If you hadn’t heard, word salad spinner Sarah Palin lost her bid to become a congresswoman for Alaska in the state’s special runoff election. Even more important was that she lost, in Alaska, to Democratic candidate Mary Peltola. And so the final months of the late Republican U.S. Representative Don Young’s term will be filled, for the first time in 49 years, by a Democratic representative. Palin’s defeat couldn’t have happened to a nicer terrible person.
Palin is low-hanging fruit around these parts—she’s truly terrible and uniquely unimpressive as a person. She has been a gaff factory ever since Sen. John McCain hurled her into national prominence as a Hail Mary attempt at winning his presidential campaign against Barack Obama.
I have no problem with laughing at and enjoying this low-hanging fruit. Also, there’s a sad bakery cake and Sarah Palin down below.
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Let’s start with what might be the greatest 11 seconds in recent comedy history.
Let’s get some classic reactions to the news of Palin’s defeat.
It’s hard to believe Alaska didn’t choose more Palin.
But what does the fascist brain trust of the Republican Party have to say, considering there hasn’t been any talk about secret election fraud being perpetrated by liberals here?
There is a downside to Palin’s losing—for some people.
But it also added to many Americans’ pleasure today.
Let them eat cake, right?
A reminder of the policy work Palin has been doing over the last couple of years.
What’s strange is that it’s more than most republican officials were doing in early 2020.
And here’s one for the folks who remember 2007!
Maybe we can figure out from these juxtaposed clips why conservative Alaskans chose Peltola over Palin.
Finally:
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