Video: Palin on SNL
posted at 10:45 am on October 19, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Ace thinks they sandbagged her and it feels that way to me too, but I think that’s more a case of us refracting the material through the prism of Baldwin’s and Fey’s politics than taking it on its own terms. She didn’t get it any rougher than anyone else, really; probably the worst thing you can say about it is that they didn’t make enough use of her. Speaking of which, no scene with Fey? What’s the point of bringing them together if they’re never actually together?
Loved the moose, though.
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palefaced on October 19, 2008 at 12:11 PM
Big win for Palin IMHO. Look, SNL is going to continue to mock Palin and the vids are going to get wide distribution on YouTube. When the first SNL skits came out, I was NOT laughing because I knew it was going to be effective in stereo-typing Palin and that’s exactly what it did.
So SNL was going to do the press conference skit and the Alaskan rap with or w/out Palin and the vids would have been viewed by the wider audience with or w/out Palin.
So what’s been gained is a total undermining of the SNL premise. People will come away from watching those vids not thinking that Palin is an airhead but rather that Palin is a good sport and really nice person and the SNL skits are over-the-top and not reflective of reality.
Big Palin win.
PackerBronco on October 19, 2008 at 12:11 PM
Speaking of sad public performances, McCain totally owed Obama at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. Obama I guess tried to joke about this perception that he takes himself too seriously and I watched it and thought, this guy takes himself too seriously.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 12:12 PM
According to ACORN it was a con-job by rightwing MSNBC. In their statement released this morning the ‘real’ Sarah Palin lives at 24567 W. Wingnut St, Toledo.
Limerick on October 19, 2008 at 12:12 PM
She did great. She was smart to go on, no matter what they did to her. Leftists basically have the emotional makeup of hurt teenagers, so giving them the respect of appearing probably dissolved of a lot of their juvenile hate.
PattyJ on October 19, 2008 at 12:13 PM
That’s no perception, that’s the real Baldwin.
Governor Palin did great. Wahlberg showing up and threatening to break heads was hilarious.
Hog Wild on October 19, 2008 at 12:17 PM
PJ, we need articulate conservative writers to represent those of us that still believe in the Conservative Movement. The Old Guard of wine and cheese Conservative pundits is a lost cause. So my question is, if writing is your niche in life, do you ever think about maybe elbowing some of the dead-weight out of the way and telling Americans what real Conservatives are thinking and saying?
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 12:21 PM
What as this about again Limerick?
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 12:22 PM
muggedbyreality on October 19, 2008 at 12:26 PM
I’m considering starting an online conservative oriented magazine that would be not be so much a blog as something similar in style and type to US News and World Report, Time, and Newsweek, except, of course approaching things from a more conservative focus. Besides the political–both practical and theoretical, I would like to include lifestyle stuff such as perhaps hunting and fishing tips, hobby stuff, vacation and leisure; sports; womens’ issue; and a creative and literature section that would contain reviews, original fiction and art, and, most importantly, would encourage conservatives both young and old to go into writing, literature, and the fine arts. If there’s interest in something like that, let me know and we can set up a Yahoo group or something like that and maybe make it happen.
Matt Helm on October 19, 2008 at 12:32 PM
The question answers itself Matt. There is a ton of talented young folks out there that will never get an inroad to a national print corporation because of their political beliefs. The internet is the new media and I think a great opportunity to increase the message. Especially in a time where we need to truly fear legislation like the Fairness Doctrine coming back.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 12:38 PM
And PS, SOme of the sites out there are already getting more sophisticated. I’m liking News Busters and especially the Jodie Miller New Busted bit. I think it’s very professionally done and reliable in that it’s updated regularly. (I’m still trying to figure out if that’s “the” Jodie Miller the body builder).
But how great would it be to get to an on-line Time/New Week/People level that combined some of those serious and non-serious issues from the conservative point of view.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 12:43 PM
IOWs, do it. Are you needing or looking for backers?
