Former Fox News host Eric Bolling's son has died.

Courtesy of HuffPo: 

The 19-year-old son of former Fox News host Eric Bolling was found dead Friday. 

The cause of Eric Chase Bolling’s death remained unknown as of Saturday afternoon. 

The younger Bolling died hours after Fox News announced it was parting ways “amicably” with his father. The Fox personality came under fire after HuffPost published a report in August revealing that he had sent inappropriate text messages to current and former female colleagues.

The Huffington Post did not identify the cause of death, perhaps out of respect, but TMZ did:  

Well placed FNC sources tell TMZ ... Eric Chase died from a drug overdose. We're told he was having a hard time dealing with the trouble his dad was having at the network. Our sources say he was extremely embarrassed by the stories and was "emotionally upset."

If this is accurate, and I am pretty sure it must be or I don't think TMZ would have written it, this is incredibly sad news.

I almost did not post this today because I worried that people who do not like Bolling would say hateful things.

I also really do not like Eric Bolling, but he is a parent who just lost his only child.

Right now there is nothing that matters at all except for that. Not the fact that he worked for a cable station that has worked to destroy journalism in this country, not the hateful things he has said about President Obama, not even the fact that he sexually harassed the women who worked with him.

The ONE thing that matters is that this man just lost his only child.

I think the majority of us here are parents so I know you can imagine what that must feel like.

There is literally NO pain I can imagine that would hurt as much as the pain he must be feeling right now.

And if TMZ is right, and the suicide was the result of Bolling's behaviors at work and the loss of that job,......well....there are simply no words to express what that must feel like.

So as one human being to another, I am deeply sorry for Mr. Bolling's loss and only want to express my most heartfelt condolences.

Eric Bolling, who swore to clear his name, is the latest sexual predator out at Fox News.

Courtesy of Variety: 

Fox News Channel will part ways with host Eric Bolling, a host and contributor whose on-air presence at the 21st Century Fox-owned network had been growing in recent months, after allegations surfaced that he had harassed colleagues there, the network confirmed Friday. 

“Fox News Channel is canceling ‘The Specialists,’ and Eric Bolling and Fox have agreed to part ways amicably,” the network said in a statement.” We thank Eric for his ten years of service to our loyal viewers and wish him the best of luck.” A Huffington Post report had disclosed allegations that Bolling had sent lewd messages to colleagues via smartphone. 

Bolling, a former commodities trader and best-selling author, had been a longtime co-host of “The Five,” and more recently helped launch a new late-afternoon show, “The Fox News Specialists.” He also anchors the Fox News program “Cashin’ In.” Fox News intends to keep Bolling’s co-hosts, Eboni Williams and Kat Timpf, as contributors. The show will be replaced at 5 p.m. eastern with an hour of news coverage for the foreseeable future, with rotating anchors holding down the slot. 

Bolling had vowed to clear his name.

It appears that Bolling had the same success at clearing his name as OJ. 

You may remember that Bolling was suspended early last month for texting pictures of his junk to female colleagues, who I'm sure were just thrilled to receive photographic evidence of his shortcomings.

And don't buy that crap about agreeing to part ways, Fox News is doing damage control right now so once those accusations against Bolling were made public his days were numbered. 

So should we start taking bets on who gets the big heave ho next?

My money is on either Sean Hannity or that scuzzy Jesse Watters fellow.

Yet another Fox news host stands accused of making unwanted sexual advances. Is this even news anymore?

Courtesy of HuffPo: 

Eric Bolling, a longtime Fox News host, sent an unsolicited photo of male genitalia via text message to at least two colleagues at Fox Business and one colleague at Fox News, a dozen sources told HuffPost. 

Recipients of the photo confirmed its contents to HuffPost, which is not revealing their identities. The women, who are Bolling’s current and former Fox colleagues, concluded the message was from him because they recognized his number from previous work-related and informal interactions. The messages were sent several years ago, on separate occasions. 

