Maureen Dowd: Sarah Palin as Punch Line on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Special

The New York Times First Draft ^ | February 17, 2015 | Maureen Dowd

[2ndDivisionVet]

Sarah Palin during an audience question-and-answer session at the "Saturday Night Live" 40th-anniversary special last week.

Sarah Palin in 2016?

Even she thinks that

[KC_Lion]

Bookmark Ping to Sarah's List.

Jealously is an UGLY thing.

[AFreeBird]

And of course MoDo was there with hubby Michael Douglas.... I know because I saw her. }:-))

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Can’t say Palin chose the best outfit for a woman of her age and station.

[Dr. Sivana]

“What if I were to choose Donald Trump as my running mate?”

I'm no Trump fan, but if Palin wanted to make a serious 3rd Party run in the event that Jeb Bush got the nomination, Trump could fund the whole ticket (a la Perot) as the VP nominee; but I think he loves his money too much.

[KC_Lion]

We get it, you don’t like Sarah Palin.

Yet you can’t stop commenting on her threads.

[EveningStar]

Contrary to the immature spoutings of some of the folks here, I don’t hate Palin. Why should I?

I tend to direct my hate toward some of those people who I interact with on a personal level, specifically liars and bullies.

[dforest]

I agree. The dress and the shoes were not to pretty.

She could do better. Because I have seen better on her.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Bump to your idea.

Just saying. :D

[TADSLOS]

BOOM!

[RightOnTheBorder]

While I am not going to subject myself to 5 minutes of MoDo bile I can’t help but feel (from the excerpt) she makes the correct point that Palin has become more celebrity than serious political figure. She may be able to get back in the game as a representative or maybe even a Senator but until then I think she has diminished much of her political capital.

[combat_boots]

I have a relative who lives close to Lucas. He is apparently an absolute a$$.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I (completely) disagree.

I believe Palin has the biggest out of the box, ready to go voting block in either party.

What remains to be seen is, does Palin want to be our President.

[M Kehoe]

I enjoy "Dowd" threads.

5.56mm

[clintonh8r]

Agreed. It didn’t do a thing for her. All in all she would have been better off somewhere else.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I somewhat agree, believe it or not, but she’s a marathon runner and besides, it’s not our business to tell women what to wear. I’m assuming your a man, right?

[luvie]

I was hoping that what she said was a sly way to say she was running...Trump or no Trump. :)

[Sarah Barracuda]

Maureen Dowd looks like a woman who hasn’t gotten laid in EVER..like all liberals, they sound like 13 year old girls who are jealous that the popular girl in school is getting all the boys and they are getting nothing but swirlies

[2ndDivisionVet]

I’m behind Ted. I know he’s running.

[SevenofNine]

MANNNN Maureen really in dumps LOL!

What they say haters always be haters

[Catsrus]

Gosh, I must be in the minority here - I rather liked her dress.