REPORT: A Statistical Analysis Of Policy Trends And Abnormalities In Sarah Palin’s Tweets
REPORT: A Statistical Analysis Of Policy Trends And Abnormalities In Sarah Palin’s Tweets
After stepping down on Sunday morning, Sarah Palin posted her final Twitter update to her @AKGovSarahPalin account, which had close to 125k followers. With Palin’s refusal to specifically address her post-gubernatorial plans, speculation has run rampant over what she intends to accomplish out of office. She is reportedly considering joining the ranks of the esteemed talk radio punditry.
An analysis of Palin’s Twitter activity in the weeks leading up to her final @AKGovSarahPalin update on Sunday may provide the best insight into what issue most concerns the former vice presidential nominee.
A comprehensive analysis of Palin’s last two months of Twitter updates (May 26-July 26) reveals that she mentioned energy 53 times out of 400 updates, far more than any other single issue. That is nearly 4 times as many mentions than the economy, and just short of 11 times the mentions of health care. A word cloud based on her Twitter activity reinforces the fact that Palin has been focusing her efforts on leading the GOP’s opposition to clean energy reform. Here’s a chart tracking Palin’s tweets:
Some of Palin’s energy policy insights:
Attacking Cap-and-Trade: “DC plan for Cap & Trade (huge tax) hurts AK’s potential to supply more than 20% of US energy incl nat gas pipeline, see WashPost OpEd today” 9:16 AM Jul 14th
Drill Baby Drill: “Alaska’s role is to provide domestic energy leading to less reliance on foreign sources…” 10:11 AM May 27th
Drill Baby Drill Pt. 2: “Disappointed Congress once again voted to keep Americans dependent on foreign energy by keeping ANWR closed.” 5:39 PM Jun 10th
Drill Baby Drill Pt. 3: “EIA estimates US energy consumption will INCREASE by 44% in next 20 yrs. We MUST utilize our local energy sources. http://tinyurl.com/lesekh” 3:17 PM Jun 12th
Drill Baby Drill Pt. 4: “Great comments re safe offshore drilling by Lt Gov Parnell published today, asks Interior Dept to use tools in hand to meet court’s concerns” 6:43 AM Jun 17th
As Think Progress noted recently, Newt Gingrich has been touting Palin as a conservative leader on energy issues. On July 13, Palin wrote an op-ed slamming the cap-and-trade measure as “an enormous threat to our economy,” in spite of her previous support for capping carbon emissions. And last week, MoveOn began airing ads calling Palin “the new face of Republican opposition to clean energy.” Palin continues along the same tired Republican trajectory on energy: continued dependence on fossil fuels combined with subsidies to the oil, coal, and nuclear industries.
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Truthfully, If I were playing the game of global risk, I would save my oil for even electric cars will require grease.
July 29th, 2009 at 8:56 pmPalin obviously needs money. I think she should ask Hugh Hefner if she could do a spread in playboy. She could probably demand a million dollar paycheck. Think of all the wingnuts (beck,orielly,limpdick) that would buy it. They can sit in their tree stands with one hand on their rifle and the pictures of palin in front of them. That would leave their other hand free to ,well whatever.
July 29th, 2009 at 8:58 pmEverything Palin does is abnormal.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:00 pm* * *
based on the tweets i’ve read
i believe she’ll be directly involved in
the world of energy saving lap dancing.
. . .
“drill baby, drill!”
:)
July 29th, 2009 at 9:08 pm* * *
“you betcha!”
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July 29th, 2009 at 9:09 pmWe could drill baby drill like gangbusters and wouldn’t come close satisfying our needs. We as a nation and as a people are going broke following oil power brokers. Palin will make a strange but effective mouthpiece for an industry that is pushing us to the rocks of history.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:12 pmthe way cut n’ run palin mangles the english language everytime she opens her piehole is “abnormal”
July 29th, 2009 at 9:15 pmI like the picture of palin in front of a PC. Do you think she was on TP at the time of the picture?
July 29th, 2009 at 9:16 pm#
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sscncturn64 says:
Palin obviously needs money. I think she should ask Hugh Hefner if she could do a spread in playboy.
How gross! Spread? Eeww.
