")

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> [@Lightnin](#):
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> Not to be, well, \*too \*disrespectful, but I’m kind of hoping for “Playboy Centerfold”.

No, _too_ disrespectful to be hoping for would be “Busiest and Most Impressively, Indeed, Unimaginably Industrious and Inventive Waterfront Whore In Anchorage,” which I’m respectfully hoping for.

Very respectfully.

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**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/10 "2008-11-05T06:09:36Z")

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> [@Wile\_E](#):
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> She and Elizabeth Hasselback can get their own show on Fox where they talk about politics. It will be 30 minutes of lots of talking with no one actually saying anything.

How would that be any different from the remaining 23 hours and 30 minutes?

Robin

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/11 "2008-11-05T06:12:10Z")

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How long has she got left as Governor?

Then, depending on how Alaska went, maybe Congress.

Naw, just kiddin’.

Reality TV host, definitely. “The Alaska Life.”

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/12 "2008-11-05T06:12:52Z")

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> [@PopeJewish](#):
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> Who’s Nailin Paylin, only this time with the REAL Sarah Palin 😉

Yeah, porn starlet would be a step up from where she’s been lately.

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/13 "2008-11-05T06:17:14Z")

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> [@MsRobyn](#):
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> How would that be any different from the remaining 23 hours and 30 minutes?
> 
> Robin

It’s wouldn’t be any different, it’s still Fox News.

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**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/14 "2008-11-05T06:49:37Z")

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> [@MsRobyn](#):
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> How would that be any different from the remaining 23 hours and 30 minutes?
> 
> Robin

In the remaining 23 hours and 30 minutes they sometimes talk about football, and even, occasionally, When Animals Attack 😉

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**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/15 "2008-11-05T07:00:29Z")

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Naughty Naked Governors Are Wet For Hard Cock! Dial 0900 PALIN

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/16 "2008-11-05T12:09:28Z")

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Co-host for The View.  
New roommate for Rosie O’Donald.  
Border Guard for the U.S. Mexico border.  
Spokesperson for Eyemart Express.  
Sandra Dee for the musical Grease.  
Host of the new Christian teen show Pal’n with Palin

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/17 "2008-11-05T12:13:11Z")

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How about the illustrious job of Frostbite Victim?

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/18 "2008-11-05T12:18:08Z")

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Oh, and speaking of career options, David Plouffe has a nice little bullet point to add to his resume, eh?

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/19 "2008-11-05T12:32:36Z")

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> [@Wile\_E](#):
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> She and Elizabeth Hasselback can get their own show on Fox where they talk about politics. It will be 30 minutes of lots of talking with no one actually saying anything.

I’d rather watch parrots talk back and forth.

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**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palins-career-options-have-opened-up/471210/20 "2008-11-05T12:44:54Z")

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She’ll replace Howie Mandell on “Deal or No Deal”. “You betcha!”

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