{"id":4043,"date":"2011-03-11T10:05:25","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T18:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=4043"},"modified":"2011-03-11T10:05:25","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T18:05:25","slug":"sarah-palin-question-stumps-jeopardy-contestants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=4043","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Palin Question Stumps Jeopardy Contestants"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those who think that Sarah Palin is a serious candidate for president (or sewer inspector), they may need to adjust their perspective a bit. In addition to having dreadful approval ratings<\/a> that have gone steadily downward since her debut in national politics, she is also such a trivial factor<\/a> in American life that she is almost invisible.<\/p>\n

On Monday, March 7, 2011, Jeopardy featured this question in the category Hearts:<\/strong> Her latest book is titled “America by Heart: Reflections on Faith, Family and Flag” <\/em><\/p>\n

Not one of the contestants knew that the correct question<\/em> was “Who is Sarah Palin.”<\/em> And remember, to become a contestant on Jeopardy you need to be exceptionally intelligent with a well-rounded store of knowledge that includes history, science, popular culture, literature, and, yes, politics. Yet none of them had ever heard of this book. That’s a sign that Palin’s pop celebrity status is waning, and it’s a good sign for America.<\/p>\n

The problem is that the media still drools over her like a Pavlovian mutt craving a moose bone. I think that when Jeopardy contestants are stumped as to the identity of this half-term governor, failed VP candidate, and vacuous purveyor of ghost written Twitter and Facebook posts, the press corps should be asking themselves the question that none of the Jeopardy players could come up with: “Who is Sarah Palin.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sarah Palin is a non-entity in American politics. To the extent that people pay any attention to her at all, it is to express their almost universal disgust. Continued coverage of this self-serving ignoramus is a combination of journalistic fraud, incompetence, and laziness. Just stop it already.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For those who think that Sarah Palin is a serious candidate for president (or sewer inspector), they may need to adjust their perspective a bit. In addition to having dreadful approval ratings that have gone steadily downward since her debut in national politics, she is also such a trivial factor in American life that she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,15],"tags":[381],"class_list":["post-4043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-humor","tag-sarah-palin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-13d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6293,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6293","url_meta":{"origin":4043,"position":0},"title":"Double Jeopardy: Rachal Maddow vs. Sarah Palin","author":"Mark NC","date":"1\/27\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The folks at NewsBusters think they have stumbled on the ultimate put down of one of the left's favorite spokespersons. 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