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 12:45 PM
I think she did great. She certainly showed she had a sense of humor and got a whole new audience (some of it hostile), to see her in a non-political soundbyte format, removing media filters. I think PackerBronco’s comments are spot on. By going on the show she defuses future spoofs a bit.
shakespeare101 on October 19, 2008 at 12:47 PM
What we need to do then is to put this thing together. For that, we’re going to need people willing to submit articles and artwork. I have one domain site I use for another hobby related activity, but I still have another address open in my domain package that could go for something like this. The only thing is, to make this work, I would need help. I can’t do it alone.
Matt Helm on October 19, 2008 at 12:47 PM
I’d be interested in something like that. I’m actually thinking of writing a story based on what’s going on in this election cycle.
ScoopPC11 on October 19, 2008 at 12:47 PM
I have my hands up. When can I put them down? I thought Sarah was a great sport. Loved the Moose. Didn’t realize my hubby snuck out and was on TV…… :)
sheebe on October 19, 2008 at 12:56 PM
Anyone at HuffPo and DKos that thinks Palin had to be rescued from doing the rap is stupid. Amy was already holding a hand mike (Sarah wasn’t) which means it was pre-planned. Furthermore, that setup allowed them to move Amy off the set so that it was just Seth and Sarah left which was the perfect opportunity for Governor Palin to spoof Tina Fey’s old Weekend Update closing line.
This definitely wasn’t a game changer (no one expected it to be), but it does help make her seem likable to that chunk of voters that gets their news from late night t.v. and sketch/spoof shows like SNL and Daily Show.
Did this change the minds of any political junkies that live and breathe politics - Of course not. But, it may have helped with people that vote their guts based on who seems more likable.
JadeNYU on October 19, 2008 at 12:56 PM
Thanks Scoop! :) I cruised by your blog–would it be all right if I fired you off an email. Hawkdriver, could I get an email address from you as well? I don’t want to abuse Allah, Ed, and Michelle’s hospitality by overly hijacking this thread. If anyone else is interested, if they would also leave contact information I’ll get in touch with you. We probably won’t be able to get anything up until after the election, but afterwards, regardless of whether we pull this off or not and McCain elected or not, we’re going to need something like this.
Matt Helm on October 19, 2008 at 12:58 PM
I think a lot of the writing talent you’re looking for could start with folks right here. It just has to be folks that can be dedicated to the task and have some writing talent. Even on the MSM web news sites, they seem to think the quality of the writing doesn’t need to be as good. I’m no writer, but I do recognize some fairly talented folks just blogging on conservative sites like this.
If I were to offer some advise, I’d consider the crawl, walk, run concept to let a project like that grow in proportion to whatever market might embrace it.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Oh, definitely. These things take time to get going. The quickest way to ruin something is to push too hard too fast.
Matt Helm on October 19, 2008 at 1:01 PM
You need to find the ending AP! Where Gov. Palin got a huge hug from one of the cast members.
Enoxo on October 19, 2008 at 1:03 PM
Matt, I’m a little leery of folks getting my AKO account but you can touch bases with me on my google address or if you have a public one you already use, I’d send a link to yours.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 1:06 PM
Matt - I’m not much of a writer, so I won’t be a great help in that department; however, I’m interested in the project and will happily offer what skills I do possess.
The email address is:
jadenyu at yahoo dot com
JadeNYU on October 19, 2008 at 1:13 PM
That is perfectly understandable, I feel the same way as I work in a field where it is not at all healthy for one’s employment to come out as a conservative, and I use a completely different handle name for my hobby site. I assume hawkdriver.com is your site?
Matt Helm on October 19, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Drop a note here.
hawksp2000@gmail.com
If the troll attack, I can change it.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Palin sandbagged SNL, no doubt about. She came off having SNL
mocking themselves. Never saw this coming….pure brilliance
on Palin’s part.
dec5 on October 19, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Sorry, hawkdriver–rather is that a site I can get in contact with you at as there are a fairly large number of UH 60 pilots and crew.
