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The former Governor of [[Alaska]], Sarah Palin was [[Ascended Extra|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 [[Barack Obama]] 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
Unlike most politicians on the TV Tropes wiki, Sarah Palin isn't notable for her politics so much as her effect on pop culture. Early on she was an asset to the McCain campaign, despite the apparent last-minute choice and lack of thorough vetting. She made a strong, well-received speech at the Republican convention and gave the McCain campaign a much-needed bump in the polls. However, when she was interviewed by Katie Couric of ''[[CBS]] Evening News'' (only Palin's third interview since being selected as running mate), she confounded viewers [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/eveningnews/main4476173.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody with her incoherent answers]. This ended up turning her into huge comedic fodder for programs like ''[[The Daily Show]]'', and this was cemented with a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch starring [[Tina Fey]] that parodied the interview... without even having to [[Quote Mine|change very much of the dialogue]].
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Incidentally, anyone looking for a nuanced and balanced political discussion of Palin's influence in America is on the wrong wiki. Your typical Palin reference in most media will either involve Alaska, that she has a child with Down Syndrome, parodying her style of political speech (including the fact that [[American Accents|her accent]] sounds ''exactly'' like Marge Gunderson in ''[[Fargo]]''), her being more attractive than the typical politician, or some combination of the four. Her actual political value, as far as we can tell, has very little to do with these things.
As just a few moments' worth of internet research can handily show (or just look a few inches up or down from this sentence), Palin has a [[Hatedom]] white-hot enough to be seen from space, yet it seems [[Your Mileage May Vary|just as many people]] [[Love It or Hate It|love her]]
The [[Popcultural Osmosis]] does not seem to be slowing down either, as a recent reality show about Alaska stars Palin and was [[Overly Narrow Superlative|TLC's highest-rated premiere]]. Unfortunately for Sarah, it was not renewed for a second season.
Some men who lean towards [[Meganekko]] have been pleased to see that since this woman who openly wears eyeglasses got so much coverage and so close to the vice presidency that the tendency of some western women to [[The Glasses Gotta Go|hide their need for eyeglasses behind contacts]] has abated just a little.
[[Name's the Same|No relation to]] [[Michael Palin]].
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* ''Real American Stories'' is probably the best known appearance Palin has in media that doesn't involve her being used as the clear butt of a joke. [[Irony|Ironically]], it's also fairly [[So OK Its Average|average]], with Palin only providing opening narration for stories that FOX already had kicking around the video archives for the past two years. Once people watching the show realized Palin's presence as host didn't automatically make it [[So Bad It's Good]], most stopped paying attention.
* Palin's most popular appearance in media is the aforementioned ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch (seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE2gE-VVjBI here]). It defined most of her character traits in media from the point it aired, to the extent the Couric interview did not. "I can see Russia from my house!" is from the sketch, not the interview, though the interview had her applying more-or-less the same logic to the foreign policy question (Alaska is the only state to border Russia).
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