Of eight shows pitched to television executives Sarah Palin's judge show was seen as least appealing.

Courtesy of TV News Check: 

Of eight first-run syndicated shows being pitched at NATPE in Miami Beach this week, a judge show featuring one-time GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is least appealing to viewers surveyed by Katz Television. 

Only 21% of the respondents said that they would watch or might watch Palin Rules, which was developed by Larry Little, the producer who launched Judge Judy, and distributed by Barry Wallach and Lee Villas. 

For the survey, Katz tested “awareness and interest” among 404 adults, 18 or older and geographically dispersed, via Ourmedia.com, Katz’s standing panel of TV viewers.

I guess that explains why we learned last week that the show was dead in the water because it did not "resonate" with the audience.

Seems like that may have been an understatement.

Not surprising, but it does mark yet another failure for the Wasilla Wendigo. 

So instead she launches a website, and hires somebody to ghostwrite it for her.

I am not sure what the end game is for something like that, but I have every confidence that Sarah Palin will fail to reach it.

Sarah Palin is mad as hell, and well hardly anybody cares anymore.

Courtesy of Politico:  

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said the House Republicans who passed $1 trillion-plus funding bill late Thursday “flipped American voters the bird.” 

“It’s baffling really,” Palin said in an interview with Breitbart News on Friday. “The Republican Leadership in the House just flipped American voters the bird by sidelining the new Congress we just elected.”  

Palin’s criticisms come the morning after the House passed a spending bill by a 219-206 vote. While the bill will keep the government open for another year, Palin and other conservatives are not happy that the legislation will fund President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration and the Affordable Care Act — or as Palin calls it, “the mother-of-all unfunded mandates.” 

“It stinks to high heaven,” Palin said of the bill. “Did arrogant politicians not get the memo that Obama’s agenda was decisively defeated in last month’s historic midterm landslide?” 

She continued, “Good Lord, America said loud and clear, not just ‘no,’ but ‘hell no’ to Obama’s failed policies.” Palin said she hopes that the 162 Republicans who backed the bill face backlash and called this an “example of the GOP establishment campaigning one way and then governing another.” 

“It’s quite nauseating,” she said. “They promised they would do everything in their power to stop Obama’s executive amnesty — I heard their darn campaign speeches promising to do so! — and yet when they have the power to do so (power that we the voters just gave them) they tacitly endorse Obama’s failed agenda.” 

Aww, her's feelings are hurt because the Republicans are not doing what she is gosh darn telling them to do. 

You know it's almost like you DO need a title to get things done in this country.

At this point Palin has become reminiscent of the old lady who constantly writes letters to the electric company complaining that the power lines next to her house have rendered her parakeets sterile. Or the amateur astronomer bitching to the Mayor's office because the new highrise is blocking his view of Venus.

Nobody listens to them either.

Gosh kids remember when that Sarah Palin woman could make a statement and it was covered by hundreds of media outlets? 

Yeah, whatever happened to her?

Experts in the music industry say that soon Ted Nugent will only be able to book gigs at "NRA conventions and Fox News events."

Courtesy of Media Matters: 

In a week when two casinos operated by different Native American tribes canceled three separate Nugent shows set for next month and dozens protested a concert in New Jersey, concert touring experts say the National Rifle Association board member and conservative commentator is doing real damage to his money-earning potential. 

"If you're going to say something political, you're going to have some backlash, it doesn't matter who you are or what you say," said Larry Magid, a Philadelphia-based promoter who has handled Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac, and Bette Midler. "Nugent seems to have taken it to extremes. I don't know that you can blame anyone for not wanting to play him for all of the baggage that he brings." 

Magid, who also organized the famed 1985 Live Aid benefit show in Philadelphia, said Nugent was never a huge concert draw, but his declaration earlier this year that President Barack Obama is a "subhuman mongrel" may mark a turning point. 

"I don't know if that is frustration at not being a viable act, but it is stupid," Magid said of Nugent. "If you are a musician, you are trying to bring your music, your art to a broad group of people. It is one thing to take a stance, it is another thing when you are talking about the president of the United States. 

