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Stuart G

(38,328 posts)
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 06:31 PM Aug 2012

Sarah Palin: Fox News Canceled My Appearances

Source: Huffington Post

What's going on between Sarah Palin and Fox News?

The former vice-presidential nominee famously signed a huge contract with the network back in 2010, and she was once one of its marquee faces. On Wednesday, though, Palin let the world know that Fox News had canceled big-time on her for the whole evening. Notably, Wednesday is the night that Paul Ryan, the current Republican nominee for vice president, is slated to speak -- making it rather odd that Fox News would not want to hear the last nominee's perspective on the event. Palin was interviewed on Monday and then very briefly on Tuesday night.

Palin made no mention of Ryan in her Facebook post, though. Instead, she said she was miffed that she wasn't getting a chance to laud John McCain, who is also speaking tonight. She posted a picture of the two of them, along with a statement:

I'm sorry Fox cancelled all my scheduled interviews tonight because I sure wanted to take the opportunity on the air to highlight Senator John McCain's positive contributions to America, to honor him, and to reflect on what a biased media unfairly put him through four years ago tonight. Granted, our honored and esteemed war hero has gone through much more than the liberal media can ever do to him in their efforts to harm this patriot. I look forward to hearing his words to his fellow Americans tonight more than any of the other convention speeches. God bless John McCain. Thank you for everything. And happy birthday, my friend.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/29/sarah-palin-fox-news-canceled_n_1841255.html