The women did not solicit the messages, which they told colleagues were deeply upsetting and offensive. One of the recipients said that when she replied to Bolling via text, telling him never to send her such photos again, he did not respond. Four people, outside of the recipients, confirmed to HuffPost they’d seen the photo, and eight others said the recipients had spoken to them about it. 

For this story, HuffPost spoke to 14 sources in and out of Fox News and Fox Business, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity either because they currently work at the networks and aren’t allowed to speak to members of the press without prior authorization or because they have confidentiality agreements with Fox News and its parent company 21st Century Fox.

Nothing about this surprises me in the least.

When I close my eyes and try to picture a sexual predator the first face I see is Eric Bolling's.

The guy exudes creepiness.

Of course that did not preclude him from also being a hypocrite:

@anthonyweiner @Huma must be so proud of her man... @HillaryClinton too!! ;)

— Eric Bolling (@ericbolling) September 22, 2014

Oh man I swear it seems that every Right Wing asshole uses Twitter to project their own failings onto other people.

And now it appears that Bolling is the latest Fox News pervert to get suspended.

Bolling's show "Cashin' In" taped Fri but pulled after HuffPost made Fox aware of allegations Bolling sent lewd texts to female colleagues

— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) August 5, 2017

Hah!

Now it is only a matter of time before Fox gives the old heave ho to Steve Doocy, Sean Hannity, and that little prick Jesse Watters.

Geraldo Rivera schools Eric Bolling that Saudi Arabia is far more dangerous than Iran.

Courtesy of Mediaite:  

Geraldo Rivera battled a rather stunned Eric Bolling tonight on The O’Reilly Factor over his insistence that it is Saudi Arabia, not Iran, that represents the “gravest threat” to the United States. 

Rivera said he’s as worried about a nuclear Iran as he is a nuclear Pakistan or a nuclear Iran. He told Bolling to stop reciting “propaganda that you have been spoon-fed by the Saudis,” and said that Saudi Arabia is a much bigger threat. 

He cited attacks like the bombing of the USS Cole and 9/11 as evidence, but Bolling kept asking him where the money came from. They fought over that for a bit and Rivera rolled his eyes at Bolling’s “absolute baloney.”

 I actually caught this on Friday, and was pretty surprised to see Rivera taking it to Bolling so aggressively.

And the thing is he is absolutely correct. 

Attacking the anti-Iran talking points with facts on Fox News. Isn't that a sign of the Apocalypse?

According to Eric Bolling of Fox News only Muslims kill people in the name of religion, and that all other religions combined have killed exactly zero people. Wait, what?

Did you have to watch it twice to make sure you heard him right? Yeah me too.

I cannot even begin to imagine how stupid somebody has to be in order to say something  like this.

You would almost have to have spent your entire life in one of those isolation tanks wearing headphones that ONLY sent anti-Islamic propaganda into your brain to say something as completely ridiculous as that statement.

I could spend all day linking to cases of religious killings throughout history, but since Bolling is clearly a Christian I will just leave him with this.

And by the way it is not like these murders only took place centuries ago, they are still happening even in the 20th and 21st Century.

Fox News hosts make misogynistic comments about female pilot leading air strikes against ISIS. Military veterans write letter condemning them for it. Sarah Palin decides to defend them on Facebook. Just another day in the Right Wing bubble.

Okay so that was what happened on "The Five" last week.

In response sixty military veterans from the United States wrote the following open letter to Eric Bolling and Greg Gutfield. (Or as I call them, Pig 1 and Pig 2.)

Dear Mr. Bolling and Mr. Gutfeld, 

We are veterans of the United States armed forces, and we are writing to inform you that your remarks about United Arab Emirates Air Force Major Mariam Al Mansouri were unwarranted, offensive, and fundamentally opposed to what the military taught us to stand for. 

First, foremost, and most obvious to everyone other than yourselves, your remarks were immensely inappropriate. Your co-host Kimberly Guilfoyle was so right to call attention to an inspiring story of a woman shattering glass ceilings in a society where doing so is immeasurably difficult. We never heard an answer to her question: why did you feel so compelled to “ruin her thing?” 

