Actress Tina Fey did another killer impersonation of GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live” last weekend. But the spoof about Palin’s interview last week with CBS News anchor Katie Couric wasn’t as devastating as the actual interview. Here are two of Palin’s actual responses from that interview.
On how living in the state closest to Russia gave her foreign policy experience: “It’s very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America. Where — where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to — to our state.”
On why it is better to bail out financial institutions than spend that money to help middle-class families: “That’s why I say I, like every American I’m speaking with, were ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping the — it’s got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So health care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we’ve got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing. But 1 in 5 jobs being created in the trade sector today, we’ve got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.”
Say what?
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Gee, I thought there would be a con here first, whiiiining about another palin thread.
Call the waaaaaaaambulance yet?
‘McCain Replaces Palin with Startled Deer‘
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/mccain-replaces-palin-wit_b_130111.html
“The Arizona senator supposedly brushed aside concerns that a startled deer would wilt under the pressure of a televised debate, telling aides,
“At least a goddamn deer won’t go on about Alaska being close to Russia.” “
I recall some beauty contestant’s answers to some questions a while back – everyone got a laugh out of what an airhead she was.
Deja vu all over again …
Can’t we just go ahead and switch out Tina Fey with the real Sarah Palin? I doubt if McCain would even know the difference. No, I take that back, Tina Fey makes more sense when she talks!
Palin made it possible for the SNL writers to get home really early. Her actual answers to the interview questions were the basis for a funny comedy sketch!
pobrecita
Here is Fey and Palin, side by side, same question:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ
Tina Fey should also do this one.
‘Palin: “McCain is in La-La Land” ‘
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8XeEZW-9g4&NR=1
Sometimes even a satirist can’t outdo the original. But then it did call attention to the first fiasco.
I liked the bit where palin went all adorable!
k-i-s-s-i-n-g
I saw BrownLib and Obama kissing in a tree.
Of course, without voice inflection, non-verbal cues etc…, a print out of anyone’s verbal comments is going to look less than cogent. Hell, even Cosmos’ written stuff is barely decipherable.
But, I’m going to go easy on Phillip and his lib bias. He is practically the whole Eagle editorial staff now.
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outlander
Posted September 29, 2008 at 5:07 pm | Permalink
Of course, without voice inflection, non-verbal cues etc…, a print out of anyone’s verbal comments is going to look less than cogent. Hell, even Cosmos’ written stuff is barely decipherable.
But, I’m going to go easy on Phillip and his lib bias. He is practically the whole Eagle editorial staff now.
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Naw, they have other editors, just not political opinion Editors in great numbers.
Brownlee, why haven’t you posted a Tiahrt Amendment attack for almost 2 months now?
Earlier this year it was monthly, now you are shying away from discussing the 2nd Amendment and how Obama fails to support it.
Come on Brownlee, take Obama’s side on the 2nd, like you do everything else!
I literally got a headache reading the entire transcript of the Gibson interview. Then when I watched the video, it was only slightly more intelligible.
Of course, without voice inflection, non-verbal cues etc…, a print out of anyone’s verbal comments is going to look less than cogent.
Here is Fey and Palin, side by side, same question:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ
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brian_nuevo
Posted September 29, 2008 at 2:47 pm | Permalink
pobrecita
I hope I’m not the only one who got a smile out of this. . .knowing just a little Español helps!
Thanks Rage, I got a smile out of writing it
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I just watched the side-by-side clip of Palin and Fey and some more of Palin’s actual interview, and now I feel sorry for Palin. She is definitely in over her head.
I hope the GOP handlers prep her really well before the VP debates on Thursday…
outlander posted September 29, 2008 at 5:07 pm
“Of course, without voice inflection, non-verbal cues etc…, a print out of anyone’s verbal comments is going to look less than cogent. Hell, even Cosmos’ written stuff is barely decipherable.”
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What’s the matter outlander. . . you don’t find videos of Palin’s comments “cogent”?
‘Palin: “McCain is in La-La Land” ‘
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8XeEZW-9g4&NR=1
brian, I had to use “the google” before I got my chuckle. ;-)
According to the news Palin is going to Arizona to Senator McCain’s ranch for a debate camp. Maybe she can ride horses and swim and hike at this camp. Ya know relax a little. Maybe a hunting trip?
