• May 26, 2012

Meet Sarah Palin’s Hideous Countercultural Sun Hat

by Juli Weiner  

Here is this latest Sarah Palin thing that is also the world’s top political DC gossip: While on vacation in the eastern African nation of Hawaii, Sarah Palin wore a John McCain eponymous old man visor, except crossed out the “John McCain” part with marker. Possibly pen. Anyway is it time for Willow to go through an Adbusters phase yet? There could be a very innocent explanation for this! [TMZ]

{ 51 comments }

the problem child December 17, 2009 at 9:37 am

One despairing TMZ commenter:

11. that is NOT sarah Palin. It doesnt even look a thing like her

Posted at 3:22PM on Dec 16th 2009 by YourMOM

I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO December 17, 2009 at 9:37 am

Oh totes there’s an innocent explanation for this. Sarah Palin is a scandalous, conniving, backstabbing, ungrateful, petty, tawdry, loathsome, bottom feeding ass nugget that wouldn’t know the meaning of five and a half years if it slapped her in the face with a red hot poker.

Innocent and simple! Or was that not what you were looking for?

ella December 17, 2009 at 9:40 am

Can that woman please just go AWAY?

bfstevie December 17, 2009 at 9:42 am

[re=480296]I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO[/re]: Thanks for not calling her a bitch. Calling a woman a bitch can get you in deep hot water.

Sparky McGruff December 17, 2009 at 9:44 am

It’s okay, Sarah. Nobody will even notice. The black magic marker hides the logo really well on the blue hat.

I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO December 17, 2009 at 9:45 am

[re=480295]the problem child[/re]: That is the sweet sweet sound of someone whose world view has been stretched to the snapping point and is positively humming from the near overload of tensile stress. These final moments of avoidance must be savored as each little spouting gasp is another tiny micro-thread of existence snapping. One day, Bible Spice or one of their spawn is going to do a typically low-rent biblespicey thing and this person is going to snap, renounce Jebus, and join NARAL or something.

Barry White Zombie December 17, 2009 at 9:45 am

In her current rebellious phase, she’s discovering punk and this is her version of Johnny Rotten’s “I hate Pink Floyd” shirt. Just a part of adolescence, really.

I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO December 17, 2009 at 9:47 am

[re=480303]bfstevie[/re]: Was it really obvious I was trying to avoid that?

Monsieur Grumpe December 17, 2009 at 9:49 am

She was trying to write $$$$$ on the hat but she messed up the spelling.

Katydid December 17, 2009 at 9:54 am

To be fair, I’m sure she had no idea that anyone was going to be taking pictures of her. I mean, why would Sarah Palin expect the press to be following her? It just doesn’t make sense.

Damn MSM.

I just hope the liberal media didn’t send no Asian minority types to scare the angelic Trig, because, after all, the Palins are from Alaska.

Sparky McGruff December 17, 2009 at 9:55 am

[re=480311]Monsieur Grumpe[/re]: Yeah, and you have to remember, hats are really expensive. It’s not like she could just go pick one up at Target for $5.49.

I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO December 17, 2009 at 9:55 am

Gah, since I read this last night this has bothered me so much. I mean, I know why she did it, and you think that this would be just another item in the long list of reasons why this (and I use the term generously) human would be unqualified to bag my groceries let alone hold office, but there are going to be those of her supporters who snigger and and think she’s clever, and then there will be the rest of her mouth-breathing following that think this is totally innocent, and the marked out McCain on the visor just shows she’s a good, down-home, mom who knows what you have to do to make articles of clothing stretch. They will, I kid you not, rationalize to themselves that this woman whose book deals have made her at least rich enough to vacation in the land of the evil communist Muslin dictator Barry O is just like them because she recycles old clothes.

I don’t know which I hate worse, Palin, or the people who exalt her so that she remains in the limelight.

Katydid December 17, 2009 at 9:57 am

[re=480306]I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO[/re]: I know it’s not exactly the same thing, but it reminds me of when the Nixon tapes came out and the now-dead Oral Roberts was heard on them in all his anti-Semitic glory. Most of the commenters were screaming bloody murder at the reporter for writing a very straight-forward story about it, the other commenters were screaming at the Jews, for I don’t know why.

bfstevie December 17, 2009 at 9:58 am

[re=480308]I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO[/re]: I thought you went out of your way to be a complete gentleman, or gentlewoman. Or gentle hermaphrodite. If someone wants to have zazzle, or one of those places, make a wonkette visor to send to her I will chip in a dollar.

