Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live

…if we are still allowed to scream by then.

Too funny! Especially the moose-huntin’ rap.

Was listening to an NPR piece about religion and thought Rod Dreher’s comment that people on the right really don’t care about Palin’s religion because she is and comes across as such a “red-blooded American.” I think that’s right. That is what attracts many to her besides the perception that she’s “hot.”

On another blog site someone made the comment that Tina Fey seems to add a little Rosanne Barr sound to her Sarah Palin impersonation. But Tina did deliver a great line in her skit:

“Then also too you have states like Ohio and Pennsylvania and Florida which could be real, real anti- American, or real, real pro-American… it’s up to them.” [wink!]

You betcha!

FW’s “what if” red herrings would be good for some Twilight Zone episodes, but are irrelevant for a Cranach thread discussing Gov. Palin’s SNL appearance .

And throwing out the race card is getting pretty old. It’s not meaningful here; maybe FW can get some mileage by throwing it at the Hillary crowd.

As for the Keating 5, Senators Glenn and McCain were cleared of any impropriety, rule violation, or criminal charges; McCain does admit using poor judgment by meeting with regulators. If you personally thought he should have gone to jail, then don’t vote for him, but don’t pass on personal judgments as canon.

Regarding education, it is also important how people have used, applied and expand their education over the years, whether performing work as a senator or a governor.

As it is, FW’s off-topic conjectures provide nothing to support lying and pro-murder-by-abortion candidates from the gutter of leftist politics.

Gee Frank:

I don’t know if I’ll have the time you must have had to devote to this, but:

What if John McCain had begun his political career during an association with a terrorist who blew up government buildings (say, Timothy McVeigh)?

What if John McCain’s pastor of 20 years had spent those 20 years preaching that Black people were the enemy of white people?

What if a convicted felon had helpd John McCain pay for his first (and right nice) home?

What if John McCain’s early career had (instead of being in the U. S. Navy) had included suing Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac to make them give out more sub-prime mortgage loans?

What if John McCain had reneged on a promise to accept public financing and raised hundrends of millions of dollars (much of which comes in the form of contributions small enough that the contributor need not be identified) instead?

What if John McCain’s old client, ACORN, were registering fraudulent voters, such as the Dallas Cowboys being registered in Las Vegas?

What if John and Cindy McCain had refused to allow the public to read any of their theses written while they were in their ivy league schools of which they were so proud?

What if Sarah Palin had been on the record as saying that John McCain was unqualified for president?

What if John McCain had put a quasi presidential seal on his podiums?

What if Michelle Obama had traveled to Bangla Desh on a humanitarian mission and had come back with two Bangla Deshi orphans, one of whon the Obamas adopted and one of whom she convinced a friend to adopt?

What if Sarah Palin had made as much money as Joe Biden has over the past few years, but given as little to charity?

What if Sarah Palin, after promoting herself as foreign policy expert, had claimed the the United States and France had kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon and proposed that Nato Troops be sent there?

What if Joe Biden, or Barack Obama for that matter, had been mayor or Governor of ANYTHING?

Oh, #%&*, I’m running out of time.

Anyone who wants to know what a kakistocratic comedy (if not a Greek tragedy) an 0bamessiah administration might be should read
The Kennedy-Khrushchev Conference for Dummies:
Remedial history for Barack Obama by Scott W. Johnson.

Concerning Kennedy’s response following the disasterous 1961 meeting (that occurred without preconditions) Johnson notes: Persuaded that he needed further to demonstrate “fearlessness and backbone,” in the words of William Manchester, Kennedy observed to Reston that the only place where the Communists were challenging the West in a shooting war was in Southeast Asia. Summarizing Kennedy’s own evaluation of the aftermath of the Vienna conference in his 2003 biography of Kennedy, Robert Dallek writes that Kennedy “now needed to convince Khrushchev that he could not be pushed around, and the best place currently to make U.S. power credible seemed to be in Vietnam.”

And we all know what a hilarious time we had from that.

People tuned in to watch. There’s no way to tell WHY they did, but we can say with a fair degree of certainty it had nothing to do with her performance. People tune in BEFORE a performance. So what she DID on the show had very little to do with people tuning in.

Maybe it’s just because she does says things that liberals get their shorts in a wad about.

Small town background. Worked her way up the political ladder without the benefit of a “machine” or quotas. Not afraid to be a hunter. Pro-life. Proud of her background and upbringing. Not afraid to be politically incorrect. Played sports in school – state champs, in fact.

Her candidacy points out the hypocrisy of the feminists, etc, who were crushed when Hillary bowed out, crying that their last best chance for a woman president was gone. Now that there is a woman in line for that office, she’s “not a woman” to them. Much like Keyes, Watts, and Thomas aren’t “black”.

Policies can change at the drop of a poll number.

Principles are what you are made of. From what I’ve seen in a couple months on the national stage, she has principles and they align pretty closely with mine.

How in the world did homosexual marriage get into this thread ????????????????

My noted response was in respect to the alleged racism of anyone who opposes Obama. As if that is the only reason anyone would oppose him!

Jim @ 17,

“Maybe it’s just because she does says things that liberals get their shorts in a wad about.” Telling. Very telling that is the first thing you say in your comment.

“Small town background. Worked her way up the political ladder without the benefit of a ‘machine’ or quotas. Not afraid to be a hunter. Pro-life. Proud of her background and upbringing. Not afraid to be politically incorrect. Played sports in school – state champs, in fact.” Very…vague. Sure, she’s pro-life. That’s a very Republican stance, so no surprise there – unless you mean the way she talks about it. It still remains to be seen what she would do about it, if anything, once in office. Many before her have talked just as big a game and given the pro-life side…nothing. Okay, she’s a hunter…or at least talks like one, and is cool with others hunting. She won’t take your guns away, if that’s what you mean. But which Republican would?

The politically incorrect thing though, that makes no sense. There are many Republicans who are not afraid to be politically “incorrect,” but that’s really because being “incorrect” is Republican-speak for not really caring if the things you say offend people. You know, saying things about “pro-death” and the “homosexual agenda.” But NOT saying those would be another nail in the coffin for Republicans, since a good number of that base won’t vote for a person who DOESN’T say those things. Bush said things along the lines of what Palin says. I seem to remember back in 2000 hearing a lot of people talking about what a breath of fresh air BUSH was…

Played sports? Not ashamed of her background? Can someone say “lowest common denominator”?

Now, as far as not having a “machine” which helped her work her way up the political ladder, I’d have to ask you what you mean by this. She certainly didn’t prior to her run for mayor. After that it gets murky. There seem to be some issues surrounding her appointment to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Besides, to get the small offices one doesn’t need the help of the machine; not so, the higher offices. The machine’s certainly behind her now!