Fox News Poll Asks What Is Best Job for Sarah Palin: Homemaker?
It took less than one year for Sarah Palin to go from being the Governor of Alaska, to VP candidate for the GOP, to civilian. She knows how to whip a crowd of bigots into a frenzy, she knows how to be folksy, but apparently, even Fox News fans don't think she's fit to hold political office. They chose for her instead, the job of homemaker: (warning: link goes to Fox News)
About a third of Americans think the best job for Palin is homemaker (32 percent), while nearly one in five see her as a television talk show host (17 percent). Vice president of the United States comes in third (14 percent), followed closely by college professor (10 percent), with president coming last (6 percent).
College professor? I'm not touching that one. It's widely known that Palin is testing the talk radio waters, but so far she's not having much luck. Radio giant Clear Channel has already passed, saying she's not capable of sustaining a full three hour show. I'm sure she could easily talk for three hours, but man, I'd need a barrel full of painkillers to make it through.
Blue Gal chimes in: Assuming that Sarah Palin's proper job is "homemaker" may appear sexist, but the question itself was sexist. Looking at the raw data for the poll (warning, also a FOX link, but essential in determining how the questions were slanted) the ONLY choices given to respondents were those listed above: President, VP, talk show host, college professor, and homemaker. Democratic respondents clearly thought the question was a joke when 45% of them said "homemaker," in other words, "stay home, Sarah." I'd like to know why 10% of Republican respondents admitted they "don't know" what job would be best for her: comin' up empty, Mister Steele? I've always said, quite sincerely, that Sarah Palin would be a huge success on the Crystal Cathedral/Focus on the Family mega-church lecture circuit.
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Wow....fox viewers.
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-Mark Twain-
I didn't see writer or author on the list of choices either, but college professor. Oi vey.
More Democrats thought that she should be a college professor than Republicans. (see my post below for the full set of results)
beauty college?
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"Mothers Behaving Badly"
Chicken Coop Technician. That way she can help repair all the Chicken Shit Republicans like...all of them.
/good luck with that
A homemaker, possibly but as far as a Vice President, college professor, or President, I don't think so. Palin cannot think out the box and, as I have said, to ignorant about national and international issues. She beleives what she is told and never thinks critically about an issue.
Personally, I think Palin would be best suited for an Evangelical minister position or a host on the home shopping network.
How about the Christian Shopping Network
Or 700 Club
Now marked all the way down to only 699.99.
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Jesus saves souls and redeems them for valuable coupons!.
For Soylent Green
Now with extra REAL butter.
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I think the proper condiment for soylent green is cream cheese.
Ranch dressin or nuthin!
. . one version of Palin's book will be directed toward the evangelical demographic.
So, get ready for Sarah to start pallin' around with the evangelical talk show hosts to sell her "compelling" story.
That is the toughest job in the world! she doesn't have the guts, stick-toitiveness or brains! How about Alaskan mosquito repellent tester.
she could be a madam.
she has already doled her
daughter out for sex...by
allowing her to engage in
sex with a minor in her
own house .
That must've stiffened his pick-axe.
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Well, I have to disagree with that statement. As a father of 2 teenage daughters I for one know how difficult it is to watch over them 24/7. You have to educate them and hope the were listening.
there's a difference in what you say and what
palin actually did. she allowed her daughter
and boyfriend to sleep together under her own
roof. there is no watching over them 24/7 if
you are doing this. this is disgraceful parenting.
everyone knows that you can not put a penis
next to a vagina and not expect the penis
to penetrate. boys/men have no ability to
abstain.
i mean parental irresponsibilty. she doesn't give a shxt. like parent like daughter.
so true.
your children always learn their basic
parenting, moral and social skills from
their parents. what they see and hear
is what they become and pass on in most
cases.
Hey, Floridafish! I assume your daughters don't have round-the-clock State Troopers for protection. You can educate & hope, but it's probably NOT a good idea to have a horny teenage boy spend the night. ESPECIALLY in Alaska, when the nights are loooooong.
In some of these small hicksville towns, it is expected for a young woman engaged at 17. Believe me, I know. My Grandmother called me an old maid at 22. Sheez. My own mother removed my curfew for one particular boyfriend, when I was 17. Apparently, she must have thought he was quite a catch and I was the bait. Too bad that didn't work out.
