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Matt Wilstein

Matt Wilstein

Posted: January 13, 2011 08:00 AM

Sarah Palin tried so hard yesterday with her seven minute-long video response to the Arizona shooting, but she just had to slip the antiquated, anti-Semitic term "blood libel" into her statement. Can we all agree that this latest gaffe is the final nail in the coffin of her downward spiral of a political career?

Below are five of her biggest FAILS over the past couple of years. There are literally hundreds more, so please share your own in the comments below. More comedy videos at: GotchaMediaBlog.com

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If you don't count Twitter, Facebook and email to Glenn Beck, this was Palin's first public statement on the Arizona shooting.
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Sarah Palin tried so hard yesterday with her seven minute-long video response to the Arizona shooting, but she just had to slip the antiquated, anti-Semitic term "blood libel" into her statement. Can...
Sarah Palin tried so hard yesterday with her seven minute-long video response to the Arizona shooting, but she just had to slip the antiquated, anti-Semitic term "blood libel" into her statement. Can...
 
 
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03:56 AM on 01/31/2011
There are many people in this nation that are not elite, not smart, not sophisticated. They need to be represented by someone who can talk the lingo and can espouse the ideas, however out of touch with reality they may be. They need to be represented by someone not using big words, or even the correct words, but the popular idea get communicated in a popular way. Simplifying complicated policy may not get it right, but people who frequently make common mistakes need to be represented. I think Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann have a place in our government. Even the dimmest of society need to feel represented, and to feel good about themselves, by having a pretty woman in power, not talk down to them.
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Turtlenewz
11:08 PM on 01/22/2011
If one fails at being a "reality" star and one is, in essence, playing one's self, then,that means that one is not real but merely a figment, a phantom, a fantasy, an unreal vision of a non-existent entity.
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JohnnyKong
Loyalty only to reason and logic.
04:01 PM on 01/22/2011
Sarah Palin was once the humble governor of the great state of Alaska, that was until she was pulled onto the stage of national politics and got a taste of 'real' fame. This is where her story begins.

She rode this wave until it crashed, but she found another wave, and another to ride and ride into god knows where. It's become an obsession, a drug addiction that is hard to let go of. I mean, how can someone simply go back into obscurity after feeling such a high. You want more of it. It doesn't matter if deep down, you know you aren't qualified. You'll always have your adoring fans to tell you that you are.

This sums up Sarah Palin's story far. She is not a credible politician in the rational minds of Americans. It's not about hating her, it's simply a lack of respect and simply getting sick of the media attention given to the biggest, crustiest barnacle on a whale's chin.
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Sherzie
Former Republican
05:18 AM on 01/23/2011
Was she ever humble?
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PiedType
Old editors never die, they just revert to type
12:07 PM on 01/30/2011
I doubt she knows she isn't qualified.
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astraia
recall scott walker
03:18 PM on 01/21/2011
just wondering.. how long did it take to cull the herd to 10?
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staysane
Patriotic American standing up 4 individual rights
12:09 PM on 01/21/2011
The real Sarah Palin

http://tinyurl.com/therealsarahpalin
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JohnnyKong
Loyalty only to reason and logic.
03:50 PM on 01/22/2011
This essay is so full of generalities and false assumptions based on one person's narrow-minded perspective.

>Palin attended church with her family on Sundays. On Sunday morning, young liberals like me were recovering from Saturday night.

Only people like you are recovering from a Saturday night and JUST HAPPEN to be liberal-minded. You have it all ass-backwards!
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visualgirl
don't stop thinking about tomorrow
12:34 AM on 01/31/2011
hahahahaha omg. seriously? ohhhh hahahahahahaha
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rockv12
10:07 AM on 01/20/2011
Those are the "best"? Those are the reasons that people hate her? Wow...
02:06 PM on 01/19/2011
I just wish everybody would stop making Sarah Palin a victim. She does a terrific job herself. Maybe she will be nominated for a Golden Globe: Best Political Victim Act on Fox.
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munki
Global to Local now Local to Global
12:27 PM on 01/21/2011
She is NOT a victim as she enjoys it the attention...
plus much more...

GG Should be : Best Just Does Not Get it on Fox... wouldn't you say?
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Renee Libby
02:22 PM on 01/18/2011
Must have been a daunting task to arrive at only 10.
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JoannainPA
Realtor, ABR
02:00 PM on 01/18/2011
I wonder what the purpose is of posting democrats home address and phone numbers during the health care debate on there right wing websites? Was to send flowers or a nice fruit basket? Or was it to cut gas lines outside a congressman's family home?
11:16 PM on 01/17/2011
Newsmax! The FOX magazine.
03:47 PM on 01/17/2011
I started listening to the prank call but I just couldn't finish it.. I was too embarrassed for her, which is sad considering that I love to watch her embarrass herself.
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CPAwADD
My super power is sarcasm!
09:14 PM on 01/16/2011
Nothing is as funny as the Thanksgiving pardon.
03:15 PM on 01/17/2011
Careful now, it took me about a year to stop laughing the first time I saw that. Don't get me going again until I'm done with the physical therapy.
04:25 PM on 01/16/2011
Abysmal failure over and over and over again. "Betcha" she still has fans who won't "refudiate" her. What is this world coming to?
01:53 PM on 01/17/2011
You're right. That 20% who still think Bush is smart.
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mallsta
03:38 PM on 01/16/2011
Her ghostwriter could write a 700 page autobiography easily just about her fails.