As I am sure some of you remember I was not terribly happy to see that Palin was even mentioned in a poll that also included Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama.
However this Yahoo News story kind of put things into better perspective for me:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sets a record in Gallup’s annual most-admired survey, while Sarah Palin falls farther off the popularity radar.
Gallup has run its most-admired man and woman survey since World War II, and in the 2012 edition, Clinton and President Barack Obama kept their top positions among those asked a simple question: “What man that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most? And who is your second choice?”
Clinton was named as most-admired woman for the 17th time since she became a national figure in 1992. Eleanor Roosevelt held the previous record when she was named 13 times as the most-admired woman.
The only two women to finish ahead of Clinton in that 20-year period were Mother Teresa (twice) and Laura Bush (once).
Palin came within one percentage point of matching Hillary Clinton in 2009, when she had 15 percent of the polling, compared with 16 percent for Clinton.
In 2012, Palin had just 2 percent of the polling, finishing in a fifth-place tie. Clinton had 21 percent, followed by First Lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and Condoleezza Rice.
So essentially what the poll indicates (And yes I realize it is a Gallup poll which none of us give a great deal of credence to.), is that in just three years Palin has dropped from being only one percentage point away from Hillary, who has held that top spot seventeen times, to now being relegated to a fifth place tie with three others.
Would it be better if her name did not show up at all? Of course.
But remember that this poll is really based mostly on name recognition, and once Palin is not on Fox News any longer, nor being ridiculed by late night comedians all of the time, that recognition should fade rather quickly.
And that is a day that has been a long time coming, but one that appears to be now within sight.
Sarah has her Sarah Palin for President 2016 FB site up with pictures and CURRENT news. Someone is really keeping that site going. I don't think she will fade. I think she will try to influence the TeaParty and work with others like Michelle B. and stay in the news. That is the only direction she can go.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the TV production companies have seen enough, the book people know she's good for a certain small number of books, even now most of the people tuning in go there to gawk and wait for her to make herself look stupid. What does that leave her? She won't ever run for office and being a celebrity won't pay the bills. I'm sure her burn rate is remarkable. The thing to watch now is the "postage" in every quarterly report from her PAC. That tells us how much silence is costing her every month. Once the PAC starts running short of funds she'll need to go out and create some buzz but what's left to do? And Gryphen. I would be interesting to see two things. A trend line of her postage expenses over the past four years. And lastly, does anyone out there have any copies of what she mails to people? I mean, if you are paying out postage that means you are mailing something and yet I've never seen any reference to her mailings on any blog or website.
DeleteIf Sarah really wanted to remain in politics, 2012 would have been the year for her to do it. She was still popular among some of the base, and the Republicans were in disarray. She could have been more of a contender, and she chose not to. Personally, I think Steve Schmidt, Nicole Wallace, and others have damaging goods on her and threatened to expose her if she didn't stand down. Also, she doesn't really want to work, and holding a political position is too much work. She likes to give the same tired speech over and over. She's a one trick pony. She let a lot of her fans down, and I don't think even the tea party wants that mangy old carcass of hers. BTW, does she even have any speaking engagements scheduled?
DeleteAll the pee ponders are gushing over their calendars that have recently arrived- that will shut them up for a while.
DeleteDon't worry 10:04, she isn't running. She can't. :)
"BTW, does she even have any speaking engagements scheduled?"
DeleteOne event at Southeastern University (Lakeland Campus, FL) in early March...
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120930/news/120939985
"...work with others like Michelle B."
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Her problem in that scenario is that she does not work with others.
She is the queen to be worshiped. Others are to work for her. She will never play second fiddle to Bachmann or anyone else. And ol' Crazy-eyes Bachmann has a big enough ego of her own that she is not going to set aside her elected and re-elected status for a has-been quitter that lost her last race (and indeed, why should she?).
Anyone know if she's still registered at that speakers borough where she demanded the bendy straws and first class or private transportation?
DeleteI wonder if her quitting date had anything to do with getting a pension after 2 1/2 years? Does anyone in Alaska know? It would be one good reason why she picked that strange time - and then hung on "offcially" for two weeks.
