<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[palin - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports]]></title><description><![CDATA[SFist is San Francisco's source for fun, witty, & serious news. With updates about restaurants, events, sports, politics & more, SFist reaches millions of users in California.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/</link><image><url>https://sfist.com/favicon.png</url><title>palin - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, &amp; Sports</title><link>https://sfist.com/</link></image><generator>Ghost 2.12</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:19:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sfist.com/palin/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Pro-Palin Posters Appear in S.F.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Though her political career now floats in the septic tank, that didn't stop one San Franciscan from showing his support for disgraced former vice-presidential candidate and reality TV star <a href="ht...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2011/01/31/pro-palin_posters_appear_in_sf/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24344f44ad066cdcfb0239</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[sarah palin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:50:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/01/propalinposter-thumb-640xauto-594528.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/01/propalinposter-thumb-640xauto-594528.jpg" alt="Pro-Palin Posters Appear in S.F."><p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;">  </span></p>

<p>Though her political career now floats in the septic tank, that didn't stop one San Franciscan from showing his support for disgraced former vice-presidential candidate and reality TV star <a href="http://sfist.com/tags/sarahpalin">Sarah Palin</a>. After these (<a href="http://sfist.com/2011/01/12/anti-palin_posters_appear_in_san_fr.php">questionable?</a>) anti-Palin poster appeared in Hayes Valley in January, which were in response to the assassination attempt of Rep. Gabrielle Gifford in Arizona, a Palin fanboy defended the Alaskan native with these posters put up over the weekend.. </p>

<p>The culprit? Someone called "Palinpatriot," who explains his actions to <a href="http://hillbuzz.org/2011/01/30/san-francisco-ground-report-pro-palin-posters-replacing-vile-leftist-ones-around-town/">Hillbuzz</a> thusly: </p>

<blockquote>Dear HillBuzz,

<p>Purple and Gold Team member from San Francisco reporting!<br>
I just got back from doing something have been thinking about for two weeks.  Right after the shooting of Gabby Giffords someone in San Francisco plastered some posters of Sarah Palin on a wall on a street where there is a really strong extreme left pocket of people/shops, etc. Ok, most of San Francisco is extreme left, but this street is known as a hotbed of real extreme activism.</p>
</blockquote>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leland Yee's Racist, Homophobic Messages from Sarah Palin Zealots]]></title><description><![CDATA[Though touched upon in yesterday's <a href="http://sfist.com/2010/04/20/day_around_the_bay_427.php">Day Around the Bay</a>, we thought we'd share it with you in a separate post since it's a peek insid...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2010/04/21/leland_yee/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24321244ad066cdcf9da8b</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category><category><![CDATA[hate]]></category><category><![CDATA[leland yee]]></category><category><![CDATA[palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[sarah palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[tea party]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:30:10 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2010/04/yee_hatemail-thumb-640xauto-499813.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2010/04/yee_hatemail-thumb-640xauto-499813.jpg" alt="Leland Yee's Racist, Homophobic Messages from Sarah Palin Zealots"><p></p>

<p>Though touched upon in yesterday's <a href="http://sfist.com/2010/04/20/day_around_the_bay_427.php">Day Around the Bay</a>, we thought we'd share it with you in a separate post since it's a peek inside the heart of the former VP candidate cum proverbial whore for the blind far-right, <a href="http://sfist.com/tags/sarahpalin">Sarah Palin</a>, and some of her not-so-merry band of Tea Party members. See, after daring <a href="http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=79419">to raise questions about a questionable speaking engagement by Palin</a> scheduled for June at California State University Stanislaus, Senator <a href="http://dist08.casen.govoffice.com/">Leland Yee</a>, <a href="http://www.ktvu.com/politics/23216752/detail.html">according to KTVU</a>, "says he has received death threats in recent days, along with racist hate messages about President Obama and homophobic hate messages, apparently because he represents San Francisco."</p>

<p>While negative messages are nothing new to Yee or any elected official, the volume of bile from these American ilk seems to have increased tenfold as of late. "In the 8 years I've been in the capital, I've not seen, at least directed at me, this amount of hate and what's surprising to me is how open people are about those messages," said Yee.</p>

<p>Brian Leubitz of Calitics posted <a href="http://calitics.com/diary/11548/leland-yee-stirs-up-nest-of-homophobia-hate-mail-to-prove-it">a few samples of the messages</a> Yee came across since questioning the former VP's impending appearance. Behold this faxed message: </p>