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Sarah Palin: Fox News Canceled My Appearances (Original Post) Stuart G Aug 2012 OP
maybe it dawned on them that she's completely irrelevent? phantom power Aug 2012 #1
and stoopid, too wordpix Aug 2012 #39
Yup, she can't ever succeed at being a reality show celebrity LOL nt Javaman Aug 2012 #75
Hey, maybe this will make the baggers bat-shit crazy(er) tonight. tanyev Aug 2012 #2
Freeperville will stop listening to Fox News! Hallelujah! freshwest Aug 2012 #61
all dressed up and no where to go - lipstick on a pig style tomm2thumbs Aug 2012 #3
+1000. Karma can suck. closeupready Aug 2012 #71
Faux is the propaganda arm of RNC and they have both decided she's done K8-EEE Aug 2012 #4
She is done? Do you think she knows that?? Stuart G Aug 2012 #7
Maybe she will fill-in for Bristol on Dance with the Stars? FarPoint Aug 2012 #5
Awww....poor little grifter.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2012 #6
"...and to reflect on what a biased media unfairly put him through four years ago tonight". xtraxritical Aug 2012 #41
they didn't want the baggers to be reminded of how 2pooped2pop Aug 2012 #8
Weird. Maybe we'll hear more back-story on this later. truthisfreedom Aug 2012 #9
One too many tantrums, maybe. There was a tell-all on her by a staff when she ran for VP. freshwest Aug 2012 #65
She's stale. Past her sell by date. nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #10
She's starting to lose her looks and that's all she had going for her catbyte Aug 2012 #76
OMG, she never stops whining!! Now she's whining about liberals picking on McCain. Cass Aug 2012 #11
Maybe's it's because of Sarah's having been the previous GOP VP nominee? rocktivity Aug 2012 #12
May this be the first step of her disappearing into oblivion. jillan Aug 2012 #13
Wait! What time is it? Ah, 16 minutes after the hour. . . Journeyman Aug 2012 #14
IT'S A DADBURNED CORN-SPIRACY SISTER SARAH! PossumSqueezins Aug 2012 #15
Welcome to DU! calimary Aug 2012 #48
How's that Foxy Spoxy thing workin out for ya, Sarah? chollybocker Aug 2012 #16
BWAHAHHA!! Kali Aug 2012 #24
She is such a freak Scairp Aug 2012 #17
Christine O'Donnell treated her like yesterday's news on Tweety today. JBoy Aug 2012 #18
Palin IS yesterday's news Shadowflash Aug 2012 #44
She's desperately making herself available for a convention appearance tonight bushisanidiot Aug 2012 #19
I understand that there is supposed to be a special "A" List LibertyLover Aug 2012 #67
Now they're saying it's Clint Eastwood bushisanidiot Aug 2012 #80
ROFL SoapBox Aug 2012 #20
The GOP Don't Want Women Around Unless They Kiss Mittens' A$$ or are Barefoot & Pregnant NoMittens Aug 2012 #21
Bwahahaha! Go see the movie "Game Change" Grins Aug 2012 #22
The Dems Would be Wise to Usa Palin as a Weapon against Mittens NoMittens Aug 2012 #23
Conflict of interest? Palin to be the mystery speaker Thursday? Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #25
Sarah Palin has big following among conservatives and if she is dissed too openly NoMittens Aug 2012 #26
:) birds Aug 2012 #27
Rachel just teased the story on MSNBC . . .n/t annabanana Aug 2012 #28
It's always someone elses fault with this grifter.... WCGreen Aug 2012 #29
They can't trust her. She only sells Palin and might criticize the nominee. JohnnyRingo Aug 2012 #30
She needs to do an "alternate" keynote speech at the Wasilla Motel 6 fantomas Aug 2012 #31
Her 15 minutes are over. sarcasmo Aug 2012 #32
Her comments were almost coherent. Someone must have proofed them. Put in some OregonBlue Aug 2012 #33
I noticed that too...anything written is sorta coherent dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #74
Sarah, you lost, get over it! magic59 Aug 2012 #34
To half-Governor Palin: Irrelevence. How's that workin out for ya? marble falls Aug 2012 #35
Poor little thing, bless her heart NecklyTyler Aug 2012 #36
Sarah you do know they were using you right? PatrynXX Aug 2012 #37
OMG! Somebody call the WAAAAAAMBULANCE! Poor Little Miss Wasilla got dissed! eom ms liberty Aug 2012 #38
Romney WAAAMBULANCE 2012 (image) WallaceRitchie Aug 2012 #73
Sarah Palin is passe. Her 15 minutes are up notadmblnd Aug 2012 #40
What's next? Is Playboy going to cancel on her too? Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #42
She can always launch her own "Take Back America" tour - IDemo Aug 2012 #43
again with the ads against Chris Murphy (D-CT) running for Lieberman's Senate seat wordpix Aug 2012 #45
They don't control the ads - Google does. Mopar151 Aug 2012 #54
Website owners do NOT have any say about the ads shown on their pages. tblue37 Aug 2012 #57
ok, thanks for this. I thought DU was selling out. McMahon is in the same tax bracket as Rmoney wordpix Aug 2012 #69
You are quite welcome. I try to clear things up wherever I can about these ads. tblue37 Aug 2012 #79
If Sarah is lucky, maybe Janine Turner will let her appear MsPithy Aug 2012 #46
Not to worry, TLC will give her a reality show ASAP LynneSin Aug 2012 #47
should I feel sorry for sister Sarah or people in New Orleans? rurallib Aug 2012 #49
McCain's Birthday will never be forgotten gael Aug 2012 #50
Ryan should be taking notes. Thor_MN Aug 2012 #51
Mystery solved rocktivity Aug 2012 #52
Isn't their scuttlebutt about a 'mystery speaker' tomorrow night? If so...she is it! Too much hype Purveyor Aug 2012 #53
Your 15min is up hun... and-justice-for-all Aug 2012 #55
Yep....something is up... LovingA2andMI Aug 2012 #56
Clint Eastwood = "mystery speaker" pitchforx Aug 2012 #58
Fux snooze realized that their viewers wanted Serra Paylin, Ilsa Aug 2012 #59
Yeah, about that biased media, Mooselini... SemperEadem Aug 2012 #60
Watched a bit of xxqqqzme Aug 2012 #62
I wonder if area51 Aug 2012 #63
What's a poor simpleton girl to do now? MrMickeysMom Aug 2012 #64
that makes Fox part of the lamestream media Enrique Aug 2012 #66
They're probably worried about her going "off message" Puzzler Aug 2012 #68
Sounds like she's gone "Fatal Attraction" Myrina Aug 2012 #70
Whaaaaaa tawadi Aug 2012 #72
Yeah, sure. She wanted to "honor" McCain tonight just like she wanted to "honor" him catbyte Aug 2012 #77
doubt her fox contract will be renewed, maybe Sarah wonders why McCain didn't invite her. Sunlei Aug 2012 #78

