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AMERICAblog: McCain crowd boos mention of Tina Fey while Palin gets to do a comedy show on NBC when she won't do a news show on NBC

  • AdrianBrowne · 1 year ago
    Remember when Bill O'Reilly said that Brokeback Mountain was an attempt to "humanize homosexuals?"

    Well, this is Saturday Night Live's attempt to humanize Sarah Palin.
  • lilyannerose · 1 year ago
    I'm getting more than a little concerned about post election actions throughout scatttered regions of the country.
  • houstonray · 1 year ago
    What type??
  • PinkDog · 1 year ago
    I'm not worried about SNL. They'll either let her do some 15 second very brief walk-on, or they'll let her be in some little skit that is supposed to gently poke fun at her but will--to anyone who can read inbetween the lines--slam her to the mat.

    And next week they'll skewer her mercilessly, no matter what they do tonight.

    They may not be consistently funny, but I don't think SNL likes to be made asses of, either.
  • An_American_Karol · 1 year ago
    Maybe Obama will be on the Saturday before the election. I hope Tina Fey is.
  • Mickey7 · 1 year ago
    Most of the lefties I know are boycotting the show--mostly because they find her to be such a turnoff they just don't want to purposely subject themselves to her, but also to not contribute to SNL's ratings tonight. I'm sure SNL will be nice to her and that she will do just fine. But, really, the only people who can tolerate her right now are the rabid Republican base. Why would SNL cater to that crowd?
  • DeppFan · 1 year ago
    Alec Baldwin and Palin arm-in-arm.
    WTF.
  • Older_Wiser · 1 year ago
    Are you watching? Because I can't. It occurred to me that Nancy Pfotenhauer is subbing for Palin on MSNBC news shows--after all, the fascist message is the same. And you just know they prefer Palin to draw all those "crowds" they inflate. She's far better at inciting hate and violence than answering questions of fact. (Not than Nancy does, either, but she's quite good at spinning like a top.) : )
  • DeppFan · 1 year ago
    I did manage to watch SNL - I was nauseated when Palin was on-screen at the beginning, then during the news skit, and again at the very end.
    Now I'm watching CNN doing a bio on her - not flattering. How she lowered income taxes as Wasilla mayor but made up for it by raising the sales tax. How town spending skyrocketed when she was mayor. How she hired lobbyists to get $27M in earmarks for Alaska, and now applauds when McCain says he'll veto bills with earmarks.
  • driver1076 · 1 year ago
    Worst intro to SNL I have every seen that evil bitch truly sucks
  • JamesR · 1 year ago
    LOL - Palin was actually funny as shit on Saturday Night Live. Kinda like the Al Smith dinner with McCain and Obama, a lost tradition in these savage times.

    - Not that I would ever elect her dog catcher mind you, as I actually like dogs, but in this venue she's the best Palin she can be. (Like in all seriousness her son Trig has the potential to be the best he can be, in certain circumstances.) She does well with light scripts.

    She should have stuck to pure entertainment / infotainment and not mixed into ugly politics.
  • Milli · 1 year ago
    Ummm, did we watch the same show? Tina Fey was funny as hell. Sarah Palin, was a bitch.
  • JamesR · 1 year ago
    HA! - Yes - that was the funny part. For a brief moment I could laugh at just that, as opposed to being terrified of her as President. Living in the meanwhile at the Naval Observatory while she doesn't believe in science...

    Oh God there's more. I may eat these words -
  • warbler · 1 year ago
    She did nothing! You're not making sense.
  • JamesR · 1 year ago
    You are correct. But humor itself does not make sense.

    Life, Deficits, the McCain campaign, all surround her and she stabs at them trying to establish her relevance, with mixed results. For humor she stood still, which in itself I find humorous. Plus she provided a venue for humor that without her presence would not have been.

    She's not a Raymond Teller (of Penn and Teller,) but for SNL it was pretty humorous.
  • aquarius2 · 1 year ago
    I agree. Fey, as usual, was funny as hell. Palin shows is she is very adept at reading lines, jut like in her stump speeches.
  • houstonray · 1 year ago
    Did y'all just her again on SNL Weekend Update? That song that Amy Poehler rapped was hilarious. They pretty much slam her with her sitting right there and she just laughs. Me thinks she realizes that the campaign is pretty much over....
  • JamesR · 1 year ago
    She looked like she had just swallowed a bug throughout.

    Like tuneful fingernails on a chalkboard - I can't decide which would be better or worse if she had actually done the rap herself - I don't know if I could stand it. Surreal. Perhaps the cast and writers are doing drugs again and the show will now get better...?

    "Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow" LOL
  • clytemnestra · 1 year ago
    Not only did the rap make her look bad but saying she was unwilling to do it then allowing very pragnant Amy to do it in her stead made her look even worse.

    Did anyone else see her grit her teeth as she passed Tina Fey on hte way to the podium?
  • shrrrr · 1 year ago
    Well, I'll never get that hour back.

    In a way only they could do, SNL truly trashed her, though.
  • floydbogart · 1 year ago
    I'd have to say that was the weakest SNL politically in a while. They obviously toned things down to make Palin comfortable. So what was the point?