Comments on: Make me Sarah Palin

Question: Make me Sarah Palin

inconsequentialist — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:14:38 -0800

Help me perfect my Sarah Palin costume.

I am planning on dressing as Sarah Palin for Halloween. I've already perfected my impression and showcased it at a department party/VP debate watching party earlier this month. Right now I am trying to consider the various subtleties that would make the costume keen. I have the perfect black dress suit (may look for a red one as well), plans for the glasses, heels, flag pin(s), hairdo, makeup, etc.

I have also planned on carrying some pictures of my kids "Trak" and "Trig" which will, of course, be pictures of various running tracks and trigonometric figures, and will likely sport something to do with rape kits. I am looking for other things along similar lines to add to my costume, things that are centrally and readily identifiable as Palinesque, and that would be relatively easy to create or replicate and carry around all night.

By: H. Roark

H. Roark — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:21:31 -0800

bring a creepy old date?

By: shinynewnick

shinynewnick — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:22:37 -0800

Accessory-wise, a hockey puck to drop in the middle of the party. To really top it off, have your friends boo as you do it.

Red is becoming her "known" color, if nothing else because of Tina Fey wearing it during the SNL bits.

By: pseudostrabismus

pseudostrabismus — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:24:44 -0800

Wear a star-spangled bikini top under the jacket, and let it peep out ever-so-slightly when you're turned at a cocky-yet-alluring angle.

By: shinynewnick

shinynewnick — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:24:52 -0800

And your running surface joke is especially accurate. The kid is actually named "Track".

By: inconsequentialist

inconsequentialist — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:26:43 -0800

Good suggestions so far. Sorry about the misspelling of her son's name. For some reason I really thought that it was spelled without a 'c.'

By: ktrey

ktrey — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:27:39 -0800

Explain to any other party goers that the reason why you didn't rap on the last SNL was because you didn't want to have to pay for your rap kit.

By: bitter-girl.com

bitter-girl.com — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:29:54 -0800

I'm too cheap to shell out for a non-lavender long wig for my Palin updo, so I think I'm going to go as Space Palin or Zombie Palin instead of my original plan, Assassi...umm, never mind that now. D'ya think Space Palin would be pushing the envelope?

(I suspect there's gonna be a lot of us out there this year! It'll be FUN!)

By: damn dirty ape

damn dirty ape — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:30:47 -0800

Hold an amendment banning gay marriage. Or hand out fliers.

By: Miko

Miko — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:31:43 -0800

Whatever you do, do something distinctive - have a shtick - because you will probably not be the only Palin you run into that night. The task will be to be the best Palin.

By: shinynewnick

shinynewnick — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:32:29 -0800

Carry around a clipboard with a picture of Mike Wooten and Walt Monegan with big red "X"s over them.

By: schroedinger

schroedinger — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:35:16 -0800

Can you carry around a (toy) shotgun and ask if people have seen any wolves?

By: bitter-girl.com

bitter-girl.com — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:37:23 -0800

Slap a moose hat on your significant other if you're gonna carry the toy gun, though.

By: peep

peep — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:37:30 -0800

Is a sash that says "Miss Alaska" too obvious?

By: Fiasco da Gama

Fiasco da Gama — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:41:04 -0800

Binoculars. With which to see Vladimir Putin up in your airspace.

By: Deathalicious

Deathalicious — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:43:19 -0800

Carry a piece of paper that reads "All of Them" at the top in traditional newspaper lettering.

By: Miko

Miko — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:44:09 -0800

Binoculars. With which to see Vladimir Putin up in your airspace.

Bonus points if you can use toy binoculars and make a little cutout of Putin "rearing his head" which people can see when they look through. Hand them the binocs, ask them to look, and assert "ya, that's what I can see from my narrow maritime border!"

By: Deathalicious

Deathalicious — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:45:13 -0800

Oh! And don't forget a clipboard listing talking points. The more garbled, the better. Put "Knows Bill Ayers ===== terrorist" at the top.

By: Deathalicious

Deathalicious — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:46:40 -0800

I've heard from people who have run into her that she is a lot hotter and shorter in person. Not sure how that can help you in deciding a costume, I just like repeating that fact.

By: awesomebrad

awesomebrad — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:58:56 -0800

Three words: dinosaur action figures.

By: inconsequentialist

inconsequentialist — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:11:32 -0800

These answers are awesome and very, very helpful.

awesomebrad: Thank you for this suggestion because it reminded me of the Sarah Palin as vice president post from a few days ago on MeFi. The site would be another good place for me to get some ideas.

By: Kickstart70

Kickstart70 — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:38:51 -0800

5 dolls of varying sizes hanging from your breasts?

By: rokusan

rokusan — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:39:46 -0800

Seconding that the suit should really be red. That is the iconic Palin outfit right now. And a BIG, ridiculous flag-pin.

Maybe a "Honk if You Support Our Troops" bumper sticker on your ass.

For 300 more ideas, all the props in the already-on-MeFi Palin as President are good starting points.

By: clearly

clearly — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:56:05 -0800

Steer the conversation towards energy policy, so you can use the word "nucular"

By: TheSecretDecoderRing

TheSecretDecoderRing — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:57:15 -0800

Oh! And don't forget a clipboard listing talking points.

And refer to it before answering any question you're asked, no matter how simple. And I'll give you bonus points if you can sneak in, "...Um...... your plan is a white flag of surrender!"

You may also wanna include a copy of the "Sarah Palin Debate Flow Chart." Not that you'd actually use it, but you'll get some laughs if you pass it around.

Just don't go overboard with the props. Limit it to a couple for laughs, and not for "Look at me, I'm Sarah Palin, get it?" purposes. You don't wanna beat a dead wolf. Really, all you need are the glasses and the hairdo. And unless you know everyone there will be pro-Obama, you don't wanna utilize anything that's too political, or sensitive. It should be fun and light-hearted. (Maybe it's just me, but the rape kit thing seems kinda dark for a costume party.)

By: box

box — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:45:11 -0800

Don't break character.

By: borkencode

borkencode — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:05:52 -0800

Don't break character.
And if you don't know how to say something in character, just talk about something unrelated for extra authenticity.

By: mundy

mundy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:43:13 -0800

A minor point, but if you're fine-tuning the look, she's wearing 3/4 sleeves a lot. More than 3/4 of the time in fact.

By: SuperSquirrel

SuperSquirrel — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:43:39 -0800

Instead of heels, you could wear big snow boots.

Depending on where the party is, it would be fun to bring along a radio-controlled snowmobile.

By: i_am_a_fiesta

i_am_a_fiesta — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:21:45 -0800

A power drill.

By: dirtdirt

dirtdirt — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:33:06 -0800

A bible with the Flintstones on the cover.

By: Robert Angelo

Robert Angelo — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:33:24 -0800

Get a little stuffed-animal pig and attach a tube of lipstick to its "hands".

By: chowflap

chowflap — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:57:44 -0800

Those black knee-high, high heeled boots have been getting a lot of attention. Along with the red suit, with a short (above the knee) skirt, that's her signature outfit right now.

By: carmicha

carmicha — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:14:16 -0800

The earrings are important too. She often wears little gold ones in the shape of Alaska. But moose poop earrings would be funny too.

By: jenfullmoon

jenfullmoon — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:08:47 -0800

Don't forget to enter this contest.