Back on this date in 2014, as well as in 2022, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” published a profile on Sarah Palin, the former Vice-Presidential Candidate and Governor of Alaska (who quit halfway through her first term amidst various abuse-of-power scandals). We covered as many possible insane quotes, gaffes, or word-salad speeches as we could, from "Seeing Alaska from her house", to not being able to name a newspaper she read, to trying to look presidential by pardoning a turkey in Alaska while others were butchered and drained of blood while she gave a speech unaware... Sarah Palin is one of the most deranged, brain-addled members of the GOP we've ever run a profile on. We're honestly grateful that he hasn't held or run for office for a long enough period of time that we have to update our readers on all the continuing moments where she gets in front of a microphone for the attention and says clueless, bigoted, or nonsensical things.
Somehow, don’t ask us how, Sarah Palin, after continuing to say stupid, stupid, and downright cruel things publicly between 2009 and 2022, attacking anyone in the media who dared to show any sympathy towards victims of mass shootings and screaming for “MOAR GUNS!” before the bodies got cold, getting disinvited from John McCain’s funeral, losing a defamation lawsuit to the New York Times on the account of her not submitting any evidence, while having some of her kids making the police blotters at points, and her husband Todd sending her divorce papers back in 2020, probably because he didn’t want to be cooped up with her during the pandemic, and we see his point, considering she was still chasing fame by doing things like humiliate herself on The Masked Singer, or was stupid enough to get Covid-19 and go dining out two days later in New York City.
Speaking of, she passed some of her time during the pandemic spreading anti-vaccination views…
Anyway, she decided to throw her hat in the ring in 2022 to fill the Congressional seat that Don Young held since the Nixon administration, getting the endorsement of Donald Trump, because OF COURSE he did, because he saw Palin on TV once. She thought she might go to DCD and start a Mean Girls club with Marjorie Taylor-Greene and Lauren Boebert. Even thinking about her back in politics should make anyone cringe, after she was such a disaster as a governor in only half a term that she served. The country still has not recovered from Republicans championing her ignorance in 2008, and all the years that followed.
Sarah Palin not only lost in the special election for Don Young’s seat to Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola in August of 2022, but only three months later, she went down in flames in the general election against her. She, of course, did not take the loss with grace, claiming there was “possible voter fraud”, and impotently screaming about how she lost because of ranked choice voting being implemented in Alaska.
In any event, her attempted comeback in politics after almost a decade and a half of yelling from the sidelines failing means we can likely give her a “GOOD RIDDANCE” salute and cross our fingers that she doesn’t return like some sort of off-cycle locust in 2038 for another comeback attempt.
One Year Ago, July 20th, 2022: Steve Chabot (OH)/Sarah Palin (AK)… 2022 Update
Two Years Ago, July 20th, 2021: Steve Chabot (OH)… 2021 Update
Three Years Ago, July 20th, 2020: Steve Chabot (OH)… 2020 Update
Four Years Ago, July 20th, 2019: Steve Chabot (OH)… 2019 Update
Five Year Ago, July 20th, 2018: Steve Chabot (OH)… 2018 Update
Six Years Ago, July 20th, 2017: Steve Chabot (OH)… 2017 Update
Seven Year Ago, July 20th, 2016: Steve Chabot (OH)… Original Profile
Eight Years Ago, July 20th, 2015: Carly Fiorina (CA)
Nine Years Ago, July 20th, 2014: Sarah Palin (AK)… Original Profile