DeleteThe tea party is coming to an end; just see what happens in the House in the next six months.
DeleteFace it, President Obama was re=elected and there is no leader of the GOP. No leader with anything more than a facebook page and ghostwriters.
Why didn't Sarah run for the House this fall?
regardless of the reality that the fake pregnancy will always keep her out, she does not want the job anyways, and she is smart enough to know that she would be a total failure as a candidate. she would never get elected, not even the primaries where she would be exposed as a joke. but that wont stop her from playing the game and enticing her mickey mouse fan club for $$ in 2015. all sarah ever really wanted to be was a sought after celebrity, and she has failed at that too. happy 2013 sarah!
DeleteSarah is still listed as a screecher (speaker) on the Wahington Speakers Bureau website.
DeleteShe is a speaker without an audience!
DeleteSo, has Sarah, or Bristol, or Todd been out on the lecture circuit lately? I don't think they are much in demand. Her BIG DEAL in Idaho was poorly attended.
DeleteI don't think a person can sink as far out of the limelight as Palin has and still present a viable candidacy in 2016. Just as this Gallup poll shows, her popularity has plummeted since 2009, mostly due to the fact that the public got to see more of the "real Sarah Palin" and that caused a big drop in support.
DeleteHow would she get that support back? She'd have to actually learn something and then prove herself; prove that she has the brains and the chops necessary for public office. I also think she'd have to start on the State level again, because no one believes she has what it takes for POTUS, and State level politics is over for her, at least in AK. She might be able to pull something off in AZ but that's her only option; start at the bottom and work her way up, and even then, she's got a lot of learnin' and changin' to do.
Bachmann hates Sarah, she thinks Sarah is a stupid bitch.
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DeleteYou got that right. MB tried to ride the Palin popularity - remember Grandma Palin in her Black Velvet and Pearls???
But, it was ALWAYS the "Sarah Show", and MB got nothing in return...
Do you think MB FORGOT that Sarah Palin NEVER endorsed MB for President?
Only One Queen of the Tea Party as far as Sarah is concerned...and it ain't MB!
The thing is, the sample size is absurd.
ReplyDeleteI hope that the day is at hand when we hear that Fox did not renew her contract. She offers nothing except the same frothing hate mongering against the President every time she appears. Surely even Fox viewers are tired of the reruns.
ReplyDeleteShe will always be there much like Richard Speck to Chicago, Ed Gein to Wisconsin, John Wayne Gacy to Iowa and Shelly B to Minnesota's 6th. There are always going to be a certain segment of the population who are attracted to mass killers and shameless grifters.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, you made my day! Ed Gein! You are so right.
DeleteRichard Speck?! Wow he was from the way-back machine. He killed all those nurses in Chicago, right? Yea, I'd say that Sarah will not be in the same ignominious list as the other aforementioned "celebrities". Maybe you can compare Sarah to the John Wayne Gacy in the clown costume. Scares small children and babies.
DeleteYou've already done this one. At the moment Clinton is in the spotlight and Palin isn't. When it gets closer to 2016 you'll find that Palin's popularity rises again. And btw, fwiw, Clinton's blood clot thing is highly suspect. They needed to separate her from the whole bangazi thing in order to keep her in good standing for 2016. American politics is so phoney and shallow.
ReplyDeleteHello, Sarah - You are an idiot.
Deletenow bristol, your baby is a bit suspect to a lot of us.
DeleteThis is a tired repeat of the accusation about the Petraeus scandal being contrived to keep him from testifying. He testified. Hillary will, too, if so requested by the new Congressional committee.
DeleteNow, when are you going to ask questions about Sarah Palin's highly suspect pregnancy?
"When it gets closer to 2016 you'll find that Palin's popularity rises again."
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Nope, she is done. She is an empty vessel with nothing to offer. She was a shiny bauble for awhile, but there is no substance, as any thinking person has long since discovered.
