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VP debate, SNL style
In case you missed it, the video below shows last night's Saturday Night Live spoof on Thursday night's vice presidential debate.
Tina Fey returned to play Sarah Palin, Jason Sudeikis took the role of Joe Biden, and Queen Latifah sat in as moderator Gwen Ifill. Click play below to watch.
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Tina Fey is a genius. I loved the bit about marriage being between 2 unwilling teenagers! How true is that!
Tina Fey is incredibly funny as Sarah; however the real Sarah is incredibly scary in that some people buy into her style over substance. Style she's got; substance she lacks, sorely!!!! C'mon. Sarah, give us red-blooded American women a reason to want you in the Whitehouse!!!!!
Kudos to SNL for these Palin spoofs...at times I think I am losing my mind when I listen to her and have to remind myself this is real stuff. It is scary that she is making such a mockery out of our presidential system with her winks and childish antics.
Great Job Gueen Latifah
Hope, through satire, the message of Sarah Palin's avoidance of the tough questions will get through to the American people. The thought of Sarah Palin with her limited intellectual strength and reliance on ambiguous catch phrases being a heart beat away from the presidency, sends chills down my spine! When did we start scorning moral turpitude and hard-won educational and professional achievement in favor of her brand of Joe 6-pack politics?
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here is the snl vp debate. its sooo funny
I want to see Tina Fey debate Sarah Palin.
If it weren't so scary to think Palin could be VP/Prez it would by hysterical. Was the gotcha, Joe Six Pack, wink wink routine nauseating, or is it just me? She can memorize a speech and that makes her qualified? There's evidence floating around she was wired - that would explain her robotic answers. The inflection in the tone didn't jive with a normal response. Joe Biden did an awesome job of actually answering questions and providing intellectual questions. It must have been so tempting to talk down to her, but he stayed on task. Obama/Biden '08
LoL Sooo Truw
Thought you might like this...
I'm sick of this phony, cutthroat, dominant aggresive female who most women can't stand. Go home to the Alaska outback, Ms. Palin, your family clearly needs you, your party clearly does not!
In case you didn't see this yet ... you have to.
Classic.
It was great seeing you guys this past weekend. Thanks so much for coming up and thanks for the conversation. It felt like we just about figured out how to solve the worlds problems - which I love.
The kids are missing you already and we thought we saw blanky boy flying around as we got close the airport. We are all home - safe and sound. Hope this message finds you the same way.
Love, Michael
Sarah Palin's performance at the VP debate seemed like a spoof on a bimbo candidate.
I have to say that I enjoyed the SNL debate -- it was more balanced than most of the mainstream media these days.
However, what's really interesting is the other political skit as well. The one where the Democrats are spoofed for denying responsibility for the whole mortgage mess and financial crisis.
The moment I saw it my jaw dropped... but I knew that the media would choose to ignore it and hope that no one noticed.
I haven't watched SNL much for many yrs, but am I glad I saw this one! One of the funniest things I've seen - especially after watching the debate and being so disgusted that she was allowed to gloss over the questions, avoid answering, and just getting on her bandwagon, doing yet another TV Ad, rather than debating! SNL, I was sitting alone in the dark, and LOL!!!
The newest SNL spoof on the VP debate last week.
Fabulous!
This is comedy at it's best and Sarah Palin is a comedic writers dream come true.
Thank heaven for Tina Fey! What a great job she does!
another perfect performance....I love the same sex benefit issue!
Love it. Oddly enough, it was way too similar to the real debate.
Watch this!! Enjoy, Deb
Totally awesome! You guys NAILED IT!
I got through the real debate by knowing my reward would be to watch the SNL version.
Rock on!
Tina Fey is so good that I sometimes can't remember whether Sarah Palin actually said something or whether I heard it on SNL. Scary
so happy to learn my friends and I weren't the only ones playing the Sarah Palin drinking game. between "Maverick" and "Nuculer" we ended up with 3 people sleeping over!!
Date:Monday Oct 7,2008
Time:2:13Pm
Re: "And The Winner Is..Marvick"
'" I think the video is cute. As a reward..I'm giving McCain/Palin a 5 percent lead over Barack Obama, as shown in our "Current" so call Gallup poll of 42% to 50% Obama. Needless to say, it will be the voter's who bring Obama back to senate, and not to the White House. Consequently, I think we should turn our attention to Obama's sentate running mate, Illinois sentator "Dick Dublin" who's going around "lieing"about how he's help disabled military veterans, with brain truma's in his campagin for reelection, when it fact..sentator " Dick Dublin" voted to raise taxes and elminate American jobs, from the middle class working families."
