My Gal
Tina Fey strikes a pro-NRA Palin pose.
Cutting piece in this week's New Yorker on Palin as veep candidate.
In summary: Because my candidate, unlike your winking/blinking Vice-Presidential candidate, who, though, yes, he did run as the running mate when the one asking him to run did ask him to run, which that I admire, one thing he did not do, with his bare hands or otherwise, is, did he ever kill a moose? No, but ours did. And I would. Please bring a moose to me, over by me, and down that moose will go, and, if I had a kid, I would take a picture of me showing my kid that dead moose, going, like, Uh, sweetie, no, he is not resting, he is dead, due to I shot him, and now I am going to eat him, and so are you, oh yes you are, which is responsible, as God put this moose here for us to shoot and eat and take a photo of, although I did not, at that time, know why God did, but in years to come, God’s will was revealed, which is: Hey, that is a cool photo for hunters about to vote to see, plus what an honor for that moose, to be on the Internet.
Brings a grin to the faces of the snarky and well-educated, and witty and funny in its own right ... but really -- isn't this just mocking people who support Palin because they have trouble relating to or understanding the other candidates?
Sure, maybe that's worth mocking -- the last 8 years certainly point to a need for increased mockery -- but Obama is saying that he wants to be a unifying force in America. Taking Obama at his word, this is the sort of article that those on the Left need to stop writing. Then again, maybe sarcasm, inside jokes and poking fun at blue-collar America and those who didn't have an opportunity for much of an education is still fair game. For that, all well-heeled citizens can do is offer thanks to McCain's irresponsible nomination of an under-qualified running mate, intentionally-scribbled signs at the RNC, attack ads by McCain that even Karl Rove, the Sith Lord himself, says are irresponsible and go too far. While we on the Left tremble at the thought of losing the election in November, at least we can share a laugh today.
For his part, comedic genius Chevy Chase weighed in on Tina Fey's spot-on portrayal of Palin on last Saturday's SNL:
I thought it was extraordinary how well she played her and much she looked like her. . . Personally, I felt we didn't need the Hillary stuff -- I'd like her to go even harder. I want her to decimate this woman. This woman, I can't believe there hasn't been more about it... It's just unbelievable to me this woman is actually running for Vice President!
Good talk, Chevy. Now don't let your mother smell that beer on your breath.