Your stupid conspiracy theory about Clinton and Benghazi (if you are obsessed with it, learn to spell it) is asinine beyond belief. FWIW, you say? It is worth less than nothing.
"Blood clot thing?" Are you serious? I would suspect that it's sort of impossible to fake a blood clot, what with MRI's and other advanced medical procedures.
DeleteAnd I suppose you, much like most of Fox News' so-called pundits want to see her medical records? Which are private, by the way.
Many IM regulars would like to see Sarah's medical records from April, 2008..But those are sealed and personal and should remain so, right?
Hypocrite.
Well, Sarah, can we quote you on "American politics are so phony and shallow" when you pretend to be a politician again?
DeleteBelieve me, knowing several doctors at Columia-Presbyterian Hospital, they would not be in some kind of conspiracy vis a vis Clinton's health. She must have been sent there because it's the premier hospital for this problem in all of New York and Washington. It's a delicate, difficult situation, and not one that MDs are going to play around with.
Riiiiigght. Hilary has all her friends on the Columbia hospital Board of Directors. The world class physicians there are all willing to lie for the lord I mean Hillary because Hillary voted for them to be physicians of the year once awhile back.
DeleteNot!! See, this kinda shit only goes on in Twin Peaks ..I mean Wasilla.
Never can happen in NYC, you know, where doctors and hospitals have ETHICS.
barstool,
Deleteget an education fuk_tard
oh, and even though you're obviously severely mentally challenged, stay the fuk on topic
Sarah is done, she could have run this year and was too fucking chicken to do so. By 2016 she'll be in a mental health facility fulltime. But keep sending her money idiot, she's laughing everytime she writes a check.
Deleteas your speaker would say: go fuck yourself.
Delete10:26 AM The Phony and Shallow live in Wasilla
Deletewith PIMP DADDY TOAD and his 2 toned short Penis. If you are going to LIE about Benghazi,
RETARD, at least spell it correctly. You, Bristol, are Showing why you are considered BORDERLINE RETARDED. Sarah Palin's health is so bad that she might fade away before 2016.
She was a shiny bauble for awhile
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She has DEFINITELY lost her shine!
Mangy back-alley rat is more like it!
Anonymous 10:26...Clinton's hospitalization is suspect? Kinda like Palin getting Cathy Baldwin Johnson and Mat Su Regional to play along with the baby hoax?
DeleteBangazi! Bazinga!
Delete10:13 Like Sarah Palin to Alaska? They hate her up there!
ReplyDeleteindeed we do !!
Deletefact is $he's such a cowardly fraud $he doesn't dare come out in public up here.
$kank really ought'a hightail it outta here and take up permanent residence down in some ass backwards hollow with her fukin' toothless, mouth breathin' disciple's .... truth be told though $he can't stand 'em 'cept for their pennies nickles 'n dimes
skank
You are correct. We Alaskans (including even some of Sarah's own family) can't stand her.
DeleteOkay 1:11 and 1:12 then tell my why NOBODY up there in Alaska will tell the truth of how Sarah faked that last "pregnancy" and what happened in the church fire and the doctor who was not even an OBGYN. What about the tubal ligation after Piper? That ship has sailed for anyone to make money from inside information on that hot mess. If any credible person would come clean on any or all of these Palin lies then, and only then, Palin would slink back to her hole never to be heard from again.
Delete6:40pm
DeleteHave you ever thought that NOBODY knows because the palins keep the dirty work to themselves? It's a big, mafia-like family.
There might even be a few co-conspirators, but you know they are either well paid or indebted somehow.
Sarah Palin for President 2016
ReplyDeletehttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-Palin-for-President-2016/386389371441187
Two of the craziest cforpeers have been talking about setting up a FB for 2016. I'd bet the farm this is their doing.
DeleteBesides, "Like" if you like Glen Beck"??? I don't think so.
Palin must be running out of money. Grifters gonna grift!
DeleteCheck out whose name appears all over that site- Micheal Cummings, C4P member, and BP stalker.
Deletehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256489/Sarah-Palins-daughter-Bristol-Palin-takes-restraining-order-Texan-stalker-sent-engagement-ring.html
All they would have to do is play a scene from 'Game Change' as an election ad and ANY foray into the presidential race would stop cold. She does not have a political future, no matter what her bots may long for. There's too much video, soundbites and history for her to overcome. She's got a trail of political and personal sludge following her every footstep. A few screen captures of her expressions would seal the deal. She's persona non grata with the GOP establishment and the majority of intelligent journalists, even some Republican ones. Ain't gonna happen for 2016, or ever.
DeleteGo to the website and put your cursor over Michael Cummings name and you can see the stalker from Texas.
DeleteHillary has done a great job as Secretary of State. One's actions and intelligence speak louder than words.
ReplyDeleteSarah is now incapable of being anything but a desperate, dishonest, grifter.
She is nothing but a bunch of jumbled words at this point. Sorry, but she is truly one of the worst politicians to ever aspire to office in this country. Her coworkers in Alaska knew this, but wanted to be on the gravy train.
Most of us quickly knew it when she ran with McCain. It's too bad some of the media have no guts at all, and keep her and her family in the news, kind of like the Kardashians. Sad
Oh, dear...from the dank cave of the misbegotten (all dialog verbatim):
ReplyDeleteReading frenziedly Left Yahoo Headlines about a poll on the most admired women. Benghazi Hillary's #1 (of course or they wouldn't have run it prominently), but the interesting thing is that the Leftists run the headline with a picture of "What, me testify?" Hill(ary) and Sarah. They say "Sarah Palin's fallen further off the radar". Why the hell do they care?! Turns out she's tied for 5th which ain't too shabby considering she's limited to FOX now and then and blacked out by everyone else, but why do they give a damn?
The mouth breathers can't help betraying themselves and their TERROR of Sarah Palin. They've always got her in their scopes. That pictue of Hillary and her side by side alone betrays the fact that she remains the most feared person in the nation to the Left. If she ratchets things up, they know what she can do. They saw it in 8 and they saw it in 10--and their punching/dirt bag RINOs saw it too!
That said, if Sarah (God willing) wants to be the Force she's capable of being, she's got to get beyond limiting herself to FOX and Facebook. There's a lot of time, but at some point it's got to be done, and done in an out of the box way. She's the only person who's willing and able to stand up to, and mobilize/energize others in the hundreds of thousands to make a stand against this perfect storm. The TP and the Conservative Movements are in shambles and demoralized to death. She's the only one who can put them back together and give them focus. The Left and their RINO Quislings know this! Hope she does--because we're losing it all!
Hey Sarah! You see what's happening? We're being vivisected across the board! "I can't recall" Hill can't shine your Stiletos! She's an embarrassment and a scandal! It doesn't take a village Cuda. It takes a Leader! Help!
To which someone replied:
Couldn't agree more.
On one hand, I believe that Sarah is the ONLY person we can trust to bring America back from the brink of communism...To me, this is a golden opportunity for Sarah to make a comeback, because NOBODY and I mean NOBODY is excited - nor cares - about the 2016 presidential prospects.
TERROR? Nah, not really. I wouldn't want to be around though, when the moderately aware segment of the irrational paint chip eaters finally discover that 2016 has come and gone--and all their Communism Conqueror was interested in was "Stiletos" and plastic surgery, all courtesy of their life savings.
What's really amusing to me is that the above could have been written in 2009, 2010, or 2011.
DeleteThey wrote this shit when she was on her Book Tour.
They wrote this shit when she was on her Bus Tour.
They wrote this shit when they thought she was going to the RNC -- and was never. even. invited...
(The ONLY VP nominee in HISTORY who was NOT INVITED to the next race's convention. Congrats on another landmark "achievement", Sarah)
What's so funny is that they think that she actually gives two shits - about them, about America, about ANYTHINg other than herself.
So that's a four way tie.
ReplyDeleteProbably goes something like this:
Queen Elizabeth II
Margaret Thatcher
Malala Yousafzi
Sarah Palin
Give it a year and Kate Middleton will overtake Palin.