As it turns out, women have been flying combat aircraft since before either of you were born. Over 1,000 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) flew during World War II. Seeing as U.S. Army Air Forces Commander “Hap” Arnold said “Now in 1944, it is on the record that women can fly as well as men,” we can probably guess he thought their parking was adequate. The WASP legacy reaches into the present day; on 9/11, then Lt. Heather “Lucky” Penney scrambled her F-16. Completely unarmed, she was ready to lay down her own life to prevent further devastating attacks on American soil. 

Thus the skill of women as fighter pilots is well established. And before you jump to the standby excuse that you were “just making a joke” or “having a laugh,” let the men amongst our number preemptively respond: You are not funny. You are not clever. And you are not excused. Perhaps the phrase “boys will be boys”—inevitably uttered wherever misogyny is present—is relevant. Men would never insult and demean a fellow servicemember; boys think saying the word ‘boobs’ is funny. 

The less obvious implication of your remarks, however, is that by offending an ally and cheapening her contribution, you are actively hurting the mission. We need to send a clear message that anyone, male or female, who will stand up to ISIS and get the job done is worthy of our respect and gratitude. 

We issue an apology on your behalf to Major Al Mansouri knowing that anything your producers force you to say will be contrived and insincere. Major, we’re sincerely sorry for the rudeness; clearly, these boys don’t take your service seriously, but we and the rest of the American public do. 

Now you would think that conservatives, who are usually deifying the military, and republicans who are desperate to woo female voters, would join in this condemnation of what were clearly tasteless comments.

But if you thought that then must not have been paying attention lately.

Just a little over an hour ago Palin posted this:

Which links to a Spectator article that essentially attempts to smear the military veterans who participated in the writing of the letter by accusing them of being tools for the Obama administration.

In the article the point is made that the names of the veterans who signed the letter are "never identified." Which I found confusing, because at the bottom of the letter found on Business Insider was this list of names:  

U.S. Army: Michael Breen, Richard Wheeler, Aryanna Hunter, Welton Chang, Michael Smith, Matt Runyon, Jon Gensler, Scott Holcomb, Terron Sims II, Josh Weinberg, Daniel Savage, Matt Pelak, LaRue Robinson, Anthony Woods, Dustin Cathcart, Kayla Williams, Dan Espinal, Jonathan Hopkins, Andy Moore, Kevin Johnson, Brett Hunt, Russell Galeti, Mick Crnkovich, Jonathan Freeman, Dan Hartnett, Dan Futrell, Matt Zeller, Jason Cain, Adam Tiffen, Sharmistha Mohpatra, Justin Graf, Lach Litwer. 

U.S. Navy: Shawn VanDiver, Andrea Marr, Kristen Kavanaugh, Leo Cruz, Scott Cheney-Peters, Margot Beausey, Tony Johnson, Gail Harris, Alex Cornell du Houx. 

U.S. Marine Corps: Geoff Orazem, Gordon Griffin, Timothy Kudo, Jonathan Murray, Richard Weir, Rob Miller, Sonia Fernandez, John Margolick, Katelyn Geary van Dam, Rob Bracknell, Andrew Borene, William Allen. 

U.S. Air Force: Kelsey Campbell, Erik Brine, Chris Finan, Robert Mishev, Karen Courington. 

U.S. National Guard: Kristen Rouse. 

If they are trying to hide their identities they really suck at it. 

But in the end, to quote our next President, "At this point, what difference does it make?"

Now I have no confidence that this Jeffrey Lord of the Spectator has all of his facts right, but even if each and every one of the veterans who signed that letter were Democrats who all voted for Obama, does that change the points they made in the letter? Does it minimize the fact that what the Fox News hosts said was incredibly insulting to women serving in the military, and women in general?

No, it doesn't.

And one would think, regardless of a woman's political point of view, that they would be unified in their disgust at the remarks made by Bolling and Gutfeld.

Which kind of illustrates just how out of touch Sarah Palin is with her gender.