"For all of the people enamored with him, there are 20 or 30 or 40 times that who are not enamored with him. To me, it's not bright. If I'm a promoter I have to think two or three or four times before I take a shot with this performer." 

"No one should be surprised by any of this," said Gary Bongiovanni, editor-in-chief of Pollstar USA, which tracks concert touring receipts. "It's a free country and Nugent has always had a big mouth. But if he keeps making incendiary statements his future tours may be limited to NRA conventions and Fox News events."

Damn! That was both brutal and clearly extremely accurate.

Nugent was never that popular of a musician anyway, and now with his racism and misogyny on full display it is amazing that ANYBODY attends his concerts.

Well besides Right Wing nuts, paint chip eaters, and fellow pedophiles that is.

Apparently in response to fewer television gigs, poor book sales, and a troubled outlook for future employment, Sarah Palin is now using Facebook to pimp Todd's resort lodge instead of taking shots at the President.

Courtesy of the Wasilla White Walker's Facebook page:

Kings are running in Bristol Bay! These are the world's richest salmon spawning grounds, and Rainbow Bay Lodge can take you there. Todd's weathered in tonight, staying in a yurt somewhere on the water; it's guaranteed that weather dictates one’s schedule in these majestic locales accessible only by air. What a way to get away! The guys' lodge has openings in September if it's on your bucket list; you'll not catch kings that late, but so many other species await, including guides showing you where the indescribably delicious halibut are. I can't do justice describing this world class sport fishing lodge that Todd's very excited to be a part of, so here's info: www.rbrlodge.com (contact: jspippen@aol.com). 

God sure dumped a bucket load of heaven-on-earth beauty and abundance up here, and we share! There's something for everyone here, especially anglers because the only other fishermen are bears. 

- Sarah Palin

Holy crap! Palin has now gone from a Vice Presidential candidate whose every word was covered by the national media, to hawking her husband's fishing lodge on Facebook in a desperate attempt to make some money.

I find this interesting since just the other day Palin was openly lamenting the fact that she was having trouble luring Todd away from the fishing resort so that he would accompany her to the Teabagger's Last Stand in Tennessee, and today she is working to attract business for his business.

This makes me think that my theory that Todd's contract has run its course might have been on the money.

If Palin cannot legally compel Todd to accompany her on anymore of her political pole dancing gigs, she will have a much harder time selling her happy marriage and well adjusted family mythology.

Let's face it Todd has only been seen on the peripheral for the last several years, but at least he was usually present. Now it is beginning to appear that he is done with this shit, and just wants to ride snowmachines, fish, and avoid contact with the crazy lady.

Can't say that I blame him. If it were me the ONLY way I would spend time with Sarah Palin was if I were legally obligated to do so.

Gee I wonder if this means there will soon be an opening for the First Dude slot?

Stick a fork in her, she's done. The end of Sarah Palin.

Courtesy of The Week:

After this weekend, it's probably safe to say that Sarah Palin is done. Like Jesse Ventura or Ross Perot, she may show up every once in a while to hurl red meat or use stunt cameos to remind us a little of her awkward charms. But recent events seem to confirm that she is an Obama-era novelty politician — and not much else. 

First she gave a speech to the NRA in which she joked that waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists, offending people who otherwise make up her base. Next, Robert Costa reported on the ever-smaller crowds that have been greeting Palin in Iowa:

"When Palin took the stage at the Hy-Vee Conference Center under a banner that read "Heels On, Gloves Off" on Sunday at an event for Senate candidate Joni Ernst, the ballroom was half-full, with a couple hundred attendees scattered in clumps." [Washington Post] 

If the politically engaged seem bored with Obama, they have all but forgotten Sarah Barracuda, the manqué of anti-Obama populism.

Well of course this was what I was saying just this morning.  I guess I just did not expect the MSM to agree with me quite so soon.

But are we right?

Well according to The Week, yes: 

We may have finally reached a tipping point: Conservatives, it seems, are finally safe to criticize Sarah Palin (without fear of being written out of the movement, that is). 