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
3. all dressed up and no where to go - lipstick on a pig style
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 06:35 PM
Aug 2012

maybe she can go eat a nice dinner at Chik-Fil-A and meet 'her people'

K8-EEE

(15,667 posts)
4. Faux is the propaganda arm of RNC and they have both decided she's done
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 06:35 PM
Aug 2012

RNC doesn't want to remind anybody that this bimbo was a heartbeat away...

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
6. Awww....poor little grifter....
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 06:38 PM
Aug 2012

.....wanted to salute the dickhead who made her a fucking millionaire.

....maybe Lisa Ann can make room on her stage for you in Tampa...

 

xtraxritical

(3,576 posts)
41. "...and to reflect on what a biased media unfairly put him through four years ago tonight".
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 08:24 PM
Aug 2012

Oh poor Johnny - did McCain stand up for the truth when John Kerry was being "swift boated"? Fuck both these lying weasel shits Palin and McCain.

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
8. they didn't want the baggers to be reminded of how
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 06:43 PM
Aug 2012

they really really loved Sarah compared to Ryan. Though they love Ryan, they really really loved the grifter. Nor do they want them to be reminded that no matter how much you really really love the VP nom, it won't matter if the Presidential nom is shit.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
65. One too many tantrums, maybe. There was a tell-all on her by a staff when she ran for VP.
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 12:24 AM
Aug 2012
It was not pretty.

catbyte

(34,122 posts)
76. She's starting to lose her looks and that's all she had going for her
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 01:34 PM
Aug 2012

She's not the Conservative Teabagger wet dream she was 4 years ago.

I just threw up in my mouth a little writing that...



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Cass

(2,600 posts)
11. OMG, she never stops whining!! Now she's whining about liberals picking on McCain.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 06:49 PM
Aug 2012

Is that really the best frigging thing to harp on about during the convention for crying out loud?? No wonder Faux News pulled the plug on her, they can't take the incessant whining blather either.

But I have to admit, it is giving me a chuckle that even Faux News has had enough of her. Hehehe.

rocktivity

(44,546 posts)
12. Maybe's it's because of Sarah's having been the previous GOP VP nominee?
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 06:50 PM
Aug 2012

Maybe Fox got orders from on high to remove Sarah from the coverage for the same reasons why they removed Cheney and Bush II from the convention -- too many bad memories.


rocktivity

PossumSqueezins

(184 posts)
15. IT'S A DADBURNED CORN-SPIRACY SISTER SARAH!
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 07:01 PM
Aug 2012

You outta take yer shotgun down to Fox Snooze and demand to be heard!!!!!

calimary

(80,521 posts)
48. Welcome to DU!
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 09:25 PM
Aug 2012

Have a little white whine, sarah dear?


Glad you're here, PossumSqueezins.



Now get to work.

Scairp

(2,749 posts)
17. She is such a freak
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 07:11 PM
Aug 2012

I bet she's been keeping that speech she had ready on election night nearly four years ago all this time, waiting for her chance to finally give it. She's like a child, holding onto such petty shit.

bushisanidiot

(8,064 posts)
19. She's desperately making herself available for a convention appearance tonight
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 07:15 PM
Aug 2012

Because she really believes republicans will beg her for help.