She better hurry up…. air brushing can only do so much and that money making activity may be all she has.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:16 pmSadly, Sarah Palin doesn’t even know how much energy Alaska produces:
For the details, see:
July 29th, 2009 at 9:17 pm“Energy Non-Savant Palin Blasts Obama Plan in Op-Ed.”
This woman is a disgrace to American politics, wait let me rephrase that. The republican party is a disgrace to American politics.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:19 pmYes had enough, I agree that the thought is gross. Like I said the wingnuts would buy it, they love her no matter what she does.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:20 pmI wish Palin would just go away.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:22 pmshe mentioned energy 53 times out of 400 updates, far more than any other single issue.
– - Of course, after all, McCain says she’s an “energy expert.”
July 29th, 2009 at 9:23 pmhormiga brava chavez says:
“I wish Palin would just go away.”
and take her child army she uses for props with her.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:24 pmEven at 140 characters, I give the person who read all the drivel, idiocy, and lunacy of this moron credit for not sticking a fork in his/her eye.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:25 pmdeadfishgoingwiththeflow says:
Bite me, Palin!
July 29th, 2009 at 9:26 pm#12 sscncturn64
But what would the RR Christian right say and do? That in itself would be enough entertainment fro me.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:27 pmMs. Palin has a speaking ability made for TV.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:29 pmRadio? Radio?
If ever there was a voice for silent movies. Sarah isn’t fit for the “talkies”.
Palin’s best moments, such as they were, were when she was seen and not heard! She shrieks, she’s shrill and she makes no sense! “Word salad” is the best definition I’ve heard to date of PalinSpeak.
Just go away, Sarah. Just go away.
PEACE
July 29th, 2009 at 9:29 pmIt’s amazing her followers can actually operate a computer and use twitter.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:30 pm#13 hormiga brava chavez
Have a feeling you will get your wish and soon.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:31 pm… in other words, she cannot speak a coherent sentence, let alone 2 sentences, let alone a paragraph.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:32 pmSpencers Mom: Word salad is good. I heard someone describe her speaking as “Word Spray” which brings up a vivid image to me.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:33 pmperhaps cut n’ run palin is taking this time to learn english with “the rosetta stone” program. thus the picture of her in front of a computer.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:35 pmI’m sure it’s been said before, but it’s well worth saying again:
Sarah Palin puts the “TWIT” in “Twitter.”
July 29th, 2009 at 9:36 pmPalin is an empty head with the ability to attract and gain attention – some, if not all of that ability learned in broadcasting school.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:38 pmSarah is the definition of verbal abuse.
And adjective abuse, as well.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:40 pmI think Sarah is a pretty woman.
On the subject of energy she is, it seems, concerned with only two sources of it, those being oil and natural gas.
Even so, if she were a true expert on all sources of energy would that be a resume for office of president?
I think not.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:43 pmSo, can she fancy pageant walk and Twitter at the same time?
July 29th, 2009 at 9:46 pmTwitter is perfect for Palin – the format is so short she’s done before she has a chance to quit …
July 29th, 2009 at 9:59 pmShe tweets, and therefore, she quits.
July 29th, 2009 at 10:01 pmI’m not sure even television is ready for her “speaking ability”.
Check out this video if you haven’t seen it yet. It includes Palin’s Methaddicted resignation speech as well as William Shatner’s verbatim rendition of it read with bongo drums.
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Bizarre I know but if you haven’t seen it, it’s well worth the watch.
Well worth it.
Shatner does Palin
July 29th, 2009 at 10:05 pm#29 Xisithrus, alot of people think palin is pretty. One of the reasons that mcaine chose her as a running mate is because he knew her looks would get him some votes.
July 29th, 2009 at 10:06 pmThe sad reality is that some people vote for canidates for silly reasons like their looks,or he or she is someone you would like to have a beer with. Then theres the millions of people who arent even registered to vote. I cant even comprehend how you wouldnt want to get involved with politics and vote.
Ms. Palin has 135k followers on Twitter. But she supposedly have the support of tens of millions of Americans for the presidency, and the last few months have been the most “interesting” times she’s given us so far?
I’d bet many of those following her on Twitter only do so to see what stupid things she’ll Tweet. Then there are the Alaskans. So how many of her loyal followers are actually loyally following her?
