# She's back! Palin endorses Trump **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 19, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633 "2016-01-19T23:28:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/21 "2016-01-20T02:25:22Z")
Humorously this is probably the least wacky endorsement Trump has gotten so far. He got an actual former Governer and VP nominee from the party… even if she’s a national laughingstock. Compared to David Duke and Tom Brady this is a positively mainstream endorsement. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/22 "2016-01-20T02:36:08Z")
Is it too late to tell King George that we are all very sorry about that little incident at Concord & Lexington? Just high spirits, you know. Boys being boys. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/23 "2016-01-20T03:06:58Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Is it too late to tell King George that we are all very sorry about that little incident at Concord & Lexington? Just high spirits, you know. Boys being boys. _Oh,_ no. You broke it, you bought it. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/24 "2016-01-20T03:11:23Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Is it too late to tell King George that we are all very sorry about that little incident at Concord & Lexington? Just high spirits, you know. Boys being boys. You haven’t been keeping up with the news. > [@](#): > > Queen Elizabeth has promised her subjects that she will authorize the UK to invade the United States of America if Donald Trump is elected President in November 2016. > **[California's Sports Betting Ballot Set To Break Spending Records - yournewswire](https://yournewswire.com/californias-sports-betting-ballot-set-to-break-spending-records)** > > The fight to legalize sports betting in California is projected to be the most expensive campaign in the state's history. ---
**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 20, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/25 "2016-01-20T03:12:58Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > God, I just listened to her screeching endorsement speech, carried live on CNN. She’s even more of a moron than I remember. That’s unpossible. If there was ever any doubt, Trump seeking an endorsement from this brainless twat confirms that he is as big a moron as she is. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/26 "2016-01-20T03:19:33Z")
Did anyone tell Trump how things worked out for the last politician that Palin endorsed? She briefly became a national celebrity and pretty much eclipsed poor John M. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/27 "2016-01-20T03:28:45Z")
> [@Jayhawker\_Soule](#): > > Can’t wait to hear from Tina Fey. 😃 Yeah maybe she be on SNL this weekend ! ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/28 "2016-01-20T03:39:11Z")
I think it’s cute that they both think this matters. Cuter still is her desire to be [Secretary of Energy](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/01/19/3740724/sarah-palin-donald-trump-endorsement/) to eliminate restrictions on the oil & gas industry (really controlled by Dept of the Interior). (Just for grins, my FB feed today told me that the Tundra Tart had spilled the beans that her mother, Caribou Barbie, was going to endorse The Donald) ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/29 "2016-01-20T03:39:17Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Did anyone tell Trump how things worked out for the last politician that Palin endorsed? She briefly became a national celebrity and pretty much eclipsed poor John M. [McCain is hardly the last candidate she endorsed](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/palin_tracker/). > [@Chefguy](#): > > If there was ever any doubt, Trump seeking an endorsement from this brainless twat confirms that he is as big a moron as she is. Did he “seek” it? But in anycase, she still has a decent amount of pull with GOP primary voters. And as **DinoR** points out, at least compared to other Trump endorses, she counts as an establishment figure. I suspect her endorsement might end up shaking loose a few other minor GOP office holders to follow suit. So moron or not, as far as getting the nomination goes, its probably a good thing for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/30 "2016-01-20T04:28:40Z")
Let’s not allow Daughter of John Wayne’s endorsement of Trump to go overshadowed. [Today, she endorsed The Donald in front of a life-size, rifle toting dummy of The Duke in full-ass cowboy costume!](http://www.trbimg.com/img-569e8c51/turbine/ct-donald-trump-endorsement-sarah-palin-201601-002/1050/1050x591) Looks like Don’s really trying to nail down the lady vote now! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/31 "2016-01-20T04:44:23Z")
> [@Jayhawker\_Soule](#): > > Can’t wait to hear from Tina Fey. 😃 > [@purplehearingaid](#): > > Yeah maybe she be on SNL this weekend ! …with Amy Poehler in a suit, full orange-face, white eye-lid make-up, and a badly-spun cotton candy blonde wig…? Next you’ll say they might have a movie to promote… 😛 ---
**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 20, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/32 "2016-01-20T04:52:40Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > [McCain is hardly the last candidate she endorsed](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/palin_tracker/). > Did he “seek” it? > > But in anycase, she still has a decent amount of pull with GOP primary voters. And as **DinoR** points out, at least compared to other Trump endorses, she counts as an establishment figure. I suspect her endorsement might end up shaking loose a few other minor GOP office holders to follow suit. > > So moron or not, as far as getting the nomination goes, its probably a good thing for Trump. The news bit I saw said that her appearance drew a “lukewarm reception” from the assembled folks. I don’t think she’s as popular as she thinks she is. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/33 "2016-01-20T04:58:09Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The news bit I saw said that her appearance drew a “lukewarm reception” from the assembled folks. I don’t think she’s as popular as she thinks she is. Find another new source. She had the crowd cheering. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/34 "2016-01-20T05:09:06Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > Palin will be Trump’s running mate. Brace yourself. I think this is just too much for even me to handle. Oh please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please. I don’t ask for much so just this one time! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/35 "2016-01-20T05:15:30Z")
Anyone thinking Jon Stewart is kicking himself right now? Or maybe he’s planning to pull a Leno. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/36 "2016-01-20T05:15:30Z")
I can’t imagine trump picking a running mate. He’s that egotistical. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/37 "2016-01-20T05:15:59Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Find another new source. She had the crowd cheering. Yeah, but that was a “show me your boobs” cheer. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/38 "2016-01-20T05:23:23Z")
Excellent. Palin was one of the few “Tea Partiers” who was a genuine woman of the people (for example she supported taxes on oil companies as governor which her Kochservative successor repealed) and wasn’t _entirely_ a creature of the plutocrat fifth columnists. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/39 "2016-01-20T06:05:12Z")
I just watched a good 10 minute chunk of her speech and good Og was she incoherent or what. I actually wondered a few times if she was drunk. And I have to agree with **Chefguy** , the audience response was seriously tepid at best. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633/40 "2016-01-20T07:01:47Z")
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