As is the case with tipping points, accretion tends to go mostly unnoticed until the dam finally breaks. And it seems to have broken a bit this week, with two coinciding stories. First, there was the Washington Post story by Robert Costa (formerly of the conservative National Review), which labeled Palin "a diminished figure in the Republican Party." That story included a quote from popular conservative blogger and talk radio host Erick Erickson, who conceded, "She has some pull with the base, but it has fallen a little bit." 

That hardly makes her sound like a powerhouse. This is not to suggest conservatives are uniformly turning against Palin, but it is to suggest that she can no longer count on conservative opinion leaders being cowed into silent support of her antics, for fear of angering their (and her) base.

 And as if to make that point, here is what a religious writer had to say about her recent brouhaha: 

Like many from a similar Christian tradition, Palin sees herself as a warrior for God, engaged in spiritual warfare to save America from evil and to keep America Christian. But in joking that torture was like a baptism, Palin revealed her view of evangelization as an act of force, not love, and her view of salvation as something one imposes on irredeemable enemies, who further prove their lesser worth by protesting and resisting it. Get it? It just shows how the Muslims can't even see how something "so cool" is actually good for them. 

No wonder many conservative Christians are aghast. But even setting aside the underlying meaning of Palin's torture "joke," her speech, once again, exposes a rift between traditional or orthodox (and politically active) Christian conservatives and the charismatic and Pentecostal movement of which Palin is a part. (I hesitate to say that Palin "represents" it because she more represents a Palin brand, although by virtue of her public profile she does in a way represent it.) In Palin's mind, she's engaged in spiritual warfare with spiritual enemies. She believes herself to be acting out God's will. She believes her prayer warriors will protect her. She believes in the spiritual gifts of revelation and prophecy, which for many charismatic and Pentecostal believers are real phenomena, but are easily manipulated by religious charlatans, and when translated to the political stage are dangerously inflammatory. 

Palin has taken this religious tradition in which she grew up, and manipulated it to maximum effect in political settings. When she used "Allah" in place of "God" to denote her disdain for what she perceives as the savagery of Muslims (a theme repeated in her waterboarding remarks), or when she had hands laid on her to cast out witchcraft, or when she on numerous occasions declared herself to be acting out God's will or plan for her or for the country, Palin is manipulating a religious tradition to draw attention to herself. 

For her fellow conservatives, this time she might have gone too far.

There have been a number of times in the past few years where I was all but certain that Palin's career had finally wheezed out its final breath, only to see her pop up again with a new show, or new book, or new support from some other fringe group.

However this time there is definitely something different in the wind.

All I know is that I am getting out my Wizard of Oz soundtrack, just in case the time has finally come to play the song that all of us know will be echoing across the Matanuska Valley on the day that the Wasilla Wendigo finally bites the dust.

Duck Dynasty event in Missouri cancelled due to lack of interest.

Courtesy of TPM:  

The "Duck Dynasty" clan isn't the draw it used to be. Not even in the Bible Belt. 

Promoters announced last month that members of the Robertson family would appear at a show titled "Faith, Family & Ducks" at an 11,000-seat arena in Springfield, Mo. 

For $37, $50 or $58, fans could enjoy live music and hear the bayou millionaires talk about "living the American dream" while staying true to their "family values and modest lifestyle." 

But according to local media reports, the April 27 event has been canceled due to low ticket sales.

What? Nobody wants to pay money to watch a bunch of fake hillbillies talk about their faux religious faith, and how they bilked millions out of unsuspecting consumers?

What's happened to this country?

It appears to me that the Palin curse is still working its magic. 

Uh oh, no Iron Dog trophy for Team Palin this year.

