Palin Makes "SNL" Appearance

Republican VP Nominee Smiles As She Witnesses Tina Fey’s Impersonation Of Her On "Saturday Night Live"

(AP)  After watching "Saturday Night Live" make fun of her from afar, Sarah Palin witnessed it first hand this week as Tina Fey engaged in fiction by depicting her at the news conference the Republican vice presidential nominee has yet to hold.

Later, Palin came on stage during the Weekend Update mock news segment and bobbed to the beat as cast member Amy Poehler performed a rap song the Alaska governor decided was too hardcore for her to perform personally.

"I'm Jeremiah Wright 'cuz I'm the preacher; I got a bookish look and you're all hot for teacher," Poehler rapped as actors dressed as Eskimos, Palin's husband, Todd, and a moose pranced across the stage.

The appearance was anticipated since September, when Fey began portraying Palin just after GOP presidential nominee John McCain selected the little-known governor as his running mate. The two look alike, and Palin remarked that people often told her - before Fey started portraying her - that she resembled the actor.

In the show's opening, Fey's impersonation of Palin told a group of reporters, "First off, I just want to say how excited I am to be in front of both the liberal elite media as well as the liberal regular media. I am looking forward to a portion of your questions."

Moments later, the camera cut away to the real Palin watching a television monitor alongside the show's executive producer, Lorne Michaels.

"You know, Lorne, I just don't think it's a realistic depiction of the way my press conferences would have gone," Palin said. She said she wished he would have let her do a sketch about "30 Rock," the NBC program in which Fey now stars. That prompted Michaels to deadpan: "Honestly not enough people know that show."

Palin then stood mute as Fey's "30 Rock" co-star, Alec Baldwin came onto the stage, mistook Palin for Fey and pleaded with Michaels not to let the actor go onstage with the governor.

"This is the most important election in our nation's history and you want her, our Tina, to go out there and stand with that horrible woman?" Baldwin said.

When Michaels broke down and introduced him to Palin, Baldwin feigned embarrassment and replied, "I see. Forgive me. I feel I must say this: You are way hotter in person."

Palin got even by saying, "Thank you, and I must say, your brother Stephen is my favorite Baldwin brother."

The camera soon cut back to Fey who answered a question about the polls.

"I don't worry about the polls. Polls are just a fancy way of systematically predicting what's going to happen. The only poll I care about is the North Pole, and that ... is ... melting. It's not great."

The real Palin then walked onto the news conference set, sending Fey fleeing.

"Thank you, thank you," the governor said to applause from the studio audience. "No, I'm not going to take any of your questions, but I do wanted to take this opportunity to say, `Live from New York, it's Saturday Night."'

On Sunday, NBC learned it scored its highest ratings for the late-night show in 14 years, in an estimate based on the nation's biggest media markets. Nothing has done better since skater Nancy Kerrigan visited after her Olympics drama with Tonya Harding in 1994.

Nielsen Media Research won't have a complete count of Saturday's audience until later in the week. It will likely be around 14 million people and 17 million for the first half hour, when the opening skit happened.

McCain, who spent Saturday night in Ohio, watched clips of the broadcast on Sunday. He told a crowd in Woodbridge, Va., on Saturday that he thought Fey and Palin were "separated at birth."

[cattlekate]

So............. when is Palin going to appear on Meet the Press or Face the Nation?

[wayno561]

The GOP is so terrified Gov.Palin will say something stupid,they won''t even allow her to do interviews. Think about that people. Do you really want someone like that a hearbeat away from the most important job in the world? What does this say about the judgement of Senator McCain? Palin was picked only to "energize" the Conservative Base, a group historically displeased with Senator McCain.
This is not "Country First".
Senator Obama chose an experienced statesman,an effort to surround himself with people who compliment him, make up for any weakness he may have. That is stong management. That is "Country First". The Choice is Clear.

[martin9p2]

Luckily, Sarah will never be invited to Face The Nation -- lucky for her and lucky for us.

[martin9p2]

Sarah took a drubbing on CBS from Katie Couric, and on NBC from Lorne Michaels and Tina Fey. This is so cool -- all Sarah has to do is show up and look stupid.

[martin9p2]

Sarah Palin looks very comfortable in her role of looking stupid on TV. She''s a "natural", wouldn''t you say?

[hennighg]

I don''t care for Sarah "I''m just like Anita Bryant only younger" Palin. However, I applaud her for her SNL appearance. If Bob Dole could have projected that kind of humor (which we know he is capable of, now) he''d be an ex-president now.