Matt Helm on October 19, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Wow. After the incest thing…that was big of Palin.
Now let us see that hair plug snore go on there and entertain us.
Black Adam on October 19, 2008 at 1:17 PM
No, but he’s a friend and was stationed with him in Panama. I’m listed in his directory.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 1:17 PM
Because of Sarah’s grace - and how she most likely solicited the respect and favor of her hosts - this was a BIG WIN for her!
Oh - and, Allahpundit is as helpful as Leprosy, as usual.
grtflmark on October 19, 2008 at 1:22 PM
I thought it was great. Instead of being an imaginary hobgoblin the left can see she is a real person with humor charm.
Exit question: WTF is a hobgoblin?
ronsfi on October 19, 2008 at 1:23 PM
She did great… no sandbagging, it was funny.
Is it just me, or does Tina Fey sometimes sound like she’s channeling Roseanne Barr with her faux-Sarah accent?
Kalifornia Kafir on October 19, 2008 at 1:28 PM
So Sandra Bernhard didn’t make good on her threat to have Sarah “gang-raped by big black men” if she set foot in NY?
So much for Liberal promises
uptight on October 19, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Without being “overly” sensitive, can I please ask that no sentence contain both Sarah and Ro… you know who in them?
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 1:31 PM
I thought Baldwin looked more like a parody of the whacked out leftist, bitterly hating a pretty benign, pleasant person just because they disagree politically, than anything else - he was making fun of himself, and obviously ne knew that. It made liberals look like asshats, because she’s standing there, looking nice, being reasonable, and along comes someone calling her “horrible”. Then, suddenly, he flips and tells her she’s “hot”. (Let me tell you, a couple of DUers didn’t like that. LOL)
I can’t believe anyone thinks this was bad for her. I’ve been watching this show off and on since I was a kid, and I think it was a total win for her. This is just what they do with politicians, and a conservative who can go on and more than hold their own like she did comes out with a big plus.
I loved the moose, too. That whole rap thing was funny.
capitalist piglet on October 19, 2008 at 1:32 PM
She might have needed them this weeekend for herself.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 1:32 PM
Hey, last thing on this, who was the comedian that played Todd Palin? That wasn’t Walberg was it?
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 1:34 PM
LOVED Gov Sarah Palin!!!!…She more then faced the pig dogs,…something obama would never do.
christene on October 19, 2008 at 1:37 PM
I watched SNL for the first time in quite a while. They used to be funny. What has happened?
The skit about the marriage proposal (Palin was not in it) was the worst skit ever. Do they think Autism is funny? It was as bad as Michael Richards’ worst moment.
And that is saying something.
Pythagoras on October 19, 2008 at 1:38 PM
She’s so great! I think Tina Fey looked intimidated by her. It’s rare for someone of such limited nat’l exposure to be THAT charismatic- I hopr she gets to be our V.P.
anniekc on October 19, 2008 at 1:38 PM
You’ve got to go where the people and perception are. Was this over the line? Not really. Considering that many people think of Fey’s idiot when they hear “Palin” (just as they thought of Chase’s when they hear “Ford”), this controls the spin, with everyone — even Baldwin — saying that they aren’t the same (if only because Palin’s hotter). Considering that, it wasn’t a sandbag; what exactly did they sandbag her with? Ace and Allah are fuzzy on the specifics.
And, by the way, even if Baldwin believes what he’s saying, he’s saying it in a way that mocks himself, not Palin. This is the guy who, when he found out that he was the (secondary) bad guy in Team America, offered to play the part.
calbear on October 19, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Hawkdriver, JadeNYU, and ScoopPC11: Email los! Let me know if you don’t get the emails!