I'm almost certain she didn't approve of the act but she does bear some responsibility for not providing birth control and condoms along with her abstinence bullshit. Kids will be kids though.
I don't think a good homemaker would put her pregnant kid on the national stage just for her own benefit. Nor would she drag her special needs child around the country with her using it as a prop on the stage then handing it off to the nearest pair of arms.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Towel girl as Chez Pussycat?
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i'm somewhat surprised HATE radio isn't her future. Palin is opportunistic she will be provided her destiny
by the (r/)HATE strategists behind the curtain. i really doubt she will be creative and come up with something positive/productive for the common good.
What a train wreck that would be. Can't wait to tune in...for about 3 seconds.
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Corruption favors the wealthy.
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Corruption favors the wealthy.
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Corruption favors the wealthy.
...wolf bait. I'm not sure that she could handle the complexities of personal shopping. On the other hand, given her ability to sling it, I also think a career in mud wrestling might prove satisfactory.
"Buy the ticket, take the ride."
Hunter S. Thompson
mud wrestling
or
mud slinging?
roller derby!!!
The thing with mud slinging and mud wrestling is that you have to be able to take it, if you wanna give. This lily-livered whiner is just like every other bedwetting conservative: she does NOT like being done to as she does to others.
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
Even right wing radio station owners know no one in their right mind could listen to her voice and her crazy rantings for more that maybe ten minutes at best. She's unable to put words together to make a point so it would just be Sarah making noises. As far as what she is suited for,how about a waitress in a small cafe somewhere...far, far away from a camera and a microphone.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
she could do well at pest control.
She's got the sweet soothing voice of a banshee.
Plus, winking while talking on the radio just doesn't work.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Right when I was drinking water! That was funny.
I keep picturing Palin with that vapid grin on her face, winking into the microphone while resigned-looking interns working the equipment look askance at each other, shrug and try to get through the rest of the show, dreaming of the burger and beer waiting for them after their shift.
Still later, Palin is finally becoming puzzled that her constant winking is not getting the same results as they did on tv, "Boy howdy and gosh darn there too altso! What's does a gal gotta do to get some love here, too, so?"
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
Notice that the choice did not say "Head of the Republican Party". Hmm. Saint Sarah has definitely fallen from grace.
I was actually hoping she would run for President, just to watch the other Republican candidates destroy her with her own lame footage, like the winking, the Couric interviews, the racist baiting. I would buy tickets to see that kind of mud slinging.
Now I have to get a towell and wipe down my monitor! :-*
there is that. actually i think they're limiting her air time until other people decide what her message will be and who will write it. palin was exposed as soon as she opened her mouth.
Just because she can drive us out of a room with her screechy voice alone doesn't mean we progressives are vermin! You troll!
;)
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
Then there's the problem of her hand jive. Tie her hands behind her back and let's see if she can say even one word. Just think about how much she uses her hands to try to be cute, without that and her winks, she's got nothin'
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Like a waitress in the sky? I vote for slutty stewardess, on a cheesy C-grade local airline.
far left loon >.<
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/fi...
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The fact that Fox is the one who did this quiz only reinforces my beliefs about their anti-feminism. A homemaker. Not "Stay at home mom." Not "Housewife". But it's just as bad. Limiting her to five choices and then expecting your redneck audience to go slack-jawed for the idea of a woman in power when you're Fox News- not going to happen.
32% of Fox News viewers would chain a career woman to the stove. Even Sarah Palin doesn't deserve that sexist shit.
turkey butchering. It's seaasonal and she could still raise those younger children.
out in the 50's with Mrs. Cleaver!!
What a pack of maroons!
Palin and Michelle Bachmann could team up an do a poster highlighting the urgency for assistance to the mentally handicapped....THEM...
from the Daily Show would be suitable. The other day Stewart did a segment called "So you think you can Douche". I say, spin it off as a new reality show with Sarah as host. She'd be a natural.
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Heh heh...she'll be "fundraising".
