Two Years Later: Sarah Palin Has Come A Long Way From The Slaughtered Turkey Video

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by Colby Hall | 8:46 am, November 25th, 2010

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Look how far Sarah Palin’s come. It was only two year ago that the former Vice Presidential candidate — and then Alaskan Governor — was giving her first post-election interview just a few feet from turkeys getting slaughtered – a PR nightmare that some though showed her naivete. Cut to two year later, Ms. Palin is the star of her own hit reality show, a best-selling author, a legitimate 2012 presidential candidate and a political force that the has put the established political class back on their heels.

Remember, the accepted media narrative at that time was that Palin didn’t possess the intellectual heft to be a serious candidate for high office. Not surprisingly, the left had a field day with this, perhaps best evidenced by the way it was reported by David Edwards and Stephen C. Webster at Raw Story at the time:

Now Alaska Governor and failed Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has mimed presidential tradition, but her effort at winged mercy was ‘cut’ short. As she staged an impromptu press conference after pardoning one lucky bird, a worker at the Triple D Farm and Hatchery in Wasilla sliced a turkey’s neck, bled it out and twisted its head off behind the governor, directly in the camera’s line of fire.

A reporter asked Palin if she was okay with the backdrop. The Alaskan Governor answered, “no worries.” As the bird’s head was removed, the man looked over his shoulder at the governor and reporters and flashed a toothy grin.

“I was happy to be invited to participate in, in this, and, uh, and, you know, for one, you need a little bit of levity in this job, especially with a, uh, so much that has gone on in the last couple of months that has been so, um, political, ah, obviously, that it’s nice to get out and, and do something to promote a local business and, and to uh, just participate in something that isn’t so, um, heavy-handed politics that, uh, invites criticism,” said the governor in what appeared to be a single sentence.

After this video went viral, Countdown host Keith Olbermann predictably chose a unique method to report the story. Here he is, watching it live for the first time, so his viewers could track his reaction in real time:

keith olbermann, Sarah Palin

timzank

Colby, did you oversleep? Getting the first Palin post of the day on this late is out of character.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Antony-Dupuy/1194612935 Antony Dupuy

Palin sneezes: News at Six

Jesus Christ this is getting old.
Big Eddie

No need to read any further , Miss Sarah . All here on this website love you .

Don’t read no more .
skyfet

Hasn’t gone far with me in regards to educating herself. She’s only gone far in making money, kudos to her in that. Other than that she’s still pretty, but not smart, oh finally a thinner skin.
valkyrie101

A major cheap shot.
Jackyboy

Really? Another Palin story? PALIN-WATCH is still in full effect, isn’t there anything else you can report on?
sarainitaly

“was giving her first post-election interview just a few feet from turkeys getting slaughtered – a PR nightmare that some though showed her naivete.

Cut to two year later, Ms. Palin is the star of her own hit reality show, a best-selling author, a legitimate 2012 presidential candidate and a political force that the has put the established political class back on their heels.”

Yea….who are the naive in this story? HA
ROCKSTEADY

Two Years later and Sarah is still a Tacky Turkey.
Puter Boi

Colby?
Seriously?
Thanksgiving morning and the one person you are thinking about is Palin?
I have no use for this woman, but it is truly fascinating to watch her be the cause of such bed wetting in the media.
Does she have you guys scared? The only other answer is that you guys love the bullying aspect of it all. For years now….any chance to disparage her has been taken. Her kids are fair game….although every politician uses their children for advantage…..her children are extra special targets. Even the youngest is not immune from it all.

I don’t believe Palin will ever hold elective office again. Perhaps that is a good thing, but one can’t help but wonder…. from where did all of this venom originate?
It is truly fascinating.
Pablo

Look how far Sarah Palin’s come. It was only two year ago that the former Vice Presidential candidate — and then Alaskan Governor — was giving her first post-election interview just a few feet from turkeys getting slaughtered – a PR nightmare that some though showed her naivete.

The only naivete that showed was that of those who don’t understand how turkeys make their way to the table.
Pablo

ZOMG! She’s clubbing poor defenseless animals to death on camera!

EVERYBODY FREAK OUT RIGHT NOW!!!!
Colby Hall

hmmm — interesting reaction here on this post.

The truth is this – Sarah Palin is an enormous media figure right now, so we are right to cover her. We weren’t the ones that suggested she write books, have her own reality show, become a contributor on Fox News or have her daughter participate on DWTS. She did that – and we laud her appropriately.

The truth is that Sarah Palin IS a huge story, and with the 21012 Presidential campaign on the horizon, tracking her evolution as a media figure is completely germane to our sites coverage.