Time and time again she chooses ideology over biology, putting her partisan viewpoints before any support or even empathy for her gender.

More often than not it seems that Palin is almost in denial of her own sexual identity, and disconnected from the struggles that women have gone through in order to provide the opportunities that she has taken full advantage of in her lifetime.

And this, this was who the Republicans chose to represent women all over the country as the first elected female Vice President.

Gee, what a bummer that didn't work out for them.

Fox's Eric Bolling pushes for holy war with ISIS. Well this isn't helping.

Courtesy of Mediaite:

He said, “There’s a common denominator with these murderous thugs: they’re Islamic, they’re radical, they’re extremist, and they’re purely intolerant. It’s time to wake up.” And as far as Bolling’s concerned, the persecution of Christians and the call by one terrorist for the flag of Allah to fly at the White House just go too far: “You want a holy war? We’ll give you one. It just may be time to unleash hell on radical Islam. Don’t worry, Islamic jihadists, your 72 virgins await.”

If you listen to Bolling the only two groups he mentions by name are the Christians and the Jews. Every other group that is being terrorized, including many that are Muslim is of no real consequence.

After all if you are going to promote a holy war, it helps to have each side clearly defined by their different religious affiliations.

As I said yesterday, this situation needs to be addressed in terms of humanitarian needs, NOT religious intolerance.

It does not matter that ISIS, or any other group, wants to draw America into a holy war. We are a secular nation, despite Christian revisionists attempting to paint us otherwise, and we need to move forward as a country that cares for ALL people without regard to their skin color, country of origin, or religious beliefs.

And seriously just when is Fox News finally going to be identified as a hate group?

That awkward moment when the Fox News analyst you brought on to take your side against the Atheist guest, ends of agreeing with them instead.

Courtesy of Mediaite:  

Hannity guest host Eric Bolling took on Kirsten Powers and American Atheists’ Nick Fish over complaints that the coach of Clemson University is unconstitutionally promoting “Christian worship,” including the inclusion of a team chaplain. Bolling thought it was ridiculous, but Fish argued it’s wholly inappropriate for someone in a “taxpayer-funded position.” 

Fish said Coach Dabo Swinney has basically told players, “I’m a Christian and if you don’t like that you can go somewhere else.” Bolling said he has every right to promote religion on his own time, and noted how plenty of sports teams have chaplains. Fish shot back that private sports teams can do what they want, but not public universities. 

Powers admitted she’s “sympathetic to the view that it could make people who aren’t Christians uncomfortable,” wondering why, when people of Christian faith have opportunities in their private lives to promote faith, any official position is required to promote it. 

They also clashed over whether it’s wrong to have crosses on municipal property. Fish and Powers didn’t like the idea of “endorsing a particular religion,” but Bolling thought it might carry some weight when the vast majority of the population are actually Christian themselves.

Bolling "You guys are not allowed to agree on that one."

Fox News, where you are only allowed to express the opinion that you were paid to come on and express.

I swear whenever I think that Sean Hannity is the biggest tool on Fox News, I see Eric Bolling and realize that there are really SO many contenders for that crown.

In interview Sarah Palin takes shots at Hilary Clinton and talks about something called a "Convention of States." Oh she's up to something!

Bolling starts off by asking how conservatives can fight back against the fact that their "freedom and liberty are under siege." Which I assume to mean that they are finally being called out on their bullshit, and pissed off about it.

"You know on the national level we make sure that we're electing candidates who will promise to pay whatever price it's going to take to protect our Constitution, Then on a state level I think it's very important that we find candidates, and elect them, who would be willing to call for a convention of states if need be, because that is the way, that is the tool, that the people have to rein in government, is a convention of states.  (A "convention of states" by the way is something apparently outlined in Article V of the Constitution, which would allow a convention of states to amend the Constitution. This is the newest conservative brainchild, to be used as an effort to obstruct the Obama administration agenda. Is anybody else hearing Dixie playing in the background?)

Bolling then asks Palin which amendment she thought was most under attack.