Matt Helm on October 19, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Palin states right at the start of the second skit she isn’t going to do it…she states it crosses the line and she says it wont’ help the campaign but then she stays there and plays along …all the while looking great…she showed who she is …self depracatingly self assured and confindent…hope that makes sense…anyway, unlike that Obama supporting wuss who ran off of a Fox program because someone criticied him…in confronting any enemy …foreign or domestic…I want McCain\Palin handling things as the leaders of this country…thats what I think she brought to this too…
I think that conservative or moderate women can see she is beautiful and it makes us happy and proud and liberal women hate her, just hate her, because of it…
CCRWM on October 19, 2008 at 1:40 PM
You do know that was part of the skit, right? She was never suppose to do the rap.
Enoxo on October 19, 2008 at 1:50 PM
I hope SNL keeps mocking Palin…
FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
Borislav on October 19, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Yet another SNL yawner They should have let Palin’s people do the writing. Baldwin’s bit was particularly lame. He seems pretty self-conscious about what a dumpy lard-ass he’s become. Final score: SNL 6 Palin 6. Pretty much what we expected.
argos on October 19, 2008 at 1:56 PM
If you do this and do include a section for women please understand that a lot of women’s magazines aren’t doing as well as they used to because they got taken over by feminist who push their agenda constantly sometimes subtlely but most times not. I would love to see something upbeat and positive about cinservative women and the issues we deal with like our work relationships, our families but not in that “we’re miserable and depressed and we hate men” way…
Financial dealings, politics, education and what we can do to help or support those whom you would point out exist…
CCRWM on October 19, 2008 at 1:56 PM
hawkdriver,
That movement has started. I was really impressed with palestra.net, sort of a lifestyle/reporting site for college-aged kids. And Libertas, now on hiatus, is well received.
Print…I don’t know, but I think a weekly might work.
PattyJ on October 19, 2008 at 1:56 PM
If you guys didn’t watch it last night live, you need to see if Youtube has the ending goodbye section. Just to see Tina Fey’s look at Palin, Palin smiling at Tina, and the cast member who gives Palin a HUGE HUG center camera.
Enoxo on October 19, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Agreed. Wahlberg’s part just emphasized how much strength and class Sarah has, by showing up and taking the crap in stride. I found it interesting in the extreme that Fey couldn’t/wouldn’t even look Sarah in the face. I’d really like to see if they had any contact behind the scenes. Still, not facing her like a woman made Fey seem like a huge coward, after all her big mouthing off to her fellow libs, against Sarah. Maybe she’s embarrassed. She should be. And Sarah marched into the lions’ den with her head held high and a smile on that beautiful face. I just love her.
She really needs to keep doing this stuff, as does McCain, who does well in lighter settings. I read a comment somewhere about the SNL Palin appearance and it was to the effect that the commenter really wanted to dislike Sarah, but just couldn’t. That’s a good sign.
pannw on October 19, 2008 at 1:59 PM
I gotta disagree. I think the way she sat there rockin’ out made her come off incredibly well.
Jim-Rose on October 19, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Doncha just love how every four years the libs in politics, the media and TV and MovieLand tell Americains, “You are so F’ing Stupid….Please vote for our Guy”
Elizabetty on October 19, 2008 at 2:02 PM
OOPS… Americans
Elizabetty on October 19, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Oh, yes, I got that… I was trying ot state I didn’t believe she got sandbagged…
CCRWM on October 19, 2008 at 2:04 PM
That is one of the most important reasons for her doing this–people get the opportunity to see her as a human being and not as a political figure. People see that she can take a joke, can laugh at herself, and can maintain her dignity and class in a hostile arena.
Since we don’t know what happened when the cameras weren’t rolling, we don’t have a complete picture of any interactions between Tina Fey and Sarah Palin, but, going by what we saw on air, Sarah came across as gracious and warm while Tina came across the opposite.
Matt Helm on October 19, 2008 at 2:19 PM
Just watched the video, damn, they went hard on McCain but the bit about fancy pageant walking actually made me laugh out loud. I guess I just think Fargo or Raising Arizona for some reason…sigh.
The Steven Baldwin bit was amusing.
Yeah, they were hard on her…borderline nasty that I don’t think they’d dare do with anyone else but it still made me laugh and it helps temper some of the more rabid left-wing bs that’s getting shoveled out there.