PEACE
July 29th, 2009 at 10:07 pmWAYNEBRO @ 33: Thanks, that was hugely funny.
July 29th, 2009 at 10:13 pmYou’re most welcome. I think every American should be have to watch that video.
Just so they can see how close this woman came to controlling the nukes.
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And so they don’t make the mistake of letting her come close to them again.
July 29th, 2009 at 10:16 pmI cant even comprehend how you wouldnt want to get involved with politics and vote. -Sscn64
Not sure I get the drift of your thunk in this sentence.
July 29th, 2009 at 10:26 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Hipple_rev_paul_t says: FYI, I don’t either much like the idea of a woman controlling the nukes.
You think women would nuke other women?
July 29th, 2009 at 10:32 pmHipple_rev_paul_t says: FYI, I don’t either much like the idea of a woman controlling the nukes.
What makes you think we don’t control some already?
July 29th, 2009 at 10:46 pmHipple_rev_paul_t says:
You sure don’t talk like a real man of God.
July 29th, 2009 at 10:46 pm***
you forgot your link, rev.
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July 29th, 2009 at 10:47 pm:|
Where do they all come from….
July 29th, 2009 at 10:49 pmWho CARES what Sarah Palin does now that she’s left office?
Nobody. That’s who.
July 29th, 2009 at 10:59 pmThis little one is beneath me. You’ll have fun with it but please release it when you are done and remember to try to remove the hook gingerly and avoided handling it such a way as to remove excess body mucous…
July 29th, 2009 at 11:18 pmIt has always been about Palin making “Da Big Bucks” and “Shara”, she knows her base and they are stupid enough to follow her off a cliff.
Is anyone surprised by this?
July 29th, 2009 at 11:19 pmWaynebro#33, that was good thanks. It is scary thinking that she could have been one heartbeat away from controlling the nukes. How can anyone even think that she is presidental material. I would seriously be scared for our country if she was elected.
July 29th, 2009 at 11:39 pm- – Of course, after all, McCain says she’s an “energy expert“.
Let’s examine the word “expert” for a moment. “ex” is a prefix that means “former” spurt or in it’s form in this word “xpert” means “drip under pressure”
So that would mean that she is a “former drip under pressure”. That pretty much sums up the former Governor of Alaska!
(sorry, I just couldn’t help myself)
July 30th, 2009 at 12:12 ammooseyak really believes she is good at what she does.
HAHAHAHAHA
She is a disgrace to the human race.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:16 amIf Palin goes into radio, that would be a huge miscalculation.
If she’s on the teevee machine, her followers can get lost in their adoration of her looks. If she’s on the radio, all they will hear is that annoying voice.
I doubt they will pay attention to substance either way.
I hope she gets that radio show… :)
July 30th, 2009 at 12:21 amxspurt.
I like that Lefty.
Sounds like something she might name her kids.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:22 amSo she posted her final twitter update ?
I guess she just can’t quit quitting.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:23 amEven quitting twitting.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:24 amShe’s a twitter quitter.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:33 amTwitty flitty twitter quitter.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:35 amGood point, Zooey, her voice reminds me of Fran Drescher’s
July 30th, 2009 at 12:35 amThe Nanny.
Perhaps drill baby drill is code for abstinance only…Wait…
July 30th, 2009 at 12:38 amQuitter critter ?
July 30th, 2009 at 12:39 amXisitrus @29 thinks Sarah is a twitty woman.
I think she’s really punny.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:42 amMathazar,
I’d prefer the Nanny’s voice. At least she’s funny.
No “quitter critter!” Too close to the Zoo. :D
July 30th, 2009 at 12:45 amWingnut twitters are twitty entertaining.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:53 amI am sure Fox News has room for another idiot. She and Glen Beck make a perfect pair. Dumb and dumber.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:55 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
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Or a twit.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:11 ammooseyak should go into beheading turkeys.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:14 am“liberal fascists”
marwick, we already know you’re an imbecile, you don’t need to keep proving it.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:17 amfighting for alaska = exploiting their natural resources!
July 30th, 2009 at 1:21 am***
mardick = david vitter
:)
“nothing else works”
:)
July 30th, 2009 at 1:31 ammarwick says:
The liberal fascists have screwed this country with their lame-brained belief in “alternative energy.”
