Half-Baked Alaska: Samantha Bee Defends Palin's Choice To Resign As Mother Of Her Children (VIDEO)

In an interview with Samantha Bee, the "Daily Show"'s senior Alaska correspondent, Jon Stewart got repeatedly shot down in his attempts to qualify what Sarah Palin did last week as "quitting." "That is such an in the box elitist way of framing it...leave her family alone they're off limits! What is wrong with you," Bee shouted. When Stewart tried another route, things really got heated...

BEE: She's a point guard dishing the ball for an open shot.

STEWART: That's one play, a point guard then has to defend and play the rest of the game. It's like leaving half way through the third quarter!

BEE: Yeah, maybe in Harvard main stream basketball.

STEWART: No, that's the rules of basketball.

BEE: Not maverick basketball.

STEWART: There's no such thing as maverick basketball. You're either playing basketball or you're not playing basketball.

Bee then went on to explain that she's not only stepping down as governor of Alaska, but as mother to her five children, handing the reins over to "some other lady."


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Comments

[quest44]

Pleaszzzzzzzzzzzzz ! Its like watching a train wreck ,you know you shouldn't watch but your curiosity gets the best of you and you can't help yourself !
I personally can't believe the words that come out of her mouth and wonder why she doesn't realise she sounds stupid when she watches herself on the news or on web video's. I can't believe anyone could be so narcistic that they can't see their own limitations. Sarah Palin doesn't even know she has limitations !

[jymfrancais]

We had a "baked Alaska" last night for Bastille Day
we renamed it the "Palin Pie" and we gladly cut into it.
delicious.

[shahoon]

I find these musings about Sarah Palin's intellect and future aspirations to be very interesting. If she has "little intelligence", political ability and knowledge of facts, why is she all over both liberal and conservative news outlets? She should be a non-issue, especially with people who would never vote for her if she should decide to run for national office. For someone who has such little skill, she sure has caused quite a stir. I look forward to see what she might do in the future when she is no longer a "public servant", but a private citizen and has some leverage to thwart the multitude of attacks that come her way. My common sense tells me that we haven't seen anything yet!

[lisaman]

Speaking only for myself, I am interested in her only in the respect that I am amazed anyone would listen to her for more than 2 minutes, but mostly I am amazed she found anyone to actually vote for her. Did you hear her rambling speech when she quit? She certainly would have benefited from a telepromter.

[johnmorgan]

It's just so much fun watching this train wreck.

[HC4BO]

I would NOT put it beyond Failin' to QUIT her family ...

I will always be a Sarah Failin' Pan !

[zitlight73]

Or her family voting her off the island.

[leftcoastliberal]

Note to Mother of Baby Getting Signed: it's not liberal coddling to support your infant's head, it's parenting 101.

[ndnd]

Sam is my favorite correspondent (though I really do love all of them).

[KillgoreTrout43]

What woman in her right mind autographs a baby? Oh yeah, this is the same woman who wished for more handicapped children like Trig.

[crater123]

Samantha Bee is always hilarious! She should be a superstar...

[KillgoreTrout43]

She is one funny lady.

[zitlight73]

Sam's hot.

[katocat]

I love Sam Bee.

[maggieshines]

me too

[walk0nwalls]

me three!

[impik]

"Palin is for people who liked Bush's certainty, but were bothered by his rationality and executive experience".

Fracking briliant.

[Atcha]

I had to check the baby signing part on the NYT website, un-f***ing­-believabl­e

[beaupritchard]

Funny stuff ...

[igorz]

Sarah Palin is the Republican stimulus package for comedians everywhere.

Of course, sure it would be entertaining to have her run for national office, but then there might be the off-chance that she might win. THEN it wouldn't be so funny. Of course, there's always emigration to Australia.

[VillageReader]

If she ever won President of the US. Alaska might just be successful in leaving the Union. LOL

Most of us look at the Independence Party as a crackpot, non lethal, 'oh yeah, there they are' sort of way, but if Palin EVER wins the Presidency, cleaving onto Canada, self-governance or even 'winking' at Russia might be preferable to having her in leadership over us again.

[GUSTOV]

Conservatives are the family values preaching folks whom themselves are rife with terrible parenting (such as Sarah Palin) & cheating spouses (laundry list) .

[KillgoreTrout43]

And perverts.