100 Reasons Sarah Palin Should Leave Politics

Palin is a celebrity, we have an awkward feeling she will not simply just go away, perhaps she was simply convinced that she was not cut out for the whole policy making part of politics. Let’s play her off again, and continue with the list.

26. For some reason she thinks the White House has a “Department of Law.”

• ABC News: Sarah Palin speaks to ABC

27. She’s annoyed by journalists who ask questions, rather than encourage her to trash talk her opponents.

• Huffington Post: Palin: Couric Annoyed Me

28. As Mayor of Wasilla, she asked the librarian how to go about banning books. Nobody needs big government conservatives choosing what you read.

• Time Magazine: Mayor Palin, a Rough Record

29. After the campaign it was revealed she spent $290,000 on fashion, including $42,000 on a hair stylist and $68,000 for a makeup artist.

• Telegraph UK: Sarah Palin spent $290,000 on clothes and grooming

30. She failed to explain the Bush Doctrine.

• The Nation: Palin and Bush Doctrine

31. Not only is she against solar and other alternative energies, she’s used veto power to ensure others don’t get funds to research it. Executive Veto Power.

• News Miner: Palin cuts money for energy research

32. Vetoed funding for programs that assisted unwed teenage mothers.

• Washington Post: Palin Slashed Funding for Teen Moms

33. We don’t want to see any more politicians promoting the idea of creationism in school.

• Wired: McCain’s VP Wants Creationism Taught in School

34. She desperately tried to divide the nation by saying Obama is connected with “terrorists” and that she was “fearful for the country.”

• The New York Times: Palin: Obama Is ‘Palling Around With Terrorists’

35. Wants to drill for oil in protected ANWR. “drill, baby, drill.”

• Time Magazine: Palin on the Environment: Far Right

36. Palin is one of the most pro-gun advocates in the history of the USA.

• NRA: Sarah Palin and Joe Biden: Worlds Apart

37. Calls her husband “First Dude”

• New York Times: Todd Palin: ‘First dude’ and right-hand man

38. She seems to be pissing off an awful lot of staffers, who were talking her down way before the campaign ended. If you can’t be liked by even your staffers, you will probably run into similar problems down the road.

• Huffington Post: Top McCain Aides: ‘Palin Simply Knew Nothing About National And International Issues’

39. Believed it was ‘God’s will’ to bring a pipeline to Alaska.

• Huffington Post: Palin’s Church May Have Shaped Controversial Worldview

40. When a voter asked Palin a question on the street and her answer was caught on tape, she blamed her poor answer on “gotcha journalism.”

• San Francisco Chronicle: Palin says Pakistan question was a “gotcha”

41. She fought against protection for endangered polar bears.

• ABC News: Palin fought polar bear protection

42. While the McCain campaign fought earmarks, Gov. Palin set a record.

• The Seattle Times: Palin’s earmark requests: more per person than any other state

43. Palin smoked marijuana back when it was legal, but is now against it “because of the children.”

• CBS News: Palin: She Inhaled

44. Believes that the government should do something to make sure raped girls are delivering their babies.

• The Boston Globe: Female Voters Not Thrilled with Palin

45. She allegedly reads “all” major publications, yet can’t name any of them.

• Huffington Post: Palin, A Journalism Major, Can’t Name A News Source

46. She said the Vice President is in charge of the Senate.

• ABC News: Palin Says Vice President is “in charge of” the Senate

47. Instead of proving superiority over political rivals with specific policies and plans, she brands them as terrorists.

• Guardian UK: Palin makes Obama terrorist claim

48. After rehearsing a rap with SNL staff, she opted to let the pregnant Amy Poehler perform it instead.

• JHoard.com: SNL Poehler Palin Rap is the Nail

49. Wasilla is a dive and not at all like a traditional “small town.”

• LA Times: Steve Lopez goes to Wasilla

50. Supported the policy of making rape victims pay for their rape kits.

• CNN: Palin’s town charged women for rape kits

Part 1: 100 Reasons We’ll Miss Sarah Palin
Part 2: 100 Reasons Sarah Palin Should Leave Politics
Part 3: 100 Reasons Why Palin is the Queen of Idiocracy
Part 4: 100 Reasons Why Sarah Palin Quit