Palin Spokeswoman Clarifies On Colbert Trip [UPDATED]

UPDATE: WHAT A RELIEF! We are pleased to relate to you all that a Palin spokeswoman tells Ben Smith that we may continue to consider Stephen Colbert's final Persian Gulf destination to be shrouded in mystery:

Spokeswoman Sharon Leighow e-mails: "The governor taped a shout-out for troops for the 'Colbert Report' to air next month. Steve Colbert will be in the Persian Gulf sometime next month doing some of his shows."

OKAY. Everything you previously considered to be funny and suspenseful about this may still be considered to be funny and suspenseful, including that Katie Couric joke, if you like.

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[Previously]

Via Lindsay at Videogum comes the news that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin bleated out a tweet on her Twitter that seems to have revealed the heavily, and comedically, guarded actual destination of Stephen Colbert's upcoming trip to the Persian Gulf. So, SPOILER ALERT:

Getting ready to tape shout-out for our awesome US troops serving overseas! Will be on 'Colbert Report' next month, broadcast from Iraq...

Yes, so Colbert is going to...uhm...Iraq! Which is really great for the troops stationed there! But it still seems, well...a bit anti-climactic for the rest of us, doesn't it? Which is probably why the show was working so hard to drag the whole thing out, for the sake of laughs. At any rate, Videogum reports that the Report is maintaining its official stance that the trip is to "the Persian Gulf." So, let's agree to play along, and act surprised and happy when Iraq is officially revealed as Colbert's destination, okay?

Besides, this being a "Sarah Palin controversy," I'm sure that we'll eventually hear about how this is all really Katie Couric's fault!

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Comments

[Rhia]

If Stephen Colbert is pissed, he should blame Katie Couric. After all, Sarah Palin keeps on blaming Couric.

[Bocababs]

"Leave It To Palin" -- Hey wouldn't that be a terrific name for a reality TV Show this summer?

[danonchalant1]

I am partial to "Who's Nailin' Palin?" myself.

[mikechuk21]

And, of course, the inevitable sequel.
http://www.wikiality.com/Who%27s_Ridin%27_Biden%3F

[BurkeBoylan]

With crowds like these at Palin rallies, is it any wonder that 1/3 of her base do not realize Colbert is a parody?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRqcfqiXCX0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjxzmaXAg9E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vagD-4AH4Vc

btw - has she called Scott Roeder to offer a shout-out of support yet?

[antifluff]

I just like, love Sarah, like, she is a woman, and like she might run for president, and like, we have never, like, had a woman president before. Wouldn't it like, be like, historical for her to be elected?
Like, I think she is just like, the greatest, because, she is like, a woman. (It worked for O).

[hippiesandwich]

But it didn't work for Hillary.

[starkcr31]

That's because a minority was apparently more important than a woman to get into the White House.

[gonbald]

like, we don't like her

[Jack Straw]

like such as, uh

[PCMinistry]

I'm pretty sure Couric has her "gotcha media" hand in this somehow and no doubt tricked Palin into revealing the location! After all, Palin is a genius who reads every known periodical and summaries of supreme court cases in her spare time.

[PresWatch]

Palin told Katie she reads everything that's "in front of" her...coul­d be a supreme court case summary, could be a Neiman Marcus receipt, could be a cereal box.

[Akat1973]

Sarah palin is our perfect little punching bag.......­we cant help it she makes it so easy.

[aloha43]

What is a shout-out?

[aloha43]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoutout

"The Oxford English Dictionary dates the term back to 1990, and notes that in the United States the term is particularly used among fans and performers of rap music (shout-outs are of particular significance in hip-hop culture)"

Now I get it.....she has the Rap mentality.

What a dip.

[ObamaYouBetcha]

An archiac term originally used in the 90's by rappers, and now co-opted by grade school kids, cheerleaders ......... and the Governor of the State of Alaska. Keep truckin', Palin! Yo, you be chillin'!

[AfroSwede]

Think of Michele Bachmann shouting to Michael Steele - "You da man!"

It is another example of how dismally out of touch with the majority of Americans these people have become.

The GOP is shrinking in every demographic.

