
Granny Grifter is well past her freshness date and Fox News gives her the Naughty Monkey boot:
After a three-year run as a paid contributor to the nation’s highest-rated cable news channel, Sarah Palin and FOX News have cut ties, according to a source close to the former Alaska governor.
“It’s my understanding that Gov. Palin was offered a contract by FOX, and she decided not to renew the arrangement,” the source close to Palin told RCP. “She remains focused on broadening her message of common-sense conservatism across the country and will be expanding her voice in the national discussion.”
The source declined to say whether Palin would pursue a television contract with another news network, such as CNN.
Somehow I can’t imagine Princess Dumbass of The Norwoods (credit: C. Pierce) turning down a nice paycheck for troweling on some make-up and spending four minutes a couple of nights a week salad shooting some incoherent human-like sounds at Greta van Nolips from her Fox-built Wasilla studio/meth lab/Trig corral. I guess Sarah could end up at CNN which is, after all, a bit of a mess. Say what you will about the tenets of catering-to-the-lowest-common-denominator, racist, hyperbolic, Express Hover-Round To BugFuckNutsVille Fox News, unlike CNN, at least its an ethos.
More likely in Sarah’s future I see some ribbon cuttings at Hobby Lobby grand openings, a few more domestic disturbance calls from the neighbors living close by Winter White House North Ice Palace Of The Boss Of You Casa de Gunshots & Incoherent Screaming, as well as a thriving online business in used-panties sales because Jeebus knows, the GOP boner boys are going to be be hard-pressed to figure out a way to fap to Dennis Kucinich.




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the GOP boner boys are going to be be hard-pressed to figure out a way to fap to Dennis Kucinich.
Just make sure Elizabeth is in the frame with him. Done and done.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee – teh clown Tech in my office was just announcing her excitement at going to Hobby Lobby! This tells me everything.
My eyes! My eyes!
Goddammit TBogg I’m sending my therapy bill to you.
I guess Tundra Trash QUIT that thar Political College BillO was gunna send her to… just like all the other colleges ‘n jawbs ‘n stuff that Bible Spice dun quit from befer. Prolly a lil too much like too much werk or somethin’ or jest more stuff the Quitter couldn’t really wrap her grey-matter around.
Or mebbe Roger Aisles done found a way to QUIT the Ice Queen Grifter.
‘Nuff’s enough or somethin…
Shall we all await with baited breath for Caribou Barbie’s next “act”??
Oh, and of course this is:
A) Good news for John McCain!
and
B) All Obama’s fault.
I use to like cottage cheese. Thx TBogg.
She’s gonna run for office again, I predict, with no real intention of winning. It’ll just be about making a lot of noise and (more importantly) collecting all that sweet sweet campaign money.
I think the Granny grifting thrilla from Wasilla, Princess Dumbass of the Northwoods has passed her sell by date, if you know what I mean, and I think you do.
Apparently, Roger Eugene Ailes agrees also, too.
I’m thinking YouTube and ShoutyFace just got a LOT scarier!
I kept telling everyone that Palin had to hurry up and cash in before the effects of the tanning beds outweighed the effects of the botox. Though I must admit, I thought she’d make it to fifty before the grift gravy train stopped a-rolling.
Really think she’s gone? She is good at grifting . Ole’ Wolfy would like her areund on those dull winter evenings. Maybe summer too? Maybe even Katie will interview her . Gotta get her on that bus soon.
Princess Dumbass of The Northwoods A.K.A Snow-Billy Snooki A.K.A. Caribou Barbie A.K.A Tundra Trailer Trash A.K.A Grifting Granny Moose Killa From Wasilla Aw you know who I Mean
Not to nitpick, but your equation left out meth….
Actually, this development is a demonstration of the awakening of the giant, the self-correcting, invisible hand:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/21/powell-republican-leaders-should-stop-idiot-presentations-from-palin-and-birthers/
Rejoice, America, re-birth is at hand. Tomorrow, Republicans will drop racism and money-worship!
Her followers are chipping in already:
Her next gig will be promoting the new menu item at Chick-Fil-A, the Word Salad. Russian dressing won’t be available.
So our long national nightmare ends in a shart and not a meth lab explosion?
New game show on the Food Network: “Top Word Salad Chef” wherein each week a new contestant challenges Sarah to make a bigger, better hash out of the English language, using a surprise secret subject. Loser has to eat their words. The star-studded panel of Rich “Starburt” Lowry, Greta Van “My dear Sarah” Susteren and Bill “Never right” Kristol will judge, because they know and love word salad like nobody on this planet. Unfortunately, one cannot watch this show more than once because your head will explode during the first airing. Other than that, it’s comedy gold.
