Fox dumps Sarah Palin

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Fox News will not renew its contract with Sarah Palin, whose bombastic appearances have been a cable staple since the former Alaska governor’s failed run on John McCain’s ticket in the 2008 presidential election cycle. When asked for comment, a Fox News spokesperson confirmed the network had amicably parted ways with the governor on June 1.

Palin, 51, is expected to make occasional guest appearances on Fox and Fox Business, and will appear on other networks and cables. She has a show on the Sportsman Channel, does a lot of speeches, and will announce a new publishing project soon.

When Palin was at her zenith, she made frequent appearances, and Fox installed a camera at her house. But executives consider her less relevant now, and her appearances were sometimes hampered by the vast time difference with Alaska. She remains a huge conservative force on Facebook, with 4.5 million fans – twice that of Rand Paul, who has the biggest reach in the 2016 field. She also has 1.15 million Twitter followers.

Palin’s Facebook page got a new look at midnight, including a new cover photo with a quote from her announcement speech in Dayton, Ohio: “I didn’t get into government to do the safe and easy things. A ship in harbor is safe but that’s not why the ship is built.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/sarah-palin-dumped-by-fox-119357.html#ixzz3dyYk6LpK

[Xipe Totec]

1. Past the bimbo expiration date on Fox. nt

[warrant46]

55. Certain women are Bimbos

You don't mean that do you ? That's sexist and degrading.

[Gothmog]

2. Palin is too stupid for Fox? That is an achievement

[sarge43]

3. Like being kicked out of Wal-Mart because you're badly dressed. n/t

[cindyperry]

39. hahahahah

that is grand

[sarge43]

47. Thanks

Welcome to DU

Keep your arms inside the car at all times.

[hobbit709]

4. That shows there are at least 1.15 million complete twits on Twitter.

[ProfessorGAC]

17. How Truly Irrelevant Must She Be?

4.5 million FB friends and 1.5 million twits, and Faux still thinks she's irrelevant. Even Faux thinks the people who still care about her aren't worth having as viewers.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

26. not true

Watching a spectacle is fascinating, like watching a train on bridge as it begins to collapse. Or seeing a semi hurtling at you, out of control spinning on the icy road. It is simply human nature to watch insanity combined with inanity with such great sync. It rarely happens on the national stooge.

[3catwoman3]

38. When Twitter first came on the scene, and I saw...

...some of the stultifyingly inane things people were "tweeting" about, I remember thinking that it was very well named because it seemed that mostly twits went on Twitter. Not exclusively, of course, but talk about banal and dull - sheesh.

[lame54]

5. to be fair...

most of those followers are probably comedians looking for material

[LittleGirl]

11. that was my thought as well. comedy material. n/t

[Sunlei]

6. fox manager screamed about the million a year he paid her, a couple years ago.

guess they kept her on contract these past couple years for republican-foxes short anti-American confederate flag waving segments.

Now that fox has thousands of dumbass people in their young 20s acting out the republican fox-hate, they don't need Sarahs poison anymore.

[heaven05]

8. the truth will

set some free, maybe.....

[heaven05]

7. 4.5 million and 1.5 million=5.65 millions "fans".

shows me the intelligence level of 5.65 million americans. I extrapolate that to the numbers of racist voters, "Houston, we have a problem"!

[uppityperson]

22. I was her fb friend for about 5 min before they blocked me. I didn't even use bad language but they

cut me off after my first question to her.

[heaven05]

54. question must have been a duzy

[Cha]

56. What was it?.. What magazines/books have you read lately?

[Sanity Claws]

58. Math is an issue with that group

[ybbor]

9. She is such an idiot

[BumRushDaShow]

10. All hype because this is now the 2nd time they "dumped" her

The network is a hack, owned by a hack, and run by hacks, that hires hacks, and continues putting out hack press releases to stoke their base, and advertise their hack programming.

[mountain grammy]

12. Good riddance, Sarah.

[SCVDem]

13. Now she can practice her fancy pageant walking!

Adios Klondike Barbie!

You will NOT be missed!!

[jalan48]

14. Looks like it's on to selling limos for Sarah.

A limo in the garage is safe but that's not what it was built for apparently.