LibertyLover

(4,788 posts)
67. I understand that there is supposed to be a special "A" List
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 08:53 AM
Aug 2012

surprise guest speaker at the Republican converntion tonight. Some people are speculating that it's going to be a hologram of Reagan. I'm betting that Sarah is hoping to get the call to come and speak tonight. I'd almost prefer Reagan's moldering corpse.

bushisanidiot

(8,064 posts)
80. Now they're saying it's Clint Eastwood
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 04:40 PM
Aug 2012

but I wouldn't doubt if the whole Fox firing sarah thing was just a ploy to trick everyone into not expecting her to show up.

romney is really biting off the hand that brought him by not embracing palin and ron paul. romney got votes from their followers in 2008 and I don't think Romney will have their loyalty this year. Obama will win with over 300 electoral votes, but without indiana. he may get north carolina again and i wouldn't be surprised if arizona is a squeaker.. because romney is really that bad.

NoMittens

(27 posts)
21. The GOP Don't Want Women Around Unless They Kiss Mittens' A$$ or are Barefoot & Pregnant
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 07:16 PM
Aug 2012

Like her or not, Palin has more ball$ than Mittens ever will so his little wifey Ann doesn't want her around because she make mittens look even samller than he already is!

Grins

(7,111 posts)
22. Bwahahaha! Go see the movie "Game Change"
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 07:16 PM
Aug 2012

Brilliant HBO movie on Palin's selection as McCain's running mate and the horror she became to his election staff. She makes this same "getting a chance to laud John McCain" shit in the movie when she demands to speak at McCain's concession speech.

Of course, I saw this movie while reading Robert Caro's book on LBJ, right at the part where LBJ has assumed the presidency and now has hundreds of complicated and delicate moves to make in just the few days after Kennedy's assassination, things I never thought or knew about. All I could think of was, "Can you imagine if Palin had to do this?"

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,605 posts)
25. Conflict of interest? Palin to be the mystery speaker Thursday?
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 07:24 PM
Aug 2012

Palin is rumoured to be the mystery speaker for Thursday night. Remember how Gingrich had his contracts with Fox and others cancelled when he ran for Prez? Could be a thing like that but very short term.

However, I don't give it much weight, because I think Palin would be more coy about the situation if she were to be the speaker.

NoMittens

(27 posts)
26. Sarah Palin has big following among conservatives and if she is dissed too openly
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 07:24 PM
Aug 2012

by mittens & company they will definitely stay home or vote write-in or third party....it would be very crafty for the Dems. to play this 'feud' up as much as possible in order to depress the Republican vote even further!

JohnnyRingo

(18,563 posts)
30. They can't trust her. She only sells Palin and might criticize the nominee.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 07:30 PM
Aug 2012

No Ron Paul, no Sarah, and no one named Gov Christ. Fox isn't about to sponsor any dissenting voices at this stage of the game.

fantomas

(94 posts)
31. She needs to do an "alternate" keynote speech at the Wasilla Motel 6
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 07:31 PM
Aug 2012

These republican egomaniacs hate it when the spotlight isn't on them for a moment. I would love for Palin to schedule her own keynote speech like Michelle Bachman's alternate State of the Union response a few years ago.

OregonBlue

(7,743 posts)
33. Her comments were almost coherent. Someone must have proofed them. Put in some
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 07:40 PM
Aug 2012

punctuation instead of just one long gas bag sentence.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
74. I noticed that too...anything written is sorta coherent
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 12:05 PM
Aug 2012

but when she speaks, it all goes word salad.
Obviously written statements are by someone else, put out in her name.

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
37. Sarah you do know they were using you right?
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 08:06 PM
Aug 2012

bong. they'll throw you under the bus faster than Scott Glenn can shoot on Silverado (ahem it's a movie)

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
40. Sarah Palin is passe. Her 15 minutes are up
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 08:14 PM
Aug 2012

don't you remember Sarah? You passed the torch to the next generation of teabaggers. At least that what the "I'm not a Witch" said earlier tonight on Tweety's show.