As for Ms. Fey, there might be a sharper female comedian somewhere in history, but I''ve never seen or heard one. Hotter than Palin, smarter than W, and just a really great woman.

[martin9p2]

What do you think Sarah will do after the election? Take some tranquilizers and some R&R in the South (south side of Chicago)? What''s your idea?

[martin9p2]

stick171, .... come back from the dark side. You too can vote for Obama.

[lmartink]

I think being in public has gotten into Palin''s blood.

Regardless of what happens in the election. She will be back. She is the darling of the evangelical Christians. And that will go to her head.

My question is: After 8 years of George Bush. And now Sarah Palin -- isn''t there anyone among evangelicals with the intelligence, dignity, and capability to serve high office? Or are Bush and Palin the best they can do?

[stevex47]

I''ll bet she is hotter in person though !!

[cessna172_]

Palin must have reminded Baldwin of his ex-wife !

[jerr11]

So............. when is Palin going to appear on Meet the Press or Face the Nation?

Posted by CATTLEKATE at 10:44 AM : Oct 19, 2008

when are you?

Posted by jamesm12341 at 11:15 AM : Oct 19, 2008



James, spewing the same old sh*t man!

CATTLEKATE is not running for VP. Sarah Palin is.

[cessna172_]

Baldwin is correct in stating that this is the most important election in american history and I hope that she makes it to the oval office .

[yongamerica]

Palin is like a one of those white chocolates you pick out of the box, take a bite and you want to put it back.

I agree with Powell''s assessment of McCain''s campaign and what a poor show of judgment he made choosing Palin as his running mate. Until that point he was running a strong convincing campaign. As soon as Sarah came on board McCain''s campaign has resembled more of a standup comedy act on tour, with Palin being the biggest joke.

[lmartink]

Excuse me, Palin supposedly isn''t running for the Oval Office.

[jerr11]

Excuse me, Palin supposedly isn''''t running for the Oval Office.

Posted by LMartinK at 12:02 PM : Oct 19, 2008



She isn''t but she''s on the ticket with a living corpse who may call it quits any time.

[frogprophet]

Sarah Palin came on strong on Saturday Night Live. Her personality seemed to kill the comedians buzz though, kind of like a Gestapo agent attending a Jewish birthday party. Her skits were delivered in a very somber, almost forced (God why did MCCain make me do this) sort of way.

[femaledem]

even on snl palin had NOOOOOOO substance..go back to tina and amy!!!!

[lordmi]

this women is Pure Stupid over all.

[bracemic]

The question is: could Palin have handled the rap song?

[zorar-2009]

Baldwin is correct in stating that this is the most important election in american history and I hope that she makes it to the oval office .


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Posted by cessna172_ at 11:50 AM : Oct 19, 2008

What kind of plumber''s crack are you smokin?

[hbevis]

People are going to believe what they want to believe.
Some are so desperate for change that they will vote for anyone to get that change.
Obama is a Muslim and there is not way to get around that point. And there is a very good chance that he was not born in any part of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

There is just way to much evidence pointing in that direction.

[scottyusa]

Go Palin! For a politician this gal is absolutely refreshing. By the way, if Obama has enough experience to be president then so does Palin. All you have to do is have good advisors.

[element51]

I have been a faithful viewer of SNL since it came on back in the 70''s. But I skipped last night because I can hardly stand the sight of Palin. She is a liar, a bigot and certainly a religious nut job. I will be glad to see her fade into the sunset for good.

[wevehadenuf]

What was the point of Palin going on the show? She didn''t do anything. She sat there and then stood there. Tina Fey''s performance was again funny though, wish they wouldn''t have cut to Palin and Lorne talking.

[wevehadenuf]

They can''t even trust Palin to do improv on SNL or read a script! The woman has very few abilities, besides shooting helpless animals.

[element51]

stick1771....Come on and tell the truth. Your buddy bevis is posting and we all know you are really Butthead. We know this because of the intellectual content of your posts. You can''t fool us butthead.

[jonathanw20]

She was pathetic. She went there in some revenge mode as she told in Rush Limbaugh show. She got beaten up again and all she could do was try hard to conceal her sneer. That woman could not put a real smile.

[mainecoonrud]

pussersuggs, I''d guess you are a typical McCain/Palin supported, dumb as a bag of rocks

Too bad SNL didn''t cut Palin, it would have been a better show.

[cattlekate]

So when is Palin going to have a press conference, or appear on Face the Nation and Meet the Press?