[Bluenorthwest]

15. Vast time difference? Alaska is just one hour behind the PST, that's not very vast.

nt

[kairos12]

23. Time measured in her prehistoric versus society's modern belief system.

As the old joke goes--there should be a sign on her front porch that says "You have just arrived at the Palin Home, set your watches back 65 million years.

[AndreaCG]

16. Meh

The article says she'll still make appearances there. Fewer maybe but not none. None would be newsworthy

[ProfessorGAC]

19. I Read It As Unpaid

Or some stipend for the trip in from Alaska. But, the gravy train is over, at least.

[AndreaCG]

29. I doubt anyone on cable news is a commentator for free

I certainly hope our own Steven Leser is paid every time he fights for our side on Fox. There's just not a guaranteed contract now for Palin.

[SmittynMo]

18. From Police Squad:

"Please disburse. There is nothing to see here."

[truthisfreedom]

20. In other words... "I'm a shipwreck."

Flotsam and jetsam.

[livetohike]

25. LOL!

Good one

[3catwoman3]

40. And sher did not come up with that line about ships herself.

I've seen that on greeting cards.

[question everything]

21. Fox is preparing itself for the new bosses

Murdoch's sons.

Even Roger Ailes is said to be concerned about his contract up for renewal.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

24. but, did they flush?

inquiring minds want to know.

[Mike Nelson]

27. Sad news...

...her being on FOX made the network look more foolish. Let's hope her spot is filled by another clown!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

46. any of the eventual losers on the GOP side fit the bill.

[Historic NY]

28. >>>They don't want the thrilla from Wasilla...no more.

[47of74]

37. I'd rec this if I could.

[Myrina]

30. ... now she can run for President ....

[EL34x4]

43. That's what her cheerleaders over at Free Republic are celebrating.

They still believe that Sarah Palin would win in a '72-style landslide.

[MADem]

31. They might be hiring down at the Sizzler, Sarah!!!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

34. Or maybe they'll re-open a Twin Peaks

She's perfect for the job!

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/18/us/texas-biker-gang-brawl-shooting/

[MADem]

42. She can bring her six-shooters, you betcha! nt

[Aristus]

32. "I didn’t get into government to do the safe and easy things."

No, you got out of government to do the safe and easy things.

You couldn't hack the governorship of the second-least populated state in the nation; one with a reputation of being a haven for anti-government types. How tough could it have been?

[HassleCat]

33. She's right about that ship

The ship was not built to sit there in the harbor. You need to take that baby out to sea, get it up to full steam, and smash it into the rocks. Then demand the federal government rescue the crew and repair the ship, because they put those rocks there.

[bayareaboy]

35. How about "Dancing with the Stars" ...

It put her offspring over the top.

[3catwoman3]

41. Noooooooooo, nooooooooooo...

...noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

[47of74]

36. Ahem.....

[onehandle]

44. Governor Sarah Palin is the predominate female thinker of the Republican Party.

I am offended that they are so offended by non-bleached blondes that they would unceremoniously eject their premiere thinker.

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[Cha]

57. Failed !/2 term Gov Palin.

[The Second Stone]

45. NOOOO! We need our Sarah!

Maybe she can jump start her poopularity by announcing for Pretzeldent.

[Angry Dragon]

48. making room for bachmann

[mahina]

49. Sqwut? A ship in harbor is not safe in a storm.

I hope there's a Palinator random word generator out there that will replace her "verbage" for entertainment purposes.

[Stuart G]

50. Palin has been coulterized...totally coulterize...see definition

coulterized - past tense ..verb..coulterize...to become totally irrelevant..and increase the irrelevance with stupidity..
In order to have a "sustainable income" irrelevant person needs to create more and more ridiculous comments. As person creates more comments, the person becomes more ridiculous and irrelevant. The pattern of increasingly ridiculous and idiotic statements is called..........
coulterization

[Lil Missy]

51. "That woman is an idiot" n/t

[SummerSnow]

52. How will she make money now?

a. fishing
b. reality show

[dembotoz]

53. Fox has a clown car of replacements... The tin hat in me thinks these slots will be used to payoff

Those candidates who fox wants to go away prior to the debate cutdowns

Thinking frothy, Carly, huckster etc
Those who are not in office