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
;)
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
Obviously the best use of her talent would be as an infomercial host/spokesperson, selling cheap, useless household items to white trash like herself.
hair cutter/vacuum! What was that thing again? Or selling Slim Whitman's Best CD's.......
Those two would be pretty funny to watch
How about a plumber?
would be one where she would do no harm at all. Garbage dump supervisor? Freeway litter collector? Screwing toothpaste caps onto the tubes? Certainly NOT "homemaker". I wouldn't want a creature like that raising ANY children, even her own.
There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby. - Tom Waits
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Study the symptoms not the virus...
Why not make it a family act. They could all do the voice overs for a new right wing, animated version of the Simpsons. After all, Palin and Marge Simpson have pretty the same hairsyles.
and similar voices.
that voice before!! "DOH!!"
Selling lived-in trailers. She could be a real estate agent for the local trailer park and live amongst her base.
far left loon >.<
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Special Envoy to Afghanistan? Obviously the new troop surge, and increase of 25% in innocent civilian deaths, is in need of some spokesperson over there for the Obomba administration that makes no sense whatsoever whenever the mouth opens. It would be like sending a female George Bush over there. Perfect fit.
I could see her as manager at a tea bag factory or perhaps a shift supervisor on a tin foil hat assembly line.
Hi all,
Some clarification is needed here. The poll was not just of Fox viewers. It was a randomly conducted telephone poll, just like most polls. It was conducted by Fox's polling organization "Opinion Dynamics." Assuming they used good polling methodology, the results can be interpreted as representative of public opinion within the margin of error (+ or _ 3% in this case). Of course, biased or leading questions or possible categories of answers could affect outcomes, as is true of all polls.
Having said that, here is the relevant data taken directly from the poll's raw data:
There are some interesting things here. Notice that a higher proportion of Democrats think she should be a talk show host than Republicans! I don't know if the difference in the percentages is statistically significant, but 7 points is pretty large. Also note that a higher proportion of Democrats think she should be a college professor. Maybe it has something to do with the choices provided by Fox, but there is an "Other" category that Dems could have used if they felt "Homemaker" was insulting.
Given the set of explicit choices, I (an independent) would have said "Homemaker," but color me puzzled about the relative proportions under "Talk show host" and "College professor."
"Homemaker" went out with Mrs. Cleaver in the 50's! It shows the mind set of the male chavinist pig kreeps at faux newz. And oh by the way, ever see what the resume of a mother raising a family looks like? Its about 3 pages long in 10 pitch font!
I hate their slimy faux newz guts!
n/c
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
Teen beauty pageant judge sounds about right.
BL, if you haven't seen Drop Dead Gorgeous, NOW is the time. LOLz.
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
Looks kind of interesting but I may be more of a "Little Miss Sunshine" kind of guy.
Another possibility:
Hostess of "Alaska's Got Talent" - a local program found only on a cable channel in Fairbanks.
The host of Alaska TV's answer to the Galloping Gourmet
The Bubbly Blubber?
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....borrows on the type of humor from Waiting For Guffman and Best of Show. A wannabe, if you will, but a good wannabe if you have pizza, beer and 90 minutes to kill.
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
Professional dog butt licker
write a HATE book for dummies.
I always wanted to write a book with the title Self Esteem For Freaking Loser Morons.
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i think you're capable but we decided to keep you on the x-rated material.
Care of the incontinent elderly and spastic children?
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I think she peaked when she was president of the PTA
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Palestinian Terrorist Association?
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Maybe, but I was talking about the Parent Teachers Assoc. I doubt she could find Palestine on the map or in the dictionary.
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Sure she can, it's right here:
http://web03.bestplaces.net/city/Palestine_TX...
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And we are assuming she could find Texas on a map.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Is that a country or a continent?
According to our Governor (bless his ignorant heart) we are a Republic. Geez... where have you been?
Lighten up. It was a joke.
Don't remember Palin thinking Africa was a country, not a continent?
I was kidding.
..it becomes the newest country on our continent.
(R) language...
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If9EWDB_zK4 ](3:56)
Study the symptoms not the virus...
How about a reality show and have the whole family in it. Heck, I might even watch that just for the laughs.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
She could star in the inevitable Broadway musical based on:
http://tvmedia.ign.com/tv/image/article/758/7...
