impalin

making a decision where the only motivation is political gain that completely backfires and destroys a politician’s reputation. Named for Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, the presumptive Republican nominee for vice president in 2008. The word is a colloquialism based on the English word "impaling" and can be used with or without an apostrophe signifying the dropped final "g."

By choosing Sarah Palin as his VP, John McCain was found guilty of impalin'. Barack Obama easily won the election.

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