I think it was a win. Weak, but a win.
MT
Mistahtibbs on October 19, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Matt Helm,
Re the Fey/Palin interaction. It seemed somewhat clear that as they passed Fey did NOT want to be near her. No eye contact. Nothing. Sad, really as I enjoy 30 Rock and think Fey is pretty talented.
It seems conservatives are better at the whole dealing with your opponent gracefully thing…for the most part. Liberals tend to come off petulant and juvenile. Again, too bad.
MT
Mistahtibbs on October 19, 2008 at 2:34 PM
i wouldn’t take that look too seriously. It was part of the skit.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 2:40 PM
There are moments on SNL that make me chuckle.
But for the most part…. and I mean most parts of SNL
It Sucks Donkey Kong Balls
Kini on October 19, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Didn’t see a sandbag. I think she connected.
sheesh on October 19, 2008 at 3:39 PM
I can not speak for liberal women because I am not one; however I can speak for the Indies, Dems, and moderate Repubs who want wildlife managed in a humane manner. I kept waiting for the SNL skit of Sarah Pain in a plane chasing down an exhausted wolf and riddling its body with bullets! Guess they’ll do that one next time…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQobIUE1zTU
Shelby on October 19, 2008 at 3:42 PM
The BEST Measure of how BIG a WIN the SNL Appearance was for Sarah Palin - is HOW MUCH the Left-Wing Blogs Hated it:
The Left-O-Sphere is HYSTERICAL with CONDEMNATION of it!!
ERGO: A HUGE WIN for Sarah Palin!!
grtflmark on October 19, 2008 at 3:42 PM
Even if you want to argue that SNL didn’t give Palin ‘props’ (although from those clips I thought they did pretty well), it certainly sounded like the audience did.
And that ad for Religulous.. hmm. I might still see it even if it’s just him basically insulting every religion in the world. Still, from the trailer alone I think it pales in comparison to John Safran vs God by a big margin.
Reaps on October 19, 2008 at 3:49 PM
http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/10/sarah-palins-sn.html
Sarah Palin’s visit to “Saturday Night Live” drew the show’s highest overnight rating in 14 years.
Last night’s telecast, hosted by Josh Brolin and featuring musical guest Adele, averaged a 10.7 rating and 24 share in 56 metered markets, according to Nielsen Media Research. That’s the highest overnight ‘SNL’ average since a 1994 episode that was hosted by Nancy Kerrigan and featured musical guest Aretha Franklin.
Enoxo on October 19, 2008 at 3:57 PM
How is it, people that have never been hunting, lived in out in the country or the wild, or have any real experience (except the Discovery Channel)of how life is out in the wild, seem to be experts on how animals should be, or should not be hunted and killed?
Get out there and see what happens when these animals are not hunted. Go stay out in a cabin and experience REAL life and REAL death and suffering of animals. When the numbers get to large or animals are left by a pack because they are week or injured. Get off your damn high horse.
americaslaststand on October 19, 2008 at 4:02 PM
That film really pulls on the ole heart-strings doesn’t it? It’s old film and not true about Palin. The very practices have been necessarily in practice under Alaskan Governors for almost ever.
Get as excited about infants being left to die on a gurney.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Concerned troll is concerned, and still obviously a troll.
Enoxo on October 19, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Sarah Palin is popular:
sugiero on October 19, 2008 at 4:23 PM
You far-righties are as bad as the far-lefties! You refuse to see the middle ground where most Americans reside. Pathetic!
And get an education, americaslaststand, to improve your reading and comprehension skills. My statement said THE HUMANE MANAGEMENT of wildlife, not that wildlife may not need managing.
This ad is playing in battleground states, and according to www2.mediacurves.com, it is one of the most effective ads in swaying folks over to the other side. Even though I will not be voting for Obama (or McCain), say hellooooo President Obama! I am sure he appreciates you bonehead’s assistance in getting him elected.
