History UsefulNotes / SarahPalin

There are shows out there which try to treat Palin as a more serious, dignified individual, but these simply don't have the same PopculturalOsmosis value largely because they just aren't as entertaining to most of the kind of people who would read Wiki/ThisVeryWiki. As for studies on her role in politics and American history, the main debate will probably be whether she were the youthful and energetic shot in the arm that [=McCain's=] campaign needed or [=McCain's=] PoisonousFriend whose popularity and fanbase came at the expense of his own. On [=McCain's=] part, he came to regret the decision to pick her as his running mate by the time he died in August 2018. He saw her as too inexperienced and felt like he had been pressured into picking her. She wasn't invited to his funeral.

* Palin appeared as a contestant on ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' dressed like a bear.

Sarah Louise Palin (née Heath, born February 11, 1964) is an American politician who served as the ninth Governor of UsefulNotes/{{Alaska}} from 2006 until 2009. She was [[AscendedExtra abruptly thrust]] onto the pop culture radar by becoming Republican presidential nominee John [=McCain=]'s running mate during the 2008 United States presidential election against Democrats UsefulNotes/BarackObama and UsefulNotes/JoeBiden. She was the second female vice-presidential candidate from a major party in US history (the first being Geraldine Ferraro in 1984), and the first from the Republican Party. In July 2009, Palin [[OptOut resigned her position as governor]] with 18 months remaining in her first term, one of the official reasons being saving the costs to the Alaskan budget of defending herself [[FrivolousLawsuit against detractors]]; said detractors have naturally offered a different explanation. Since then she has toured the country as a paid speaker and founded the conservative political action committee [=SarahPAC=].

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From that point onward, Palin's public persona has largely been defined, rightly or wrongly, by her SoBadItsGood [[{{Malaproper}} absurd]] [[YouKeepUsingThatWord politispeak]]. Politicians in general are considered AcceptableTargets, and the Couric interview turned Palin into a lightning rod for it. When she appears or is mentioned in most fictional media, she will take on these traits largely [[RuleOfFunny because it's funny]]. Incidentally, her popular culture portrayal reached an extent that lines Tina Fey would say while impersonating Sarah Palin would be taken out of context and attributed to Palin ''[[TheTysonZone as though she herself said them]]''.

* [[spoiler: She appeared on the third season of ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as the Bear.]]

* Another pre-fame appearance: In June 2007, Craig Ferguson of ''Series/TheLateLateShow'' had an ongoing bit where he asked U.S. state governors to declare him an "honorary citizen" of their state. On June 22, he aired a pre-recorded video response from Governor Palin, who granted Craig's request while extolling everything her state had to offer. Craig's first thought?

Sarah Louise Palin (née Heath, born February 11, 1964), the former Governor of UsefulNotes/{{Alaska}}, was [[AscendedExtra abruptly thrust]] onto the pop culture radar by becoming Republican presidential nominee John [=McCain=]'s running mate during the 2008 United States presidential election against Democrats UsefulNotes/BarackObama and Joe Biden. She was the second female vice-presidential candidate from a major party in US history (the first being Geraldine Ferraro in 1984), and the first from the Republican Party. In July of 2009, Palin [[OptOut resigned her position as governor]] with 18 months remaining in her first term, one of the official reasons being saving the costs to the Alaskan budget of defending herself [[FrivolousLawsuit against detractors]]; said detractors have naturally offered a different explanation. Since then she has toured the country as a paid speaker and founded the conservative political action committee [=SarahPAC=].

Unlike most politicians on the TV Tropes wiki, Sarah Palin isn't notable for her politics so much as her effect on pop culture. When she entered the public stage as John [=McCain=]'s running mate, she was a virtual unknown, but she energized the base with a strong, well-received speech at the Republican convention. Her charisma gave the [=McCain=] campaign a much-needed bump in the polls. However, when she was interviewed by Katie Couric of Creator/{{CBS}} Evening News (this was only Palin's third interview since being selected as running mate), she confounded viewers with her disorganized answers. Entertainment and political humor programs like ''Series/TheDailyShow'' instantly took notice, presenting Palin as an earnest but somewhat incoherent hick swimming in a situation far over her head. Her comic persona was cemented with a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch starring Creator/TinaFey that parodied the interview... without even having to [[QuoteMine change very much of the dialogue]].

There are shows out there which try to treat Palin as a more serious, dignified individual, but these simply don't have the same PopculturalOsmosis value largely because they just aren't as entertaining to most of the kind of people who would read Wiki/ThisVeryWiki. As for studies on her role in politics and American history, the main debate will probably be whether she were the youthful and energetic shot in the arm that [=McCain's=] campaign needed or [=McCain's=] PoisonousFriend whose popularity and fanbase came at the expense of his own. On [=McCain’s=] part, he came to regret the decision to pick her as his running mate by the time he died in August 2018. He saw her as too inexperienced and felt like he had been pressured into picking her. She wasn’t invited to his funeral.

