Sarah Palin: Difference between revisions

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 of 2009, Palin [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|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 [[Frivolous Lawsuit|against detractors]]; said detractors have naturally offered a [[Money, Dear Boy|different explanation]]. Since then she has toured the country as a paid speaker and founded the conservative political action committee SarahPAC.

 

 

From that point onwards, Palin's public persona has largely been defined, rightly or wrongly, by her [[So Bad It's Good]] [[Malaproper|absurd]] [[You Keep Using That Word|politispeak]]. Politicians in general are considered [[Acceptable Targets]], 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 [[Rule of Funny|because it's funny]]. There are shows out there which try to treat Palin as a more serious, dignified individual, but these simply don't have the same [[Popcultural Osmosis]] value largely because they just aren't as entertaining to most of the kind of people who would read [[This Wiki]]. It's a matter of contention rather she caused McCain's campaign to [[Take a Level In Badass]] by adding needed enthusiasm to it or if she was McCain's [[Poisonous Friend]] who hurt him with more people than helped.

=== [[Sarah Palin]] has been portrayed in: ===

* ''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.

** 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 [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"like a loaf of French bread."]]

{{quote| '''Stefan''': Now the girls are lining up because we're pussy sailin' / But we punch them in the mouth if they're not Sarah Palin"}}

* And of course, the [[Parallel Porn Titles|Porn Parody]] "Who's Nailin' Paylin?", using a look-alike actress (Lisa Ann) in the role. In a porn version of the [[Colbert Bump]], this also heavily boosted Lisa Ann's career.

* ''[[Mercenaries]] 2'' had [[DLC]] that enabled Palin as a playable character, along with [[Barack Obama]].

** The new ''NBA Jam'' allows for the same.

* Appears from time to time as [[The Rival]] to Robin DeSantos in ''[[Shortpacked (Webcomic)|Shortpacked]]''. Their rivalry came to a head when Robin {{spoiler|shoved [[The Scrappy|Faz]] [[Ass Shove|up Palin's ass]]}}.

** This likely came from an interview where Matt Damon slammed her "hockey mom" persona, saying that her whole story (typical suburban wife and mother sliding up the political ladder to president) sounded like the plot of a bad Disney movie.

* She hosts a travelogue called ''Sarah Palin's Alaska.''

* An expy of her shows up in ''[[Saints Row the Third (Video Game)|Saints Row the Third]]''. She sets the army on street gangs, but is not prepared to go as far as they would like until {{spoiler|[[The Dragon]] stages a terrorist attack, where she will either call them off or authorize the Dadalus which is used in a bid to destroy the entire city.}}