Palin scares the crap out of me but she did seem like a good sport for doing this skit.  Or maybe she just didn’t get that people were laughing AT her and not with her?

A couple of times during the show I found myself thinking “Man, if only her politics weren’t so awful.”  She seemed kind of likeable otherwise. 

But then at other times she really seemed to be straining to be a good sport.

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I’m just impressed with the way Amy Poehler moves in that.

Heh. Poehler moves better while hugely pregnant than Palin does.

But ye gods. Could Palin possibly be any less aware that she’s being ripped a new one on live television?

Badkitty, given how often what the McCain/Palin camp has done and said sounds like satire, I’d easily believe she doesn’t know they’re laughing at her.  I’m not sure they understand irony.

After all, would anyone have believed that that Alaska is close to Russia crap would be a real argument for her candidacy?  I thought for sure it was a joke when I heard it.

A couple of times during the show I found myself thinking “Man, if only her politics weren’t so awful…

...,and if she wasn’t such a self-aggrandizing compulsive liar, and if she wasn’t such a petty vindictive asshole, and if she wasn’t so stupidly corrupt, and if she wasn’t so proudly ignorant, and et cetera.

That show is going to suck so bad when Poehler leaves. 

They gave her a heck of a workout between that skit and the perfume ad.  How are they going to fill all of her camera time after she leaves.

Small touch, but I loved “Todd” pointing repeatedly at Alaska in the map behind Poehler. Good stuff.

If Alec Baldwin’s piece in HuffPo is an indication, it appears that some Obama supporters were unhappy that SNL gave Palin this platform. What are those people smoking? This—“Weekend Update” especially—was brutal to what’s left of Palin’s image; she looked ridiculous. And I suspect that that’s exactly what Meyers, Poehler, and (especially) Fey intend.

But ye gods. Could Palin possibly be any less aware that she’s being ripped a new one on live television?

That was my thought, too.  From the expression on Palin’s face, it looked to me like she was hearing only a few words per sentence, and she thought it was all supportive of her!  Like her original “huckey mom/pitbull in lipstick” joke, way back in August, you betcha.

Huh.  I thought that was Tina Fey playing Palin.  Gah.  It’s like a doppelganger.

As for those Russian boys, that was awesome.  We had a Russian exchange student last year, and those guys nailed it, down to the mullet and the expressionless demeanor.  I was laughing so hard I was peeing.

I think as soon as she hears rap music, she tunes out and thinks “this is black people music. I don’t get it. I’m going to think about Nascar.”

The small distinction between conservatives and parodies of conservatives is now completely gone. We are all permanent residents of Colbert Nation now, some of us are just not aware of it.

A couple of times during the show I found myself thinking “Man, if only her politics weren’t so awful.” She seemed kind of likeable otherwise.

I remember seeing footage of some non-political video she shot (I think she was taking some dudes from a travel or outdoors/sporting show around Juneau?) just a few days after she was announced, and thinking the same thing.  It’s really a pity she has such horrible beliefs (and is willing to act on them so openly), because she seems like a reasonably okay human being otherwise.

BTW, what is that button she always wears on her lapel?  It looks like a flag of Israel to me, which is kind of an odd thing for a US vice presidential candidate to wear so blatantly and faithfully.  I guess I’d get it if she were Jewish, but…?

Oh and can I just say I can only hope to be so cool (and agile!) when/if I’m ever pregnant.

I’m sure she can muster a few minutes of coolness when she’s prepared for it and as long as it doesn’t have to last too long.

Like that guy who beats his girlfriend but can still come off as “a really nice guy” to his friends and coworkers.

The Op:  Palin wears a “blue star” pin, signifying that she has a child in the military.

youbetcha doggone it you betcha you betcha doggone it say it ain’t so joe

that should be in every rap ever.

If it weren’t for the impending doom and apocalypses that would be caused by Sarah Palin being in the white house, I’d be dying for four more years of the entertainment she provides. I already can’t help myself from saying “in what respect, charlie?” whenever I don’t understand a question, just think of how many new catch phrases we could get from her.

Amy Poehler: genius.

I thought the Palin smile appeared strained. She’s on television, and running for office. She has to pretend she has a sense of humor, but inside, she’s starting her Enemies List.