Sarah Palin Weighs In On Secret Service Scandal With Obama Dog Meat Joke

On Thursday, Sarah Palin reacted to the revelation that a Secret Service agent, who was caught up in the Colombia prostitution scandal, had been in her security detail during the 2008 presidential campaign. He also posted photographs of them together on his Facebook page, and commented that he was "checking her out."

"Well check this out, bodyguard, you're fired," Palin said during an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren. "I hope his wife ... sends him to the doghouse -- as long as he's not eating the dog, along with his former boss."

Palin's joke was in reference to the recent push by Mitt Romney's presidential campaign to attack President Barack Obama for eating dog meat as a child in Indonesia. The Romney camp's use of the anecdote, which Obama revealed in his memoir "Dreams From My Father," was to counter criticism the former Massachusetts governor has garnered for putting the family dog, Seamus, in a dog crate strapped to the roof of a car during a 1983 road trip.

Palin continued to link Secret Service misconduct to the president, stating that the carousing agents in Colombia showed a lack of leadership in Washington.

"Boys will be boys, but they shouldn't be in positions of authority, and I think it's pretty embarassing," Palin said. "But if you consider what's going on and the state of our government with, look who's running the show, boys not considering that there are ramifications to their actions."

Palin continued: "I've had enough of these men being dogs and not being responsible and not entrusting, being able to allow us to trust what these boys are doing in Washington."

Secret Service Agent David Randall Chaney was identified by the Washington Post on Thursday, revealing the Facebook photos he posted of Palin while protecting her during her campaign with GOP presidential nominee John McCain. Chaney, who during the Colombia trip was a supervisor in the Secret Service international programs division, resigned Wednesday under pressure.

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Comments

[pawtastic]

01:50 PM on 05/03/2012

She gave an interview where? On Fox 'News'? Oh yes, the lamebrain media.

[Sheryn]

12:57 PM on 04/29/2012

Sarah Palin sure sounds ungrateful--gimmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee--instead of being thankful that the Secret Service protected her successfully, she takes the chance and criticizes her agent and thinks that four years later, she is in charge of who gets fired and who does not. She ignores the fact that her own husband is involved in the prostitution industry but transfers all the criticism to the agent who was assigned to protect her family. Just like she blames the President for the high price of gas, instead of looking at her own family to see whether they could use their personal plane, the chartered jets, the expensive snowmobiles, the four ATV's; the five Cadillac Escalade gas guzzlers--she doesn't stop to think that maybe her own family is part of the problem. Other countries pay a lot more for their gas and they have learned to use the commodity more sparingly--time for Sarah Palin to stop acting like the wealthy 1%. Stop blaming Obama for the Canadian gas line not going through to the Gulf--it is handled on the State level and Nebraska has concerns and is stopping it. Read the papers, Sarah, rather than spouting off what your ghost writer tells you.

[fedup363]

03:07 PM on 04/26/2012

Pallin seeks relevance in a world that's passed her by.

[voteindependent]

03:00 PM on 04/26/2012

Bristol: mommy mommy my NEW boyfriend is in law enforcemnt - isnt that GREAT????

[Rodriguez Barlow]

10:13 AM on 04/26/2012

Dog meat is pretty good, as long as you have enough BBQ sauce.

[JRElliott]

12:39 PM on 04/25/2012

Well I'd say the agent's interest in Ms Palin is consistent with a recently-documented Secret Service preference for prostitutes.

[indy girl]

11:00 PM on 04/25/2012

David Randall Chaney and Todd Palin have quite a bit in common--!

[Amanda Matthews]

06:08 AM on 04/25/2012

The perfect example on how pathetic and 'lame' the 'lamestream media' really is? The fact that Grifterella is still giving interviews\.

[Cinnimini]

11:46 AM on 04/23/2012

Who gives a rats a---- what this woman says with all of her mindless chatter.

[chrisjIII]

10:47 AM on 04/23/2012

Well we now know that the agent likes hookers, maybe that's the appeal that he saw in Palin? She should be one of the last people to talk about anyone's sex life seeing that she was sleeping with her husband's business partner and others.

[misterzook]

09:29 PM on 04/22/2012

After reading yet another ridiculous comment made by Palin, I thank the lucky stars this woman is not our Vice President even more than when she running for the position!

[Rodriguez Barlow]

10:22 AM on 04/26/2012

I know what you mean -- Joe Biden is such a pillar of intellect and integrity.

[jayelsmere]

11:18 AM on 04/26/2012

ALL POLITICIANS SUCK. PERIOD.

[misterzook]

12:53 PM on 04/26/2012

He is as bad as she is!

[topcat03]

10:04 PM on 04/21/2012

Sarah is a joke but she's cashing in on all the fools who follow her .

[archie husbands]

09:56 PM on 04/21/2012

As Keith would say, this woman is an idiot.

[Theo White]

09:47 PM on 04/21/2012

Any Vietnam vet knows that in SE Asia dogs and cats are considered to be a food source and the majority of Asian immigrants had no idea that in America they were pets. But what else would you expect from RNC teleprompter addict Palin. How long will her Kardashian publicity style last?

[TERRY FLANIGAN]

05:56 PM on 04/21/2012

DOG, GRASSHOPPERS, AND SNAKE , SNAKE- YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT !

[voteindependent]

03:02 PM on 04/26/2012

why dont you run on up to a Special Forces soldier on THAT one?

After all - they are PROUD (AND SHOULD BE) of being called "snake eaters"

[jrgilb0729]

04:40 PM on 04/21/2012

There is a logical sequence happening with Palin's irrelevence. First she got the VP nod from McCain. I'm not going to stoop to her level and suggest that she did something immoral to land that position.

After that flop Palin became the FOX sweetheart. Now, just recently, the Chief of FOX said that she could never be President.

The GOP will keep her around to give a "Why I hate Obama" speech at the GOP Convention. The only thing she is good for is to shake her tailfeathesr and incite the red meat base of the Party.

I would guess that whatever the outcome of the election, Palin will be of little use to the GOP until the next time they need a pit bull with lipstick.

As Palin races to the bottom of the food chain with her trash talking nominal appearances, her next gig just might end up being a swine with lipstick.

[GreatGrand mama]

11:09 PM on 04/21/2012

also.. good at memorizing every speech that has been spoken... over those years..