Art imitates life...or vice versa?
Saturday Night Live’s September 27th show featured a spoof on the sitdown interview of Gov. Sarah Palin and CBS news anchor Katie Couric. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hit it out of the park again.
The skit is hilarious in a surreal way because 90 percent of it comes directly from the transcript of the actual interview! Palin's response about bailout/ healthcare reform/job creation was verbatim.
Some people actually think the real interview is funnier.
The only ones not laughing at Palin are hardcore righties...
So far we've been lucky with our Vice Presidents in the United States. For example, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson and Gerald Ford stepped in and, no matter what you think of their politics, didn't run us off a cliff.
Sarah Palin is not in that same league ...her spontaneous public appearances and utterances are cringe-making.
Here's a Couric and Palin exchange...just begging to be a SNL skit:
Couric: "You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that?"
Palin: “That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land -- boundary that we have with -- Canada. It’s funny that a comment like that was kind of made to--cari--I don’t know, you know? Reporters ...”
Couric: “Mocked?”
Palin: “Yeah, mocked, I guess that’s the word. Yeah.”
Couric: "Explain to me why that enhances your foreign policy credentials.”
Palin: “Well, it certainly does, because our, our next-door neighbors are foreign countries, they're in the state that I am the executive of. And there...”
Couric: “Have you ever been involved in any negotiations, for example, with the Russians?”
Palin: “We have trade missions back and forth. We do. It’s very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia. As Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to our state.”
Talk about surreal, you feel as though you're watching a Monty Python skit...all she needed were Biggles' moose antlers.
But folks, this is real life, and the stakes are high. As Palin was bumbling her way through the Couric interview, the largest bank failure in the history of the United States, the collapse of Washington Mutual, was taking place.
There have been a few conservative columnists asking Palin to step down, but I don't think she can because of different election regulations in each state.
Her only hope for the VP debate is if they change the format to true or false questions.
BTW--yes, I know that Palin isn't the only one who says dumb things to Katie Couric. I'm referring to Biden's recent little history lesson for Katie, which had FDR being President when the stock market crashed (he was elected 3 years later)...and had FDR appearing on television the next day to talk to the nation (only a few experimental sets existed)...
Yes, embarrassing...but at least Biden knows there WAS a Great Depression.
