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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

The Return of the Palin Dudes

posted by on October 29 at 14:08 PM

Remember the “Palin dudes” the New York Times wrote about a week and a half ago?

It is not unusual for fans of Sarah Palin to shout out to the Alaska governor in the midst of her stump speeches. It is noteworthy, however, that the crowds are heavily male.

“You rock me out, Sarah,” yelled one man, wearing a red-checked hunting jacket as Ms. Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, strode into an airplane hangar here on Thursday. He held a homemade “Dudes for Sarah” sign and wore a National Rifle Association hat.

The story ran with this photo of a bunch of half-naked Palin dudes…

palindudesinaction.jpg

The first thing I thought when I saw that photo was—well, the first thing I thought was, “Man, I’d like to fuck some sense into letter V.” And the second thing I thought was, “Hm…. A, C, E, I, K, M, V, R… we’re just 16 letters short of a font.” I mentioned the idea of a “Palin Dude” font to a graphic designer buddy of mine and ta-da! The Palin Dude Font. You can download it here. And once it’s on your computer you can make the Palin Dudes—including scorchin’ hot letter V—say whatever the hell you want. So goodbye “MAVERICK,” hello…

dudesforobama.jpeg

Download the Palin Dude Font now!

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1

Has the prono version of Palin's life come out yet on video?

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | October 29, 2008 2:11 PM
2

Yeah, its called "Who's Nailin Palin?"

Posted by Jeremy from Seattle | October 29, 2008 2:16 PM
3

You're 16 letters short of a typeface, which I can download and install as a font.

Also, color me unimpressed until he's implemented the entire Unicode basic multilingual plane.

Posted by Jason Petersen | October 29, 2008 2:16 PM
4

I thought you wanted letter C...

Posted by Mr. Poe | October 29, 2008 2:16 PM
5

I'll fuck the truth into A personally, not V ;)

Posted by Sparky | October 29, 2008 2:21 PM
6

Letter V kind of turned out like this.

Posted by w7ngman | October 29, 2008 2:21 PM
7

I would think this is funny, but the Shiba Inu puppies on the livestream posted yesterday are feeding right now. They win.

Posted by Julie in Chicago | October 29, 2008 2:22 PM
8

@6

Ahem. Uh. Ugh.

Posted by jackie treehorn | October 29, 2008 2:31 PM
9

This is an awesome, even without the context of its inception.

Posted by Jesse | October 29, 2008 2:39 PM
10

@1: yes, and no goshdarn-ya-betcha accent = no fun.

@6: QUIT IT

Posted by W.T. Foxtrot | October 29, 2008 2:48 PM
11

Those photos make my female boner shrink.

Posted by Madashell | October 29, 2008 2:49 PM
12

A, plzl.

Posted by AJ | October 29, 2008 3:02 PM
13

are palin dudes really that white? it wouldnt surprise me, but im just now realizing that isnt white paint, but probably white skin. like, ivory white.

these guys need sun, not a typeface.

Posted by KCip | October 29, 2008 3:06 PM
14

I like letter M, personally.

Posted by hillside_hoyden | October 29, 2008 3:12 PM
15

Palin Dudes?

How about Dimmest of the Dim Dumbshits.

Posted by blackhook | October 29, 2008 3:12 PM
16

This is awesome. Font for wedding inviations, found!

Posted by Sandy | October 29, 2008 3:13 PM
17

it's a comfort to know that if I'm ever at a party with Dan, I won't be in direct competition with him. V is all his. Give me an A, E, C, K choo-choo train.

Posted by robo | October 29, 2008 3:16 PM
18

@6: Ignore 10!

Posted by Mikki | October 29, 2008 3:42 PM
19

E and K are dinging high on the gaydometer.

Posted by robo | October 29, 2008 3:46 PM
20

I'd like to school E, please.

Posted by violet_dagrinder | October 29, 2008 4:31 PM
21

There's a lot of things I won't do with Republicans - I might get some on me - but I'll gladly give E a bare-bottom spanking.

Posted by Geni | October 29, 2008 5:05 PM
22

@13: It is paint. Look at the line of skin between the white and their pants.

Posted by Aislinn | October 29, 2008 6:37 PM
23

Can I still detest Republicans and love their hairy armpits at the same time?

Posted by Vince | October 30, 2008 6:22 AM
24

@3: I hope you're joking, because I can't imagine why anyone would put more than a few hours into this project. I think this is one typeface that is not in need of multi-lingual OpenType support with Eastern European diacritic marks included. It would be a good addition to dafont.com, though.

Posted by dreamboatcaptain | October 30, 2008 6:40 AM
25

My vote would be E, or maybe A in a pinch. V's not "kick him out of bed" ugly or anything, but...

Posted by Chronos | October 30, 2008 6:48 PM

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