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FOX News Drops Sarah Palin

Cable leader had been a way for ex-VP candidate to stay relevant

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by David Mark

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FOX News is parting ways with Sarah Palin, depriving the 2008 Republican VP candidate of a prominent punditry perch. After a three-year run as a paid contributor to the nation's highest-rated cable news channel, Palin and FOX have cut ties, scoops Real Clear Politics's Scott Conroy.

After resigning as Alaska governor in 2009, Palin became one of FOX News' marquee on-air assets, appearing frequently across its programming and often generating headlines for her memorable and characteristically provocative commentary.

In a 2011 interview with the Associated Press, FOX chief Roger Ailes was blunt about why she was on-air. "I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings."

But that appeared to change in recent months. In a Facebook post during the Republican convention last August, Palin lamented that the news channel had "cancelled all my scheduled interviews tonight."

Via Real Clear Politics, and Politix analysis.

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    RobertJHarsh
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    Yes...yes it was. Where's Perry?

    HOWEVER, to be fair she did not seek the attention she got. She received a 2am phone call from McCain' handlers looking for a woman to be VP to bait the angry white woman vote...and of course angry white women weren't stupid enough to be fooled. When she got back after the election, she realized that her own state hated her, as did her Statehouse and the Alaskan GOP didn't like her much either. Her successor has done 10,000% more progress than she ever made.

    She just wasn't a fit for Governor, or even VP. McCain was worse. A smarter Sarah Palin would have said "F that plan" and hung up the phone on McCain's handler.
  • jessejaymes
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    @RobertJHarsh The woman is an idiot politically but like every good gold digger she instinctively knew that it was the road to riches. I can't blame her for taking the opportunity to become wealthy. They offered it and every gold digger knows that their looks won't last forever. She grabbed the brass ring and made it pay off.
  • martydotcom
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    At least Fox is keeping part of the political comedy team. Karl Rove is back on the team. Let's hope they sign Dick Morris up again he was always good for more laughs in depth analysis and on target projections
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  • jessejaymes
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    There are those who would say that appearances don't matter in Politics. But I wonder if Sarah Palin would have every risen to the level she did had she not been attractive. There is no substance there, total cornball presentation. Somehow I don't see the heartland embracing her as they did if she had of been 350 lbs and ugly.
  • jessejaymes
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    @woodtick57 Apples to oranges. Christie is more intelligent, more articulate and more moderate. Palin had NOTHING but her looks going for her. To deny that Silly Sarah's looks played a part in her initial popularity is to deny the earth is round.
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    woodtick57
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    @jessejaymes

    i would not deny that.... it was openly discussed among the right wing idiots that base their world on such factors...
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    Raptor
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    I cannot express my true thoughts about Sarah Palin or the GOP, I would be deleted from the board. She was even to dumb for Fox and thats being kind.
  • frigginhell
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    You know what could have helped her retain some relevance in american politics? Not quitting her job as governor of the largest state in the union so she could go cash in on the new found right wing celebrity status she got for being a ditz. Of course, the way she was going it could have ended with her in prison or booted out of office for ethics violations. But hell, her supporters are nothing if not short on attention span and selective on memory anyway.
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    Romney_Rube
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    Her 15 minutes of fame has expanded more than 4 years past the expiration. The Bush family has quietly made her a boring laughing stock. Her family has received a lot of mileage out of this as well.
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    OhWiseOne
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    Yeah. Some people are just lucky I guess. Not many people can go from being a community organizer to serving 144 days in the U.S. Senate to President.
  • drpeeper
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    @OhWiseOne They forget that. the 1/4 Senator Obama. It;'s OK. Palin is an easy target. She is not of the elite class that runs DC. While we had TRUE freak idiots like Van Jones & Anita Dunn in positions of power- until they were exposed.
  • DARSB
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    @drpeeper Don't YOU forget Gov Palin didn't ffinish her first and only term while President Obama is starting his 2nd.
  • drpeeper
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    @DARSB
    Obama quit his first Senate term after 46 months--21 of them seeking another job. He's president- Sarah is not. Hold ALL your leaders accountable
  • Keyjo
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    Just another bad comedy dropped from the line-up.
    But it highlights both how relevant FOX is to the Republican party and just how irrelevant both Sarah and the Tea Party have become.
    With the big shake up in the party, with all their young more progressive bucks (Jindal, Christie, Huntsman) and a couple of old pack leaders (Gingrich, Powell) weighing in lately, lamenting about the party's poor and poorer showing recently, about the reforms necessary for G.O.P. survival, it's in line to distance themselves from these extremists.
    Sarah's appeal has faded except to the fringe which the Republican leadership is eager to send packing like a toothless freeloader into the night.
  • VCP
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    Wow!! I'm surprised!! After Palin represented, no, epitomized the Republican Party's far right. Sarah was the poster girl for the far rights ideals, beliefs and principals! I mean she was pretty, air headed, clueless and knew absolutely nothing about politics. Sarah smiled for the camera and told everyone exactly what she thought they wanted to hear while only caring about her own pointless point of view. I can't believe that the Republican headquarters let her go!?!?
  • meanmine
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    So the big image clean-up is underway, eh?......Well, they got a few hundred more to go before they'll get any result! On the survey attached to this article I chose "sorry to see her go". I LOVE humour. The whole party is humour!.....(on a good day). On a bad day I'm sure to watch PBS. It centers me.
  • jessejaymes
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    But to define Sarah Palin's "appeal" some once said to me that she appeals like a high school cheerleader back in the day appealed. The boys want to jump her and the girls want to look like her. So that begs the question? Would you watch Sarah if she did a porn movie?
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