And put a sock in it already with the baby-killer response every single time someone says something against Sarah Pain or hunting!!! That’s old, and does not work on us pro-lifers (whom also care about God’s other beings) or on the libs. Find a new shtick!
Shelby on October 19, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Cute but not funny. Just odd and awkward.
She’s a beautiful lady and too classy for that show.
Mo2Do on October 19, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Leave it to our sensitive brothers and sisters on the left to use a the pejorative term Eskimo for the collective Inuit peoples.
Yet another example of the Lefties giving themselves a pass for things those on the right would be barbecued for.
hburns on October 19, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Hey Shelby, you sound shrill. Calm down a minute as you’re typing. I don’t respond well to bold or uppercase. Save yourself the time of trying to decide what you want to emphasize.
I said the film was old, I didn’t say the ad was old. Okay pumpkin? And it’s not an old line of reasoning to try to understand why and how someone who claims to be middle-of-the-road can care so much more about animal harvesting rather than the Democrats guy lying his ass off about his lack of support for the Unborn Infancy Protection Act. Literally being left to die on a gurney. But sorry, that’s an important issue to me human beings. I guess you’re concerned about animals. But you don’t get to decide what in someone argument is no longer up for debate. (Another lefty sign)
Let me correct you record though.
I am not a bone-head. I’ve managed to finish my degree in Professional Aeronautics and I’m a Senior Instructor Pilot for your government. I did it all in my spare time on my own dime and GI Bill. I’ve earned everything I’ve been given.
You are right about me being conservative. I don’t see being middle of the road helpful any more. It’s a way of slowly giving in to the left.
I believe in my 1st Amendment Right to Free Speech, not the PC Speech the left would allow me.
I believe in the right to own and bare arms.
I believe in the sanctity of human life and that a baby should only ever be sacrificed if it will truly save the live of the mother. Today, it’s just a form of birth control for a society that has become increasingly selfish and self-centered.
I believe middle of the road ultimately concedes these positions to the left.
What I don’t believe.
And I don’t believe a lying word that you posted here.
My first question is when someone posts a counter point to something you say, why do you have to impugn their intelligence? That is a sure sign the blogger is a moonbat.
I do not believe you are sitting the election out.
I believe you are voting for Obama. (But that’s fine, its a free country) Just don’t go covert acting like you’re a conservative blogger here and trying to sway opinion or suppress the vote here. It won’t work with these guys anyway.
I don’t believe you’re a pro-lifer. I don’t believe it at all. And yeah, it makes me think you’re a bare-faced prevaricator. Your venom directed at Palin, venom directed at me just doesn’t fit. The one thing you left-wing whack jobs need to understand is that pro-lifers share a kindred heart of such that it makes it hard to be so viscous towards each other. We might disagree with each other over other political points, but the pro-life stance is the core.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 5:03 PM
This is my offering of YouTube videos for tonight Shelby. It’s hard for me watch so I caution you before you click.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8K7fpRYt4c
If you had the nerve to watch the video, then watch this short clip of Obama at Saddleback. This is the only clip of Obama to see to help me vote.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRZX_ndZN-g&feature=related
Now if after this, you can’t think of a reason to vote one way or the other in this election, then it seems to me you’re the one that’s pathetic.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 5:17 PM
I thought she was excellent. Gorgeous, strong and classy.
She’s going places. America needs Palin!
Urban Infidel on October 19, 2008 at 5:48 PM
I don’t know what SNL skit Allah Idiot and Four Letter Word Ace of Spades saw, but I thought she pulled it off very well. I think her genuine honesty brings out people’s true nature when they react to her.
Pudits who are not worth the keyboard they are typing on expose their detachment and shallowness.
Female elitists like Hand-me-(another)-glass-of-cabernet-while-I-pontificate-for-your-little-minds-Kathleen Parker and Peggy Noonan the self-intoxicated, self-worshipping “wordsmith” expose their innate jealousy of a woman who is genuine and down to earth, and succeeds without a northeastern pedigree, and hasn’t presented herself for tutelage on the DC cocktail party circuit.