"You know I would agree with Rand, he said that that first amendment, it..it..starts there, If we're not able to express the will of the people then government will take over, will grow, will continue to do what it is doing today. The problems that we see today start at the top. We have a President who doesn't understand, or chooses to disrespect, our Constitution, those rights, the rule of law, the separation of powers, all those things that we learned in elementary school about how our nation was formed, and why it is the most exceptional nation on the earth because of that Constitution. Our President has set a tone in this nation that kind of says 'Eh, you know it is going to be a select, elitist crew of guys that are gonna run the show instead of we the people.'"

The Bolling asked Palin about her remark that Hillary Clinton should run in 2016.

“I said it’s fine if she ran, I didn’t say it’s fine if she won. I tell ya we don’t need, you know, more of the blue blood you know..uh..no. We need new energy! We need new people in there, who again will understand what the Constitution has done to create this great country. Not those who would choose to seek constitutional changes, amendments that are NOT the will of the people. That they would amend themselves by just seizing power from the people. So no, we need new people in there.” 

Okay I am confused. On the one hand Palin is endorsing this "convention of states" whose purpose is to amend the Constitution, yet she then claims that it is Hillary who would seek constitutional changes by "seizing power," when one would assume she would have then been elected to the White House by "we the people."

And exactly when has Hillary EVER talked about amending the Constitution?

Palin then goes on to take a shot at Al Sharpton over his activism, but since she is appearing in that PSA with Jon Stewart, avoids any criticism of him and instead pimps the cause that they joined forces to work on.

As Palin interviews goes this was mostly just the same old shit, different day.

However that convention of states is a whole new wrinkle, and one that we better keep an eye on.

I have said before that I would not put it past these Right Wing lunatics to start another civil war, and this feels very much like one more step closer to that terrible eventuality.

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Sarah Palin does victory dance over death panel vindication on Fox Show.

Click blood libel red blouse to play video. (Warning takes you Right Wing site.)

First Eric Bolling suggested that Palin take a victory lap now that Howard Dean and a few other Democrats were talking about their concerns about the Independent Payment Advisory Board in the Affordable Care Act which Republicans have said vindicates Palin concerning her "death panels" charge back in 2009.

Her response was rather muddled:

"It was a pleasant surprise and I don't think we should condone them for finally trying to jump off the Obama train wreck that is coming down the pike here. I appreciate that they acknowledge it, and of course there are death panels in there. But the important thing to remember is that's just one aspect of this atrocious, unaffordable, cumbersome, burdensome, evil policy of Obama's, and that is Obamacare." (I think she meant to say "condemn instead of "condone."  But seriously who can tell WHAT she means?)

Bolling then asks the Wasilla Wendigo what the Dems motive might be for coming out on her side now?

"Well it's in black and white, in the law that there will be rationing of health care. They..they couldn't go forever and not acknowledging that or they would look like complete buffoons, And they would be..uh..deemed incompetent, having not read the law to understand that death panels are a part of this atrocity. So I think it was just a matter of time, and the twenty two Democrats who have now acknowledged part of the problem with Obamacare again, as I say, they should be thanked and not condo..uh..condemned. And..um..I think that..that as more and more of our Congressmen and women actually read the law, and as more of us bring to light more things in the 20,000 pages of rules and regulations accompanying Obamacare, more of them will try to jump off the train wreck that's coming."

Bolling then asks about the fake scandals.

"Yeah I'm still disgusted with the mainstream media having the opportunity to do some followup questions and really pinning down our President and asking him, because as you point out, this is the third week running now where he still pooh-poohs the Benghazi scandal, and the..um...'government snooping on us' scandals, and nobody's asking him which scandals are you characterizing as being phony? And I wish that the press would do a better job at really pinning him down, making him answer to the people whom he is serving. (Ahh another lesson on journalism from the "can't name what newspapers she reads" lunatic herself. I am sure the press really appreciate her helpful critiques.)What does he mean when he says that these things that we are SO  concerned about. He pooh-poohs them and acts like its no big darn dill." (They put up a Fox News poll here which unsurprisingly shows that Fox News viewers take all of the scandals VERY seriously. In other news most children think their parents are mean for not letting them stay up past their bedtime.)

