Oct 19 2008
SNL on Saturday Night!
I will say, when I heard Sarah Palin was going to be on SNL, I said, oh no! WHY?
There’s no winning here, what is the possible gain? I was imagining another John McCain on The View ambush job! You know the one: Barbra Walters (once serious journalist…) doesn’t look at McCain while interrogating him with disdain like a murderer, or Joy Bahr calling him a liar to his face, or Whoppie asking him if he plans on bringing back slavery..
TheView / McCain interview was painful to watch. It put some people in a very bad light as far as I was concerned. Uncomfortable for all, unforgivable for me!
After seeing SNL live I can say it was well done. Sarah Palin looked good, the SNL players seemed respectful, and it looked like it was all in good fun. It’s amazing how much Tina Fey and Palin actually look a like. SNL was NO The View interview—thankfully!
Palin was confident, funny, and pulled it off. The writing was well done—I laughed quite a bit! So, I was wrong, Palin looked like the better person for it (and I guess was the answer to my WHY—definitely, “a good sport!”
By the way the rest of SNL wasn’t that funny, unfortunate because I think it had potential with Josh Brolin.
By Michelle Malkin: Saturday Night Live: open thread; Sarah Palin’s a good sport
By TheAnchoress: Sarah Palin SNL Reactions
My impression: she’s a natural on camera; completely comfortable – no surprise. And clearly a good sport.
The SNL cast, on the other hand, seemed a bit uncomfortable and stiff. Alec Baldwin’s a good sport, too.
By Allahpundit: Video: Palin on SNL
—iChef Cinema
She was great and I never thought I would use that word to describe her ever.
Mark Wahlburg was good too but you really needed to have watched the Andy Samburg sketch from last week to truly appreciate it.
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Hi Gail,
It’s okay, to say how you feel! It doesn’t make you a bad person. I still can’t get over how close the two of them look like each other.
Marky Mark was good also, that is true and we didn’t get the reference. I must have fell asleep during that part.
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“It’s okay, to say how you feel! It doesn’t make you a bad person”.
IChef Politikos, you are cracking me up. I know I’m not a bad person. My former Grandmother-in-law once told me I didn’t have to be Catholic to be a good person. She cracked me up too.
Seriously, Palin showed that she has a decent sense of humor and I find that to be very important in a person. I still don’t want her anywhere near the White House though. Okay, she can go on the tour.
Unfortunately, that’s exactly what it has come down to today in our society: agree with me or your bad, evil, and even The Hitler! “Be tolerant what I believe or you’re intolerant!” Attack people because they ask a question (ask Joe)
So when I say that you’re not a bad person, I want you to feel free to say anything you want and I will not judge you, I might not agree, but certainly doesn’t make you bad. I wanted to reassure you that you’re not (in my mind) bad—however, there are people in certain circles on your own side that will consider you a bad person by the mere mention of a positive word about Palin.
Gail, I heard a woman this past weekend respond to her spouse who mentioned that Palin is an eloquent speaker, by saying “yeah, so what does that mean, so was Hitler for God-sakes.”
I’m just saying this is what I’m seeing and hearing…