When Kate cranks out some twins and does the princess gig while breast feeding, Kate will leave faked pregnancy poser Palin in the DUST!!
DeleteI was thinking the same thing. How do they decide who goes a the top of that four way tie list? She could either be at 5 or 8.
DeleteBristol at 12:43....I had exactly the same thought. Why are they saying she is in 5th place...Why did they put her name before the others who also got 2 percent? I thought maybe it was done alphabetically, but that isn't it...so wonder how they chose to put it this way? She is absolutely NOT in 5th place.
DeleteI saw a bumper sticker "Palin 2016" the other day. I am proud to say I didn't tail end them (but it was a real struggle!)
With apologies to Jay Livingston, Ray Evans and the wonderful and ageless Doris Day..(she is still alive, right?)
ReplyDeleteTo the tune of 'Que Sera Sera'
When Sarah was a little girl
She asked her Jesus..'What lies ahead?
Will I win pageants, money and fame?
And here is what Jesus said...
Que Sarah, Sarah...
Whatever you'll be, you'll be
You'll never own up to it, you'll see..
Que Sarah, Sarah..
When she was young, she went to school
She asked her teachers...what lies ahead?
Will I be famous, rich beyond dreams
Here's what her teachers said..
Que, Sarah, Sarah,
Whatever you'll be, you'll be
You'll screw over Alaskans you'll see..
Que Sarah, Sarah..
She quit her job, and went on TV
She asked her Ailes..what lies ahead?
Will I stop Obama by spewing some hate?
Here's what he said to her...
Que, Sarah, Sarah,
Whatever will be, will be
Your future's not on FOX TV...
Que Sarah, Sarah...
Blue Girl Liz...still living in a red state :(
Bravo Liz, well said!
DeleteBrilliant Liz! Priceless!!!
DeleteVery clever, Blue Girl Liz!
DeleteSarah Palin = Female Ron Paul.
ReplyDeleteThey both have a handful of crazy, poll-vandalizing, diehard fans.
Not really..
DeleteRon Paul is a medical doctor. That's a real profession, 8 years of school, hard science.
Ron Paul also was a Captain in the US army,
also a real profession with actual experience.
Ron Paul served in elected office and didn't quit to get famous and grift money.
For the most part Ron was a principled guy, and stuck to his line of small government, and keep the feds out of the bedroom.
I've never voted for Ron Paul or worked for his campaign but he has a lot more credibility than a defeated, quitter, reality show Caribou Barbie
Agree AJ. I never voted for Paul either, but do like that he supports a new independent investigation into the anomalies of 9/11 and that he wants to Audit the Federal Res. He IS a medical doctor and as far as I know, has never quit his job.
DeleteBefore the teaparty was taken over by idiots, there were many normal people in it. he normals have all gone underground.
It takes ATLEAST 12 years to become a Medica Doctor.
DeleteAgree. Not a RP fan by any means but he is lightyears ahead and above Palin. She is more accurately in the Orly Taitz or Glenn Beck league and has the basic scruples of a Madoff.
DeleteFour years of college, four years of medical school, is how long it took my sister to become a family physician, 12:46. She then had three years of residency to go through, but she was officially an M.D.
DeleteBefore you turn it into a Paul lovefest - remember the racist emails? remember Paul's isolationist stance? remember he thinks abortion is a state by state issue?
DeletePaul = Balkanist.
Ok, so Paul is smarter than Palin.. other than that, two racist has-been peas in a pod.
Delete1:41, haven't you noticed that if you compare a Palin to ANYONE, ANYONE suddenly becomes a saint.
I think Fox has already decided to not renew her contract and is just letter her fade slowly in peoples minds. If they would have dropped her suddenly people would have taken more noticed and perhaps complained about it. It's probably better for Sarah as well, since it wouldn't look so much like they fired her.