Photo courtesy of Facebook

Courtesy of Alaska Dispatch:  

Palin team tows back to Big Lake: After close to 24 hours of everyone wondering what had happened to the highest profile competitor in Alaska's Iron Dog snowmachine race, race officials Monday morning posted on their Facebook page that Todd Palin is broken down but undeterred. "Our race marshals just informed us that Todd and Tyler (Huntington, his teammate) are planning to leave soon from Skwentna. They will tow back to Big Lake for repairs, and intend to continue just as soon as they can!" The duo obviously suffered major damage to at least one of their sleds only 80 miles into the 2,000 mile race from Big Lake to Nome to Fairbanks. The leaders of that race were resting Monday morning in the tiny community of McGrath on the north side of the Alaska Range and are expected to be on the Yukon River heading for the Bering Sea coast by the time Palin and Huntington reach Big Lake. Their hopes for winning this year's race are over whether they actually decide to continue or not after making repairs.

Has been politician, has been Fox personality, has been reality show star, has been book author,  and now has been Iron Dog champion.

The Palin family tradition remains intact.

Sarah Palin to celebrate 50th birthday by appearing on celebrity gossip show along with other faux celebrity losers.

Click the botox frozen smile to play video.

Reporter "What's for dinner?"

Klondike Kardashian: "Moose chili, caribou hotdogs, caribou sausage....."

You know this is one of the things about Palin that drives me crazy. She always plays up the Alaska stereotype.

We ABSOLUTELY eat things that do not contain moose or caribou, but if you have ever seen anything written or put on video about Palin eating THIS, is what she claims to live on here in Alaska 24/7.

However WE know, thanks in large part to Levi Johnston, that there was very little cooking in the Palin household and that for the most part they lived on fast food. Not caribou or moose.

In fact we even saw for ourselves that Bristol did not know the first thing about cooking on her own reality show, and had to ask her younger sister Willow for help preparing chicken.

I also find it interesting that Palin chose to celebrate her birthday not with a visit to the Today Show, or even an appearance on Fox, but instead with a pre-taped interview on the same gossip show that also features video of Mohammad Ali's son complaining he never sees his dad, and of Lindsay Lohan's mom saying she's horny and wants to date again.

Yep, finally Palin found her natural home. Among the losers, wannabes. and has beens on a pseudo celebrity gossip channel.

Happy 50th birthday crazy lady!

Steven Seagal considering a run for Arizona governor. Because you know Arizona does not have enough problems!

Courtesy of The Guardian:

Action-movie star Steven Seagal says he is considering a run for Arizona governor. The actor, star of martial arts and action films including Marked for Death, Hard to Kill and Under Siege, told KNXV-TV that he is considering a shot at the state's highest office and has had a talk about the bid with the self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in America. 

The 61-year-old made the comments while talking about his newly released reality series, Steven Seagal – Lawman: Maricopa County. Seagal teamed up with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for the show, which was shot in Arizona and airs on cable TV's Reelz Channel. 

The martial arts expert is a member of Arpaio's posse, made up of 3,000 unpaid civilians. He also has been deputised with sheriff's offices in New Mexico, Texas and Louisiana and says he wants to increase border security.

You know the really troubling thing about this is that he could actually win in Arizona.

I mean there are just about enough dimwitted redneck reality show junkies to give this guy an actual shot at running their state. I know right?

And the fact that he hangs with unsavory types.

Or now wears  a Bela Lugosi hairpiece to cover his bald pate.

Or is at least a hundred pounds beyond his action hero days.

 May prove enough to dissuade the Right Wing to support him in his bid to out Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger.

Well let me be the first to warn you Arizona, you start electing washed up reality show residents to political office, there is no telling where it might lead.

And trust me, I know of what I speak.

Sarah Palin walks among the faithful at the Billy Graham Library.

Photo courtesy of Facebook

Courtesy of the Arizona snowbird's Facebook page:  

Meeting old friends! Charlie and his family met the Palins during the ’08 campaign and during the 2009 “Going Rogue” book signing event in The Villages, FL. They met again during a book signing event for Governor Palin’s new book, “Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas,” on Friday, December 6, 2013, at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Look Palin found the one Down Syndrome boy in the crowd to get her picture taken with.

Of course it is the same Down Syndrome boy she had her picture taken with in 2009.

Photo also courtesy of Facebook

This from the Billy Graham website:

Palin visited the Billy Graham Library for a tour and a signing of her recent book release, Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas. 

