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Sarah Palin Is Just Going To Help Herself To ‘Yes, We Can!’ Now That Obama’s Done With It

Have you heard Sarah Palin’s new zeitgeisty bon mot? It’s “Yes, We Can!” This is exactly how she concluded a recent column in the National Review about drilling and how it’s important that it happens constantly, in every imaginable place. “Alternative sources of energy are part of the answer, but only part. There’s no getting around the fact that we still need to ‘drill, baby, drill!’ And if those in D.C. say otherwise, we need to tell them: ‘Yes, we can!’” Oh god this is probably going to actually work for her, isn’t it? [POLITICO]


11:41 AM on Fri October 16 2009
By Juli Weiner
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  1. thefrontpage says at 11:42 am, October 16th, 2009

    No, You Can’t!

  2. magic titty says at 11:44 am, October 16th, 2009

    Good god that picture.

    Newell, Juli is being mean to my eyes.

  3. Imitation is the sincerest form of idiotic cluelessness.

  4. WhatTheHeck says at 11:48 am, October 16th, 2009

    Yes, we oil can. God, she’s still an oil company lobbyist.

  5. SayItWithWookies says at 11:50 am, October 16th, 2009

    It’s kind of fun watching her do this and realizing that if she was still governor she’d be able to weild some power and influence. Now, however, she twits impotently from some moss-lined hibernarium on the North Slope. You go, you ineffectual little half-termer, you!

  6. Crank Tango says at 11:51 am, October 16th, 2009

    what a coincidence, sarah! Yes, I would like to drill your baby in the can! Bristol. I love you Bristol!

  7. I wouldn’t drill her with Rush Limbaugh’s shriveled bit.

  8. French saloon girls the world over add their voices to Palin’s call for action…”Yes, we can-can!”

  9. queeraselvis v 2.0 says at 11:53 am, October 16th, 2009

    Stupid attention whore is stupid.

  10. user-of-owls says at 11:53 am, October 16th, 2009

    magic titty: That image is very disturbing. I wish you’d have chosen something else. I realize that it’s a shameful part of American history that we should never forget, but it’s too much.

  11. Country Club Jihadi says at 11:54 am, October 16th, 2009

    “A ‘NO’ uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a ‘YES’ merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.”
    Mahatma Gandhi

    Get that hag some face powder.

  12. user-of-owls says at 11:56 am, October 16th, 2009

    Min: Ooo-la-la…le win!

  13. Cape Clod says at 11:56 am, October 16th, 2009

    Tippecanoe and Tyler too hasn’t been used for a while. Maybe she can use that as well.

  14. eclecticbrotha says at 11:58 am, October 16th, 2009

    Crank Tango: I would love to drill Sarahbou and Bristol in every imaginable place.

  15. Aflac Shrugged says at 11:58 am, October 16th, 2009

    Is that Madame Tussaud’s take on Caribou Barbie?

    Her cheeks look like they’ve been simonized.

  16. ChernobylSoup v2 says at 11:59 am, October 16th, 2009

    She followed up by saying “a chicken in every pot because I like Ike; also, don’t stop thinking about tomorrow.”

  17. I still fail to see how you all find this woman so attractive. Guys are seriously weird sometimes.

  18. TGY: Win.

  19. PrairiePossum says at 12:03 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Can we see a picture of her boobies reading the bible?

  20. Sarah Palin is taking “sloppy seconds” on “Yes we can!”? Don’t worry, “Help Is On The Way” — with a handiwipe.

  21. Snarkalicious says at 12:04 pm, October 16th, 2009

    I like it how she underlines the idiocy of her assertions by reminding us of how she got ground into paste last November. It’s…poetry.

    WhatTheHeck: Shill, baby, shill!

  22. Lascauxcaveman says at 12:04 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Well, this should work out pretty well for unemployed Sarah. The oil industry is always ready to welcome a perky and shiny new cheerleader.

  23. proudgrampa says at 12:05 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Cape Clod: “Forty Acres and a Mule!!”