“Of course, without voice inflection, non-verbal cues etc…, a print out of anyone’s verbal comments is going to look less than cogent”
Is that sorta like lipstick NOT on a pig?
Tina Fey is actually a great deal prettier and CONSIDERABLY smarter than lil’ Sarah.
Hey “Every morning we Alaskans get up and there’s Russians and we have like “shoo, get back over where you belong!”
John McCain’s first big decision and BOY did he blow it! Hell a drunken Daffy Duck is more coherent.
Here is the start of next weekends SNL skit (Tina Fey write this down):
[Fey - as Palin] “One time at debate camp…”
I’m gonna do my own drinking game for the debate.
Every time Sarah Palin says “ya know” or has a run on sentence, I’ll take a drink.
I figure I’ll be as incoherent as Sarah about 30 minutes in!
It’s really hard to parody someone who is already a parody of themselves.
“Can we now admit the obvious? Sarah Palin is utterly unqualified to be vice president. She is a feisty, charismatic politician who has done some good things in Alaska. But she has never spent a day thinking about any important national or international issue, and this is a hell of a time to start. The next administration is going to face a set of challenges unlike any in recent memory. There is an ongoing military operation in Iraq that still costs $10 billion a month, a war against the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan that is not going well and is not easily fixed. Iran, Russia and Venezuela present tough strategic challenges.
“Domestically, the bailout and reform of the financial industry will take years and hundreds of billions of dollars. Health-care costs, unless curtailed, will bankrupt the federal government. Social Security, immigration, collapsing infrastructure and education are all going to get much worse if they are not handled soon.
“And the American government is stretched to the limit. Between the Bush tax cuts, homeland-security needs, Iraq, Afghanistan and the bailout, the budget is looking bleak. Plus, within a few years, the retirement of the baby boomers begins with its massive and rising costs (in the trillions).
“Obviously these are very serious challenges and constraints. In these times, for John McCain to have chosen this person to be his running mate is fundamentally irresponsible. McCain says that he always puts country first. In this important case, it is simply not true.”
–Fareed Zakaria, columnist for Newsweek and PBS
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/fareed_zakaria/2008/09/palin_is_ready_please.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
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Well said. I wonder how many Americans realize the amount of damage done TO America BY Americans in DC over the past 8 years. Staggering.
Ladies and gentlemen, things are b a d.
We just had a major meltdown today on Capitol Hill. Major. It may not be possible to stem what can only be described as an impending generations long (yes, plural) slide in American lifestyles, for all but the top socioeconomic classes, what with Congresspersons needing to bolt for the hinterlands for reelection. Just about the last thing we need would be for McCain to win and then croak.
THAT would be like plague on top of famine.
Sarah Palin, please decide today that your family back in Alaska suddenly needs you desperately and thus you must relinquish your spot on the ticket.
Good NEWS!
Word is Tina Fey will do an appearance every week until the election!
Heh. Palin had better restrict herself to two topics, the weather and her health. Even with THAT I bet they script her.
FLASH: JOHN McCAIN HAS DROPPED SARAH PALIN AS HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE AND ENLISTED TINA FEY. TINA HAS ACCEPTED, AND WILL DEBATE JOE BIDEN ON THURSDAY.
Here it is. The official explanation. She is OVER PREPARED! This according to an article in The Wall Street Journal.
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“Some prominent Republicans and senior members of Congress have expressed worries about certain facets of the Palin campaign, particularly that Gov. Palin may be “overprepared” and not encouraged to be herself, an adviser said.
Amid the heavy scrutiny in a close campaign, Gov. Palin is under considerable pressure to make Thursday’s debate a “game changer,” advisers said. The campaign is sending in Sen. McCain’s debate coach, Brett O’Donnell, to help with her preparation, advisers said. Though he always was expected to help out after Sen. McCain’s debate Friday in Oxford, Miss., Mr. O’Donnell now needs to “undo” much of her previous debate prep, which has resulted in occasional “rote” responses, one adviser said.