They may very well lose, but it will be for the same reason Dole lost. Because McCain has two raisins between his legs when it comes to standing on a stage in a debate and exposing each and every flaw of your opponent and tripping him up incessantly when he starts dancing. Keep hitting him until he drops, just like any other fight.
Obama is an empty suit, McCain is a wet paper towel.
Gov. Palin was over handled, over-programmed, over-coached, over freaking everything instead of letting her natural talents shine. Let her answer the questions however she wants to, not sculpt them around McCain’s painfully awkward election year parsing.
Let’s not forget what a despicable menace Mr. Immigration, High Priest of the First Church of Global Warming, Anti-Tax cut, Iraq/Jamie Gorelic Study Group has been the last eight years. Try dancing through those hoops in a prime time interview with a only few weeks of preparation.
McCain deserves to lose. He also deserves to be thrown off a cliff for his Bob Dole “cordial”, “respectful” and “gentlemanly” campaign that’s getting strapped by a Chicago Marxist punk who eats a $350 lobster tail hors d’oeuvre for a snack in between speeches about ordinary Americans.
I think an unfettered Gov. Palin will be a good rallying point after the travesty that we will all be experiencing the next four years.
revolution on October 19, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Another example of how you know nothing of what you speak. I have had an education and it continues and will until I die. Unlike close minded miopic folks such as yourself.
You need to educate yourself, you see this issue of hunting from a plane as un-needed or in humane. Please prove me wrong and go hunting in a frozen tundra on foot, and track a wolf, please do.
americaslaststand on October 19, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Is Palin the only candidate that has rhythm? Awesome!
baldilocks on October 19, 2008 at 6:08 PM
Truth
americaslaststand on October 19, 2008 at 6:12 PM
First time I’ve seen it,its A-Okay,and funny!
Maybe, because the left knew, the right was
watching!
canopfor on October 19, 2008 at 6:24 PM
Hee hee - good one Juliette. So glad you showed up to save the thread. HA is a great site, but some of the prolific commenters? Not so much.
rhodeymark on October 19, 2008 at 6:25 PM
She looked cute dancing from her chair!!! She had it going on.
I’m so proud of her.
Oink on October 19, 2008 at 7:03 PM
She did a good job going into the enemy camp, however I am disturbed by the recent trends that make stops on Letterman, Leno, The View, and SNL a prerequisite for candidates.
Hilts on October 19, 2008 at 7:10 PM
everything about that was great. I like how they threw Mark in as well (from the Kimmel spat).
Opinionnation on October 19, 2008 at 7:14 PM
Wouldn’t it be fair to say the proof is in the ratings er, um, pudding? Conservatism must be better for business….right? I mean if they pull good ratings they get more for advertising. Advertisers get more business….they expand….hire more people….purchase more equipment…on and on. Best ratings for SNL in what…like 14 years?
mwsivt on October 19, 2008 at 7:45 PM
I’m sure it goes in cycles. Hollywood throws us a conservative bone every once in a while. They will never change from just boycotting their shows and products. We need to have conservatives on the inside.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 8:01 PM
If McCain loses, it’s not because of Palin. She’s put it out there and then some. I wish McCain could show just a little bit of her fight.
sheesh on October 19, 2008 at 8:39 PM
Amy Poehler’s rap is a scream.
Palin did just fine.
The Ugly American on October 19, 2008 at 9:00 PM
Glad to see that Palin ran the gauntlet so well, but I wish that she would have had more lines.
But I thought the first segment was totally lame. And the second segment - the rap - was possibly one of the dumbest things I have ever seen.
gxpgxp on October 19, 2008 at 9:07 PM
It was absolutely astounding to me that she actually agreed to go on SNL. To willingly play along with people who are trying to damage her just makes her look like a bufoon at worst and desperate at best. She lowered herself to appear on a show that ceased to be humorous years ago and to what advantage?
under on October 19, 2008 at 9:20 PM
That’s what I saw. Somebody with quality. The names on the other ticket…I have already forgotten. The dustbin of history - (D)’08.