<blockquote>To: JoBama Rectum Sniffer Fish Head Leland Yee"... "WERE YOU TO EXTRACT YOUR HEAD FROM TREASONOUS MARXIST NIGGER HUSSEIN OBAMA'S RECTUM, YOUR BRAIN WOULD STILL FUNCTION AT ITS PRESENT MUCH DIMINISHED LEVEL BUT AT LEAST THE NIGGER SHIT SMELL WOULD EVENTUALLY DISSIPATE.</blockquote>

<p>Yee went on to share this voicemail: </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Film du Jour: Sarah Palin Gives Interview with Blood-Drenched Background]]></title><description><![CDATA[Looking fresh-faced wrapped in a classic Burberry scarf, former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave an interview yesterday that can only be described as a pitiful attempt to get back on the <...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2008/11/21/film_du_jour_sarah_palin_gives_inte/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c242bba44ad066cdcf69a67</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[blood]]></category><category><![CDATA[palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[peta]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category><category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:39:32 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z-kjM1asH-8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1">
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<p>Looking fresh-faced wrapped in a classic Burberry scarf, former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave an interview yesterday that can only be described as a pitiful attempt to get back on the <em>Daily Show</em>. In a 2008 news story on KTUU channel 2 in Anchorage, <strong>Palin is interviewed at a turkey farm while a man drains the blood from dead turkeys in the background</strong>. </p>

<p>Do not watch the above clip if you plan on eating lunch.</p>

<p>While we're of the we-don't-want-to-see-how-our-food-gets-to-the-table-just-so-long-as-it-does mentality - your Editor plans on hording allof the dark meat next Thursday - Palin's choice of backdrop is inappropriate. Really, how has she not fired her PR staff yet? Amazing.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palin Accuses Chronicle of Extreme Leftist Pinko Trickery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hinting at further signs of her own developmental disability, Gov. Sarah Palin criticized <a href="http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/bruce/2008/08/extra_hearst_blacks_out_the_wo.html">ultra liberal</a> SF Chr...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2008/11/03/palin_accuses_chroncile_of_extreme/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c2423ff44ad066cdcf29f77</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[chronicle]]></category><category><![CDATA[election 2008]]></category><category><![CDATA[palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:01:08 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/entry190741_thumb-thumb-640xauto-37892.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/entry190741_thumb-thumb-640xauto-37892.jpg" alt="Palin Accuses Chronicle of Extreme Leftist Pinko Trickery"><p>Hinting at further signs of her own developmental disability, Gov. Sarah Palin criticized <a href="http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/bruce/2008/08/extra_hearst_blacks_out_the_wo.html">ultra liberal</a> SF Chronicle of hiding an interview with Barack Obama in which the President elect (why not?) discussed his platform's energy policy -- a policy that would, allegedly, bankrupt the coal industry. </p>

<p>It seems Palin asked a crowd at an Ohio rally on Sunday why this interview was just now surfacing. What's more, the Republican National Committee "sent out blog reports" about this videotaped interview, supposedly silenced by the fat cats over at the Chronicle. </p>

<p>However, it turns out the interview in question was <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/ZCDP">published and promoted on SFGate</a> back in January. So... yeah, so much for that "<a href="http://sfist.com/2008/09/30/sarah_palin_engages_in_perverse_jou.php">all of them</a>" declaration. (<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/03/MNTL13SU6S.DTL">SFGate</a>)</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's Going on Here, Pacific Heights?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dueling neighbors found at the corner of Bush & Pierce.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2008/10/20/whats_going_on_here_pacific_heights/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c2429e444ad066cdcf5ae5c</guid><category><![CDATA[misc]]></category><category><![CDATA[biden]]></category><category><![CDATA[election 2008]]></category><category><![CDATA[gay stuff]]></category><category><![CDATA[homophobia]]></category><category><![CDATA[mccain]]></category><category><![CDATA[noonprop8]]></category><category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[pacific heights]]></category><category><![CDATA[palin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:46:52 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/entry188310_thumb-thumb-640xauto-36188.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<center><span class="photo_caption">Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/3dollarbilly/2960464558/">3dollarbilly</a>.</span></center>