  24. hobospacejunkie says at 12:05 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Ask not what…America is a shining city upon a…I feel your…Goddammit! Being an unemployed stupid spoiled whore is hard, Todd.

  25. This strategy worked well for Bill Gates, with DOS and Windows.

  26. ManchuCandidate says at 12:07 pm, October 16th, 2009
  27. slappypaddy says at 12:07 pm, October 16th, 2009

    baby-drilling is against the law, even in alaska.

  28. DoctorCulturae says at 12:07 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Sarah P.: Yes we can! Yes we can!
    Balloon Barf Boy: [insert Today show reaction here]

  29. RoloTonyBrownTown says at 12:07 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Oh, give her a break. She’s way too busy not governing to proof-read her ghost writer’s words before they go to print.

  30. Crank Tango says at 12:08 pm, October 16th, 2009

    eclecticbrotha: offshore even!

  31. germansteel says at 12:09 pm, October 16th, 2009

    In Sarah’s presence, we are all little six-year old balloon boys. Soaring above the landscape in our minds, but stuck in a dusty old attic in reality.

  32. gjdodger says at 12:09 pm, October 16th, 2009

    I think her slogan should be, “It’s twue! It’s TWUE!”

  33. finallyhappy says at 12:10 pm, October 16th, 2009

    I thought she made money with her fake book- can’t she afford to keep her hair out of her eyes?

  34. Canmon (the Inadequate) says at 12:12 pm, October 16th, 2009

    She stole it from Bob the Builder.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IWKhYQarJU

  35. Her motto was originally “Work Brings Freedom”, but there were copyright problems.

  36. germansteel: I now haz sad.

  37. bureaucrap says at 12:15 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Perhaps it’s just a slightly edited version of, “Yes, we [have gigantic] can[s that are even bigger than Meghan McCain's, that trampy publicity whore]!”

  38. the problem child says at 12:17 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Nice alt text, but why the booger?

  39. proudgrampa says at 12:19 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Other possible retreads:

    “54-40 or Fight!” (Polk)

    “Who is James K. Polk?” (Clay)

    My favorite:

    “Blaine Blaine James G. Blaine The Continental Liar from the State of Maine!” (Grover Cleveland)

  40. sati demise says at 12:20 pm, October 16th, 2009

    user-of-owls: yes. perfect usage of a wonkette meme

  41. norbizness says at 12:20 pm, October 16th, 2009

    “Like a hit count-driven moth to a very stupid flame.”

  42. “And if those Washington bureaucrats don’t ‘get ‘r done,’ then folks, we need to ask the question ‘where’s the beef?’ because—”

    (Mrs. Palin The Governor then collapsed from finger-quote exhaustion.)

  43. comicbookguy says at 12:23 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Show us your boogers!

  44. King of Pants says at 12:26 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Nobody fucking cares what this white trash avatar says or does.

  45. queeraselvis v 2.0 says at 12:26 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Here’s something new and novel for Dame Palin to use: “Hey America, go foxtrot yourself! For the troops! You betcha, also.”

  46. proudgrampa says at 12:27 pm, October 16th, 2009

    “Ma, Ma, where is Pa? Gone to the White House, Ha, Ha, Ha!” (James G. Blaine)

  47. user-of-owls says at 12:28 pm, October 16th, 2009

    sati demise: I figured if shameless recycling is good enough for her…

    proudgrampa:
    “Pa, Pa, where’s my Ma? Not in the White House, ha ha ha!” (Trig Palin)

  48. the problem child: Hotel Foxtrotting Charlie, thats one Foxtrotting huge booger, alright.

  49. All the way with el BJ!

  50. proudgrampa says at 12:34 pm, October 16th, 2009

    user-of-owls: Excellent!

  51. First time I ever heard of capitalizing on somebody else’s slogan was way back in 1863, when General Hooker to make ready to go get Lee had everybody saying “Ready now, General!” Boy, were they ready! And all the ladies of the evening took to leaning out them upper windows and yelling at stray troops, “Ready now, General!” Worked for them. That’s how they became known as “hookers.”

