# Sarah the Quitter! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939 "2009-07-04T23:54:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/101 "2009-07-06T12:36:44Z")
> [@elelle](#): > > The problem with this is that she just sees it as About Her, and her problems, without having an overarching view toward her duties as Governor. That’s been her biggest problem all along, to see political office as a work of service, and not as Sarah the Maverick personality, accent on the work part. She came in as a charismatic candidate, and, now, especially with the Vanity Fair piece, sees her charisma dwindling, with people close to her speaking out at her shallowness. This reminds me of an interview of Tina Fey I saw during the campaign (wish I could find a cite!) about Fey’s portrayal of Palin, and her impressions after having met her. The question was: Is there more to Sarah Palin than meets the eye? Fey answered, in kind of an astonished tone but with complete seriousness: “No, there’s _less_. If you can believe that, there’s _less_ to Sarah Palin than meets the eye.” I think we now have confirmation of Tina’s observation. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/102 "2009-07-06T12:55:25Z")
I am reminded of something Skinner once said: [QUOTE=Principle Skinner] There’s no mystery about Palin. Why, she simply quit. Now, let’s have no more curiosity about this bizarre cover-up. [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/103 "2009-07-06T13:06:32Z")
Some people are taking her resignation [badly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IzNPEGWNos). ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/104 "2009-07-06T14:10:41Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Some people are taking her resignation [badly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IzNPEGWNos). I’ve seen that clip used many times before for maximum hilarity. Where is it from originally? ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/105 "2009-07-06T14:13:06Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > It’s probably inevitable that she’ll end up with a show on Fox News. I wonder who they’ll shitcan to make room for her. She’ll probably want something better than a weekend show. My money’s on Greta getting transferred to some graveyard shift. Kind of ironic since Greta has been one of Palin’s most loyal sycophants. > > I’d love it if Sarah demanded O’Reilly or Hannity’s time slot. She’s got to think she’s a bigger ratings draw than they are, and she might be right. It would be hilarious if she was able to bigfoot one of their timeslots. Their egos are far more precious to them than any ideology. Yeah and isn’t Greta a Scientologist? That’s something I can’t imagine would play well, if widely known, among Fox’s target demographic. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/106 "2009-07-06T14:34:56Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Yeah and isn’t Greta a Scientologist? That’s something I can’t imagine would play well, if widely known, among Fox’s target demographic. According to the St Pete Times: > [@](#): > > Greta Van Susteren and her husband, John Coale, rub shoulders with notables in the nation’s capital, they involve themselves in controversial legal cases, they like Florida living. But you rarely hear them speak of their religion, Scientology. [http://www.sptimes.com/Floridian/121398/High\_profile\_couple\_n.html](http://www.sptimes.com/Floridian/121398/High_profile_couple_n.html) ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/107 "2009-07-06T14:48:28Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Yeah and isn’t Greta a Scientologist? That’s something I can’t imagine would play well, if widely known, among Fox’s target demographic. Not with the target demographic’s aversion to Evilution, abortion and stem cells research. Those thar scientologist types - think they know everything. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/108 "2009-07-06T14:51:31Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I am just waiting for her to come out of the closet and then join the Libertarian party. What makes you think she’d be welcome? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/109 "2009-07-06T14:52:50Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’ve seen that clip used many times before for maximum hilarity. Where is it from originally? The movie [Downfall](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(film)). I gotta say, the meme’s made me interested in seeing the movie myself. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/110 "2009-07-06T14:57:13Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > The movie [Downfall](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(film)). I gotta say, the meme’s made me interested in seeing the movie myself. [The _Downfall_ mash-up thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=452836&highlight=downfall). ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/111 "2009-07-06T14:58:25Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > The movie [Downfall](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(film)). I gotta say, the meme’s made me interested in seeing the movie myself. What’s weird is that they yank those videos off youtube regularly, but it seems like free advertising since I bet a lot of people had the same reaction. Excellent movie, btw. Apparently Alaska’s ballot for governor was: MILF A STALIN [Hillary’s downfall](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Ky1_pyn6Q) is my favorite mashup by far. One of the great internet videos. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/112 "2009-07-06T15:21:12Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > The movie [Downfall](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(film)). I gotta say, the meme’s made me interested in seeing the movie myself. That looks like something I gotta see. Off to Netflix to see if they’ve got a version I’ll understand. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/113 "2009-07-06T15:34:53Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > The movie [Downfall](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(film)). I gotta say, the meme’s made me interested in seeing the movie myself. It’s a brilliant movie. I highly recommend it. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/114 "2009-07-06T15:49:31Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > I agree. Her political career is finished. She doesn’t have the ability to sustain a coherent conversation for thirty seconds, much less an hour or two or more. > [@eulalia](#): > > Neither could Dubya. Yebbut, Dubya would at least listen to his advisers once in a while. I mean, what’s with her Lawyer issuing a press-release regarding House-gate, while it was barely a blip on Huffington? That pretty much guaranteed that the major news outlets would start looking into it. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/115 "2009-07-06T16:31:15Z")
Wait – Where can I get a quitter sandwich? ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/116 "2009-07-06T16:37:26Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Wait – Where can I get a quitter sandwich? Start making sandwich, stop somewhere before finishing the preparation, eat the miserable excuse of a half sandwich you just almost did. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/117 "2009-07-06T17:03:01Z")
Ah, I’ll be sure to prepare this along with my most half-hearted quitter sauce. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/118 "2009-07-06T18:24:46Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Wait – Where can I get a quitter sandwich? Quitzno’s. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/119 "2009-07-06T19:49:10Z")
> [@eulalia](#): > > I’m glad people seem to have finally stopped saying that Al Gore claimed he invented the internet, also, I was really getting tired of debunking that one. People have stopped saying that? News to me. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/120 "2009-07-06T19:56:05Z")
Anyone remember the URL for that interactive Palin page? The one where you click on things (“Mavverick,” “Iranistan,” etc.)? I’d love to see if it’s been updated recently. I looked for a while, but couldn’t find it right away. I’d have kept on looking, but that would have been against the spirit of the thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939.md?page=7)