Then Bolling shifts gears and asks Palin about security versus transparency as it pertains to the NSA/Snowden debacle.

"There is no balance at all in this struggle for security and liberty when we have an illustration going on today with our government having lied about it. Our government actually spying on innocent Americans and gathering data on us based on our communications. which really is a violation of our fourth amendment. There's no balance there at all. That is stomping, trampling, a boot on the neck of our liberty, that's not balance." (Of course when it was discovered that Bush secretly started this program, with NO judicial oversight, there was not one word spoken against it by Palin or her Right Wing hypocrites.)

Then Palin decides to directly defend Snowden.

"Well not only that but messenger then, he who told us what was going on in that department, that is resulting in our finally awareness of our government spying on us, and that's Edward Snowden. He's the BAD guy in all of this? You know they really want to 'shoot the messenger' instead of dealing with the problem, the problem is trampling on our liberty, trampling on our fourth amendment rights." (You know there is a great, and informative article from Dana Priest of the Washington Post, that really refutes quite a few of the assertions made by Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden. Not that Palin will read or understand it.)

Finally Bolling asks Palin who she favors in the dust up between Chris Christie and Rand Paul?

"Team Rand Paul."

Well that is certainly good news for Chris Christie.

I cannot tell you how unhappy I am that Palin feels vindicated on that whole Death Panel thing, but I guess every dog has their day.

The rest of the interview was textbook Palin-speak, with plenty of stumbles and misused words to keep English majors bashing heir heads against their desk for hours.

Sarah Palin on Fox News this morning, doubling down on stupid.

You can see the entire interview above but here are a couple of the low points.

In response to the question of trusting the government:

"Can we trust our federal government? Is a bear Catholic? Does the Pope live in the woods?"

Response to the Tea Party idea of aboloshing the IRS:

"Right on! Absolutely!"

On fact that the IRS is honoring its agreement to provide union workers with bonuses despite fact that the President ordered them not to:

"It drives me crazy because you can anticipate that the Obama administration will not even push back on what this union is demanding for its employees. That..that's what's a shame here that,,that the Obama administration will kowtow to their friends who are union thugs. The leadership of so many of these unions are thugs and won't push back. Unfortunately, because it gives a BAD name to the brother and sisters within the union who just want to produce well for the American public, and do their job. It's there leadership that is engaged in the thuggery, that unfortunately Obama will not push back against."

So is Palin actually suggesting that the workers would voluntarily give up their bonuses, and that the only reason that are getting them is because their 'union thug' leaders are forcing them to?

Does she not understand how unions work?

On FBI Director Mueller's  admission that surveillance drones were used on American soil:

"That's very disturbing because I think what Mueller is telling us is 'Hey America, on US soil, we..we're gonna shoot ya down just a little bit."

Just for clarification at NO time did anybody in the FBI suggest that armed drones were being used on US soil. And President Obama even went so far as to say that armed drones would NEVER be used on US soil.

Asked again if we could trust the government:

"Well we're building a very strong case against that trust of TODAY'S federal government. I..personally do not trust ANY government that's being led by Barack Obama, when he is fulfilling his promise to fundamentally transform this most exceptional nation."

Pretty much says it all about her value as a political pundit. Don'tcha think?

The last portion is the part I already covered in which Palin defends Edward Snowden, (Snowden is not the problem) but then she goes on to compare the government's NSA program to the "hacker" who guessed  her yahoo mail account:

"What difference is it from some hacker coming in and opening up, physically, my mailbox and going through my mail, to be used against me at some point? Government, in this case, is doing the same thing that that punk hacker kid did tome during the VP campaign. It's not a safe, ethical, moral, nor legal measure being taken by our government."

And just when you thought that Palin could not make the NSA data mining operation all about her. Oh ye of little faith.