“I certainly recognize there is a war on Christmas that’s being waged—it seems—in our culture right now,” she said. “The true meaning of Christmas, of course, is Christ’s birth. I wanted to write this so that people realize that they can proudly and boldly proclaim the true meaning of Christmas.” 

In 2010, Palin and some of her family members travel to Haiti, where they visited a Samaritan’s Purse cholera clinic and help distribute Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes. In 2009, Palin visited Billy and Franklin Graham at Mr. Graham’s Montreat home in the North Carolina mountains. 

Today, she finally had the chance to visit the place the bears the name of one of her spiritual heroes. 

“Billy Graham changed the world because he has allowed Christ to shine right through him. People would listen to him and could receive his message,” said Palin, who attended Mr. Graham’s 95th birthday party last month in Asheville, N.C. “He so capitalized—in a good way—on the favor that God gave him to do the Lord’s will and to do the Lord’s work.” 

“I am happy to be here at the Billy Graham Library today. I had no idea it was this amazing. It reflects the fact that it was not about Billy Graham. His ministry is truly about the Gospel, and this facility reflects that.”

You know I used to joke that someday Palin would walk away from politics altogether and start her own church, and follow in the tradition of the Jerry Falwells, Billy Grahams, and  Jimmy Swaggerts that came before her. And more and more it looks like that may not have been such a joke after all.

At least if she did that she could afford better wigs.

Palin mingling with Samaritan's Purse volunteers

After this disastrous book tour I actually think that Palin has just about run out of options. She can really no longer seriously perform her political prick tease, she can't sell books, and nobody wants to see her on television.

She is a talentless has been, whose looks are rapidly deteriorating, and whose family has come to rely on her to pay their bills. So what options does somebody like her have left?

Sarah Palin sells little over 20,000 books in first week of highly promoted book tour. Update!

Photo courtesy of Facebook

This according to the Drudge Report:

BOOK SALES RACE, WEEK 11/17/13: RUSH LIMBAUGH 'BRAVE' REMAINS #1 WITH 52,463 SOLD [300,400 SINCE RELEASE]... O'REILLY 'JESUS' IN SECOND AFTER SCANNING 49,069 [645,976]... MORE... KRAUTHAMMER 'MATTER' TAKES SHOW WITH 40,598 [131,713]... DUCK DYNASTY 'SI-COLOGY' 26,934 [347,811]... DORIS GOODWIN 'THEODORE' 22,268 [47,571]... PALIN 'GREAT' OPENS WITH 20,157 (Note that the other authors listed are on their second, third, and sometimes fourth week of publication. Not their first.)

Gee even after subjecting herself to interviews on the Today Show, CNN, and USA Today she still cannot convince anyone outside of her rapidly shrinking group of supporters. (For context it should be noted that "Going Rogue" sold in excess of 2 million books, most of which were sold in the first few weeks.)

Also keep in mind that the sales for these conservative books are artificially padded through the use of bulk sales to conservative groups who then give them away with donations or subscription to their periodicals or websites. So the question to ask is, are they still doing that for Palin? Or are they doing it in a far less aggressive fashion due to her fading popularity?

By the by, I think that THIS, and not the Bashir controversy, is the main reason why Palin is taking back her invitation to have Matt Lauer fly up to Alaska to interview her.

Or perhaps it was HE who determined that it was a waste of his time, and NBC resources, to fly all the way to Alaska to interview a has been who is no longer relevant to anything or anybody.

Update: As if to illustrate Palin's diminished popularity, here is Bill O'Reilly telling Howard Kurtz that Palin is too afraid to come on his program:

BILL O'REILLY: Let's just be frank here. You want to be frank, Howard? You want to be honest? Sarah Palin won't do this program. She won't come on the program because she doesn't want to mix it up. She doesn't. She wants to give a speech, and nobody gives speeches here. Okay? So she doesn't come on. We invited her on tonight. You're here instead. But I don't begrudge Sarah Palin that. She can come on. She doesn't come on, she does come on, whatever she wants to do. Okay? Fine.

You know when the top rated host of the Right Wing cable news station/Republican propaganda machine that once employed you, feels he can slam you like this, you are essentially finished. 

