Palin on SNL tonight

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

i dont think she is a moron or a terrible person, but she is woefully unprepared for vp.

RolandTD20Kdrummer

Palin's long time nutso cult church...where sane reality is a rare item on the menu.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9W3XCp5yXQ

TDMize15

bootlegger10 wrote:

Right. Why are whites racist when they vote against Obama, but 99% of blacks voting for Obama is not racist at all? You are blind, and completely hypocritical.

Anyway, even when Palin is on SNL making a joke, the left comes out firing with hatred. It is obvious to anyway that the left is so consumed with hate. Can't you take a break and laugh? I knew Alec Baldwin was mocking her to her face, and so did she, but you know what, it was still funny. If it turns you into a rage, you have issues.

This is kind of getting frustrating.

YES, Whites not voting for Obama for being black is racist.

YES, Blacks voting for Obama for being black is racist.

However, you should check some normal election demographics. Kerry got over 88% of of the black vote last election.

Most blacks vote for the DEMOCRAT... not just because he's black.

DixieN

bootlegger10 wrote:

Right. Why are whites racist when they vote against Obama, but 99% of blacks voting for Obama is not racist at all? You are blind, and completely hypocritical.

Anyway, even when Palin is on SNL making a joke, the left comes out firing with hatred. It is obvious to anyway that the left is so consumed with hate. Can't you take a break and laugh? I knew Alec Baldwin was mocking her to her face, and so did she, but you know what, it was still funny. If it turns you into a rage, you have issues.

I think you're in the wrong thread. We're talking about SNL here. There must be another thread where the trolling would actually fit in.

QuestionAuthority

SoonForgotten2 wrote:

It was funny and it illustrates what a joke she is as a candidate. End of.

Funny how right wingers accuse the left of being angry. Maybe it would have something to do with eight years of fear tactics and the stripping of civil liberties by the right. Anyone on the left who isn't angry, damn well should be. But yeah, the right wingers would love for us to just sit back, relax, and go for the ride.

Your post is right on regarding the last 8 years..

Palin was ok.. I was mildly amused.. she can keep a beat.. she "raised the roof" fine.. I do have to say it was a little odd to see her do these things, but hey I had a chuckle.. I do think it was WAY over hyped. I think if the word had not gotten out that she was going to be there.. somehow putting this anticipation into it ~ it could have actually been better if you were just tuning in for the show.. not expecting her to show up at some point in it.

Having said that ~ Amy Poehler is a homegirl ~ WORD! She kicked it!

my piece of clay

Todds Team Artic and The TRIPPING MOOSE had me at hello!!!

n2integrity

dharma69 wrote:

I'm sorry but if you thought that she was clueless then you're clueless.

She (and every other political figure who's appeared on SNL) is supposed to seem clueless. That's the point of the parody and of the "real" person making an appearance. See Mark Walhberg?

And I don't care about it making her likable to me; I'm not voting for her. But it was a good gig and I can give credit where credit is due.

We will have to agree to disagree on this one - but there is no need to name call. We just see it different.

The best parodies are when candidates mock themselves - it comes off self-effacing and it does make them more likable. I've seen Obama, McCain and Biden do it well on different entertainment porgram. It shows their sense of humor.

This didn't show her as funny. The only line Sara had was when she said she wasn't going to answer any questions and I didn't find that too funny - maybe because I really think that is a pretty serious thing that she is not talking to reporters.

The rest of the time - she was mocked and took it, imho making her look dumb. Her big zinger was telling Alex that she preferred his brother - but that was pretty soft after he called her horrible.

I'll say she was a good sport - managed to smile through it effectively -memorised her lines well (just like the debates) - but I don't think it made her more likable. Just another pagent performance.

know1

bootlegger10 wrote:

The left is so full of blind hatred.

I've definitely seen a lot more anger coming from the left when discussing the opposition than I have from the right. Much of it borders on downright childishness.

inmytree

know1 wrote:

I've definitely seen a lot more anger coming from the left when discussing the opposition than I have from the right. Much of it borders on downright childishness.

thanks for the morning laugh....:)

know1

inmytree wrote:

thanks for the morning laugh....:)

Perfect example.

inmytree

know1 wrote:

Perfect example.

of....?

Open

know1 wrote:

Perfect example.

Hate = "KILL HIM" not "thanks for the morning laugh...."