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Homemaker? As in builds homes? She would be a smashing success on construction sites. She would totally have the opportunity to utilize her wink.
She would be winked out by noon.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Um, if the definition of good homemaker includes 'raising your children so that they make the right decisions', she wouldn't qualify...
How about "Looming Head Horizon Watcher"
There has to be a better way of wording this but as it's Friday, my brain is running on fumes.
I hope she becomes the Republicans very own Jim Jones and leads the whole damn bunch off the cliffs in Alaska.
/just kidding
//glory be alaska
A great great great great uncle o' mine:
http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/inside.as...
Here's tother:
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodispl...
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Actually both my parents were decendents of:
http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon...
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That's cool. I recently researched my ancestory and the best I could do was distant grandfathers that fought in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War(South), and both WWI and WWII. My family is of Scottish decent and have been in this country since 1750's.
The grandfather that fought for our independence is in the Revolutionary War directory.
I'm of Welsh-Pict decent, descendants of a Scottish baron whose name we bear. Our last name was first mentioned in print in 1000 CE, but it may be older. We're mentioned in the Domesday Book. According to Brooke's Peerage all those who bear his name are his descendants, but I'm not so sure. In America, I've encountered at least one black family who use our last name as a first name for their first born sons going back a ways. When the Stewarts took over Scotland they made everyone use their coat of arms and tartans, but our family, because the Stewarts supposedly "respected us," but no further explanation was given. We have four family members buried in Westminster Abbey, a 17th century archbishop of Scotland and his brother, and two 19th century brothers, a mathematician and a historian.
But we didn't fight in the revolution, we were Loyalists who buggered out to Canada. We are related to about half the Founding Fathers. On my mother side, we have generals on both sides of the Civil War, but my dad's family didn't come to America back from Canada until 1911. By marriage we're also related to Nathan Hale and Martha Washington.
Oh yeah, we're also related to French barons and German counts, again probably by marriage. There was also one colonial governor who like his father was royally appointed by King George III.
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My Dad was descended from the House of Wessex, and apprently if you go a bit less backwards, we have ancestors in common with the House of Windsor. His Welsh ancestry goes back to Rodri Ap Merfyn, and his Norman ancestry goes back to Charlemagne, a Duc d'Artois, and others.
My mother is somehow related to the Marichalar noble families, including the current Duke of Lugo.
All that blue blood, and yet I grew up poor and lived most of my life in trailer parks. Makes for an interesting dichotomy, doesn't it? ;)
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
Does that mean they have Wessonality?
I grew up in working class neighborhoods in Denton, Waco, and Dallas areas. At one point my father was working in a bomb factory.
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She already had that job and she recently quit it.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Teacher of morals to republican children..... and those children's children.
The family that procreates together, stays together.
...Pol dancer
Does it really matter? She'll just QUIT anyway.
far left loon >.<
Good one, Edwin!
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
:<[)
Some stuff you can't make up!
Are you kidding? What would she teach. True "Professors" generally hold a doctorate or a masters at the very least and have worked their way through the system as associates. "Homemaker?" She has a son who joined the military to avoid jail, an unwed daughter with a baby and she has been working full time outside the home for years. Just what homemaker skills does she bring to the family. It appears that she has worked her way into a lot of high profile situations, but has never stuck with anything.
I think the people who answered college prof. were dems just having fun with the poll.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
It makes more sense than anything else.
New sidekick for David Letterman.
from the family portrait? Shatter the prototypical american family image or something?
The photo was taken before Trig's birth.
And before the republicans were paying for the clothes too, by the looks of things.
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Probably taken right after she became governor . . only half a term ago!
No Trig is there. He's in....not wait, are those her breasts the daughter on the right? I thought there was a baby in there.
and she's bought and paid for in advance.
but Palin is scheduled to speak at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA on August 6th to commemorate the 50th anniversary of some Republican women's organization.
I spoke too soon. Here it is http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/29/medi... and the media are BARRED!
August 8th, media barred, invitation only and Palin "has not yet confirmed".
http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2009/07/29/...