Sarah Palin's latest book tour is providing an opportunity for the world to see just how far her star has fallen.

Sarah Palin with the Ghost of Christmas on Oxycontin.

Courtesy of Villages News:  

When former Alaska governor Sarah Palin visited The Villages in 2008, more than 30,000 people turned out. 

Emotions ran high for good reason—The Villages was Palin’s first public appearance since her nomination as the Republican Party’s Vice Presidential candidate. 

The crowd at her book-signing engagement earlier today at Barnes & Noble was more modest—about 500. 

A Barnes & Noble manager who asked not to be named wouldn’t estimate the crowd size—that’s against corporate policy—but admitted the store did not hand out all 750 arm bands on hand for the event. 

That didn’t bother Villagers stood in line for upwards of two hours to shake the hand of the conservative icon and get her signature on a fresh copy of Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas. 

The $13.92 price tag was modest as well.

Ouch that had to hurt!

Yep nothing like a book tour by a dried up old has been to remind people of just what a train wreck their life has become.

Perhaps Palin is beginning to feel that sense of desperation creeping up on her as her book continues to tumble down the Amazon rankings. (Now at 252, which is 20 slots below where it was this morning when I wrote my earlier post.)

And that might explain what this is all about as well.

I think we all know that the ONLY time that Palin deigns to rub shoulders with her fans is when she is becoming desperate to repair her image and fill her bank account.

Gee, I wonder how many will even bother to show?

Fox News has finally had enough of Sarah Palin! Update!

Courtesy of Palin's Facebook page:  

I’m sorry Fox cancelled all my scheduled interviews tonight because I sure wanted to take the opportunity on the air to highlight Senator John McCain’s positive contributions to America, to honor him, and to reflect on what a biased media unfairly put him through four years ago tonight. Granted, our honored and esteemed war hero has gone through much more than the liberal media can ever do to him in their efforts to harm this patriot. I look forward to hearing his words to his fellow Americans tonight more than any of the other convention speeches. God bless John McCain. Thank you for everything. And happy birthday, my friend. 

- Sarah Palin

Okay now THAT is just awesome!

I knew it was coming, but even I am a little stunned that it happened during the GOP convention.

You know I was watching Hardball earlier and while Matthews was interviewing Christine O'Donnell he asked the crowd if they wanted to see Sarah Palin on that stage and there was a resounding "NO!"

We knew she was done before, but now she is "overdone!"

Update: It looks like Fox News has  issued a statement. This courtesy of Mediaite:

“Our plans changed based on the fact that the RNC condensed the schedule of speeches from four nights to three. We look forward to having Governor Palin back as soon as we can.”

Yeah okay.  That sounds completely plaus...oh who do they think they are kidding? The number of speeches during the convention has NOTHING to do with Sarah Palin getting time on the air or not.

They must think their viewers are idio.....oh that's right, I forgot.

Sarah Palin's "fashion sense" attracts the attention of the internet (And not in a good way), as her endorsement apparently falls flat.

Get a load of Wonkette's description of this photo:

What is the most elegant and refined part of Sexy Grandma Sarah Palin’s campaigning ward-robe? The pedal pushers? Those clodhoppers? We see nothing wrong with the Superman tee — it’s playful and very cute, fitting as it does those way bigger jugs she’s got pinned on! We are going to go with the wrap-around sunglasses, to be worn behind the wheel of her monster truck. Nothing says class — or is it “military dictator”? — like wraparound shades.

Yeah WE had a little trouble figuring out how Palin left the house dressed like that as well.

However perhaps the worst news for Palin, besides the fact she dresses like a two bit hooker on crack, is that the endorsement which she got all "dressed up" for may have been for naught.

This according to The Hill:

Missouri businessman John Brunner leads the contentious primary for his state's Republican Senate nomination, according to a new poll released the day before voters head to the polls, with Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) and Sarah Palin-endorsed Sarah Steelman trailing closely behind. 

Brunner pulls 35 percent of likely voters surveyed, versus 30 percent for Akin and 25 percent for Steelman, according to a poll released Monday by Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling. One in 10 voters say they remain undecided. 