<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/entry188310_thumb-thumb-640xauto-36188.jpg" alt="What's Going on Here, Pacific Heights?"><p>Dueling neighbors found at the corner of Bush &amp; Pierce.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[John McCain is Dead]]></title><description><![CDATA[At least he is in this elaborate, spooktacular, very San Francisco Halloween display,  found outside a Glen Park home. Curious, yes? But we think they should have added pantyhose to Palin's legs -- yo...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2008/10/10/john_mccain_is_dead/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c242e8244ad066cdcf81572</guid><category><![CDATA[misc]]></category><category><![CDATA[dead]]></category><category><![CDATA[election 2008]]></category><category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[mccain]]></category><category><![CDATA[palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[sarah palin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:55:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/tingleyhalloween-thumb-640xauto-14085.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/tingleyhalloween-thumb-640xauto-14085.jpg" alt="John McCain is Dead"><p>At least he is in this elaborate, spooktacular, very San Francisco Halloween display,  found outside a Glen Park home. Curious, yes? But we think they should have added pantyhose to Palin's legs -- you know, to go with the strappy, open-toed shoes. Because you know she would wear them together. </p>

<p>But still: interesting display, Glen Parkers.</p>

<p>(Thanks, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tingley/">tingley</a>, for the images.)</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask SFist: Vice Presidential Debate at Bars?]]></title><description><![CDATA[If <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkWebP2Q0Y">this</a> is any indication of things to come, tomorrow's Palin-Biden debate could prove the single most entertaining trainwreck in television hi...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2008/10/01/ask_sfist_vice_presidential_debate/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24306344ad066cdcf90199</guid><category><![CDATA[misc]]></category><category><![CDATA[all of them]]></category><category><![CDATA[bars]]></category><category><![CDATA[biden]]></category><category><![CDATA[debate]]></category><category><![CDATA[election 2008]]></category><category><![CDATA[palin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:57:32 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/entry185025_thumb-thumb-640xauto-33823.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/entry185025_thumb-thumb-640xauto-33823.jpg" alt="Ask SFist: Vice Presidential Debate at Bars?"><p>If <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkWebP2Q0Y">this</a> is any indication of things to come, tomorrow's Palin-Biden debate could prove the single most entertaining trainwreck in television history. And we want you to share this moment with other inebriated strangers. So, readers, would you let us know of any Bay Area bars, <a href="http://sfist.com/2008/09/30/sarah_palin_engages_in_perverse_jou.php">all of them</a>, hosting a viewing party for <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-hayden/talking-points-on-biden-p_b_130635.html">the big showdown</a>? Thanks.</p>

<p>Oh, and you can let us know of said venues in the comments or email them to SFist HQ <a href="mailto:editor@sfist.com">here</a>. <br>
</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sarah Palin Engages in Perverse Journalistic Orgy of Excess]]></title><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.adrianaparcero.com/ba.html"></a>]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2008/09/30/sarah_palin_engages_in_perverse_jou/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24306344ad066cdcf901de</guid><category><![CDATA[misc]]></category><category><![CDATA[all of them]]></category><category><![CDATA[binge reading]]></category><category><![CDATA[election]]></category><category><![CDATA[gibberish]]></category><category><![CDATA[interview]]></category><category><![CDATA[newspapers]]></category><category><![CDATA[palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Baume]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:59:50 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/entry184835_thumb-thumb-640xauto-33683.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/entry184835_thumb-thumb-640xauto-33683.jpg" alt="Sarah Palin Engages in Perverse Journalistic Orgy of Excess"><p></p>

<p>When asked what newspapers and magazines she reads, Sarah Palin replied, <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/palins-news/">"all of them."</a> All of them! And so, a meme is born.</p>

<p>All of them! All! All! All! Of! Them! The Modesto Bee, The Hartford Courant, The Louisville Courier-Journal, The Vassar Pioneer Times, Teen People, Tiger Beat, Paris Match, High Times, Destination Qatar -- ALL OF THEM! </p>

<p>All of them. We just can't stop repeating that line to ourselves. All of them! It's as nonsensical a response to the question as it would be to "can I interest you in any appetizers," or "which came first, the chicken or the egg," or "knock knock."</p>

<p>All of them! So, readers, we'd like to ask you: of all the Sarah Palin interviews so far, which has been your favorite? We hope you know the correct answer to that, and all, questions from now on.</p>

