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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 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.
Unlike most politicians on the TV Tropes wiki, Sarah Palin isn't notable for her politics so much as her effect on pop culture.
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
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.
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* [[The Midnight Beast]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4npUdfEmbQ parody] of [[Kesha]]'s "TiK ToK" uses Palin to play on the original's odd [[The Rolling Stones|Mick Jagger]] line:
{{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]]
** And on the gay side, we have ''Getting Levi's Johnson'', which, although primarily focusing Bristol Palin's ex-fiancee, ''also'' features Lisa Ann as "Serra Paylin," dispensing ridiculous advice and commentary to Levi (Chris Steele) between scenes.
* In ''[[Kickassia]]'', when [[The Nostalgia Chick]] becomes the Vice President of the titular nation, she starts to dress and talk in a style parodying Palin.
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* Appears from time to time as [[The Rival]] to Robin DeSantos in ''[[Shortpacked]]''. Their rivalry came to a head when Robin {{spoiler|shoved [[The Scrappy|Faz]] [[Ass Shove|up Palin's ass]]}}.
* ''College Humor'' has a video where her running for vice president is just a [[Disney]] movie of a hockey mom becoming president called ''[http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1831461 Head of Skate]''.
** 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
* A ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPzwCWe86Qc parody on YouTube].
* In [http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/269/ this] ''[[The Unspeakable Vault of Doom|Unspeakable Vault of Doom]]'', both presidential candidates of 2008 are [[Eldritch Abomination|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.
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