In conclusion, Please research my concerns about " Dick Dublin's" voting record in Illinios online..don't let this big " fish" go un evaluated before November 4, 2008.
Sincerely,
Emmery Jones Jr /Hillary PUMA Suppporter
Sincerely,
Hillary PUMA Supporter
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How do they let Palin get away with not answering the questions? It's mind-boggling, really. Tina definitely does a great job with that accent. Scary how much she actually looks like her, too. I loved "Biden's" response to the gay marriage question. I was laughing at work far too hard...
Not funny at all, not as funny as the first Skit of Sarah Palin, but then it went on many newschannel's so it's crap recycling crap on tv.
Tina Fey is trying too hard here, if she wants comedy, then she should run for the state of Alaska, lets see how many people would vote for her.
Sarah Palin can try standup comedy, its funny how everyone is a pundit of something in this country.
Not funny at all, not as funny as the first Skit of Sarah Palin, but then it went on many newschannel's so it's crap recycling crap on tv.
Tina Fey is trying too hard here, if she wants comedy, then she should run for the state of Alaska, lets see how many people would vote for her.
Sarah Palin can try standup comedy, its funny how everyone is a pundit of something in this country.
Type your comment here...
What is that woman cannot support a woman candidate? First Hillary, and now Sarah? Jane Swift had a family, Kerry Healy was rich and attractive, Shannon O'brien was a tyrant, etc, etc. Don't let the boys club tell you who to vote for, figure it out yourself. All the "inteligensia" woman of TV, Madonna, NOW, etc want a "rocket scientist mentality" with a average look person. Reality says you need a politician that has made it and this includes street savvy, appealing appearance. Truth is you cannot get on the same page. As Sarah read of Madeline Albricht: "what woman wouldn't support another woman (or words to that effect.)" Check out Obamma: he is inexperienced and not overly bright, but he is a charmer. Hence the woman vote for him. (aka Bill Clinton)
"... the real Sarah is incredibly scary in that some people buy into her style over substance. Style she's got; substance she lacks, sorely!!!! "
The same could be said of Obama. And he is running for president, not VP...
Would people vote for a ticket with Tina Fey on it? You betcha.
Palin is a joke .......Honestly She is the type of lady that might walk into a a well known department store and actually get hit in the head by the
FALLING PRICES........She hears people talking to her but her brain sings out something else ..........totally out on content ....lol
“America: This is What a Feminist Looks Like” - LA President of NOW on Sarah Palin
I say we vote for Sarah just to get 4 years of comic relief from Tina, THE MAVERICK !!!
Good job Tina Fay!
LOL!!!
People, don't look now but planet earth is watching! Palin herself is a joke. Voting for her will make all Americans look as STUPID as MacCain was for chossing her.
Sarah Palin got promoted from Mayor to Oil and Gas Commission to Governer of Alaska. She has many significant and important accomplishements in her rise to power. I only wish she was running for President since she walks the talk unlike Obama. Bill Clinton rose from Govenor of Arkansas and did a good job as President. I would not be concerned about the job Ms. Palin would do as vp or president since she has a 80% approval by the people she works for. I cannot think of a single significant positive accomplishment of Obama.
Just yesterday, Palin led a crowd that was chanting "kill him, kill him" . This is now over the top. I guess the Christian Right needs to be infiltrated by the FBI, especially since they now have a secessionist running for Vice President. The Secret Service was on hand to protect Palin; why didn't they find out who was advocating the assassination of a presidential candidate?
palin is a dimwit
I know way more about foreign policy than Palin. Way more. Also too, I know way more about the pattern of the oil industry. Also too, I know what papers i read.
What do the top ten cities with the highest poverty rate all have in common? Democrat leadership.
Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961; (47 years)
Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954; (54 years)
Cincinnati, OH (3rd)... since 1984; (24 years)
Cleveland, OH (4th)... since 1989; (19 years)
Miami, FL (5th) has NEVER had a Republican Mayor;
St. Louis, MO (6th).... since 1949; (59 years)
El Paso, TX (7th) has NEVER had a Republican Mayor;
Milwaukee, WI (8th)... since 1908; (100 years)
Philadelphia, PA (9th)... since 1952; (56 years)
Newark, NJ (10th)... since 1907. (101 years)
Einstein once said 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.' It is the disadvantaged who habitually elect Democrats --yet they are still disadvantaged.
lol, sooooo true.
(Of course not word for word, but what's being insinuated is very true. Too much personality and not enough answers.)
UNFAIR AND BIASED!
It is surprising that Joe Biden, who is professed to be such a foreign policy expert , said that the United States should give priority to Pakistan over Iraq because Pakistan can launch missiles that can destroy Israel.... the only problem is that missiles launched from Pakistan cannot reach Israel, the other problem is that Pakistan is our ally. Please see below Joe Biden's mistakes and lies. If Sarah Palin had made all these mistakes, the media would have tore her to pieces and would have disqualified her from the Republican ticket.
Joe Biden's 14 Lies
1. TAX VOTE: Biden said McCain voted “the exact same way” as Obama to increase taxes on Americans earning just $42,000, but McCain DID NOT VOTE THAT WAY.
2. AHMEDINIJAD MEETING: Joe Biden lied when he said that Barack Obama never said that he would sit down unconditionally with Mahmoud Ahmedinijad of Iran. Barack Obama did say specifically, and Joe Biden attacked him for it.
3. OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING: Biden said, “Drill we must.” But Biden has opposed offshore drilling and even compared offshore drilling to “raping” the Outer Continental Shelf.”
4. TROOP FUNDING: Joe Biden lied when he indicated that John McCain and Barack Obama voted the same way against funding the troops in the field. John McCain opposed a bill that included a timeline, that the President of the United States had already said he would veto regardless of it’s passage.
5. OPPOSING CLEAN COAL: Biden says he’s always been for clean coal, but he just told a voter that he is against clean coal and any new coal plants in America and has a record of voting against clean coal and coal in the U.S. Senate.
6. ALERNATIVE ENERGY VOTES: According to FactCheck.org, Biden is exaggerating and overstating John McCain’s record voting for alternative energy when he says he voted against it 23 times.
7. HEALTH INSURANCE: Biden falsely said McCain will raise taxes on people's health insurance coverage -- they get a tax credit to offset any tax hike. Independent fact checkers have confirmed this attack is false
8. OIL TAXES: Biden falsely said Palin supported a windfall profits tax in Alaska -- she reformed the state tax and revenue system, it's not a windfall profits tax.
9. AFGHANISTAN / GEN. MCKIERNAN COMMENTS: Biden said that top military commander in Iraq said the principles of the surge could not be applied to Afghanistan, but the commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force Gen. David D. McKiernan said that there were principles of the surge strategy, including working with tribes, that could be applied in Afghanistan.
10. REGULATION: Biden falsely said McCain weakened regulation -- he actually called for more regulation on Fannie and Freddie.
11. IRAQ: When Joe Biden lied when he said that John McCain was “dead wrong on Iraq”, because Joe Biden shared the same vote to authorize the war and differed on the surge strategy where they John McCain has been proven right.
12. TAX INCREASES: Biden said Americans earning less than $250,000 wouldn’t see higher taxes, but the Obama-Biden tax plan would raise taxes on individuals making $200,000 or more.
13. BAILOUT: Biden said the economic rescue legislation matches the four principles that Obama laid out, but in reality it doesn’t meet two of the four principles that Obama outlined on Sept. 19, which were that it include an emergency economic stimulus package, and that it be part of “part of a globally coordinated effort with our partners in the G-20.”
14. REAGAN TAX RATES: Biden is wrong in saying that under Obama, Americans won't pay any more in taxes then they did under Reagan.
Posted at 10:59 PM on 10/2/2008 by Debate Facts
Joe Biden's 14 Lies
1. TAX VOTE: Biden said McCain voted “the exact same way” as Obama to increase taxes on Americans earning just $42,000, but McCain DID NOT VOTE THAT WAY.
2. AHMEDINIJAD MEETING: Joe Biden lied when he said that Barack Obama never said that he would sit down unconditionally with Mahmoud Ahmedinijad of Iran. Barack Obama did say specifically, and Joe Biden attacked him for it.
3. OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING: Biden said, “Drill we must.” But Biden has opposed offshore drilling and even compared offshore drilling to “raping” the Outer Continental Shelf.”
4. TROOP FUNDING: Joe Biden lied when he indicated that John McCain and Barack Obama voted the same way against funding the troops in the field. John McCain opposed a bill that included a timeline, that the President of the United States had already said he would veto regardless of it’s passage.
5. OPPOSING CLEAN COAL: Biden says he’s always been for clean coal, but he just told a voter that he is against clean coal and any new coal plants in America and has a record of voting against clean coal and coal in the U.S. Senate.
6. ALERNATIVE ENERGY VOTES: According to FactCheck.org, Biden is exaggerating and overstating John McCain’s record voting for alternative energy when he says he voted against it 23 times.
7. HEALTH INSURANCE: Biden falsely said McCain will raise taxes on people's health insurance coverage -- they get a tax credit to offset any tax hike. Independent fact checkers have confirmed this attack is false
8. OIL TAXES: Biden falsely said Palin supported a windfall profits tax in Alaska -- she reformed the state tax and revenue system, it's not a windfall profits tax.
9. AFGHANISTAN / GEN. MCKIERNAN COMMENTS: Biden said that top military commander in Iraq said the principles of the surge could not be applied to Afghanistan, but the commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force Gen. David D. McKiernan said that there were principles of the surge strategy, including working with tribes, that could be applied in Afghanistan.
10. REGULATION: Biden falsely said McCain weakened regulation -- he actually called for more regulation on Fannie and Freddie.
11. IRAQ: When Joe Biden lied when he said that John McCain was “dead wrong on Iraq”, because Joe Biden shared the same vote to authorize the war and differed on the surge strategy where they John McCain has been proven right.
12. TAX INCREASES: Biden said Americans earning less than $250,000 wouldn’t see higher taxes, but the Obama-Biden tax plan would raise taxes on individuals making $200,000 or more.
13. BAILOUT: Biden said the economic rescue legislation matches the four principles that Obama laid out, but in reality it doesn’t meet two of the four principles that Obama outlined on Sept. 19, which were that it include an emergency economic stimulus package, and that it be part of “part of a globally coordinated effort with our partners in the G-20.”
14. REAGAN TAX RATES: Biden is wrong in saying that under Obama, Americans won't pay any more in taxes then they did under Reagan.
I've probably watched this clip about 50 or so times, and it still cracks me up every time.
The lady has brought a bad rep. to pit bulls, hockey Moms and beer. Pit bulls have more brains than her and they do not blink their eyes to seek approval from their master. Hockey moms have morals and do not abuse their power to sell more cookies at church (trooper gate). Beer is clear, soothing and refreshing.... I rest my case!
Sarah rocks! Go girl! Tina Fey you're a true comedian! Go girl!
It's so sad that people have poke fun at the way Palin looks and talks in order to actually critisize her! Whereas Biden, goodness, you could have a three hour show and still not scratch the surface of all the ways Biden is a dolt!
Why don't we see a skit of Obama the terrorist, who goes to a racist church and activly supports VOTER FRAUD through the ACORN front? It really erks me how the media is so one sided.
Date: Tuesday Oct 15,2008
Time:4:13PM
HIllary PUMA
Re: "Ooo...I smell it in the air..a toss-up.. that will cost "Obama" the election ...
Yesterday, Obama unveiled a tax proposal that would offer a moratorium to home owners..Ok, fine. But, what about the invisiable people who don't own such a home such as, the homeless and the poor...Where is their moratorium, after all shouldn't Obama not forget about his distant poor brother, George Obama should he win this election. Conversely, the gallup posters can assume that all of Hillary's PUMA's have all been covered if you want to. But I assure you there will be tent's of thousandths voting .."NO OBAMA" regardless to what Bill & Hillary have said, on behalf of Senator Obama. And so, we will just have to wait and see until, election day and vote McCain in anyway. .."Yes, our voice is going to cost obama the toss up election."
Sincerely,
Emmery Jones Jr PUMA SUPPOTER
Date: Saturday Oct. 18,2008
Time:4:13PM
Re: Philip Berg Vs.Obama...Born in Kenya
Please be that senator "Barack Obama should provide U.S. citizenship in order to run for U.S. President Office..The American Public Demands his documentations now, if not sooner..
Sincerely,