CNN laughs it up over Palin interview and SNL skit

[Wetzelbill]

Run time: 01:17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeMypXCUWMw   Posted on YouTube: September 28, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 28, 2008 By DU Member: Wetzelbill Views on DU: 6725

 
When I watched the SNL skit, I wondered if Tina Fey had used her words verbatim, lol.

[lib2DaBone]

1. Palin is not funny.. She is dangerous to freedom....

[Jim__]

3. Ridicule is an extremely powerful weapon.

People will not vote for the McCain ticket if they realize Palin is rididulous.

[tclambert]

32. Sarah Palin walked by a Thai restaurant

when she was in New York. She didn't go in, but she walked by it. Now she's an expert on Southeast Asia. Her foreign policy capabilities just keep growing!

[jberryhill]

12. Satire is a strong weapon /nt

[Catch22Dem]

27. Oh she's funny

[donco6]

28. Laughing at her is a powerful weapon.

All ideologues hate it.

[tavalon]

29. And that is why we must mock her back to Alaska

Tina Fey's first portrayal a couple of weeks ago helped start the slide for Palin and this is helping it right along.

[quidam56]

42. PLAIN JANE

She's a danger to the entire Globe. END MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL www.wisecountyissues.com

[ann_american2004]

2. THAT is RICH

laughingstock
absolutely


edit: to add right now McCain's advisors are trying to figure out how to get Cheney in a wig and heels by Thursday.

[gateley]

9. Giuliani already has a dress - maybe they could sub him. nt

[ann_american2004]

11. Hah! Awesome. That would be a hoot

nt

[Wetzelbill]

17. I thought that

almost at the same instant that I read this, lol.

[Zambero]

40. And Donald Trump could be the interviewer

Trump could even get carried away with his "naughty boy" routine. Rudy would love an encore performance.

[Believing Is Art]

21. I heard they were trying to pay Tina Fey to do it

They figure few will be able to tell the difference in appearance, and Ms. Fey has a better grasp on foreign policy and economic issues. Their only concern is she won't be able to tout Alaska's proximity to Russia with a straight face.

[ann_american2004]

31. TOO TRUE

welcome :hi:

[dkf]

4. I was waiting for this!

My brother called to let me hear the replay on his DVR. Priceless.

[VeggieTart]

5. She's a dipshit.

I cannot believe how she flubbed that question. I saw the clip with Katie Couric asking, and the expression on Katie's face could only be described as "Huh?"

[mwb970]

41. Couric showed a fascinating series of micro-expressions.

By micro-expressions, I mean "fleeting, barely discernible flickers of emotion seen on someone's face." Couric sublimated her WTF Reflex by blinking a lot, but if you look carefully you can see the disdain.

I feel completely comfortable stating right here and now that Katie Couric would be 50 times better as VP than Palin. She's smart, educated, and articulate. She knows what's been happening around the world. She has self-control. Palin is a pathetic buffoon by comparison.

[Vincardog]

6. Too bad the McCain campaign knows what a disaster that interview was. I wish they believed it went

as well as their other fantasies did.

[K Gardner]

7. Oh. My. God. I didn't realize it was the SAME WORDS ! *bangs head on desk*

[Wetzelbill]

18. yes when I watched it I was thinking

"This sounds exactly like what she actually said." lol

[Just-plain-Kathy]

26. Yes, my husband missed the interview, and I told him it went pretty much they way

SNL portrayed it.

[jrockford]

19. funny as hell when you notice, but the reality is quite scary, innit? nt

[ultraist]

23. Same words

SNL did not even have to write a script, they just used Palin's own words.

The skit is hilarious, but as others have said, the fact this woman is running for VP is frightening.

K&R

:kick:

[gateley]

8. "Everyone in the McCain campaign will tell you privately they thought that

interview was a disaster."

I just love hearing that. :evilgrin:

BTW, has any news outlet mentioned that she appeared to be referring to notes presumably on her lap (unless she had talking points written on her hand)? Did Katie Couric mention anything about that?

[BlooInBloo]

10. Here's the split-screen of it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y7E235ujJ4

[Wetzelbill]

22. BlooInBloo, always keepin' it real

as the kids say nowadays.

[chill_wind]

36. Whew! :-) n/t

[Hulk]

13. Bring on the "fresh red meat" for Biden this Thursday night...

You're right...she isn't "funny", she's a disaster for this country, and a pathetic sign of just how desperate and willing to sacrifice ANYTHING mcAncient is to gain the White House.

She IS a sad state of affair for this country. I am deeply shocked and frightened for the future of our country, and this pathetic excuse for a vp candidate says it ALL for how low this country has sunk.

[ladywnch]

14. the fact that it was her own words is what made it so much funnier!!

I commented last night that SNL got away without having to write much of a script for this bit......when you've been given such fabulous material...you just can't improve on that!! :rofl:

[JohnyCanuck]

16. Or as Homer Simpson would say,...

"It's funny because it's true."

[goddess40]

15. They're going to bump off Sarah and make Tina take her place

Tina is a better Sarah than Sarah is.

[Eugenian]

33. "They're going to bump off Sarah and make Tina take her place"

It's The Stepford Wives in reverse!

[jennied]

43. I would actually feel more comfortable with that

[ihavenobias]

20. Good one Bill

:)

[happygoluckytoyou]

24. art imitating life? life imitating art? NO... it was TINA imitating an IDIOT WITH LIPSTICK

[garthranzz]

25. It's not just the interview that was a disaster - McCain, again, misses the point

PALIN is a disaster.

:puke:

[Muttocracy]

30. ouch. nt

[BlueDonkey08]

34. That clown of a woman should just go back to Alaska.

[Eugenian]

35. Does Wolf ever get a day off?

[Wetzelbill]

37. He's kind of like a robot

I think Saturdays? Not sure.

[northofdenali]

38. Sarah = McBush's worst mistake yet.

Check out the Anti-Palin rally in Anchorage today, courtesy of the Anchorage Daily News:

http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/539483.html

Photos: http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/v-gallery/story/539483.html?/1521/gallery/539277.html

A headline from today in the VERY right-wing Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (we locals call it the news-minus): http://newsminer.com/news/2008/sep/28/investigation-reveals-palin-got-zoning-aid-gifts/

"Investigation reveals Palin got zoning aid, gifts"

In order to understand how unusual this is, you'd really have to live here (Blue_in_AK can back this up!!) but this community has been so far-right since the Pipeline, it's ridiculous. Now we're back to a somewhat moderate political community - and I'm seeing John Brown/Joe Paskvan/Ethan Berkowitz/Mark Begich (all Dems!) on signs in my neighborhood yards, this same neighborhood that voted overwhelmingly for Shrub/Cheney and Sarah.................

and my Obama/Biden signs haven't been stolen ONCE!

[Zambero]

39. Palin should be a lead script writer for SNL

All she needs to do is to sit down with a journalist, respond to the questions, and then the unedited results go straight to the SNL crew, verbatim. Sounds like a bright future indeed.

[L. Coyote]

44. OH SHIT! The bailout failed, health care reform is done for and the economy is unshored up.

[The Woodpecker]

45. Palin has as much knowledge and intelligence as any other....

Republican. I don't understand why people think she is dumber than the average Republican? To me, she represents all Republicans intelligence. That's why the Great American Maverick and War Hero chose her to be a heart beat away from leading our country as POTUS.

If people here can't accept Palin for what she is, just another run of the mill Republican then they give way to much credit to the average run of the mill Republicans in office today.