English teacher?
fits her perfectly: "Your basic hometown BJ Hooker"...
wolf bait.
karma's a bitch, bitch.
but, really, the winning comment: Fri, 07/31/2009 - 14:05 — Edwin
Professional victim and full time quitter.
Palin should run a co-op sea-food 'food fair' down by the beach near where she lives. the whole family can pitch in. - fresh gourmet sea food every day, and recipe book signings.
That's where she'll be happiest and most productive and synergistic.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
looked like former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir?
Old, fat, staggly gray hair, hook nose? Would John McCain still have selected her for the VP slot? Would the newsmedia still follow her? Would the rightwing nutjobs with their guns and bible still get a hard-on while looking at her picture?
Sarah is a one-trick pony.
Head Mistress at the adult diaper changing station at the GOP convention.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
ROFLMAO!
Unless she decides to run for the Senate in 2010 (unlikely, but who knows?), she could probably land a gig doing political commentary for Fox.
This might be ideal from her point of view - she could appear on existing Fox shows as a commentator and roving political reporter, or she could host townhall meetings with audiences of pre-screened Red-Staters.
This would pay big bucks and help build her political base for down the road. Everything would have to be tightly controlled and scripted to avoid those embarrassing Katie Couric moments.
I wish Ms. Palin a long and healthy life. But someday in the distant future, perhaps she will have a chance to practice the only profession she can ever perform adequately: fertilizer.
What's she going to teach, how to be a professional quitter? Maybe she'll become a new kind of English grammer teacher?
I saw that Ms. Palin has quit again....she was originally scheduled to speak at the Ronald Reagan library next week, but the latest is that she is "too busy" to attend.
Last night, O'Reilly had a segment on Bill Maher who called America "stupid." O'Reilly talked about Palin and how the "far left" thinks she is an intellectual moron but yet she has a "high" approval rating in Alaska at 54%, yet she does not have a Harvard degree. In contrast, he discussed Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick who has a Harvard degree but whose approval ratings are low.
Well, first of all, Ms. Palin is an intellectual moron. It's not just the "far left" that thinks this. Many conservatives and libertarians publicly announced they endorsed Obama, or at least urged Palin to drop out of the race, and the main reason cited was the fact that Ms. Palin is not so bright.
Second, Ms. Palin's predecessor, Governor Murkowski, apparently was so bad, so unpopular that anyone would look good compared to him.
Lastly, Ms. Palin "bribed" all Alaskans by giving them something like a $2000 rebate check from the oil companies.
I also have to ask, as I asked O'Reilly last night, what did Palin really do while governor? Really, what did she do???
At the time O'Reilly was spewing his crap on his show, I flipped back to MSNBC's Countdown, where I saw an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll that said that 67% of Americans do not EVER want to see Palin as President; only 21% do....and that same poll showed that 45% of Republicans feel this way and a similar number of independents do as well.
Well, I just wonder what BillO thinks of that poll, as well as this Fox News poll?
Ooops....just saw this on David's posting below this one on BillO and Palin!
I am sure Larry Flynt has a few empty pages and a big check waiting for the lovely AND talented Ms. Palin, should she want to grace the pages of Hustler magazine.
Proud DFH, emeritus!
Well, now that Billy died, there's a vacuum in the 'pitch' world.
I think Jimmy Carter already has that covered.
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Hmm well...
Probably porn star, she could do a lesbo scene with that one star that looks like her. I mean it's not like she has to do a lot of thinking in that field and we all know thinking isn't her strongest attribute.
I wouldn't even offer her a position as janitor, with as dirty as she is.
Yeah should could teach about the "country" of Africa! Those 10% who thought she'd be good at it have got to the 10% biggest idiots on the planet.
Manager of the local bowling alley cocktail lounge or maybe a barista , too old for that though .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
a "temp".
bill ayers analyst?
terrrist tracker?
family values consultant?
wicked witch of the north?
Some stuff you can't make up!
Actually the Witches of the North and South were good Witches in L. Frank Baum's book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
It was the Witches of East and West who were naughty.
I always thought it interesting that north and south are up and down like an affirmation, and East and West are side-to-side like a negation. The directions also seem to mimic classical sorcery with the Watchtowers at each compass cardinal point.
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