# STFU and GTFA, Sarah Palin **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 25, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984 "2009-06-25T20:58:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/1 "2009-06-25T20:58:48Z")
[Palin hits back at ‘malicious’ photo](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/25/palin-hits-back-at-malicious-photo/) I wish for once she’d make the news for, you know, _governing_, instead of pearl clutching and swooning when someone has the temerity to do anything less than give her the ultimate respect. You’re a public figure. Get over it. Bush didn’t bitch about cartoons giving him huge monkey ears… nor does Obama. We’re at 14:59 with this tiresome media ho. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/2 "2009-06-25T21:10:55Z")
How droll. “Recently we learned of a malicious desecration of a photo of the Governor and baby Trig […]” Desecration? Hyperbole of that nature should be used for smearing pictures of the Madonna with elephant crap, right? And speaking of The Holy Mother … > [@](#): > > Stapelton also suggested President Obama should speak out against such behavior from liberal activists. > “Babies and children are off limits,” She said. I know it’s an editorial error, but I like how Stapelton suddenly got to be She. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/3 "2009-06-25T21:14:46Z")
_sigh_ I really wish everyone here would just ignore the weekly headline of bullshit regarding Palin. Her 15 minutes of fame passed a long time ago and no one, including herself, seems to have gotten the memo that we don’t care about her anymore. Any time someone is about to start a Palin thread, I really do wish they’d take an extra five seconds of thought and think to themselves “Do I really want to contribute to her gaining just that much more exposure, even if as a dumb ass?” Same with that plumber guy, whom we thankfully have learned to do the right thing about. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/4 "2009-06-25T21:18:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Stapelton also suggested President Obama should speak out against such behavior from liberal activists. Yeah, 'cause he’s got nothing else keeping him busy at the moment. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/5 "2009-06-25T21:20:29Z")
Much too thin-skinned to be trusted with any sort of position of responsibility, methinks… ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/6 "2009-06-25T21:24:50Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > _sigh_ > > I really wish everyone here would just ignore the weekly headline of bullshit regarding Palin. Her 15 minutes of fame passed a long time ago and no one, including herself, seems to have gotten the memo that we don’t care about her anymore. > > Any time someone is about to start a Palin thread, I really do wish they’d take an extra five seconds of thought and think to themselves “Do I really want to contribute to her gaining just that much more exposure, even if as a dumb ass?” > > Same with that plumber guy, whom we thankfully have learned to do the right thing about. Somehow I doubt that she’s working the SDMB for votes. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/7 "2009-06-25T21:28:07Z")
So? The point is that she _should_ be back to being her normal self, outside the spotlight. She had her time and it’s over. Stop talking about her. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/8 "2009-06-25T21:29:59Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > So? > > The point is that she _should_ be back to being her normal self, outside the spotlight. She had her time and it’s over. > > Stop talking about her. > > That’s it. Why are _you_ commenting in this thread, then? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/9 "2009-06-25T21:31:45Z")
## **[desecrate](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/desecrate)** Verb [-crating, -crated] to violate the sacred character of (an object or place) [de- + (con)secrate] That photo was sacred how? I just love the over the top outrage expressed by the offenderandi. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/10 "2009-06-25T21:39:43Z")
The pretext that her children are being attacked is exceedingly thin this time. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/11 "2009-06-25T21:44:44Z")
> [@](#): > > It is past time to restore decency in politics and real tolerance for all Americans. That’s fucking RICH, coming from the source and given all Palin’s statements during the campaign about “REAL Americans.” ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/12 "2009-06-25T22:09:31Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > The point is that she _should_ be back to being her normal self, outside the spotlight. She had her time and it’s over. > > Stop talking about her. Well, jeez, her first! She’s irrelevant and her desperate attempts to maintain media attention are increasingly embarrassing. A choral _Amen_ to the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/13 "2009-06-25T22:43:38Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Any time someone is about to start a Palin thread, I really do wish they’d take an extra five seconds of thought and think to themselves “Do I really want to contribute to her gaining just that much more exposure, even if as a dumb ass?” All indications are that she’s gearing up to gear up to run for president in 2012 (ohpleaseohpleaseohplease, and choose Bachmann as your running mate). We have to keep _reminding_ people that she’s a dumb ass. The [dumb ass is still popular](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/24/palin-is-most-popular-gop_n_220194.html) among those with few brain cells. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/14 "2009-06-25T23:20:19Z")
