Sarah Palin has officially stopped pussy-footing around the whole question of will she or won't she declare candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. In an email to supporters she said she'd made the decision "out of respect for her family and the impact that a campaign would have on them." But speaking on a conservative radio show called The Mark Levin Show, Palin said she had made the decision because it will now free her to be her outspoken and amazing self, continuing to fight for what she believes is right. more ›

SFist commenter fizzandpop captures the mule-like tone of the entertaining Tea Party sect via the following comment on President Barack Obama's re-election bid. Behold: more ›

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 Sarah Palin. After these (questionable?) 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.. more ›

We feel for Sarah Palin. We do. The Arizona shooting rampage was neither her fault nor the fault of Tea Party members. It just wasn't. (Championing a party that, at its core, centers around a collective dislike of President's Barack Obama's melanin levels? Sure, that's her fault. But certainly not what happened to Rep. Gabrielle Gifford, Gabriel Zimmerman and several others last week.) To attack Palin here is unfair. That would be like unjustly blaming Muslims for the actions of a few extremists, a thick slice of irony lost on the former GOP vice presidential candidate and her self-centered tirade against irresponsible journalists. more ›

While no one in their right mind could accuse Sarah Palin of fostering an environment of violence that resulted in Saturday's Arizona shooting rampage - as SFist dutifully noted, accused shooter Jared Lee Loughner is sanity-esstrangerd and thus acted alone - her now infamous, career-ending "Don’t Retreat, Instead - RELOAD!" map was an unfortunate bit of timing and thoughtlessness. more ›

We must give credit where credit is due, and the kids over at The Awl put together a terrific and upsetting collection of screengrabs of comments that were deleted off of Sarah Palin's Facebook wall -- or, rather, the thread beneath Sarah's Satuday post in which she sent prayers out to the families of the victims of the shooting in Arizona. The comments span from vitriol from Palin haters (e.g. "'Don't retreat, reload'... isn't that what you said, Ms. Palin? I hope they lay these bodies right at your money grubbin feet." and "You f&%king C&%T! You called for these people to be killed!") to equally vitriolic and violent rhetoric from Palin supporters (e.g. "she pro-choice anyway [sic], who cares."). more ›

Politician turned celebrity Sarah Palin visited San Jose yesterday to promote conservative values in California. During a pinhead convention, "Palin derided the 'leftist elite,' the 'mainstream media,' and the policies of President Obama and his administration." The former Governor of ice and lumber also discussed issues that affect California, "such as unemployment, and taxes." more ›

Oh gee, this is rich. It seems that the independent gas station at the Castro/Market intersection (opposite the Chevron station) put up this Sarah Palin sign today, one that advertises the Alaskan grifter's visit to San Jose on October 14. more ›

Former Alaska Governor cum Vice Presidential candidate and current motivational speaker, Sarah Palin, has officially endorsed disgraced Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina in the GOP's Senate primary in California. Although she knows little about California -- other than it being the land of fruits and nuts -- Palin describes Fiorina as "a fiscal conservative who believes that when government grows, the private sector shrinks under the burden of debt." And if there's one thing Fiorina knows of, it's shrinking things in the private sector -- i.e., jobs. [via CBS 5] more ›

Though touched upon in yesterday's Day Around the Bay, 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, Sarah Palin, and some of her not-so-merry band of Tea Party members. See, after daring to raise questions about a questionable speaking engagement by Palin scheduled for June at California State University Stanislaus, Senator Leland Yee, according to KTVU, "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." more ›

During a rare Northern California appearance on Monday, the increasingly bizarre and camera-whorish Sarah Palin opened her mouth, with self-consciously controversial results. It all happened at a media-banned logging conference in Redding, a town of 90,000 north of Sacramento, the former VP candidate "called studies supporting global climate change a 'bunch of snake oil science,'" reported Associated Press, who forked over $74 to attend the spectacle. more ›

Oh, what joy. Brittney Gilbert at Eye On Blogs brings our attention to this: Green Apple Books, located at 506 Clement, will donate proceeds of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's new book Going Rogue: An American Life to the betterment of animals up in Alaska. Check it: more ›

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin announced today that "she is resigning from office at the end of the month, raising speculation that she would focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race," according to AP. more ›

Because it's dumb. And uninspired. And played out to shreds. And 543624564 other terribly droll people will do the exact same thing. Don't believe us? Head to the intersection of Castro (Market and 17th Streets) today, where Sarah Palin look-alikes will gather to -- sigh, fucking christ -- "fan through the city looking for Joe Six-Pack." Really, if you don't play a character called "Liz Lemon" for a living, then nix the Palin getup. For something groundbreaking, you should try a sexy devil outfit or Frank Chu costume instead. more ›

ALL OF THEM: West Portal Ave & Ulloa

This one's from inside the venerable Eezy Freezy Market along West Portal.

They also have a somehow inexhaustible supply of nice folks behind the counter wearing hoodies, along with stacks of British tabloids. more ›

When asked what newspapers and magazines she reads, Sarah Palin replied, "all of them." All of them! And so, a meme is born. -- mattymatt, "Sarah Palin Engages in Perverse Journalistic Orgy of Excess"

How could we forget such a vapid, transparently-evasive comment?

We can't. We shan't. So let's go. more ›

Oh, crap.

Kind've like a demonic mirror of Shepard Fairey's iconic Obama HOPE / PROGRESS / CHANGE images, Frightening Prospect's eeevil Sarah Palin poster is popping up around the city! more ›

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. more ›

The mentally-crippled folks over at endorsed John McCain and Sarah Palin yesterday. We blame witchcraft. more ›

LiveJournal user Jameth is asking readers to send him to Sarah Palin's Woodside Luncheon, happening on Thursday, Sept. 25th, in Woodside (SFist's official off-site headquarters. What?) at Tom Siebel's pad. And he needs your money, folks. What will your hard-earned money get him, you ask? Well, $1,000 will get him a moose burger and a glass of Tang, and for an extra $1,500 he'll get a McCain-Palin pin. So, if you feel like sending him a PayPal donation, you can do so here. (Oh, and if Jameth doesn't get enough cash by the RSVP deadline, he'll donate it all to No on Prop. 8.) more ›

Look what little SFist found waiting patiently in the inbox. more ›

OK, not really. But while VP candidate Sarah Palin was mayor of Wasilla from 1996 to 2002, the area (specifically the Matanuska-Susitna area) won the title of Meth Capital of Alaska. (An aside: check out the SLOG today to see Palin get ripped to shreds, you know, if that's your thing.) We recommend you read this article out about the tweakiest city in Alaska during '02-'03, which features kids going hungry, the authorities doing very little, and one 13-year-old Wasilla boy bragging to the fuzz that his "mom cooked the best meth in the valley." Lucky bastard. (Juneau Empire) more ›

Sarah Palin -- who, let's face it, governs some useless mass of land in Canada -- thinks she's more qualified than God to help run the US. According to Ralph Nader, she's isn't, and even his running mate, Matt Gonzalez, has more skills than Palin. He says: more ›

44-year-old former beauty queen and current Alaska Governor Sarah Palin wins the honor of being Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate. (It will not be, as was guessed yesterday, Tim Pawlenty.) A bit of background: Palin is the youngest and first female governor of Alaska -- a state that has a rape rate that is double the national average. more ›