    And, boy, did General Hooker ever get Lee. Too much. That’s why you know more a General Grant and not so much Hooker.

  52. Cape Clod: How about “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!” about the Brooks Range?

  53. gurukalehuru says at 12:39 pm, October 16th, 2009

    It’s O.K. Barry just borrowed it from Bob the Builder, and it seems as if he’s done with it anyway.
    Have fun, sugartits!

  54. Terry: Not me, lady. I also fail to detect the charm. I think you need to be of the nature of the Pox Noise crowd.

  55. whatever_dc says at 12:40 pm, October 16th, 2009

    maybe she was trying to be witty…

    ok — never mind — i forgot we were talking about sarah palin here!

  56. Lets Go Vertigo says at 12:43 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Madly about Adlai!

  57. S.Luggo: I think her final bumpkin sticker is “Ignorance is Strength.”

  58. Come here a minute says at 12:44 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Sarah Palin is fired up and ready to go!

  59. magic titty says at 12:48 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Terry: Who all?

  60. jodyleek says at 12:48 pm, October 16th, 2009

    BeWoot: Perfecto.

  61. “Just do it!” would have been better. She needs a new word writer person.

  62. V572625694 says at 12:51 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Win with Wilkie!

    Terry: You have to understand the difference between true, Mark-Sanford-level adoration of a woman’s tremaculous kesobs, and The Hate Fuck®, a tool for debasing the fuckee and ennobling the fucker. Ever watch that “Oz” series on HBO?

  63. Rev. Peter Lemonjello says at 12:52 pm, October 16th, 2009

    I think she got confused when, upon traveling with WALNUTS! in the STE and asking “Are we there yet?” every five minutes, he would turn around and scream “Yes, you cunt!”

  64. Suds McKenzie says at 12:52 pm, October 16th, 2009

    “Less thinking, Feels great”.

  65. shadowMark says at 1:01 pm, October 16th, 2009

    It would be cool if she recycled Yoyodyne blurbs:

    The future begins tomorrow!

    America: A growing excited country!

  66. nbawriter says at 1:01 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Sarah looks like she rubbed against Oily Taintz in that pic.

  67. finallyhappy:
    Seriously! Why hasn’t she taught Piper to trim her bangs??!!

  68. iantenna says at 1:03 pm, October 16th, 2009

    how soon can we expect the reimagining of annie get your gun?

  69. RubberSoul says at 1:04 pm, October 16th, 2009

    She’s got to do better than this. Attention whores all over the country are stepping up their game. She’s probably kicking herself today because she never thought about putting Trig in a balloon.

  70. friendlyskies says at 1:12 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Until she adapts De Colores as the new RepubiChristian Anthem, I’m not impressed.

  71. earnestcivilservant says at 1:12 pm, October 16th, 2009

    No matter what tragedy befalls, all it takes to lift my spirits is a bit on wonkette about Sarah Palin and the 100+ comments that follow.

    Wonkette rocks! And its Readers/Commenters. Also.

  72. the public option says at 1:12 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Bowdoin: Wikipedia says that there is an equestrian statue of General Hooker outside the Massachusetts State House. I know where I’m going as soon as it stops fucking snowing up here.

  73. user-of-owls says at 1:17 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Does anyone else ever try to imagine what it’s like at the other of of a Wonkette-driven internet flash mob? I’m trying picture this little site admin at, oh say, http://www.presidentsusa.net, sitting around all Maytag repairman-like when *boom* the site just collapses under the weight of a thousand commenter locusts.

    Ok, it’s probably just me.

  74. Nigerian Business Executive says at 1:21 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Min: Not to mention the Pointer Sisters at their awesome early-70s best.

  75. Nigerian Business Executive says at 1:23 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Nigerian Business Executive: My poor link didn’t work. Click it. You won’t regret it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qHAZ25HYqU

  76. lulzmonger says at 1:24 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Silly wingnut! Recycling is for bong-sucking hippy lesbian socialists!

    With a little more straightforward honesty (yes, I’m dream-posting here) & her own way-kewl catchphrase, this could’ve been so much better.