There are not enough drugs in the western hemisphere to eliminate all the bad images in this post.
When Alaska takes, Alaska also gives…maybe. We can at least hope, since he was the inspiration for some of Mr. Bogg’s finest work.
And regarding Greta van Nolips, AND because it was such a great observation, I’ll recall something said by aimai in comments here:
Yo, Syncro-Vox represent!
Damn. I used to be funny. Who knew…?
Breaks my heart to hear Sister Sarah of the frozen north’s 15 mins. of fame is up. Not really. Oh well, there’s still Ann Coulter to save them.
OMG! I thought I was the only person on this site old enough to remember Clutch Cargo!
When I was 3 years old, every Thursday night, Dad and I would have TV dinners on the TV tables and watch the cartoons during dinner. Clutch Cargo was a perennial favorite. Last time I saw him he was headed toward a crevasse in an ice boat. Never did find out what happened to him. The station switched over to syndicated Rocky and Bullwinkle, and Bugs Bunny cartoons.
Great a brain, Moran.
The dumb grifter still got rich.
I’m reminded of Heidi Fleiss, whore of a different color, sort of, who when facing trial for prostitution, pandering, and cocaine sale in the early nineties, realized that her fifteen minutes were ticking away, and opened a ridiculous boutique in a small storefront in the “Old Town” section of Pasadena, called “Heidi Wear”, which featured salesgirls on roller skates (in a 400 sq ft shop) and her signature design, flannel boxer shorts with a little pocket for a condom.
The shop lasted about twenty minutes, and so did Heidi, who after serving out her time in the can, farted around in Hollywood for a few years, until Hollywood finally vomited her out in disgust, or boredom.
Heidi moved to Pahrump, Nevada, which is welcome to her. There, she has opened a laundromat, called “Dirty Laundry,” and supposedly has plans to start up a brothel, which I’m told Nevada State authorities have a problem with, because she’s kind of, you know, a felon.
Dream Large, Heidi, Dream Large.
And that goes for you too, Sarah. Your fifteen minutes are so fucking up, honey, and it’s gonna be all downhill from here. I don’t believe for a moment that Fox has offered you a contract other than maybe a contractual promise to go away and stay there.
To both Heidi and Sarah, speaking as an Anthropologist, thanks all the same for the study of grifter pathology you’ve provided us.
Absolutely fascinating.
Re Clutch Cargo, an apocryphal story holds that in the late eighties, then-Vice-President Dan Quayle wanted to appoint him to an advisor post with the National Space Council, but was rebuffed by the news that the famed aviator was a cartoon character, and not a real person.
As I say, the story is apocryphal, and I don’t really believe that Dan Quayle could be that stupid, but still, a funny story.
As a last add, Media Matters, in reporting Sarah Palin’s Fox contract cancellation, has collected a few of Sarah’s dopiest moments on Fox news, and it’s a pretty good validation of what I said earlier. There is no way in hell Fox would want anything further to do with this madwoman.
I view McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as a turning point in American history. It’s the moment when the Republican Party began to turn our entire political system into a Don Martin cartoon .
It would be sort of hilarious if Palin ended up trying to get her old job back; governor of Alaska. She’ll no doubt devise a “clever” excuse at to why she quit the job in the first place.
Taking bets on who she’ll be shilling for next; reverse mortgages, Amway, dieting programs, or Rosetta Stone language software.
“It’s my understanding that Gov. Palin was offered a contract by FOX, and she decided not to renew the arrangement…”
Am I a bad, bad person for wondering what unspeakable acts the new contract required the grifter queen perform on Roger Ailes? Perhaps twice a day. Too much even for Princess Sarah because it was, you know, work.
Big Lebowski reference for the win.
Am I the only one who is still reeling because he tuned in for Shakira’s ass and got that ass instead?
Wait. Dennis Kucinich is working for Fox News??!? I..I.. What??!??
Uhh..I hope they’re paying him a lot.
And as a special bonus, Sarah Palin w/Pancakes.
Very flattering photograph of Her Griftiness.