I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO December 17, 2009 at 10:06 am

[re=480317]bfstevie[/re]: Thank you, I’ll go with hermaphrodite if you don’t mind. I prefer the versatility.

Toomush Infermashun December 17, 2009 at 10:14 am

It’s simple – the RNC is no longer buying her clothes….

the problem child December 17, 2009 at 10:14 am

[re=480306]I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO[/re]: EXactly. And the cellulite on the back of her thighs is probably not encouraging her mouthbreathers to keep sending $$$ either. Meow!

Sparky McGruff December 17, 2009 at 10:15 am

[re=480316]Katydid[/re]: the other commenters were screaming at the Jews, for I don’t know why.

To quote Sir Geldof:

And he can see no reasons
‘Cos there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown?

El Pinche December 17, 2009 at 10:15 am

Ooooh passive aggressive! She will NEVER let go because she’s fantastically self-centered. Palin is my psycho X, after seven years, she’s still very angry and very focused on the break up while everyone else has moved on.

binarian December 17, 2009 at 10:18 am

The failed Vice Presidential nominee took time off from shilling her book to vacation with her son Trig, daughter Piper and opposite sex spouse Todd, in President Barack Obama’s birth state of Hawaii on Tuesday.

I think TMZ has the same high opinion of her we do.

Prommie December 17, 2009 at 10:36 am

[re=480306]I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO[/re]: wrt snapping worldviews and suchwhat, don’t underestimate the strength of false world views, when they are seriously threatened, the holder usually reaches a point where they must destroy the source of the conflicting information, they will shoot their TV or their computer, or hunt down the people they see on their TV or computer and shoot them, before they will let their beloved crazy worldview be threatened.

thesheriffisnear December 17, 2009 at 10:45 am

Its kinda like Jim McMahon wearing the “Rozelle” headband, only in reverse.

I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO December 17, 2009 at 10:47 am

[re=480364]Prommie[/re]: In any case, you have mentally unstable people that are armed to the teeth, so really, nothing changes.

Prommie December 17, 2009 at 10:57 am

I know where I have seen this kind of tactic for displaying one’s cuntishness before; this is exactly the sort of thing you see in a white-trash trailer park feud. Just plain retarded, spiteful, idiotic petty nastiness.

McDuff December 17, 2009 at 10:59 am

Way to save those pennies, $5 million dollar book deal woman.

I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO December 17, 2009 at 11:02 am

[re=480403]Prommie[/re]: So this is kind of like wearing a Dale Earhnhardt T-Shirt but then drawing a big X over it and maybe writing another famous racer whose name I don’t know because racing is fucktarded over it?

Fascinating.

Jim89048 December 17, 2009 at 11:13 am

Even with the price tag still intact, I don’t think she can return that one. Who paid for your wardrobe, $arah?!!1!!

chaste everywhere December 17, 2009 at 11:42 am

“Anyway is it time for Willow to go through an Adbusters phase yet?”
Hate to give the ex-gov credit for anything, but she did name one of (presumably) her offspring after one of the greatest characters in the history of western civilization. Sayin’.

[re=480335]binarian[/re]: (Well, TMZ, actually): If her book only costs a shilling I might buy one!

Gopherit December 17, 2009 at 11:48 am

I thought Sarah’s dad said she hated Hawaii cuz of all the furriners.

[re=480328]Toomush Infermashun[/re]: That’s probably the only thing they let her keep. Not much use for a sun visor in Wasilla.

Prommie December 17, 2009 at 12:08 pm

[re=480411]I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO[/re]: No, no, this is like when you see that bitch with the trailer on the next block, the one who stands on her porch smoking cigarettes in her nightgown, showing off her tits, and your husband is always offering to walk the dog so he can go give her the eye, and you see her park her mustang with the unicorn stickers in the windows at the Walmart, and you wait till she is inside, then you key her car.

bored with gravity December 17, 2009 at 12:25 pm

Why didn’t she just draw a circle with a line through it, a la Ghostbusters? Much more subtle.