Fail!
July 30th, 2009 at 1:42 amI think it’s funny that the troll calls us “liberal fascists” for being in favor of such a “lame-brained” thing as alternative energy — and then brags about his alternative energy car.
**eyes rolling**
July 30th, 2009 at 1:45 ammarwick says:
The liberal fascists
“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power”.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:45 amBenito Mussolini
Zooey says:
I think it’s funny that the troll calls us “liberal fascists” for being in favor of such a “lame-brained” thing as alternative energy — and then brags about his alternative energy car.
**eyes rolling**
IOKIYAR
July 30th, 2009 at 1:47 amIOKIYADADWT
(It’s ok if you’re a dumb-assed dim-witted troll)
July 30th, 2009 at 1:50 amLittle does she know that her ‘golly gee whiz you bet yah’ Palin-speak is going to wear thin after she is exposed on a regular basis. The big boys of the Republican Party will use her to whip up crowds on occassion as she appeals a certain segment of the party. But the ‘maverick’ lable went to her head and as she does not follow directions well even the Rrpublican Party will shun her in the end. She will be the cause of her own demise as she is her own worse enemy. The Dems will have a field day with the Quitter Twitter if she decides to run for any higher office.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:23 amSarah who?
July 30th, 2009 at 2:26 amsscncturn64
joe cantwell
had enough
I have an issue with your posts. There are enough reasons to slam palin without going into how she could sell her body for money.
sscncturn64
“Palin obviously needs money. I think she should ask Hugh Hefner if she could do a spread in playboy”
joe cantwell
“directly involved in the world of energy saving lap dancing”
had enough
“She better hurry up…. air brushing can only do so much and that money making activity may be all she has.”
Your misogyny is showing and it ain’t as PROGRESSIVE as you might think.
I get it, she is one of the most despicable politicians in years, doubly so because she is a woman who wants to take rights away from other women.
Your collective political spankathon does nothing for the cause.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:53 amNo, she’s just too undereducated, underqualified and bat shit crazy to be the President of the United States.
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She belongs no where near the launch codes.
July 30th, 2009 at 3:35 amFrom Palin’s farewell “speech”.
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Isn’t Denali a mountain?
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When did she see it soaring?
July 30th, 2009 at 3:40 am.
Well, gee…
… What is it exactly, that a freshly resigned Governor does, every day?
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July 30th, 2009 at 3:40 amAnd then the extremes. In the winter time it’s the frozen road that is competing with the view of ice fogged frigid beauty, the cold though, doesn’t it split the Cheechakos from the Sourdoughs?
It is as throughout all Alaska that big wild good life teeming along the road that is north to the future.
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Just think.
She was that close to controlling the nukes.
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…someone pass me a cheechako.
July 30th, 2009 at 3:44 amMay she fade away….
July 30th, 2009 at 4:24 amHere’s an excerpt from my favorite story, from Bruce Blair, about launch codes:
By the same token, I don’t believe that the nuclear apparatus would launch a nuclear war because Palin or Bush, or anyone else got some ideological hair up their butt and wanted to prove something.
July 30th, 2009 at 4:32 amOh, yeah—here’s the link to that “Keeping Presidents in the Dark” story.
July 30th, 2009 at 4:35 amObviously the launch codes wiley, is a Euphemism for being in command of the armed forces and international affairs. The President starts wars, as we see with Bush in Iraq.
Wars lead to bigger wars and bigger wars can lead to nuclear war.
No one was suggesting Palin would walk into the white house and start entering codes into some secret terminal.
It was a euphemism.
July 30th, 2009 at 4:45 amyoo-fa-mizzum
July 30th, 2009 at 4:46 amI like the new system of “voting down” posts but still making them available to read.
All you have to do is click to see the latest right-wing talking points, but you can skip them if you’re not in the mood. Very convenient.
“Holes in History”:
July 30th, 2009 at 6:32 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HizNRKUe3A
“I Feel Quitty”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_X1J4-BrIY
Bah hahahahahahahaha!
July 30th, 2009 at 6:58 amWell, gee…
July 30th, 2009 at 7:16 am… What is it exactly
Obviously the launch codes wiley, is a Euphemism for being in command of the armed forces and international affairs.