SoonForgotten2

Open wrote:

Hate = "KILL HIM" not "thanks for the morning laugh...."

+1

know1

Open wrote:

Hate = "KILL HIM" not "thanks for the morning laugh...."

I was focusing on the childishness portion of my comment.

inmytree

know1 wrote:

I was focusing on the childishness portion of my comment.

....still laughing

thanks!

puremagic

MrBrian wrote:

I'll tell you the one I don't get, Obama paying to have his name in Video games.

Damn, I thought it was a stroke of genius. He tapped into a mobile advertising source that most people put down because of the so called demographics of the people THEY THINK play video games.

in this twilight

yeah i dont think it made her more likable. her appearance was pretty boring.
for a woman who could potentially end up in charge of this country, i think her time would be better spent reading all those magazines and brushing up on foreign policy, rather than hangin out on the SNL set. unless she just plans on rapping her way out of any political dilemma?

Speakers

in this twilight wrote:

yeah i dont think it made her more likable. her appearance was pretty boring.
for a woman who could potentially end up in charge of this country, i think her time would be better spent reading all those magazines and brushing up on foreign policy, rather than hangin out on the SNL set. unless she just plans on rapping her way out of any political dilemma?

Thanks for my afternoon laugh. It is so true. She needs to be getting a clue and the world not sitting there while not being funny.

dg1979us

n2integrity wrote:

We will have to agree to disagree on this one - but there is no need to name call. We just see it different.

The best parodies are when candidates mock themselves - it comes off self-effacing and it does make them more likable. I've seen Obama, McCain and Biden do it well on different entertainment porgram. It shows their sense of humor.

This didn't show her as funny. The only line Sara had was when she said she wasn't going to answer any questions and I didn't find that too funny - maybe because I really think that is a pretty serious thing that she is not talking to reporters.

The rest of the time - she was mocked and took it, imho making her look dumb. Her big zinger was telling Alex that she preferred his brother - but that was pretty soft after he called her horrible.

I'll say she was a good sport - managed to smile through it effectively -memorised her lines well (just like the debates) - but I don't think it made her more likable. Just another pagent performance.

I think she was supposed to do the rap and decided against that, which is why she didnt have as many lines as most guests like her do. But there is no question she knew she was being mocked and playing around with it. I really dont see this any differently than any other politician that goes on the show.

norm

Alec Baldwin: Palin on SNL: What Did You Expect?


In 1998, I attended the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington. A friend who is a lobbyist there escorted me to a weekend's worth of events. As we moved around a brunch reception one late morning, I turned and suddenly faced Henry Kissinger. I remember thinking, at that exact moment, that here before me was the man who defined the horrible abuses of American political and military power that have cast such an enormous shadow over America's reputation since the Vietnam war. Not exactly to a Hitchens-esque degree, I was horrified. My political opposite one foot away from me. "Alec, this is Henry Kissinger," my friend said. I paused and said, "I'm sorry to hear about your mother."

Kissinger's mother, Paula, had died the month before, at the age of 97. She had lived in the same formerly German-Jewish community in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan for decades. Kissinger looked me in the eye and, with what I believed was genuine emotion, said, "Thank you for saying that to me." I mention this because I wonder, what did some of you people actually think would happen with Palin on SNL?

Saturday Night Live is a comedy show. It's not Meet the Press. It doesn't "ask the tough questions" or "set the agenda." It attempts, with varying degrees of success, to make people laugh. That's it. Whether they skewer and savage people in order to do so, they don't care. When you come on a show like that, you are prepared in advance to get worked over. Palin knew that. Palin came on to be a good sport. And she was. She was polite, gracious. (More so than some of the famous actors who come through there, believe me.)

However, I assume that, like Meet the Press, SNL feels an obligation to offer their special forum to any and all public figures and officials who are current. Headline making. And in SNL's case, would make for a hit show. Several people decried SNL for giving her a spot on the show. You're kidding, right? The woman is the Vice Presidential nominee of one of the two major parties in this country. Don't put her on SNL? With all of her exposure and the Tina Fey performance? What reality are you in?

If you think an appearance on Saturday Night Live would sway voters and actually affect the outcome of the election, you may have more contempt for the electorate of this country than the Republican National Committee does. And that's a lot of contempt.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alec-baldwin/palin-on-isnli-what-did-y_b_136186.html