# Why are these people in the news after their fifteen minutes are up? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 15, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791 "2010-07-15T15:40:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791/21 "2010-07-16T01:04:31Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Because Palin is one of the frontrunners for the Republican nomination in 2012? And because Bristol and her pregnancy (and the ensuing sex education debate that followed) was a big part of the 2008 campaign? > > These are just wild guesses of course. Yea, I’m not really sure I’d count Palin as having her fifteen minutes up. I doubt she’ll ever hold elected political office again, but she’s still in the spotlight as a spokesman for her particular brand of Conservatism. I suspect we’re stuck with her till 2012 makes it clear one way or another that she’s not really going to run for President, and even then I’m sure she’ll hang on in the “back-bench” of Conservative commentators, with Newt Gingrich, Olie North, et al. Granted its debatable whether that makes the marriage of her daughter particularly relevant, but for better or for worse the public seems interested in the [personal](http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/07/15/2010-07-15_wedding_of_chelsea_clinton_daughter_of_hillary_and_bill_clinton_is_top_secret_fe.html) lives of [politicians](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/16/AR2007081602884.html) [families](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1568485,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791/22 "2010-07-16T01:16:20Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Damn! Those Alaskans _ARE_ “Rugged.” “When did Werner Herzog get a second career as a cruise director?” ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791/23 "2010-07-16T02:06:21Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > “When did Werner Herzog get a second career as a cruise director?” Hah! 😃 For those that are missing this obscure reference: > **[Fitzcarraldo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzcarraldo)** > > Fitzcarraldo (/fɪtskə'raldo/) is a 1982 epic adventure-drama film written, produced, and directed by Werner Herzog. The film stars Klaus Kinski as Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, a would-be Irish rubber baron known in Peru as "Fitzcarraldo", who is determined to transport a steamship over the Andes mountains to access a rich rubber territory in the Amazon basin. The character was inspired by Peruvian rubber baron Carlos Fitzcarrald, who once had a disassembled steamboat transported over the Isthmus o... ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791/24 "2010-07-16T06:11:02Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Which people does he think are rugged? The gift shop employees at the cruise ship stops? Not to diss your pop, but most of the people up there who appear to be “rugged” are posers and recent immigrants. The people who are actually living a hard life are not going to be seen on a cruise. Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791/25 "2010-07-16T09:38:20Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Because Palin is one of the frontrunners for the Republican nomination in 2012? And because Bristol and her pregnancy (and the ensuing sex education debate that followed) was a big part of the 2008 campaign? > > These are just wild guesses of course. Well, that and Bristol is kinda hot (nice Bristols, in fact). ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791/26 "2010-07-16T12:03:42Z")
> [@AWB](#): > > Frontrunner, already? It’s two frikking years until the next election. > > If she runs, it’s a guarantee that Obama is in for another 4, if he wants. 😃 Hell, he might actually be award an extra eight. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791/27 "2010-07-16T13:00:09Z")
[QUOTE= njtt] Well, that and Bristol is kinda hot (nice Bristols, in fact). [/QUOTE] I was SO ready to call bullshit on this, but figured I should have some backup before I did. Opened a new tab, and no sooner had I typed B-R-I-S-T into the Google search bar than the autofill suggested “bristol palin breasts” as option #2. Can’t say I have enough evidence to agree or disagree. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791/28 "2010-07-16T15:18:51Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I want someone to do some digging and find out how much Sarah is paying Levi. 😃 I wonder how soon before Bristol has another kid. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791/29 "2010-07-16T16:18:27Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Suuuure you did. 😉 Well, it could have been an article about a merger between Bristol’s Squibb and Levi’s Jeans. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791/30 "2010-07-16T16:27:20Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > I wonder how soon before Bristol has another kid. Four or five months, maybe? I haven’t seen any recent pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791/31 "2010-07-16T16:46:41Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > Well, it could have been an article about a merger between Bristol’s Squibb and Levi’s Jeans. I thought Levi’s squibb got into Bristol’s jeans 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791/32 "2010-07-16T16:50:35Z")
> [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](#): > > I was SO ready to call bullshit on this, but figured I should have some backup before I did. > > Opened a new tab, and no sooner had I typed B-R-I-S-T into the Google search bar than the autofill suggested “bristol palin breasts” as option #2. > > Can’t say I have enough evidence to agree or disagree. Just sayin’. Assuming this picture isn’t doctored its in google images… [http://www.whiterabbitcult.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/bristol-palin-does-playboy.jpg](http://www.whiterabbitcult.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/bristol-palin-does-playboy.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791/33 "2010-07-16T17:40:00Z")
> [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > Assuming this picture isn’t doctored its in google images… > [http://www.whiterabbitcult.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/bristol-palin-does-playboy.jpg](http://www.whiterabbitcult.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/bristol-palin-does-playboy.jpg) I’m not sure if this is supposed to be a woosh or not, that picture is obviously doctored. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791/34 "2010-07-16T19:25:43Z")
> [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](#): > > I was SO ready to call bullshit on this, but figured I should have some backup before I did. > > Opened a new tab, and no sooner had I typed B-R-I-S-T into the Google search bar than the autofill suggested “bristol palin breasts” as option #2. > > Can’t say I have enough evidence to agree or disagree. Just sayin’. Why are you surprised? You don’t think she is cute? And buxom? I should have thought both facts are fairly manifest from virtually any picture of her. As some women’s celebrity is based _entirely_ on their cuteness and breast size, I don’t see why these factors should not be working for her too. Of course, the fact that in Britain, “Bristols” is actually a slang term for breasts is also of relevance. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791/35 "2010-07-16T20:08:18Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] One of the bus drivers was all into people dying if their cars broke down. [/QUOTE] That’s my idea of what a Palin supporter would consider “rugged”: no help for individuals in any situation you can’t buy your way out of. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-people-in-the-news-after-their-fifteen-minutes-are-up/546791.md?page=1)