Well I will say one thing, the Fox News makeup staff did manage to make her muhc more presentable than we have seen her in recent appearances. Sadly NO amount of makeup and wig fluffing will cover for insanity.

"Is a bear Catholic?" WTF?

Sarah Palin tweets plan to sell baked good to help raise money for White House tours. I don't know which part is less believable, Sarah Palin baking, or Sarah Palin offering anybody in the White House any help.

Bake sales, anyone?I make a mean Baked Alaska,but afraid Nanny State would shut 'er down.Bolling's offer must suffice is.gd/VFv7fg

— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) March 10, 2013

Of course this tweet is in support of Eric Bolling's attentions seeking offer to pay for White House tours now that the Republican's sequester has threatened to shut them down.

Of course it is just a naked attempt to attract media attentions, whihc is why Sarah Palin, the queen of attention whores, can not resist the attempt to get a little reflected glory for herself.

But one has to wonder why the multimillionaire did not simply offer to write her own check?

I mean I think Eric Bolling is a tool of the first order, but at LEAST he offered to pay out of pocket.

The best that Snowdrift Snooki can do is offer to make a donation to a bake sale? Damn that is weak even for her!

Of course dealing with problems with baked goods is a tried and true approach for Granny Grinch.

If you remember back in early 2009, when the people of rural Alaska villages were crying out for help as they slowly starved and froze to death. Palin did nothing for almost two months, before finally making a huge show of flying out with a plate full of cookies and Evangelist Franklin Graham and local homophobe Jerry Prevo in tow.

Let's face it, Sarah Palin has NO intention of donating time, money, or even baked goods to ANYTHING that does not have some sort of payoff for her. All this is is yet another sad and desperate attempt to stay relevant.

And judging by the number of attendees at her most recent speaking engagement, she needs all the help staying relevant that she can get!

Look it's "lying across three seats a piece" room only.

Part propaganda, part lame game show ripoff, all bullshit, Fox's "Paying at the Pump" with Sarah Palin and Eric Bolling is "must not see TV."

I actually told myself not to watch this.

I said "Gryphen you have watched enough of this lunatic, take a break. Isn't there one of those shows where people pretend to fall down or drive their golf carts into a lake to win money that you can watch?'

But somehow as I was channel surfing I accidentally landed on Fox News.  Before I could hit the button and save myself I saw this.

WTF? I know right?

I actually saw some of the show before they introduced Glenn Beck's old chalkboard and brought out one of the suitcases from "Deal or No Deal" to introduce an unworkable solution to high gas prices. (Which by the way Bolling's guest, and ex-"Die Hard" villain, CFTC Chairman Bart Chilton rejected as unfair to the average traders.)

In the earlier part Bolling and Palin, doing their best Frank Luntz impersonations, quizzed an audience packed to the brim with representatives from giant energy lobbyists like the American Petroleum Institute and the Koch brother's Americans for Prosperity. There was nothing even remotely subtle in the fact that the show was a giant advertisement for oil exploration and an attack on any green policy which would negatively impact the fossil fuel industry. Things got so animated at one point I thought they might bring out an effigy of Obama to burn right there in the studio.

Palin seemed completely ill at ease (Even though it was clear that she had a teleprompter feeding her her "off the cuff" responses), and for all the world looked like an old used up game show hostess on her last low budget television gig before she ends up turning tricks for pocket change and food stamps.

She NEVER seemed to really understand the conversation, despite her much trumpeted "energy expert" credentials, and spent much of the program trying to make sure the camera only caught her "good side." (Not to Palin: Sorry sweetie, NONE of them are "good sides" anymore.)

All in all I could not figure out if I should laugh, cry, or cup my hands over my ears to keep my brain cells from dying of stupidity. (That last option might have been the best.)

Clearly Palin is working her virtually non existent ass off to impress the Fox News folks that she can headline a show.  Whether they take the bait or not is anybody's guess (after all the bar IS pretty low), but if this were an audition for most any other network, and if she were not once a Republican VP candidate, there is NO WAY we would be seeing her on our televisions ever again.

(H/T to Mediaite.)