Survey Says: People Still Care About Sarah Palin (Really!)

The Atlantic ^ | December 3, 2012 | David Graham, associate editor

[2ndDivisionVet]

Even as she fades from the national spotlight, the former vice-presidential contender gets plenty of love on the Internet.

I'm going to let you in on a little journalism secret. Time was, political reporters knew that any post about Sarah from Alaska was any easy way to get eyeballs. (In one week in May 2010, I wrote three separate items under the rubric "Sarah Palin Real-Estate Watch." All were well-read.) Nowadays, the magic is gone. There's no serious talk of Palin 2016. There are no more reality TV shows. Her endorsement mojo has evaporated, and the term "Mama Grizzly" seldom echoes on the airwaves. Palin wasn't invited to speak at the Republican National Convention. She's even beefing with Fox News, a once unimaginable turn of events.

So a release from Yahoo as part of their year in review came as a bit of a surprise. Here are the top 5 most searched politicians on the search engine this year:

1. barack obama
2. mitt romney
3. sarah palin
4. ron paul
5. hillary clinton...

[2ndDivisionVet]

I love their cluelessness.

[NonValueAdded]

Damned straight we care about her.

[2ndDivisionVet]

See my tagline...

[Diogenesis]

[KC_Lion]

Sarah Palin Ping List!

The Liberals will pine for the days when they could simply dismiss her.

[greene66]

Still my number one choice for 2016. But I have to admit, at this point I don’t know why anyone would even want to vie for the office. The country doesn’t even appear particularly salvageable anymore. Or even worth salvaging to begin with. The GOP will undoubtedly serve up another worthless RINO drip. It all just seems so pointless now.

[exit82]

Palin/West 2016.

And screw the GOP-we will form a new party for the task.

[RedMDer]

[RedMDer]

Exactly the reason that Sarah needs to run.

Run Sarah, Run!

[KC_Lion]

screw the GOP-we will form a new party for the task.

Merry Christmas!

[BerryDingle]

The country doesn’t even appear particularly salvageable anymore. Or even worth salvaging to begin with. The GOP will undoubtedly serve up another worthless RINO drip. It all just seems so pointless now.

The Tea Party needs to investigate and correct the massive voter fraud. The spineless RINOS are scared to death of even addressing it.

[RedMDer]

[KC_Lion]

What you did there.

I see it!

[greene66]

Yep, a third-party option for Palin would seem preferable. I just don’t have a single shred of trust left anymore towards the GOP, from fiscal issues to social issues, to even the very notion of honor.

[RedMDer]

[johnthebaptistmoore]

There are way too many CONSERVATIVES who are too scared to death to, fully and fairly, address the voter fraud issue, too!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Pretty! Thanks! Merry Christmas to You & Yours, Too! :)

[Finny]

The comments are fascinating.

More proof that there are more of us than there are of them.

[RedMDer]

Thank you! Merry Christmas!

[exit82]

Merry Christmas, RedMDer.

Our Lord still reigns. May He bless this nation still.