Indeed. Perhaps Ailes has a plan to run photos of Mrs. Kucinich while the former Congressman is trying to get a word in edgewise with Hannity, O’Reilly or one of the other
big brainstrained monkeys who take a fat paycheck out of that cesspool of degenerate, fact-like, quasi-infotainment. Fap away, wingnuts…I’m guessing there was a substantial pay cut involved and they just “BWAHAHAd” when she objected. With her it’s all about “I grift, therefore I am”. So it was time to try and find the next sucker, er, gig. Maybe it will be CNN. Before they hired Dana “Golden Showers” Loesch I would’ve thought no way. Now, not so much.
I thought she was writing a diet and fitness book. Whatever happened to that?
I wish I could say I’ll miss her. But in truth, until this story broke, she was already off the radar. Maybe it has more to do with the end of “30 Rock” and that without Tina Fey on the air every week, no one will remember Salah Parin.
So, is Michelle Malkin still Sarah Palin?
Herbalife?
It was too much work. She probably quit halfway through the introduction.
How about face lifts, like Debbie Boone? Or, no, maybe bootie lifts? Hip lifts? What ?
The big grift, of course, would to start her own church. She would clean up on the suckers, er..faithful….selling Sarah-blessed handkerchiefs, statues of Sarah praying for America, Sarah shooting wolves for Jesus, hell, blenders for Jesus.
Seems to me she’s been pretty much off the radar since Game Change came out and the public learned that she had to be coached on who the combatants were in WWII and which countries were allied on each side, though I doubt very much that it’s been voluntary on her part. She lacks the self-awareness to realize that she should be ashamed of her ignorance. More likely it just became too embarrassing for any but the fringiest of the fringe to be associated with her …which tends to cut into grifting profits.
I’m actually a bit disappointed that she’s going to disappear before being tempted into desperate and unfortunate plastic surgery.
I can’t imagine she’d write anything more than her signature on the ghostwriter’s contract. And even then she might need to sign with an ‘X’.
Her eldest daughter’s already taken that route.
Whatever she does next will entail a “makeover” because that’s the fun part.
Oh hell yes, and why not not go all the way: a boob job, coupla pounds of eye makeup and a pile of scary pink hair, and she could easily pass for Jan Crouch. She already sounds like her.
I think she figured it was cheaper and easier supplying the meth addicts over at Twitchy.com.
I fear that the wingnuts have gone soft on their white trash wet dream.
In Sarah’s defense (ducks, hands over head), we all get old and the best of us get that unsightly cellulite.
On the other hand, stupidity and ignorance are avoidable. Was her ability to turn her particular brand of noxiousness into cash money her idea, or Roger’s? My theory (and it is mine) is that the Fox folks simply got fed up with dealing with her peculiarities, demands, and petty bullshit, and decided to cut her loose. If they could have figured out a way to make a profit from her stupidity and ignorance during O’s second term, they would have.
I disagree, TBogg.
“Miss Five Colleges” won’t even be able to get a job selling salad-shooters or Ginsu knives on late-night infomercials.
Please TBogg, for the love of
TebowGod, can we get Sarah’s ass and cheese sticks off the top of the page?A grateful nation will thank you.
P.S. Shakira’s ass is very disturbed by this dishonor and would like its rightful weekend spot back.
Fox is sinking fast. Mama Grifter Bear no doubt thinks she can make more from “SarahPAC”.
“She remains focused on broadening her message of common-sense conservatism across the country and will be
expanding her voice in the national discussion.shilling her shit on local talk radio appearances.”The circle jerk that is the Modern GOP appears to be blaming FOX News Corp for the mess they all created and Sarah is bailing before it gets uglier.
“Modern GOP?” Same as the “Old GOP.” Only the Judas Goat has changed.
She already lost of a ton of weight and has gone for that middle age anorexic look. And no doubt has had her share of Botox.
I happened to catch part of Game Change. No real surprises, except one does wonder who vetted this dumbazz, and why they thought she could handle the position. It really calls into question the motives & the overall “intelligence” of the GOP on this pick.
What took them so long to dump her? Geez this woman actually got a enough votes to be governor.
The Clutch Cargo concept was sheer low-budget genius. Paint up some stills, cut the mouths out, shove your lips through, and film the proceedings. The plots weren’t bad from what I remember of my viewing tastes at the age of nine or ten.
And I remember Greta’s original face, before she had the work done. I think they modeled Carol Kane’s makeup on it for “The Princess Bride.”
$arah’s next gig? Probably some “tawk” show on a cable network, quickly followed by a “tawk” show on community access cable, then a stint on Celebrity Ghost Stories.
Only because The Love Boat is no longer in production.