“We’ve got four days,” another adviser said Sunday. “People love Sarah Palin and she’s got a unique personality and presence we need to bring out — not shut down.” Aides will work with her this week to be certain her responses use “her words,” this adviser said.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122265784614384667.html
From lindainks55’s link above,
“More broadly, the McCain campaign aims to halt what it sees as a perceived decline in the crispness and precision of Gov. Palin’s latest remarks … .”
Yes, it wasn’t of course a REAL decline in her crispness and precision that concerns them. It’s merely a possible perception, perhaps by some (not all) that they find a bit disturbing. Perhaps disturbing, that is. To some, maybe.
Hilarious. If by “perceived” they really meant meant to limit it to anybody with at least one functioning ear or one functioning eyeball.
Hmmmm, interesting the way a campaign’s constant attempt to spin can backfire. This is kinda like damning Sarah Palin by faint praise.
“Palin may be “overprepared” and not encouraged to be herself, ”
I think what we are seeing is frosting put on this very insubstantial cupcake.
There really isn’t anything TO Sarah Palin. She’s not a thinker. She’s a thug. The moniker “barracuda” is the first clue.
What was it someone said early on?
She’s a mile wide and an inch deep?
That pretty much nailed it.
FLASH: THIS JUST IN. BARRACK OBAMA HAS DROPPED JOE BIDEN AS HIS PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE, AND ENLISTED CHEVY CHASE. CHEVY HAS ACCEPTED, AND WILL DEBATE TINA FEY ON THURSDAY.
FLASH:
THIS JUST IN: JOHN McCAIN HAS DROPPED HIMSELF FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND APPOINTED FRANKLIN TO RUN IN HIS PLACE. FRANKLIN HAS AGREED AND WILL DEBATE HIMSELF AT THE NEXT DEBATE.
LAS VEGAS IS PUTTING ODDS AT 2:1 FRANKLIN WILL ASK TO USE ONE OF HIS LIFELINES. WHEN TOLD BY WASHINGTON PUNDITS HE DOESN’T HAVE ANY LIFELINES, LAS VEGAS BETTING PARLORS ALL AGREED THE PUNDITS DON’T KNOW FRANKLIN.
Thanks for the heads up, JMW! I had a conflict Thursday night and didn’t know how to go — miss the debate or miss the party…
I’ve heard Franklin debate himself in the past. Now, it’s an easy choice!
FLASH:
TINA FEY HAS INFORMED ALL REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT IF THEY VOTE FOR McCAIN, THEY WILL GET A FREE MOOSE PIE RECIPE AUTOGRAPHED BY SARAH PALIN HERSELF. TINA ALSO SAID THE MORE YOU VOTE, THE MORE RECIPES YOU GET.
TINA ALSO SAID ANYBODY VOTING FOR OBAMA WILL RECEIVE A SECRET VISIT FROM DICK CHENEY.
I dunno, the debate Thursday may even be too painful for me to watch. She’s going to make a royal fool of herself…ya can’t fix stupid!
“I’m gonna do my own drinking game for the debate.
Every time Sarah Palin says “ya know” or has a run on sentence, I’ll take a drink.
I figure I’ll be as incoherent as Sarah about 30 minutes in!”
Damn, that sounds like fun!!! Wish I didn’t have to work the next morning…I’d be right along with ya!
I’m already figuring it for an early evening Mary.
It’s very easy to make fun of Gov. Sarah Palin’s ridiculous answers, and her lack of knowledge on issues that are important to the entire world.
But what does McCain’s VP selection make the rest of the world, and leaders such as Putin, think about the U.S. political process?
And the McCain/Palin ticket?
You mean Franken, right?
Palin is overprepared? No, she’s half baked!
WHY didn’t the campaign keep her away from the liberal media with their stupid questions about foreign policy and McCains reform record. I mean come on, why would a Vice President need to know that crap? For goodness sakes the president doesn’t need to know anything about foreign affairs or economics. Look how good GW Bush has done and he didn’t know squat about those things and he’s a dern good prezident according to Fox News, he’s da best!
Any word whether there’d be a “mysterious bump” on her back, reminiscent of some sort of receiving device, famously suspected to be involved in the 2004 presidential election debate?
http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/10/08/bulge/index.html
“Any word whether there’d be a “mysterious bump” on her back…”
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As confused as we’ve heard her be when she is attempting to answer a question, can anyone imagine what she would be like if she were trying to talk and listen?