Apparently people like Palin, Steele and Bachmann think it is because they are not using enough outdated urban slang.

[BurkeBoylan]

Palin is just trying to sound hip to the over 60 crowd.

99% of young people think she is a joke.

[sus2222]

and 90 percent of the old people think she is a mental vacuum.

RockO age 60

[NoMoreKilling]

Yes, she is a very dangerous Joke! But a Joke to be sure! Not with her brains or crafty politics, but her lack of both and compassion, reason, trustworthiness, what is good for her not the people, her constant state of lying, denial, and lack of any responsibility. Just to name a few issues.

[Prakosh]

This all reminds me of that scene in "Get Shorty" where the collector Ray Bones comes back to the barbershop after Mumbo dies and Chili Palmer asks Ray's body guard "Can't you do any better than this." And his body guard, whose name I can't remember, says, "Not in this economy."

This story reminded me of that scene.

[Prakosh]

I take it Palin is one of the Republicans who thinks Colbert is laughing with them instead of at them.

[USCitizenforever]

Question: What the heck cares about anything that Stephen Colbert does or says? I don't know anyone besides by 20 year old college student daughter that watches the guy...

[AfroSwede]

Thank you so much. It is astute observers like you on the right that helped Obama get elected. You keep telling all your friends and family that no one cares what Colbert says and that Rushbo and O'Luffah are the standard bearers of the right. God bless ya.

[VoodooAcrobat]

Hi. I'm Mark. I'm 54, male, not a college student, and I'm a big fan of The Colbert Report. Now you can say you know someone else who watches the guy.

Colbert is truly an outstanding comic and satirist. Treat yourself to a few viewings of his program.

[MonaLisa65]

I'm 44, and I think he's brilliant. I have the dvr set to record only 2 series, and his is one of them.

[drjoann]

I'm a 56 YO white female and DH is a 68 YO male (both with post graduate degrees) and we watch Colbert & Stewart every night.

Colbert's "Word" segment on Ayn Rand was beyond brilliant. A few weeks ago, he did a segment "explaining" waterboarding to a child that was so subtle it was mostly overlooked. He told Truth with a capital "T" by showing that even a child can comprehend that waterboarding is torture and wrong.

Try watching the show, sometime. You might learn something.

[USCitizenforever]

OOPs...sho­uld have been "who the heck" not "what the heck" in my earlier post....ty­po~

[MonaLisa65]

Lol... no problem. I didn't even notice 'til you said so.

[SlashPrower]

Obviously fake. "Betcha" is nowhere in that tweet.

[pissdoffinohio]

is she still heer?

why???

[starkcr31]

What does "heer" mean?

[JPFranklin]

It means take the stick out of your p00per typo n@zi

[AfroSwede]

I think if you had an original thought it would render the entire left side of your body numb. I have read your posts and they are nothing but a mindless regurgitation of Rushbo/O'Loofah talking points.

[lynettema]

Why would Colbert have her on his show? For real?

[tb92]

Because she's always good for a laugh.

[WineWonkette]

Because the wingnuts actually believe he's one of them.

[weatherwaxx]

Putting Palin and Colbert in the same headline? Swine before pearls. (Lipsticked, perhaps, but still swine...)

[GrandGuignol]

In 1984, while Sotomayor was a NY Asst. District Attorney specializing in prosecuting child prnogrphy cases, Sarah Palin was working hard advancing the cause of women:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSdFIDygFwM

[ModerateMouse]

I don't fan people, but for you dear, I will make an exception. Keep them coming.

BTW - Where is our resident expert on sexism PUMA ANN?

[GrandGuignol]

Aren't you sweet. Runaway Ralph, right?

[Jean55]

Will you stop repeating the same thing over and over.

[Just Margaret]

Oh please...t­alk about a non-sequitur.

BTW, if Palin has advanced the cause of women, then we're all in big trouble.

[BurkeBoylan]

Bravo. Keep them coming!

[ModerateMouse]

I wonder if Sarah Palin has phoned Scott Roeder to offer her support yet?

[GrandGuignol]

Give him an awesome shout-out!

[Jean55]

Have you?