So, Sarah Palin was on Saturday Night Live.
(You should watch the sketch on the top because Amy Poeler was FREAKING HYSTERICAL!)
Here are my thoughts on this. Sarah Palin is not the first political figure to appear on SNL having been mocked week after week in their sketches. I remember when Bob Dole appeared and he and the cast had a good time poking fun at the way he always referred to himself in the third person. But here is the difference between Bob Dole and Sarah Palin: Bob Dole was always taken seriously. Sure, sketch comedy shows mocked him, but public perception of him was that he was a serious candidate with experience and a legitimate claim to the presidency. He lost of course, but not because of questions about his experience or knowledge. Sarah Palin is questioned about those things constantly. She's already made herself human and approachable with all of her down-home talking - what she needs to do for her image is to make herself seem MORE serious and MORE capable. Her appearance on SNL (while proving she is a semi-good sport) just makes her seem all the more frivolous.
But seriously, watch that first sketch. Holy crap it's funny.
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Come ON. She's funny! I agree, she could've said a little more, but whatever. She's way funnier then Biden. And McCain is WAY funnier than Obama. Point, Republicans.
ReplyDeleteIt has nothing to do with whether or not she was funny or a good sport - I just think from a campaign standpoint it would have been smarter to have her appear on television shows that made her seem more credible as a vice-president. Candidates go on SNL and the late night talk shows to humanize themselves; that has never been Palin's problem.
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