Needless to say, anyone looking for a nuanced and balanced political discussion of Palin's influence in America is on the wrong wiki. Portrayals (or parodies) of Palin in modern media typically hit on at least one of these notes: being from small-town Alaska, with all of the provincialism this implies; a love of hunting, guns, and the outdoors; being the mother of a child with Down Syndrome; speaking with an energetic-if-idiosyncratic style with many {{neologism}}s (and in an [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents accent]] that sounds ''exactly'' like Marge Gunderson in ''Film/{{Fargo}}''); and being more attractive than the average politician. Her actual political value, as far as we can tell, has very little to do with these things.

There are shows out there which try to treat Palin as a more serious, dignified individual, but these simply don't have the same PopculturalOsmosis value largely because they just aren't as entertaining to most of the kind of people who would read Wiki/ThisVeryWiki. As for studies on her role in politics and American history, the main debate will probably be whether she were the youthful and energetic shot in the arm that [=McCain's=] campaign needed or [=McCain's=] PoisonousFriend whose popularity and fanbase came at the expense of his own.

Unlike most politicians on the TV Tropes wiki, Sarah Palin isn't notable for her politics so much as her effect on pop culture. When she entered the public stage as John [=McCain=]'s running mate, she was a virtual unknown, but she energized the base with a strong, well-received speech at the Republican convention. Her charisma gave the [=McCain=] campaign a much-needed bump in the polls. However, when she was interviewed by Katie Couric of Creator/{{CBS}} Evening News (this was only Palin's third interview since being selected as running mate), she confounded viewers with her incoherent answers. Entertainment and political humor programs like ''Series/TheDailyShow'' instantly took notice, presenting Palin as an earnest but somewhat incoherent hick swimming in a situation far over her head. Her comic persona was cemented with a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch starring Creator/TinaFey that parodied the interview... without even having to [[QuoteMine change very much of the dialogue]].

From that point onward, Palin's public persona has largely been defined, rightly or wrongly, by her SoBadItsGood [[{{Malaproper}} absurd]] [[YouKeepUsingThatWord politispeak]]. Politicians in general are considered AcceptableTargets, and the Couric interview turned Palin into a lightning rod for it. When she appears or is referenced in most fictional media, she will take on these traits largely [[RuleOfFunny because it's funny]]. Incidentally, her popular culture portrayal reached an extent that lines Tina Fey would say while impersonating Sarah Palin would be taken out of context and attributed to Palin ''[[TheTysonZone as though she herself said them]]''. There are shows out there which try to treat Palin as a more serious, dignified individual, but these simply don't have the same PopculturalOsmosis value largely because they just aren't as entertaining to most of the kind of people who would read Wiki/ThisVeryWiki. It's a matter of contention whether she was the youthful and energetic shot in the arm that [=McCain's=] campaign needed to TakeALevelInBadass or [=McCain's=] PoisonousFriend whose popularity and fanbase came at the expense of his own.

As just a few moments' worth of internet research can handily show, Palin has detractors white-hot enough to be seen from space, yet it seems just as many people love her -- possibly ''because'' she can make left-wingers froth at the mouth without even trying. So please, for the love of God, when discussing her, '''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment think before you edit]]'''.

[[NamesTheSame No relation to]] Creator/MichaelPalin. Or ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', despite the resemblance...

As just a few moments' worth of internet research can handily show, Palin has a {{hatedom}} white-hot enough to be seen from space, yet it seems just as many people love her -- possibly ''because'' she can make left-wingers froth at the mouth without even trying. So please, for the love of God, when discussing her, '''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment think before you edit]]'''.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Chris dates a girl with Down Syndrome who briefly makes reference to her mother being the former governor of Alaska. Notable largely because when Palin herself found about this, she indignantly called it a "kick in the gut" to families with Down Syndrome in general, claiming it to be DudeNotFunny material, and then tried to claim that she was defending the Down Syndromed actress who read the line. The actress who played the character, who is in her forties, was nonplussed about this criticism, telling Palin to "get a sense of humor," and claimed she [[DontYouDarePityMe didn't need anyone to stand up for her grown-ass self]]. In an open letter the actress later wrote, she accused Sarah Palin of using her Down Syndrome son as a political prop that she carried around "like a loaf of French bread."

* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic opened his review of the film ''Film/{{Alaska}}'' with "Sarah Palin is stupid. [[ObligatoryJoke That's my obligatory Sarah Palin reference out of the way.]]"

