Sarah Palin has been governor of Alaska, candidate for vice-president of the United States and the butt of countless jokes.

Now is she about to become the American ambassador to Canada?

On Wednesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer fuelled speculation that Palin is Ottawa-bound when he declined on Wednesday to comment on whether she is being considered as ambassador to Ottawa.

“With respect to the ambassador, we have no additional ambassador nominations or announcements to make on that front,” Spicer told reporters when asked specifically about rumours that Palin was under consideration for the Canadian post. “I’m sure, at some point, we will have soon.”

That was enough to cause Twitter to blow up.

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“#sarahpalin touted to become US Ambassador to Canada,” bar owner Mike Slankard wrote. “Stop laughing, little known fact - she speaks almost fluent Canadian.”

Palin tweeted a couple dozen times on Wednesday and early Thursday, but didn’t immediately address the ambassador story.

The position has been open since last month when Bruce Heyman, who was appointed by Barack Obama, resigned following the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Palin reportedly loves moose stew, admires hockey moms and is happy on a snowmobile, but that didn’t impress the tweeters.

(Palin once asked an audience: “What’s the difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom?” Then she replied, “Lipstick.”)

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Some of the tweets didn’t bother with humour.

“Sarah Palin as ambassador?” New Democrat MP Charlie Angus tweeted. “Well that would show how little Steve Bannon and his pal @realDonaldTrump think of Canada.”

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John Clarke of Toronto was also dismayed: “I know #Trump is cruel and heartless but making #SarahPalin #US #Ambassador to #Canada would be going too far.”

There were also some hopes that this might be fake news.

Some of the tweets had more than a little pain in them.

One Canadian tweeted: “Dear Mr. Trump: Rather than appoint Sarah Palin as ambassador to Canada, please bomb us. Signed, all intelligent life in Canada.”

Fredericton physiotherapist Rob Willcott added: “Sarah Palin is being considered for job as ambassador to Canada. She’s presently on a flight to Europe to meet with us.”

Tweeter Bruce Fanjoy suggested that her reported lack of geographic knowledge could be turned against her: “If #sarahpalin is appointed ambassador to #Canada I suggest we tell her that #Oshawa is the capital.”

Another tweeter referenced Tina Fey’s impersonations of Palin on Saturday Night Live: “Couldn’t they just send Tina Fey to Canada as ambassador? I mean #sarahpalin is equally hilarious but Fey is intentional about it.”

Several of the tweets referenced a SNL skit in which Fey-playing-Palin said: “I can see Russia from my house.”

Christian Paquet of Quebec City offered: “Hey guys, if #sarahpalin becomes the US ambassador to Canada, let’s make her an honorary member of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society.”

Others referenced Trump’s plan to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

“Canada starts building wall,” English medical doctor Mark Cheesman ‏tweeted.

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