    “Can we rape & pillage pristine habitats even more ruthlessly than ever before?
    You betcha!”

  77. the problem child says at 1:29 pm, October 16th, 2009

    user-of-owls: Huh? That site has a comment option?

  78. RoscoePColtraine says at 1:29 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Poor Repugs. All they’re trying to do is match demmycrats one-for-one. Palin is supposed to be some sort of attractive female candidate/torch bearer, Bobby Jindal is supposed to be some sort of lanky, brown skinned messiah, GOP dot com is supposed to be some sort of “web site,” Michael Steele is supposed to be some sort of hip, street-wise…oh forget it. Just forget it. They are scorn-worthy fools.

  79. whatever_dc says at 1:30 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Nigerian Business Executive: that video was DY-NO-MITE!!!

  80. Jesus - mug of oil, anyone?

  81. Rumproast says at 1:33 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Sarah looks like she’s on the deadass end of a coke binge in that photo. Super sexy! Thanks for sharing.

  82. user-of-owls says at 1:39 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Rumproast: Plus you can see the teensy-weensy little twin teleprompterz she wears at all times. To avoid mis-speaking.

  83. I am going to copyright The only thing we have to fear is cheap gas itself before this crazy witch thinks of it.

  84. BigBrainOnBrad says at 2:04 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Has the chillbilly been bobbing for fried shrimp or something? No need to drill baby drill, just harvest some of the oil from her face.

  85. SparkleKitty says at 2:09 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Ewwe. Does she always look so greasy, and pencil-lipped, too, also, cross-eyed? Also, too?

  86. SparkleKitty says at 2:20 pm, October 16th, 2009

    I say, if you are going to fuck your husband’s best friend and business partner, AT LEAST sop up some of that freakin’ oil, cowgirl!

  87. Haven’t several people already tried this, including Hilary Clinton?
    No one can make those words as magical as President Obama can.

  88. El Pinche says at 2:33 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Soon, she’ll be living under the shadow of Levi’s cock….FOREVER!!

  89. Formerly Known as KevoTron says at 2:34 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Yes we can, also!

  90. sati demise says at 2:40 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Who is this ‘we’ she is talkin’ ’bout?

    please, dear, I know your 15 minutes of fame were not enough for you, but ‘we’ are sooo over you. Yes we are!

  91. problemwithcaring says at 2:43 pm, October 16th, 2009

    WadISay: Thereby guaranteeing that she plagiarizes it.

  92. chaste everywhere says at 2:43 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Terry:
    I think it’s that she comes pre-oiled. But who says only guys (seriously weird or otherwise) find her attractive?

  93. SparkleKitty says at 2:45 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Well, thinkin’ about it…Sarah has ALWAYS greased the wheels of progress with her face and mouth. She greased Todd that way. she greased the producer, at that pissy-ant station that she sportscasted for in Alaska, Poor guy. She greased Todd’s best-friend that way. Dollars to doughnuts, she greased every poor guy in Idaho, Alaska, and Hawaii, and the McCain camp that way. Showing up to the door in a towel at the RNC??? Mistake? No choice? phhhlllllaaghhhh. Right.

  94. Sarah Yes we can scratch from the GILF list for that photo.

  95. SparkleKitty says at 2:48 pm, October 16th, 2009

    But beyond my rants, since our Senaors and Congressmen (and women) are whoring themselves out to insurance companies and banks, maybe it isn’t so bad to have an Alaskan-snowbilly whore. How could we do worse? I mean, I hate her guts! But, having said that, I know that we all live with a bunch of insurance whore, banking whores, etc., on capitol hill, so how could snowbilly be any worse?

  96. chascates says at 3:09 pm, October 16th, 2009

    She’s change we cunt believe in.

  97. RoscoePColtraine: I really like how they attempted to spotlight the phillandering perjuror in the White House with - Gingrich?

  98. That would be as appealing as Leonard Nimoy singing “Da Butt.” Just not the same.

  99. Dangerous says at 3:19 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Setting aside the natural comedy of SP saying “drill, baby, drill” — whatever the context — should we just use up all the oil as soon as possible or what?