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<blockquote>[VP candidate] Matt Gonzalez has more experience than Sarah Palin ...San Francisco is a lot bigger than Wasilla.</blockquote>

<p>Nice one, Ralph. </p>

<p>That said, and we hate to have to point this out, <a href="http://sfist.com/2008/02/28/ask_sfist_has_g.php">Gonzalez</a> never ran the city of San Francisco. Yeah. (Oh oh, dd Matt fudge his resume? Like, "Responsibilities: oversaw 30,000 city employees.  Managed annual budget of over $5 billion. Charmed the panties off of 776,733 residents." Because: he did none of those things as city supe.)</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sarah Palin, Book Burner?]]></title><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://jameth.livejournal.com/4878179.html">Sarah Palin</a>, according to yesterday's <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/us/politics/03wasilla.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin">New York T...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2008/09/03/sarah_palin_the_book_burner/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c242a2b44ad066cdcf5d3c7</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category><category><![CDATA[election 2008]]></category><category><![CDATA[palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah]]></category><category><![CDATA[vp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:42:04 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/entry180167_thumb-thumb-640xauto-30302.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/entry180167_thumb-thumb-640xauto-30302.jpg" alt="Sarah Palin, Book Burner?"><p><a href="http://jameth.livejournal.com/4878179.html">Sarah Palin</a>, according to yesterday's <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/us/politics/03wasilla.html?_r=1&amp;hp&amp;oref=slogin">New York Times</a></em>, tried to get some morally bankrupt books removed from library shelves when she took office in Alaska as the mayor of Wasilla. Palin, it seems, went so far as to try firing Mary Ellen Emmons, a librarian in Wasilla who dared to resist Palin's vile censoring efforts. </p>

<blockquote>The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, pledged to "resist all efforts at censorship,"... Ms. Palin fired Ms. Emmons shortly after taking office but changed course after residents made a strong show of support. Ms. Emmons, who left her job and Wasilla a couple of years later, declined to comment for this article.</blockquote>

<p>Classy. And also: unconstitutional.</p>

<p><a href="http://sfist.com/2008/08/29/mccain_vp_pick_alaska_gov_sarah_pal.php">Palin</a> is <a href="http://cbs5.com/campaign08/sarah.palin.republican.2.809127.html">set to take center stage tonight</a> at the Republican National Convention. </p>

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</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain VP Pick: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin]]></title><description><![CDATA[44-year-old former beauty queen and current Alaska Governor <a href="http://gov.state.ak.us/">Sarah Palin</a> wins the honor of being Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate. (It will not be, <a hr...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2008/08/29/mccain_vp_pick_alaska_gov_sarah_pal/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c2429ac44ad066cdcf58e3f</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[alaska]]></category><category><![CDATA[election 2008]]></category><category><![CDATA[mccain]]></category><category><![CDATA[palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[pawlenty]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Republican]]></category><category><![CDATA[sarah palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[tim pawlenty]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vice President]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:39:58 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>44-year-old former beauty queen and current Alaska Governor <a href="http://gov.state.ak.us/">Sarah Palin</a> wins the honor of being Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate. (It will not be, <a href="http://sfist.com/2008/08/28/mccain_vp_pick_tim_pawlenty.php">as was guessed yesterday</a>, Tim Pawlenty.) A bit of background: Palin is the youngest and first female governor of Alaska -- a state that has a <a href="http://www.star.ak.org/statistics.htm">rape rate that is double</a> <a href="http://www.city-data.com/forum/alaska/95463-ok-reality-check-time-about-moving-11.html">the national average</a>. </p>

<p>Palin is also <a href="http://celebgalz.com/sarah-palin-under-investigation/">under investigation</a> for allegedly firing Alaska’s Public Safety Commissioner because he refused to fire Mike Wooten, a state trooper, who is also her ex brother-in-law. (It seems he divorced Sarah Palin's sister, which prompted this mess.)</p>

<p>According to Wikipedia, Palin "hunts, eats moose burgers, ice fishes, rides snowmobiles, and owns a float plane." What's more, she "holds a lifetime membership with the National Rifle Association" and has admitting to using "marijuana when it was legal in Alaska, but says that she did not like it." (Liar.) Oh, and she also <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sarah_Palin_Germany_4.jpg">wears pearls</a> and has a kid with Down syndrome. So...there you go.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>