RushBaby on October 19, 2008 at 9:22 PM
I’d like to know if anyone has ever said, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night” on the open and “Have a pleasant tomorrow” close on Weekend Update?
EconomicNeocon on October 19, 2008 at 9:36 PM
Under:
There’s a reason the GOP ticket is trailing in this race in the polls. That attitude is a big part of it. Young people in particular (those people who tend to watch that show) are being influenced by the leftists. If the MSM won’t give her a fair shake — and they won’t — she has to go to that public dirctly. She gets exposure, NBC gets ratings.
She came off great last night. The opening bit where Baldwin “mistook” her for Fey was tremendous. She delivered the “You’re my favorite Baldwin’s brother” line well. Note, too, that in the Rap song, she was responding “Ayers” to the word “Obama.”
And at the end, she was out front, with Fey cowering in the background. Only when Palin cheered Fey’s recognition did Fey start over to Palin, after the other cast member practically tackled her. Make no mistake, ground was gained via this appearance. It’s still 4th and long.
EconomicNeocon on October 19, 2008 at 9:46 PM
You’re welcome! We need some giggles these days.
baldilocks on October 19, 2008 at 9:58 PM
I liked it and I liked her more
Baphomet on October 20, 2008 at 12:11 AM
Palin going on SNL is the political New Era that comes from my generation’s Coming Of Age. Or more specifically they are the 30-somethings to 50-somethings. They are the reason you had the YouTube debate and the reason that conservatives couldn’t bring themselves to give seeking the office of U.S. President more respect. They are the ones who say Palin isn’t intellectual enough and require a presence, an eloquence, and an elitist style of expressing one’s superior knowledge of the universe over the minions that can only be obtained by attending an Ivy League school and becoming a lawyer yet think that it’s quite important to stupefy oneself on a YouTube debate because that’s the only way you reach the stupid hicks who’ll be voting anyway. ((You ever find it curious why my generations number one occupation was being A Lawyer? Hah! lol!)) They are the Gen Xers, or the Feeling Gen, or the Equality over Talent and Capability Gen. They are the ones who always felt like they didn’t fit in so they seeked to make the weird and strange normal so that normal would be the new out. They’re the ones who will be giving us back the 60s and 70s and maybe the 30s, by electing a Cult Figure as President versus someone of substance.
It’s been commented about here lightly by others that SNL when it first came out had a major impact on this generation. Major music, acting, and comedy careers were sprung from this show. People who had an influence on the type of music, programs, and movies you watched. It also made somethings that weren’t acceptable in mainstream primetime television slowly but surely more and more acceptable. It made crass and rude behavior more acceptable. Decorum and respectability being considered dishonest.
When I was in middle school, every Monday morning at lunch time people would run through the memorable SNL lines from the night before. You know a majority did it. It made you think you were in the loop and cool, even if you were conservative.
These ‘kids’ of yester-year that think that this stuff makes them “better than”, in the loop, more high minded by being able to take serious subjects and spoof them, but at its rawest position taking ‘Joe American’ and show him for the ‘Stupid American’ the world sees him. It is done by making fun of him in such a way ‘Joe American’ really has no idea how horribly he is being ridiculed. SNL fans get to feel better about themselves because they think they “get” the joke.
For those commentators who state that we are all ‘all over the map’, I say, ‘Of course we are! Like the YouTube debates, she’s damned if she does and she’s damned if she doesn’t. Our generation has seen to that fact.’ And once again, politics is a game instead of something serious. But come the beginning of next year, these elitists of my generation who think they get the joke will realize that the joke is on them.
Deviation is the bell curve and it doesn’t change, what’s normal is normal what isn’t is deviate. No matter how you intellectualize it, life is simple and these things will never change. It is gravity no matter how you decipher it. You’ve pulled the rubber band as far as it will go so now prepare for the rubber band of the universe to snap back hard. It always does.
Sultry Beauty on October 20, 2008 at 2:08 PM
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