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Palin to American Choppers: ‘You’ve got that patriotism in you that people just so respect. Thank you for that.’

Thursday episode of “American Chopper” on TLC features an interview with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), who is leaning against a bear skin in her office. Hosts Paul Sr. and Paul Jr. are visiting Alaska to create a bike to help commemorate Alaska’s 50th anniversary of statehood. Some highlights from the interview:

Q: So you snowmobile?
PALIN: Oh yeah. Snow machine. Yes.
Q: What kind of snowmobile do you got?
PALIN: We’ve got an Arctic Cat. We’ve got a couple of different kinds. Race machines. I inherit whatever Todd rejects from the year prior. … We love those motor sports.

PALIN: You do so many good things for some of the other states, also. You’ve got that patriotism in you that people just so respect. Thank you for that.

ThinkProgress obtained a copy of the interview. Watch it here:



60 Responses to “Palin to American Choppers: ‘You’ve got that patriotism in you that people just so respect. Thank you for that.’”

  1. RUCeriousMaggot! says:

    She’s got that grammar in her that us just can’t fathom!


  2. PatrioticLiberalChristianMantisReligiosa says:

    This is a wasted thread. I like bashing Palin, but there should be some political relevance to doing so. This is just silliness from her on a silly show.


  3. lurkmode says:

    who is this skank and why is she on TLC?


  4. Bozo The Neocootiebug says:

    can someone here bridge for me the logic leap performed by this trollop? it’s not like they serve in the armed forces…they build freakin motorcycles.

    by the way, what are the chances TAAAHHHHHHHDDDDDD has seen governor gidget’s naked ass on that bearskin rug?


  5. ElBruce says:

    No relevance to politics here.


  6. pastcaring says:

    Regardless of political relevance, I am offended by the way she’s leaning on the dead bear.


  7. herecomestheangst says:

    After Palin is done with being Governor, will she take a job more to her skill set…like turning letters on Wheel of Fortune?


  8. Bozo The Neocootiebug says:

    let’s start a rumor:
    governor gidget is into necrophiliac bestiality. the picture above proves it


  9. Bilbo Hussein Baggins says:

    Does someone want to translate that into English for us?


  10. dbadass says:

    What the hell is American Chopper? I recently saw a goof on some stupid shit that must be related on an episode of King of the Hill… Who cares


  11. dixie blood says:

    What a cheap and easy date RePugniScum she is…


  12. liberalinaredstate says:

    Palin is such a tool!


  13. Chessmaster says:

    That bear is probably thinking: “Please God, get her away from me!”


  14. Barb C. says:

    ~~~~~~memories of handing McCain his ‘mercan choppers in a glass~~~~~~~~


  15. Patty says:

    Also, too, didja see how she was eyeing that guy’s moustache? She was already picturing it affixed to the bear’s upper lip.


  16. dixie blood says:

    Chessmaster Says:
    ——————————————————————————–

    That bear is probably thinking: “Please God, get her away from me!”

    True. The picture clearly shows that the bear is gagging or puking.


  17. Bozo The Neocootiebug says:

    the guys from american chopper should have tossed a bit of “gotcha journalism” her way and asked, “what’s the difference between a snowmobile and a snow machine”?


  18. Uosdwis says:

    Of course, she misses the point. Yes, we want the image of a big, mean guy like Teutul Sr. as the military or a bouncer, but you bring them in AFTER you ask the rogue nation or drunk, politely but firmly, to act properly or leave. She, and the Republicans, wants us to use force FIRST.


  19. eyeswideopen1 says:

    Only gaffe is it should have been a polar bear. That would make this an epic fail instead of just fail.


  20. kasinca says:

    More wingnuttery from the bimbo from Alaska.


  21. herecomestheangst says:

    Chessmaster Says:

    That bear is probably thinking: “Please God, get her away from me!”

    Nah, it just shows us that Sarah Palin goes to the governor’s office and buys crap on eBay all day.

    Why else would she do “Alaskan business” from a Yahoo e-mail account?


  22. herecomestheangst says:

    eyeswideopen1 Says:

    Only gaffe is it should have been a polar bear. That would make this an epic fail instead of just fail.

    Where’s PETA when they’re not throwing a sh!t-fit over whether a puppy was adopted or bought?


  23. dixie blood says:

    Bozo The Neocootiebug Says:
    ——————————————————————————–

    the guys from american chopper should have tossed a bit of “gotcha journalism” her way and asked, “what’s the difference between a snowmobile and a snow machine”?