ReplyDeleteI think we can say good bye to the Grifter and may her fan's finally realize how badly she took advantage of them and their money. But, there is always those who are completely delusional in religion", and can be taken advantage of like any faith healer and tent or TV evangelist like Jim and Tammy Bakker, Jimmy Swaggert, and Leroy Jenkins. Who knows, maybe she'll start her own televangelist show on Palin TV to continue her grifting.
Really, that is the route she should take. Make her work for it! She will have to speak at a mega church and mingle with the cold/flu ridden minions. But, she will be harmless. Plus, my god, the opportunities for so many of us to show up at a megachurch and publically question her about the wild ride. Why, gosh, she would just never know when a stranger may confront her. What a terrible way to go thru life.
DeleteSounds Perfect for Cuda.
"Cuda" LOL!
DeleteDo you know how Gallup samples across the demographic spectrum? That could make a big difference. Is the poll done in person, over the phone, on the internet, or...???? That could make a huge difference in the outcome.
ReplyDeleteAll of that information is on the Gallup site.
DeleteI thought it interesting, (since the possibility had been raised and hyped by her "fans"), that in the rebellion votes against re-electing John Boehner, not one 'rebel' voted "Sarah Palin" as his choice for Speaker of the House. Scattered votes, some just named each other, one even voted for Herman Cain! These, the Tea Party Freshmen House members, and not one threw Palin's name in the hat? Even Tea Partiers have written her off.
ReplyDeleteIt was Allen West, not Herman Cain that someone voted for Speaker, but yeah, still no Palin :-)
Deletelostinmn :John wayne Gacy was from Illinois.
ReplyDeleteJohn Wayne Gacy died in Illinois but he was from Iowa.
Delete3:34 - Is that You, Mrs Bachmann?
DeleteSo..... how do we check if she is under contract to Faux for 2013? Blogger/journalist credentials inquiry to FAUX?
ReplyDeleteSarah does have name recognition because she's someone comedians love to make fun of. There is a treasure trove of all her idiotic statements from 'dikes' to Paul Revere warning the British.
ReplyDeleteThere is "Game Change" also, too and she's known for bashing the President and Michelle because she's obsessed with our President.
She's a 'quitter' and will go down in history as a quitter.
When you're fat, stupid, really, really stupid, come from the midwest, attend revengelical churches, and try to think of any woman, Sarah Palin could conceiveably come to mind. It's called name recognition. i thonk that could cover 2 per cent of the US population, don't you?
ReplyDeleteSarah is just waiting for the gun debates to start so she can return to Fox and spill hate and blame Obama for everything. Maybe she is making new targets to show on Fox News. She is dangerous.I hope if she does talk on Fox about the gun issues, Gabby Gifford goes on every show and outlet and slams and ridicules Sarah. Her and her husband can tear her apart on tv.
ReplyDeleteSarah was runner up for the title of Ms Alaska to a beautiful black lady in 84 (year?), and again she comes in behind 3 very bright black ladies and a perennial winner some twenty-eight years later. She's falling farther down the rankings each time. Sarah can't be happy with that.
ReplyDeleteMe? I'm ecstatic about it. I don't think she can fall far enough. Oh yes, I live in Wasilla, AK, and I certainly am not one of her fans or followers.
4:13 Do you have any information on any of the Palin lies and hoaxes from the past? Is CBJ still practicing? BTW what ever happened to her any way?
DeleteNothing any more than what Gryphen and the other bloggers have turned up. I'm not a buddy around person with them, but they do live within 3 miles of my place. I've run into them at Carrs, but many of the people out here, even if they totally despise her, won't say much in public. They have to live in the area, so it makes it difficult to talk openly. When we have get together's, her name is usually only talked about when we blast our current Governor, Sarah's own dweeb, Sean Parnell. He seems a lesser threat than Palin, but in actuality, he's probably 10 times worse than she was. Hard to imagine that, but that's my opinion.
DeleteCBJ is still practicing. Was in Parnell's office for a photo op a year or so ago. She has an open facebook page. Yeah, she is alive and well. She should be embarassed and ashamed.
DeleteSarah's doomed if "name recognition" means anything, in a few months, Honey Boo Boo will knock her off the charts!
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