Monday - September 15, 2008

A satirist dealt a cutting blow to Sarah Palin over the weekend.  HUH? I missed something?

OK folks.  I watched this also. I laughed because it was funny.
What have I missed?
According to this report in The Telegraph, Mrs. Palin “received a cutting blow?” Huh? Maybe it’s my age.
It was a comedy skit. Was there something else I was supposed to see?
Yes. I get it.  SNL isn’t exactly a hotbed of conservative thinking.  Most of the entertainment world is left wing libtardage. (that’s libtard and garbage combined)
But I don’t understand some comments I’ve read that says SNL could turn ppl away from our Sarah.
So I’m posting this report from the US by a Brit reporter, and await your comments.  And please, keep it civil. Palin would.

A satirist dealt a cutting blow to Sarah Palin over the weekend, succeeding in poking fun at the Alaskan governor where her Democratic rivals have thus far failed.

Tina Fey lands the first punch at Sarah Palin in Saturday Night Live sketch
By Alex Spillius in Washington

The Republican vice-presidential nominee was submitted to a devastating parody by actor and comedian Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live , a national institution that has been known to change the political winds before.

Appearing alongside an actress playing Senator Hillary Clinton for a “non-partisan message on sexism”, Ms Fey, who has a striking natural resemblance to John McCain’s running mate, perfected her flat northern accent and mannerisms down to the last raised eyebrow.

Returning to the show for a one-off appearance, Ms Fey’s script sharply probed weak spots in Mrs Palin’s curriculum vitae, including her thin foreign policy experience and her views on climate change, suggesting that the Republican candidate for vice-president lacked the New York senator’s substance.

After an earnest Mrs Clinton, played by Amy Poehler, said she believed global warming was “caused by man”, Ms Fey’s character said, “And I believe it’s just God huggin’ us closer.”

A frustrated Mrs Clinton argued: “...diplomacy should be the cornerstone of any foreign policy”.

Ms Fey, as Mrs Palin, chirped: “And I can see Russia from my house.”

While this comment drew loud laughter from the studio audience at the filming of the NBC comedy programme, Ms Fey’s character’s words were not dramatically different from those uttered by the real Mrs Palin in a TV interview last week.

During the primary campaign, a sketch making fun of the media’s fawning over Senator Barack Obama caused the press to rethink its coverage. In 2000, an impression of Al Gore’s performance in the debates made the phrase “lock box” ubiquitous and is attributed with undermining his White House bid.

Ms Fey was a cast member of NBC’s Saturday Night Live from 1997-2006 before she left to write and star in the award-winning “30 Rock.”

On board Mrs Palin’s campaign plane, journalists were told by stewards that she was watching in the VIP section of the charter’s satellite TV system. As reporters howled with laughter during the five-minute skit, there was reportedly silence from the front of the plane.

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UPDATE: Here’s what you missed Peiper:

Posted by Drew458     on 09/15/2008 at 11:28 AM   
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