Marwick you are too ignorant to even be a human being. Fascists are RIGHTWING. You can keep showing how stupid you are by spewing your brainwashing but thats all you do. Show how stupid you are. Trolls like you have no brains as you prove with your every posts. You have only tape recorders to regurgitate the stupidest nonsense known to man. Nonsense you were told to beleive and are too stupid to understand is crap
July 30th, 2009 at 7:25 amkarendotcom says:
I have an issue with your posts. There are enough reasons to slam palin without going into how she could sell her body for money.
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Your misogyny is showing and it ain’t as PROGRESSIVE as you might think.
I get it, she is one of the most despicable politicians in years, doubly so because she is a woman who wants to take rights away from other women.
Your collective political spankathon does nothing for the cause.
So, “There are enough reasons to slam palin” (your words). The posts that you referenced are not misogyinistic, and neither are those who posted them (if you were a regular here you would know that). While references to palin’s ability to sell pictures of herself naked or in sexual situations is crude, it is also true — she would do very well with that route, particualrly among the conservatives (who, by availabvle data, are the largest puveyors of pornography).
Furthermore, it is appropriate to make such comments. She was used as a sexual image, she was a (runneer-up) beauty pageant contestant, and proud of it (now — if you don’t think beauty pageants are demaeaning and degrading then you are confused — in fact I could, but won;t do so here, argue that women engaged in pornography are stronger and more willful than the beauty pageant contestants). And add to that that SHE HERSELF used her looks (”Cool State, Hot Rep”, or something to that effect was one of HER slogans, and I’ve seen photos of her wearing that on her shirt and on a campaign pin). So, she herself is aware and has deliberately used the fact that she is female and attractive (at least to some).
Fact of the matter is that Playboy (and others) DO pay 1 mil, or more, for celebrity photo shoots. It is actually not hyperbole to suggest that Playboy would do so (and they would probably pay more than that to Palin). Your suggestion also seems to imply that nude models, and strippers are forced to do these jobs by men who hate women. That is just silly. Funny thing, both of those jobs tend to pay very well, and most women in those jobs choose to do them (often because they pay so very well).
So, you denigrate posters here without understanding who they are, and you denigrate every woman working in the fields of nude model or stripper. Perhaps YOU need to re-evaluate these issues.
AAnd, to re-state it, Palin would make a killing of money if she went into nude modeling right now (not that she will, so don’t get YOUR panties all in a bunch).
July 30th, 2009 at 7:34 amI’m sure Sarah Palin has thought about posing for Playboy at some point. It’s how she is. In her eyes she’s the most beautiful woman in the world, while to the rest of us….she’s revolting thanks to her world views, ideologies, and actions.
July 30th, 2009 at 7:52 amPalin “gave up the title” of governor to spend more time with her ego.
July 30th, 2009 at 10:15 amActually, I’m a jumbo shrimp.
July 30th, 2009 at 10:27 amThis woman should have been a non-issue after failing to answer Couric’s question: “What books, magazines, newspapers have you read lately, etc.”
Duh, “I read ‘em all, you name it, I read it.”
Designating Alaskan taxpayer money for ‘abstinence only’ instead of ’sex education’ and her own daughter is having sexual relations in her OWN house and ends up pregnant . .
Are WE ALL CRAZY???
July 30th, 2009 at 10:58 amI think I will miss Palin, mainly for the laughs.
July 30th, 2009 at 11:21 amthank you very
July 30th, 2009 at 11:37 amI could never imagine someone as clueless as Palin leading this nation. It would be like having George W. all over again, and her being against cap and trade is a red herring. Big government, anti-Liberty Republicans (aka Neoconservatives) and Republocrats (aka Democrat sell outs) will see that this is rammed down the throats of not only this nation, but the entire world.
This is the equivalent of creating a new tax which will hurt the poorest and be of greatest benefit for the wealthy, while doing nothing to protect the environment.
Wait and see, the Neocons will be all over this and the ignorant populace of the U.S. will think because the Democrats and Republicans are in agreement that it must be a good thing.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:29 pmTrueLiberty says:
“I could never imagine someone as clueless as Palin leading this nation. It would be like having George W. all over again,”
It would definitely be worse.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:43 pmuh. right, waynebro.
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