[anniepace]

Seriously, anyone want that women representing us to the world...get real

[wontread]

If one were being honest, one would admit that Tina Fey would be a MUCH better choice to serve as Vice President than Sarah Palin. (Tina Fey is both intelligent and talented. That alone gives her a boost over Palin!)

Posted by raflin001 at 04:16 PM : Oct 19, 2008

Plus Tina Fey has more EXECUTIVE experience as the head of the SNL writers.

[puppetry17]

Hmmm..Palin wouldnt front up to mainstream media to answer serious questions about the economy, foreign affairs, etc BUT she make time to appear on SNL ? That really says it all about this VP candidate. It shows she has nothing between her ears, where the normal human being''s brains are.

[lastdance128]

The Daughter of Sarah Palin Became Pregnant at age 14
She gave birth at age 15 - The Republican NAZI Fascist Party
Is Extremely Proud of The Fact that

Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin :
Are in the Image and Represents the CHRISTIAN Mind Style of
FAMILY VALUES - FAMILY MORALS and FAMILY ETHICS of
The YOUNG CHRISTIAN __ Republican NAZI Fascist Party

Every Mother in The United States should Raise
Their Daughters in The Same CHRISTIAN MORAL respect that
Sarah Palin Has Done with her Daughter

Every Young School Girl and Young School Boy
In The United States and Around The World
Should Follow the Excellent Example of :
The Sexual Activates of : Bristol Palin and Levi Johnson

The Welfare Office better get Ready for All
These New Teen-Aged Mothers

Its the CHRISTIAN MORAL Thing to do ! !

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnson -
Best Hope and Pray that Obama gets Elected
So ...... They can Hoof it on Down to the Welfare Office
To get Them Democratic (Socialist) Benefits

Teen-Aged S*e*x - Unemployed - Unmarried and School Drop-out
Teen-Aged Mothers

Teen-Aged S*e*x - Unemployed - Unmarried and School Drop-out
Teen-Aged Fathers

The Endorsement of each :
John McCain and Sarah Palin Supporter

The Political Criminal : FBI Profiler : Remains SILENT ! !
NO CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS HERE ! ! !

[tapsettle]

I couldnt give a stuff about who wins the US election, but I thought she looked like someone who was too arrogantly stupid to realise she was, with her own assistance, being utterly humiliated. What amazes me more is how split america is on everything, including how she fared on the show. How could anyone say she was ''funny'', or proved she had a ''sense of humour''? The US is so polarised these days as to have removed factual logic almost completely from its society, replacing it with emotional, political and often hateful opinion. Nowadays, right and wrong, truth and lie, and even day and night are no longer fact, but dependent on which american you ask, and the reasons given for their answer are often more ridiculous than the answer itself.

[bailmeout1]

Plus Tina Fey has more EXECUTIVE experience as the head of the SNL writers.
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Posted by wontread at 05:43 PM : Oct 19, 2008

haha Head of the writers huh? Did you watch that show? I mean, Palin aside, do you really want to extol the merits of Tina Feys'' writing ability? That show (or at least that episode) was the single most stupidist, moronic, boringest thing I have ever seen on television. Plus, where was Tina Fey? Oh, she was in the opening scene yeah - but after that, nothing. Did the mere fact of having Palin on the show go against her principles? What a hippocrite! As is Katie Couric too, riding Palins wave.... but really cant stand her. Typical of Democrats stating Palin is stupid for not realizing she is being used (she does), while saying nothing on the ones doing the using. BTW Did I say that episode su_cked?

[bailmeout1]

Dems are going to be so shocked when McCain/Palin wins. they will cry "Foul!" they will cry "Fix!" because they have talked themselves into something that doesn''t exist. Well in this country votes count (sorry Acorn) and McCain is already in front. haha

[down-ndirty]

Lots of political figures have been on SNL, but Palin will forever be remembered, not for being on SNL, but as the SECOND female vice-presidential candidate who lost.

Thank God she will never be the VP or POTUS.

Who the hell is Geraldine Ferarro...?

[down-ndirty]

Dems are going to be so shocked when McCain/Palin wins.
Posted by bailmeout1 at 07:16 PM : Oct 19, 20


Ha Ha Ha!!! Colin Powell supports Obama; lots of Repugnican politicians support Obama.

Ha Ha HA!!! Even McCain can now realize that an "African American" might inhabit the White House.

McCain screwwed up big time when he selected Palin, a woman he knew absolutely nothing about, to be his running mate. LOL!!! A little investigating, a little background checking, might have revealed her weaknesses.