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
45. again with the ads against Chris Murphy (D-CT) running for Lieberman's Senate seat
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 08:46 PM
Aug 2012

What is with DU that they take dirty money from the likes of WWE's Linda McMahon? http://www.mothersopposingmcmahon.org/

tblue37

(64,860 posts)
57. Website owners do NOT have any say about the ads shown on their pages.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 09:58 PM
Aug 2012

The ad spider identifies key words and then throws up ads related to those words. If a page on DU has a lot of references to the Republican Party or Sarah Palin, then ads for them will show up, if they have aything to sell. If, for example, Palin had just put out a new book, you would see all sorts of ads on this page for that book, since her name is mentioned repeatedly on the page.

Since Republicans and their party are mentioned often on any given DU page, ads for those of that ilk who have things to sell--or who are paying the ad company to have advertisements for funds--will show up on those pages.

I don't know which ad company DU uses. I use Googleads on my 10 public sites, and no one asks me about which ads I want. The ads just show up wherever they seem related to the words that are frequently used on a given page.

It can get funny, though. For example, my article titled "America's Sleep Deficit," which deals with widespread sleep deprivation in this country, will sometimes show ads for the Republicans, complaining about "big-spending Democrats" and our out of control budget deficit!

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
69. ok, thanks for this. I thought DU was selling out. McMahon is in the same tax bracket as Rmoney
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 10:00 AM
Aug 2012

She probably is investing with him offshore, too. I wonder if she pays taxes...

tblue37

(64,860 posts)
79. You are quite welcome. I try to clear things up wherever I can about these ads.
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 02:39 PM
Aug 2012

Last edited Thu Aug 30, 2012, 11:48 PM - Edit history (1)

It is a common misconception that the ads that appear on a given page have been specifcally okayed by the website's owner. This causes a lot of costernation among people on political sites, since the members of a given site will constantly reference the opposing party and its most "troublesome" members, thus causing ads for the opposition to show up on the site's pages.

I guarantee that conservative sites are filled with members who cannot fathom why the site owner allows ads for the Democratic Party and its most prominent individual members to be plastered everywhere!

gael

(35 posts)
50. McCain's Birthday will never be forgotten
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 09:40 PM
Aug 2012

by most of us, because we have vivid memories of people dying in their hospital beds, while you and the Shrub
ate Birthday cake. Never forget what happened in New Orleans during Katrina, and the basins breaking from
government neglect.

 

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
53. Isn't their scuttlebutt about a 'mystery speaker' tomorrow night? If so...she is it! Too much hype
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 09:45 PM
Aug 2012

over the 'fox news spat'...

Indeed, something is up.

and-justice-for-all

(14,765 posts)
55. Your 15min is up hun...
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 09:49 PM
Aug 2012

now goes aways and never come back...(what did you say?) Goes aways and NEVER COME BACK!! what? GOES AWAYS AND NEVER COME BACK!!

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
56. Yep....something is up...
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 09:56 PM
Aug 2012

Me thinks Sister Sarah is flying right on down to Tampa, FL right now. Tomorrow, she will rear her ugly head from under the podium in the Tampa Bay Convention Center and say....

"SIKE, you all knew in your Red, White, Blue and KKK shirt underneath outfits I was coming! Now you Tea-Bagging, Bahh People & Latino Hating, Women loathing Patriots really want ME for your Presidential Nominatee right? You betcha!"

SemperEadem

(8,053 posts)
60. Yeah, about that biased media, Mooselini...
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 10:28 PM
Aug 2012

you are such poison that the network that raised you up killed your on-air commentator career.

Sucks to be you right now, huh?

xxqqqzme

(14,887 posts)
62. Watched a bit of
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 11:31 PM
Aug 2012
Game Change this afternoon. That is the same line she trotted out when mccain was set to deliver his concession speech. She wanted her own speech to honor HIM. Yea, sure she did!

catbyte

(34,122 posts)
77. Yeah, sure. She wanted to "honor" McCain tonight just like she wanted to "honor" him
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 01:36 PM
Aug 2012

when they lost the election and Schmidt wouldn't let her give her little speech. As always, it's all about $arah all the time.



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