    Nice.

    I would ask, “How many “American Choppers” do you ownand ride up there in Alaska?”


  24. Joe the Philosopher says:

    Despite her looks and moronic remarks, Governor Palin insisted that there was no history of mental retardation in her family.


  25. Doodlebug Shayne says:

    Anybody I see sucking up to Palin like that automatically loses any credibility they had.


  26. Rosencrantz says:

    Thanks to Republican opportunists, does the word “patriotism” even have meaning anymore? It’s starting to sound more like a cliche than anything. Read what she just said there…what the hell does that even mean? They build bikes! Sure they donate them to charity at times, and seem like cool guys, but how does that translate to having the patriotism that other people respect? WTF?

    You know who has patriotism people respect? Jared from Subway. The way he eats those sandwiches…man, patriotism city!


  27. WAYNEBRO says:

    Why couldn’t the bear have won?


  28. Doodlebug Shayne says:

    Joe the Philosopher Says:

    Despite her looks and moronic remarks, Governor Palin insisted that there was no history of mental retardation in her family.

    That’s because she doesn’t know what big words like that mean.


  29. Bozo The Neocootiebug says:

    Joe the Philosopher Says:
    “Despite her looks and moronic remarks, Governor Palin insisted that there was no history of mental retardation in her family.”

    she prefers the “polite term” they use up there in the tundra: pack of inbreds


  30. Game of Life says:

    What’s the big deal? Other than them being tards-tards.

    I saw those yokels standing behind mooseyak at one of her racist rallies. the mcchimpy klan was there too.

    paul deen is a repug too.

    It all fits in y’all.


  31. Hoodathunktick says:

    Why is Caribou Barbie talking about snowmobiles on a motorcycle show?


  32. har5125 says:

  33. barfly says:

    “what’s the difference between a snowmobile and a snow machine?”

    An accurate mechanical description, versus Alaskan intellectual conceit, such as it is. That way they can tell real Alaskans from lower-state trash, by the terminology.


  34. ragtimepiano says:

    Please let Sarah lapse back into well-deserved obscurity. We have more important matters to occupy our time.


  35. Progressive Republican says:

    Nobody cares about the American choppers guys anymore, same thing goes for palin.


  36. teri3157 says:

    Yeah, but Palin would make a great bike chick because she has a sister-in-law who can score all the drugs for the gang! And she and Cindy McCain can go to biker rallies and enter wet T-bagger shirt contest…after they pray together as born again bikers.
    Weedoggies, ain’t 1210 gonna’ be special? I’m so excited!


  37. SlappyBastinado says:

    MAN! You city dwellers NEVER get out of the basement. If one of you actually left the city for a while you would come in contact with a whole new world as foreign as any planet in this or any other galaxie. Some here cant even understand what she is talking about, this is sad, very sad. You are amazing to watch. If you ever venture a few miles from your bith place or to where the normal people live a traveling EMT with a set of paddles and a large box of Huggies would be a very good idea.


  38. eyeswideopen1 says:

    #
    #
    herecomestheangst Says:

    eyeswideopen1 Says:

    Only gaffe is it should have been a polar bear. That would make this an epic fail instead of just fail.

    Where’s PETA when they’re not throwing a sh!t-fit over whether a puppy was adopted or bought?

    It’s coming…….guarnateed!


  39. Doodlebug Shayne says:

    Hey Slappy we’ve all been to the hills. You doublewide dwellers ought to go to the big city sometime. We have tall buildings with these things called elevators. It would be like a free carnival ride and I’m sure the carnival doesn’t get to your town every year.

    My point is we know what she means, we’re just laughing at her and you. /eyeroll


  40. dbadass says:

    Ever been to Alaksa Slappy Bastinado? Lovely place. Lots of liberal potheads though…


  41. dbadass says:

    Symphony orchestras and art museums are neat urban things too…


  42. SlappyBastinado says:

    Shayne. Sorry that real estate prices were a little to high for your budget out here…….I would have kicked in a couple hrs work and some equipment time to get you settled though.


  43. SlappyBastinado says:

    dbadass Says:
    Symphony orchestras and art museums are neat urban things too…
    ========================================

    Thats true, as quiet as the forest is most times the sounds of animal killing and eating each other can be annoying………….