> [@Daithi\_Lacha](#): > > How droll. “Recently we learned of a malicious desecration of a photo of the Governor and baby Trig […]” Desecration? Hyperbole of that nature should be used for smearing pictures of the Madonna with elephant crap, right? And speaking of The Holy Mother … > > > [@](#): > > > > Stapelton also suggested President Obama should speak out against such behavior from liberal activists. > > “Babies and children are off limits,” She said. > > I know it’s an editorial error, but I like how Stapelton suddenly got to be She. Stapleton? You mean Palin spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton? How recently was Meghan a man? And why was his gender reassignment surgery not mentioned in the “Stupid Republican Idea of the Day” thread? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/15 "2009-06-25T23:21:45Z")
> [@](#): > > “Recently we learned of a malicious desecration of a photo of the Governor and baby Trig **that has become an iconic representation of a mother’s love for a special needs child** ” Little full of ourselves, aren’t we? Getting ready to pose for a stained glass window? Personally, I have no problem with people following her idiotic vendettas against comedians and bloggers. The more she makes herself into tabloid fodder, the less likely she’ll be thought of seriously for any new political aspirations. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/16 "2009-06-25T23:26:59Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Little full of ourselves, aren’t we? Getting ready to pose for a stained glass window? > > Personally, I have no problem with people following her idiotic vendettas against comedians and bloggers. The more she makes herself into tabloid fodder, the less likely she’ll be thought of seriously for any new political aspirations. See, it’s a very fine line we all tread here. We want her to stay ridiculous enough to make her ballot-box poison, but don’t want the hard-line right to start thinking of her that way, or she’ll never get the nomination. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/17 "2009-06-25T23:28:45Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Stapleton? You mean Palin spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton? > > How recently was Meghan a man? And why was his gender reassignment surgery not mentioned in the “Stupid Republican Idea of the Day” thread? I believe it was the capital S which was the typo, not the gender of the pronoun – although She would certainly know what is a desecration, in Her ineffable wisdom, no? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/18 "2009-06-25T23:34:46Z")
:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/19 "2009-06-25T23:35:02Z")
Hey, gender reassignment surgery is not a stupid thing, Republican or otherwise. [QUOTE=Dumb Ass] “Recently we learned of a malicious desecration of a photo of the Governor and baby Trig that has become an iconic representation of a mother’s love for a special needs child” [/QUOTE] An ignorant mother’s love. Remember the fruit fly smear? [QUOTE=kaylasdad99] See, it’s a very fine line we all tread here. We want her to stay ridiculous enough to make her ballot-box poison, but don’t want the hard-line right to start thinking of her that way, or she’ll never get the nomination. [/QUOTE] That’s exactly right, so maybe yeah, we _shouldn’t_ be reminding people that she’s a Dumb Ass. She MUST get the nomination. When the time comes maybe I’ll give some money to her pre-nomination campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984/20 "2009-06-25T23:39:27Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@Daithi\_Lacha](#): > > > > I know it’s an editorial error, but I like how Stapelton suddenly got to be She. > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > Stapleton? You mean Palin spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton? > > > > How recently was Meghan a man? And why was his gender reassignment surgery not mentioned in the “Stupid Republican Idea of the Day” thread? > > > [@Polycarp](#): > > > > I believe it was the capital S which was the typo, not the gender of the pronoun – although She would certainly know what is a desecration, in Her ineffable wisdom, no? > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > :smack: And that, kids, is how Internet rumors get started. (and that’s why you should always leave a note!) 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stfu-and-gtfa-sarah-palin/500984.md?page=2)