    I’m reminded of the movie “Baby Boom” where Diane Keaton’s lead character, when informed that her well had run dry, answered “Well, that’s OK. I’ll just use the hose at the house to fill it up again!”

    I’m sure SP thinks oil this way, if she thought about it at all. The long-range answer is, of course, some other renewable forms of energy — preferably the ones with the least hidden costs or consequences. But, darn it, oil is just so conveniently right here right now, and she can see it from her house, so let’s not worry about the pesky facts like all the oil will be gone in 50 or 100 years at this rate.

  100. chascates says at 3:26 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Dangerous: She figures Jesus will be here soon so no worries.

  101. Dangerous:
    I’m waiting for some crazy proposal to tap the liquid hydrocarbons on Saturn’s moon, Titan. Because, y’know, conservation simply doesn’t work. What good are TruckNutz if you can’t drive a huge Ford Stupid Duty pickup?

  102. Can O Whoopass says at 3:41 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Palin steals Viagra Slogans;

    10. Viagra, it’s “Whaazzzzzzzzz up, Dog!”

    9. Viagra, the quicker pecker upper

    8. Viagra, like a rock

    7. Viagra, when it absolutely, positively has to be there tonight

    6. Viagra, be all that you can be

    5. Viagra, reach out and touch someone

    4. Viagra, strong enough for a man, but made for a woman!

    3. Viagra, tastes great……more filling

    2. Viagra, we bring good things to life

    1.This is your thingy…..this is your thingy on drugs. Any questions? CALL 1-800-RUSSIANPORNSTICK

  103. misterfixit says at 3:42 pm, October 16th, 2009

    SI SE PUTA

    SI SE PUTA!!

  104. Seriously though, is she saying we should drill in the U.S. because countries with slacker environmental policies drill in their land? She must be part of the Kay Hutchinson school spine-tingly, ass-backwards political messaging.

  105. Jukesgrrl says at 4:27 pm, October 16th, 2009

    WarAndG: I, too, wish she would have used Just Do It. Nike would care enough to have their lawyers relieve her of that multi-million dollar advance.

  106. PoignancySelz says at 4:40 pm, October 16th, 2009

    This pic makes her look more than her usual stupid.

  107. Tundra Grifter says at 4:52 pm, October 16th, 2009

    proudgrampa: “Ma? Ma” Where’s my Pa?”

    “Sitting in the White House. Ha! Ha! HA!”

  108. Tundra Grifter says at 5:00 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Bowdoin: Gen. Pope announced (among other things) that henceforth his headquarters would be in his saddle. After Gen. Lee kicked his ass a few times, wags suggested his headquarters were where his hindquarters belonged.

  109. Tundra Grifter says at 5:01 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Shrill, Baby. Shrill!

  110. Can O Whoopass: She did name her new organization “stand up for america”, so the viagra references are right on target.

  111. rocktonsammy says at 6:53 pm, October 16th, 2009

    SP TO bALLOON dAD…”WHERE ARE THE KIDS?’

  112. Paul Tardy says at 8:39 pm, October 16th, 2009

    The Alaska Fund Trust, the official website for the Governor Sarah Palin legal expense fund.

    She has done so much for Wonkette, the least Wonkette can do is keep her out of jail.

  113. Paul Tardy: Hey Paul, how about a big steaming mug of Fuck Off.

  114. villageatrois says at 1:53 am, October 17th, 2009

    eclecticbrotha: “would love to drill Sarahbou and Bristol in every imaginable place.” Try Las Vegas. Cheap air fare.

  115. Go Figure says at 9:31 pm, October 17th, 2009

    Schill baby Schill!

    Sarah is a whore for big oil.

  116. Captain Swing says at 8:14 am, October 18th, 2009

    It’s already been noted by other Wonketteers, but that photo is a shocker. If I was that photographer, and I received an invitation to do a photoshoot at her turkey farm, I’d be getting a ‘previous engagement’ real quick…

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