"It's been more than two months since PPP last polled this race but compared to a Mason Dixon poll a week ago Akin's up 13 points while Brunner's gained only two points and Steelman's actually dropped by a couple," wrote PPP's Tom Jensen. "If that trend continues right on through election day Akin might be able to pull out a narrow victory." 

Interestingly, Palin's endorsement doesn't seem to have done much to boost Steelman. Among Tea Party voters, Brunner leads the former gubernatorial candidates 35-33 percent, with Akin pulling 28 percent. And Steelman has the worst favorability numbers of the group, posting a mere 6 point net favorability rating among likely Republican primary voters.

Well now that's kind of awkward don't you think?  I mean if a saggy, aging grandmother, with fake boobs, can't dress like a teenybopper and get a bunch of horny Republicans to pull their lever for her than just WHAT is this country coming to?

Sarah Palin used to be the Right Wing's wetdream for a Presidential candidate, today she is hobnobbing with the flotsam and jetsam of the Reality TV set.

Courtesy of US Magazine:

Sarah Palin got a two-fold Skinnygirl surprise during her stay at the Westlake Village, Calif.'s Four Seasons hotel on Monday: some complimentary low-calorie cocktails and a visit from the Skinnygirl founder herself, Bethenny Frankel! 

Frankel, who was at the hotel to tape a segment for 102.7's KIIS FM's On Air with Ryan Seacrest, happily posed for a pic with the former Vice Presidential candidate, and together, they enjoyed some poolside R&R. 

"The two looked like they were really enjoying their time together," a witness tells Us Weekly. "Bethenny seemed pleasantly surprised that Sarah was at the hotel. They both were very chatty and friendly with one another. They looked like old girlfriends catching up, relaxing and hanging out."

Gee last night ex-abstinence hypocrite Bristol Palin's reality show debuted to a chorus of boos,Wasilla pimp Todd Palin is scheduled to embarrass himself on an NBC show in August, and now the stage mother from hell is hanging with the queen of sleazy self promotion herself, Bethenny Frankel, a woman who just recently admitted that she and her husband have an open marriage. (Gee Sarah, sound familiar?)

You know I used to wonder what it would look like when Sarah Palin finally hit bottom.

Welp, now I know!

Update:

Captain "Mom Jeans" says I am wrong, and that the Palins have not yet hit bottom, as they have much, much further yet to fall. I stand corrected.

The Palin Plunge. A thing of beauty.

Courtesy of Journalism.org:

95% - Drop in news coverage of Sarah Palin from May to December 2011 

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who has repeatedly proven her ability to generate media attention over the past few years, has virtually disappeared from the headlines since her October 5 announcement that she would not seek the presidency in 2012. 

In the early stages of the 2012 campaign—from May through early October—Palin ranked No. 4 in the competition for news coverage among the Republican presidential hopefuls even though she had not entered the race and many observers largely discounted the possibility. In that period, only Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney and Rick Perry were the subject of more news coverage. 

 A good chunk of that campaign-related coverage came in May and June, when Palin was the No. 2 and No. 3 Republican newsmaker respectively, registering as a dominant figure in 12% of the campaign stories in each month. (To be a dominant newsmaker, someone must be featured in at least 50% of a story. 

Her coverage dropped in July (a dominant newsmaker in 3% of the stories), August (5%), and September (3%), but she was still capable of generating headlines, most particularly when she would hint about running for the White House. But in the two months since Palin announced she would not seek the presidency, coverage of her has almost vanished. In both October and November, she was a dominant newsmaker in only 1% of the campaign stories.

This is usually where I would add some smart ass comment about "Couldn't happen to a nicer sociopath" or"Interest in Palin is falling off faster than clumps of her hair." But to be honest this is such wonderful news I think I will just let it say everything it needs to with no help from me.

I think this might be the very definition of "has been."

Jesus what does it say when people are not even willing to pay a $1.99 to wipe poop on your face?

I'm wondering if, considering that the description for being a has been is that you have "hit bottom," what it means if you are such a has been that you cannot even get near anybody's bottom?