Pithaughn December 17, 2009 at 12:33 pm

[re=480403]Prommie[/re]: How do you know so much about Shady Acres trailer park?

Darkness December 17, 2009 at 12:38 pm

[re=480306]I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO[/re]: [re=480295]the problem child[/re]: Ah hahahah. And it really is Que Sa-RAH Sa-RAH Palin ah hahahahah

You cannot quick-paste classiness onto someone with zero self-awareness. It just will not stick.

Gorillionaire December 17, 2009 at 12:41 pm

THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR JOHN MCCAYNE !!1!

Gopherit December 17, 2009 at 12:43 pm

[re=480403]Prommie[/re]: No, I’m going with redneck practicality on this one……she probably showed up at the airport with hefty bags and a coleman cooler for luggage.

Gumboz1953 December 17, 2009 at 12:45 pm

I saw the pictures. I couldn’t tell what the cap said. What if it wasn’t a McCain cap? What if it was an ACORN cap?

Somebody start THAT rumor. Then she’d have to refute it, and have to spend an inordinate amount of time on this issue. Then there’ll be competing fabric experts — somebody will test it, then somebody will refute the test. The teabagger wingnuts will appear on street corners wearing blacked-out caps in support of Sarah, until Levi Johnston emerges and says that he put a stain up there that she was trying to cover.

Visorgate will be very entertaining, while it lasts.

Gumboz1953 December 17, 2009 at 12:47 pm

[re=480552]Gopherit[/re]: Yeah. Probably wasn’t able to get any Piggly-Wiggly bags.

gjdodger December 17, 2009 at 1:11 pm

I don’t think Palindrone has any clothes that somebody didn’t give to her for free. She’s probably also wearing a Mark Sanford for President g-string.

Jim89048 December 17, 2009 at 1:13 pm

Can’t we send her to Connecticut and boycott her?

Gopherit December 17, 2009 at 1:16 pm
chascates December 17, 2009 at 1:55 pm

According to the New York Daily News her T-shirt says:
On the front it said, “If you don’t love America,” and on the back, “then why don’t you get the hell out.”

I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO December 17, 2009 at 2:27 pm

[re=480593]Gopherit[/re]: I’m actually baffled by this. I mean, any sane person with an IQ over fifty would just, you know, spend a few dollars and buy a new visor/ballcap. Of course, the catch is that Palin doesn’t necessarily qualify here.

Extemporanus December 17, 2009 at 2:28 pm

Sarah Palin has a black ad visor?!

No way!

Barrelhse December 17, 2009 at 2:29 pm

Typo, Wonkette? It says “SUN-hat” instead of “ASS-hat”.

desertwind December 17, 2009 at 2:30 pm

Oh, well. At least she now won’t make a stink (or will she?) about Obama goin’ to the Aloha State for his vacation.

Darkness December 17, 2009 at 2:39 pm

[re=480674]chascates[/re]: In all fairness, this was the rule she followed for Hawai’i, herself. Why is she breaking her own rule?
[re=480312]Katydid[/re]: The word “minority” does not apply here in the case of Honolulu (outside Waikiki, that is). Palin’s problem was SHE was suddenly cast into the minority. Imagine the horror of that for her white pageant-princess self.

chascates December 17, 2009 at 3:38 pm

Andrea Mitchell reports:

“Palin told her friend that she blacked out McCain’s name with a magic marker on a leftover campaign sun visor in the hopes that the paparazzi would not recognize her — so she could be left alone.”

I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO December 17, 2009 at 3:50 pm

[re=480859]chascates[/re]: Thus guaranteeing heightened paparazzi visibility. That’s effectiveness that is. Give her the nuclear codes, she’s totally ready.

coochiemama December 17, 2009 at 3:57 pm

Umm, riiiiiiiiiight. Like that scribbling made it any less obvious and “incognito”. And surely that wasn’t the ONLY cap in your Alaskatucky house. Also, you can pick up cheap hats damn near anywhere – at the local mini mart, airport kiosk, hotel giftshop. And you have minions to run such errands for you. Try again, snowbilly liar.

MO Inkslinger December 17, 2009 at 4:52 pm

The cellulite on the back of her thighs matches the cellulite between her ears.

whiskey tango foxtrot December 17, 2009 at 6:13 pm

[re=480303]bfstevie[/re]: Would it be fair to call her an asshat?

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