No regrets on my end!
johnny dollar

“Here he is, watching it live for the first time…”

Except that same day, he was on with Martha Stewart giving his reaction to the video. And that was long before he went on Countdown and claimed this would be the first time he saw it.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Cara-Pinto/1079182312 Cara

“Look how far Sarah Palin’s come. It was only two year ago that the former Vice Presidential candidate — and then Alaskan Governor — was giving her first post-election interview just a few feet from turkeys getting slaughtered – a PR nightmare that some though showed her naivete. Cut to two year later, Ms. Palin is the star of her own hit reality show, a best-selling author, a legitimate 2012 presidential candidate and a political force that the has put the established political class back on their heels.” –Colby Hall

“This speaks to a bigger picture here that certainly scares me in terms of our national security policy. But obviously we’ve gotta stand with our North Korean allies.” –Sarah Palin

Yeah, she’s traveled light years, for sure.
Puter Boi

Colby Hall said:
The truth is that Sarah Palin IS a huge story, and with the 21012 Presidential campaign on the horizon, tracking her evolution as a media figure is completely germane to our sites coverage.

Well, can agree on one thing…….21012 is certainly on the horizon…..not a horizon any of us will actually see…but still….
RichS

Pablo said:
The only naivete that showed was that of those who don’t understand how turkeys make their way to the table.

I always wondered about the reaction that the turkey harvest. Are we as a people so removed from where our food comes from that we don’t realize that turkeys, chickens, steers, pigs, ducks, etc are slaughtered to provide meat for our tables? I remember, when I was preschool age, we would go to my grandmother’s (Bachi) house for dinner. My aunt would go in the yard, pick up a chicken by the head and snap its neck. I come from a family of farmers. As a matter of fact, if we go back far enough we all come from families of farmers and hunters. So, get a life people.

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!
sarainitaly

Puter Boi said:
Colby Hall said:
The truth is that Sarah Palin IS a huge story, and with the 21012 Presidential campaign on the horizon, tracking her evolution as a media figure is completely germane to our sites coverage.

Well, can agree on one thing…….21012 is certainly on the horizon…..not a horizon any of us will actually see…but still….

LMAO!

(Do you think this will get a story on the home page about how dangerously ill informed Colby is, or that perhaps he just needs to make some notes on his hand?)
Analyst

“Lacks intellectual heft?”

That moron doesn’t have the brains to take off her britches when she pees!
Nachi

Yes indeed! This Cro-Magnon creature moves on! Yup. Hillbillies of the world, unite!
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Just4thefax

Colby Hall said:
hmmm — interesting reaction here on this post. The truth is this – Sarah Palin is an enormous media figure right now, so we are right to cover her. We weren’t the ones that suggested she write books, have her own reality show, become a contributor on Fox News or have her daughter participate on DWTS. She did that – and we laud her appropriately. The truth is that Sarah Palin IS a huge story, and with the 21012 Presidential campaign on the horizon, tracking her evolution as a media figure is completely germane to our sites coverage. No regrets on my end!

Question: Has the Palins or anyone that represents them have ant issues by the articles presented here on Mediaite?
MikeAlike recording artist

well her ratings plummeted this week on TLC by 40%. In Alaska her home state of governance her candidate from the Tea Party lost to a write in-also sure sign her home turf wants her gone. The Palin gimmick, with the subversive propaganda down syndrome-prom commercials paid for by an oil tycoon are also wearing thin.
The mom shtick and business management in entertainment obviously pays her bills but Americans find her unqualified.
disenlightened

That turkey deserved to die.
BlackWidow

Colby Hall said:
hmmm — interesting reaction here on this post. The truth is this – Sarah Palin is an enormous media figure right now, so we are right to cover her. We weren’t the ones that suggested she write books, have her own reality show, become a contributor on Fox News or have her daughter participate on DWTS. She did that – and we laud her appropriately. The truth is that Sarah Palin IS a huge story, and with the 21012 Presidential campaign on the horizon, tracking her evolution as a media figure is completely germane to our sites coverage. No regrets on my end!

Colby you are right on with the fact that Palin is front page news almost everyday. She will wear her welcome out for 2012. By that time we will know enough about her and hers that the country will be tired of her. I find her habit of responding to every little thing that is said about her by anyone even people in her own party.. Her narcissistic personility is so obvious to many and very tiring to most.

If you think she scares Democrats imagine what she does to Republicans. She is an embarrassment to this country.
RTB

I still LMFAO to this clip. …
mully

erm, attention Right wingers, she could be your President, do you really want that or is it just to piss off the Left? Either way your stuck with her haha.
writer

At least she certainly does piss off the left. haha.
nrgetick

Big Eddie said:
No need to read any further , Miss Sarah . All here on this website love you .

Don’t read no more .

miss sarah? ha ha somebody has a crush,.,
nrgetick

writer said:
At least she certainly does piss off the left. haha.

no just makes us laugh.,,.
Jayson

Sarah Palins complete stupidity aside, what kind of backwoods hillbilly turkey farm operation was that? Maybe I’m in a more “modern” area but here, turkeys, chickens, any birds that are raised for human consumption, are at least slaughtered in a quick humane way. What that old guy was doing with the turkeys in the background was barbaric. Something you’d see done in a less advanced country. Apparently, parts of America still don’t realize its 2010, not 1810. How disgusting.
writer

no just makes us laugh.,,.

Yes, the lighthearted tone of your posts suggests she makes you laugh…to the point of hysteria.
More Liberty

Colby Hall said:
The truth is that Sarah Palin IS a huge story, and with the 21012 Presidential campaign on the horizon, tracking her evolution as a media figure is completely germane to our sites coverage.

That’s because you appear obsessed.