Fortunately, McCain is too old to have another chance, and Palin is too stupid to get past the voters who are smart enough to see through her facade.

[torocaca]

and McCain is already in front. haha
Posted by bailmeout1 at 07:16 PM : Oct 19, 2008



Yeah, I think the last laugh is going to be on you, bail. Even the great Repuglican slander machine Carl Rove said that McCain/Palin don''t have a snowball''s chance in ''ell of winning.

[galloglaigh]

The very fact that McSame chose Palin should raise questions about his "judgement" abilities.

How funny, the republican machine won''t even let her hold a press conference. The first VP candidate in decades, if not ever, who has not held a press conference during the campaign.

SNL did well by making a point of that fact.

[caneturbo]

McCain is a great man.We know this from the record.Colin Powell is well respected, well known, and now making an impact before the election.For Colin Powell to make such abrupt assertions that McCain concerns him is diappointing.Colin Powell worked under the Bush administration at the very structure that supports it but Barrack Obama attacks the Bush administration.How can Obama accept the great endorsement essentially coming from the core of the Bush administration,Colin Powell?

[moxford0]

Perhaps when Palin returns to Alaska defeated Bullwinkle will greet her with a gun. How about, you guessed it, Sarah stew.

[bailmeout1]

haha Everything the women touches results in the highest ratings ever - as in EVER. See all the commercials during that SNL episode? Hippocrates. 70,000,000 viewers on the VP debates. Gave new life to Katie Couric. Now the highest rating in 14 years for this washed up piece of chit TV program. Say what you will, time will tell. hehehe

[brianbwb-2009]

Sarah trying to dance to the rap song was priceless, she didn''t realize that they were skewering her entire known public persona, and mocking the fact that that non-issue is all she can talk about.

Apparently neither did McSame.

I find it quite funny that SNL doesn''t even have to make up lines, they simply use her own "positions", showing the viewers how inane she and her campaign actually is. Pure genius, almost rivaling the Chevy Chase-Richard Pryor episode.

The light bulb will turn on maybe in a few days, then McSame, Palin and the few GOP-ers that remain will be saying how SNL should apologize.

[palin0808]

Palin was great. Anyone that watched that couldn''t help but like her. She had a horrible interview with Katie Couric and her answer about her foriegn policy experience and Russia was bad but anyone who can laugh at themselves gains points to the public. She is a good person and will be a political force in 4 years. Probably end up running against obama as the first female Presidental canidate!

All you libs who have so much hate for Palin can laugh all you want but she was great and very likable. At least she has an actual personality as apposed to Obama who is just a telaprompter in a suit and nothing more.

[charlie1000-2009]

Sarah Palin is was prettier than "Tina Palin", but Fey does a very good job, especially w/ the accent. I love the REAL Sarah Palin though. Smart, beautiful, amazing... wow, what a person. Love her!!!

Share the Wealth? I mean, holy geez!

Welfare programs are the same as socialized medicine. Why would anyone keep a job, much less look for a job or buy health insurance if the government is going to pay them for simply ''existing?''

The top five percent of educated ambitious Americans who gained success and found the American dream have to support those who don''t have enough ambition to find success for themselves? Give me a break. Socialism is BAD

[charlie1000-2009]

It''s a shame that our educational system has produced so many uneducated people who are dazzled and blinded by the propaganda of Senator Obama.

It is widely known that Obama is the least experienced candidate ever to run for the Presidency. Obama''s ''change'' to socialize this nation is not only heinous, but unAmerican. Socialized medicine was abandoned in Hawaii after only seven months. People with insurance are dropping the coverage so they will qualify for the FREE medical care. Socialize,NO!

[carlylaine]

Libs are so ugly inside. They can''t like the person if that person believes a particular way. AND yet they can totally understand Senator Obabma''s like for Bill Ayers.

You guys are ugly nasty vicious venomous little trolls.

Sarah Palin as well as Senators McCain, Obama, and Biden are easy to like. I don''t like the politics of the last two mentioned...but they''re likable in some respects. Why can''t the libs see both as personally friendly? It''s because of their abject ugliness inside.

[cattlekate]

I have been a faithful viewer of SNL since it came on back in the 70''s. But I skipped last night because I can hardly stand the sight of Palin. She is a liar, a bigot and certainly a religious nut job. I will be glad to see her fade into the sunset for good.


Posted by Element51 at 03:20 PM : Oct 19, 2008

I could not watch it either, just because Palin is so foul. And her voice is so grating.