From that point onward, Palin's public persona has largely been defined, rightly or wrongly, by her SoBadItsGood [[{{Malaproper}} absurd]] [[YouKeepUsingThatWord politispeak]]. Politicians in general are considered AcceptableTargets, and the Couric interview turned Palin into a lightning rod for it. When she appears or is referenced in most fictional media, she will take on these traits largely [[RuleOfFunny because it's funny]]. Incidentally, her popular culture portrayal reached an extent that lines Tina Fey would say while impersonating Sarah Palin would be taken out of context and attributed to Palin ''[[TheTysonZone as though she herself said them]]''. There are shows out there which try to treat Palin as a more serious, dignified individual, but these simply don't have the same PopculturalOsmosis value largely because they just aren't as entertaining to most of the kind of people who would read ThisWiki. It's a matter of contention whether she was the youthful and energetic shot in the arm that [=McCain's=] campaign needed to TakeALevelInBadass or [=McCain's=] PoisonousFriend whose popularity and fanbase came at the expense of his own.

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* The AlternateHistory novel, ''Literature/ChristianNation'' by Frederic C. Rich, has Palin being president after John McCain and [[OppressiveStatesOfAmerica America goes downhill from there]].

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* An expy of her shows up in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' as Senator Monica Hughes. She sets the army on street gangs, but is not prepared to go as far as they would like until [[spoiler: TheDragon stages a terrorist attack, where she will either call them off or authorize the Daedalus which is used in a bid to destroy the entire city.]]

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* Appears from time to time as TheRival to Robin [=DeSantos=] in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}''. Their rivalry came to a head when Robin [[spoiler: shoved [[TheScrappy Faz]] [[AssShove up Palin's ass]]]].

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* In a (non-canon) Christmas Episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' Palin winds up [[spoiler: adopting the Antichrist.]]

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As just a few moments' worth of internet research can handily show, Palin has a {{hatedom}} white-hot enough to be seen from space, yet it seems just as many people [[LoveItOrHateIt love her]] -- possibly ''because'' she can make left-wingers froth at the mouth without even trying. So please, for the love of God, when discussing her, '''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment think before you edit]]'''.

* An expy of her shows up in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' as Senator Monica Hughes, widow of the first game's BiggerBad. She sets the army on street gangs, but is not prepared to go as far as they would like until [[spoiler: TheDragon stages a terrorist attack, where she will either call them off or authorize the Daedalus which is used in a bid to destroy the entire city.]]

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->"''What's the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull? Lipstick.''"

Sarah Louise Palin (née Heath, born 1964), the former Governor of UsefulNotes/{{Alaska}}, was [[AscendedExtra abruptly thrust]] onto the pop culture radar by becoming Republican presidential nominee John [=McCain=]'s running mate during the 2008 United States presidential election against Democrats UsefulNotes/BarackObama and Joe Biden. She was the second female vice-presidential candidate from a major party in US history (the first being Geraldine Ferraro in 1984), and the first from the Republican Party. In July of 2009, Palin [[OptOut resigned her position as governor]] with 18 months remaining in her first term, one of the official reasons being saving the costs to the Alaskan budget of defending herself [[FrivolousLawsuit against detractors]]; said detractors have naturally offered a different explanation. Since then she has toured the country as a paid speaker and founded the conservative political action committee [=SarahPAC=].

* In ''TheUnspeakableVaultOfDoom'' both presidential candidates of 2008 are [[EldritchAbomination the Great Old Ones]] in disguise (Obama is Nyarly (Nyarlathotep), while [=McCain=] is Cthulhoo (guess...)). Sarah Palin is a Shoggie (negative-IQ shoggoth {{Expy}}) in a wig.

Unlike most politicians on the TV Tropes wiki, Sarah Palin isn't notable for her politics so much as her effect on pop culture. When she entered the public stage as John [=McCain=]'s running mate, she was a virtual unknown, but she energized the base with a strong, well-received speech at the Republican convention. Her charisma gave the [=McCain=] campaign a much-needed bump in the polls. However, when she was interviewed by Katie Couric of Creator/{{CBS}} Evening News (this was only Palin's third interview since being selected as running mate), she confounded viewers with her incoherent answers. Entertainment and political humor programs like ''Series/TheDailyShow'' instantly took notice, presenting Palin as an earnest but somewhat incoherent hick swimming in a situation far over her head. Her comic persona was cemented with a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch starring TinaFey that parodied the interview... without even having to [[QuoteMine change very much of the dialogue]].

* She appears in ''IditarodTheToughestRaceOnEarth'', because at the time she was still the governor of Alaska and overseeing the ceremonial start of the 2008 Iditarod. Rather unusually, this was before [[RetroactiveRecognition she became famous across the country.]]

* She's played by Creator/JulianneMoore the {{Creator/HBO}} film ''Film/GameChange'', (based on the book of the same title), which depicts the 2008 election. While the book documents the entire 2008 presidential campaign, the movie adaptation focuses specifically on Palin's selection as [=McCain=]'s running mate. Albeit [[UnreliableNarrator as drawn from sources inside the campaign that were antagonistic to her.]]