# So...what about that idiot who named his newborn "Sarah McCain Palin"..."...

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**Created:** [November 7, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-about-that-idiot-who-named-his-newborn-sarah-mccain-palin/471588 "2008-11-07T03:53:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-about-that-idiot-who-named-his-newborn-sarah-mccain-palin/471588/21 "2008-11-08T00:27:26Z")

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> [@garygnu](#):
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> > [@tdn](#):
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> > Hmm, I don’t know about that. Let’s see…
> > 
> > Step 1: Pack it in.  
> > Step 2: Leave the douche.
> > 
> > I’ll leave step 3 as an exercise for the reader.
> 
> Profit?

I am going to Hell — well, I was anyway — but this was my reflex reaction as well.

(And it may be closer to the mark than you think. Og knows what other cockamamie ideas this wingnut has in his minuscule cranium, and financially speaking, I have a feeling that she and the children would be far better off without him.)

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-about-that-idiot-who-named-his-newborn-sarah-mccain-palin/471588/22 "2008-11-08T00:35:18Z")

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> [@JessEnigma](#):
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> Well, [his wife hasn’t killed him yet](http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9008563), but no guarantees on the extended family. This year’s clearly going to have one awkward Thanksgiving. At any rate, the family apparently has a year to go in and file for a change on the birth certificate…

Which is fantastic since McCain’s campaign was all about Change. Wait…

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