  44. dbadass says:

    I quess you just have to have a greater “Sense of Wonder” to appreciate the wonders of nature. So about your experiences in Alaska. Which areas to you get to explore? I realize it is the pennisula but I really dig the sounds of the Tsongass


  45. SlappyBastinado says:

    dbadass Says:
    Ever been to Alaska Slappy Bastinado? Lovely place. Lots of liberal potheads though…
    ===========================================
    Yes, spent about a month in Soldotna….nice place in the summer……come to think about it I did see a few of the locals laying around in the bushes and stuff, weird!


  46. dbadass says:

    Sorry I ment panhandle obviously. It is sort of like that “Monster Island” thing. So how far do you think that might be from where I was born in miles….


  47. spring heeled jack says:

    What kind of porno is this? Where’s the actual gangbang? And cuckhold Todd?


  48. dbadass says:

    Now Slappy Bastinado as it seems your travel experiences lack what one might call diversity you might wish toknow that most city dwellers have not basements. It is sort of like the “basement at the Allamo”if you know what I mean…


  49. Xisithrus says:

    Well, I have been to the airport in Anchorage and they have a few dead, and quite large, bears on display.

    Its a hunter/fisher state, no doubt.


  50. Xisithrus says:

    Lots of liberal potheads though…

    Well, lots of potheads, its legal to grow up to two plants there IIRC


  51. Doodlebug Shayne says:

    Slappy thinks we can’t afford to move into his trailer park.


  52. RationalRadioJett says:

    I keep thinking I am going to wake up one day and this whole Sarah Palin shit will have been an absurd joke.

    Just the fact that she is leaning on some sort of dead animal after recently being photographed in front of the slaughter of a turkey proves that this chick is just a joke…..a big ass Alaskan joke.


  53. ElBruce says:

    SlappyBastinado Says:

    MAN! You city dwellers NEVER get out of the basement. If one of you actually left the city for a while you would come in contact with a whole new world as foreign as any planet in this or any other galaxie

    It’s “galaxy.”

    But I’m going to get your back this time. Y’all just don’t get country folk. Remember that interview she gave while some guy was decapitating turkeys behind her? She knew about that. She allowed the reporter to suggest the shot (to “give a sense of place”). She didn’t care.

    Because country folk don’t see anything in the least bit shameful in killing animals either by farming or hunting. It isn’t disgusting to them in any way, it’s just where your food (and whatever) comes from.

    If you’re the ones who are disgusted by where stuff you consume comes from, then they’re not the ones with the problem.

    If you’ve ever grown up in any school with a significant 4-H club, you know what I’m talking about.

    This isn’t a Palin thing in particular. Everywhere below a certain population density – but especially out West – totally groks this. Freaking out because someone has a bearskin or an elk head or because turkeys or pigs or buffalo are being slaughtered, is just plain silly.


  54. MapleStreet says:

    Do I have it right:

    Riding noisy machines that make the buildings shake is patriotic.

    Going to museums and concerts is socialist. (And we KNOW how supportive Stalin was with artists that he didn’t like).


  55. ricchase says:

    You know what I’d love to see? I’d love to see that magnificent animal behind her spring back to it’s short, interrupted life and snap her head off. Yeah, I’d like to see that.


  56. happycozy says:

    Is the dead bear a joke? I can’t believe 46% of the nation voted for this woman.



  57. Rodeskawler says:

    How can the people of Alaska not be embarrassed by this goofball?


  58. smidget says:

    SanaLBurda

    FLAGGED

    Stop with your fcuking spamming. We don’t give a shit about your crappy site, nor can the majority of us read it anyway. Go away.


  59. NOLIESPLEASE says:

    MAN! You city dwellers NEVER get out of the basement. If one of you actually left the city for a while you would come in contact with a whole new world as foreign as any planet in this or any other galaxie.

    Geez…As a Canadian I have traveled through your country (US). From California to Florida , from New York to Ohio , from the Carolina’s to the mid west and I can tell you THE ONLY AMERICANS WHO HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT THE WORLD IS ABOUT ARE THE REPUGS (OR AS WE LIKE TO SAY IN CANADA, THE REDNECKS, WHITE TRASH OF AMERICA). Even your former President had NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY UNTIL SUCH TIME HE BECAME PRESIDENT!!!THAT PROVES MY POINT!!!!

    This is not just my opinion, ask any tourist who has traveled your great country. I can point out a repug in the same way any American can point out a black person.



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