Sarah Palin was none too happy to be on SNL tonight.

[Writer]

Like, not at all. I think her campaign handlers told her to appear... she is not of the mental capacity to handle criticism well, to say the least. Even if it's satire.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. How about...especially if it's satire?

:hi: My dear Writer!

[parasim]

2. I dunno, I think she was loving it.

I watched it a couple of times now and from what I saw in her body language and facial expressions, she was having a good time. She was groovin' along with the rap, even singing along with the "Ayers" line.

My theory is that she just loves the attention and is such a dimbulb, she didn't realize that they were all making fun of her. I really think she's that dense.

The part I didn't get was the goat or llama standing behind her and Alec Baldwin at the beginning. When they walked off, there it was... the ass of a goat or whatever it was.

[wanpete]

3. I think she liked it as well. Will help to prepare her for her future with Fox News after 11/4.

[JI7]

4. she seemed uncomfortable to me

[The Wielding Truth]

8. Lib'rals all ova da plaze! I think she was freakin'.

[Tallison]

Alec Baldwin was brutal

I'm not sure I'd have the nerve to represent my own opinions to a public figure's face like that.

[POAS]

39. Baldwin and Palin in the same room together

Can you imagine the vibes in that room.

[marshall]

46. Not since Imus skewered Clinton has there been that much tension

Remember when Don Imus told a bunch of Lewinsky jokes at an event while Bill and Hillary Clinton were sitting not ten feet away from him? This skit did surpass that for the awkwardness. But I do think SNL threw Palin a few bones--Baldwin came off as less than genuine when he quickly backtracked after he discovered he was speaking to the real Palin and not Fey.

[Phx_Dem]

65. I think the screen caps back that up.

She looked very uncomfortable is most of them. The only time she didn't look uncomfortable was during the rap song, and probably because she didn't know they were making fun of her.

[prairie populist]

9. Bottom line with Palin is that she loves being the center of attention

just like 10-year-old kid addicted to negative behavior - anything to be the one in the spotlight.

That's why she is so willing to spew her rhetoric and utter lies even though she claims to be a Uber-Christian - it gives her a chance to be a little girl twirling in the middle of the room with her skirt spinning outward as mommy and daddy clap their hands and giggle at how precious she is.

[Forrest Greene]

24. Peaked At Twelve n/t

[Forrest Greene]

25. Accidental Dupe, Self-Delete n/t

[dmr]

40. Agree totally - she is a showman - she'll be on Fox once her political career ends

Don't think anyone else would have her, 'cept Limbaugh, but she'd rather be on TeeVee where everyone can get a look at her.

LOL, reminds me of the quip Keith Olbermann enjoys reading of RWer's love of Palin as she winked on TV and the guy just knew the wink was meant just for him ... ah, it must be love
:rofl:

[Left Is Write]

62. I think so too.

Witness her pageant and broadcasting background.

I do think, however, that she is unused to being the center of negative attention, and it truly confounds her when people don't fawn all over her.

[WinkyDink]

68. No! A beauty-pageant contestant?! I'm shocked!

[d2002]

11. Goat & llama

Maybe the animals were in reference to the Mark Wahlberg talks to farm animals skit.

[Laelth]

34. Welcome to DU!

:dem:

-Laelth

[gauguin57]

15. She was having a blast. She was completely comfortable, and completely in on the joke.

And having a great time. When she started goofing with Alec Baldwin, I said, "oh CRAP! She's good at this. And she knows EXACTLY what she's doing."

She knows she'll be the talk of the town for doing that show. The pundits will say the first positive things about her they've said since her speech to the RNC.

[goodgd_yall]

20. Got to agree with you

At the risk of sounding sacreligious, I enjoyed the whole concept of having her in the SNL skits while at the same time they were satirizing her.

And I think you're right---probably her motive for doing this was to able to have people say she was a "good sport"---some positive feedback which she's been sorely lacking for good reason.

[renate]

32. to give credit where credit is due, I think she did a great job

She looked more natural than the cast members who were in the skits with her (except for Amy Poehler--she was hilarious), who read their lines off cue cards.

I don't want her as President any more than I did yesterday, but she did a very good job in a difficult situation.

[Blue_In_AK]

36. I think so, too.

I've met Sarah Palin, and she does have a sense of humor. You wouldn't know it from the way she's been on the campaign trail ... but I think she totally got the joke.

[alcibiades_mystery]

42. gauguin57 HEARTS Sarah Palin

Your hero?

:loveya:

[gauguin57]

54. Gauguin57 HATES Sarah Palin.

I just don't let my hate cloud my judgment about her successful performance on a comedy show.

The ONE AND ONLY Palin-SNL thread where I don't qualify my thumbs-up of her TV performance with "I hate her, she's a liar, she's a hypocrite, etc." and I'm accused of being Rush Fucking Limbaugh. Sheesh.

Those hearts are gonna be coming out of Chris Matthews' head on Monday, for sure.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

57. These are not photos of someone having a "blast"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7515624

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

44. I suggest that you watch again. Her jaw was clenched for more than half the time. The look

on her face when Pohler came over to her after the rap, was priceless.

:evilgrin:

[johnnydrama]

5. palin

Sarah Palin loves Sarah Palin. You can tell when she said the other day why are we talking about Joe The Plumber, even know her handlers forced her to. She wants to talk about Sarah Palin.

[JFN1]

13. Exactly.

Former beauty queen runner-up who wants the big spotlight to finally land on her. But I also agree with an earlier poster who pointed out she didn't realize they were making fun of her. I thought Alec Baldwin nailed it with the 'hot' thing - that bit, very effectively, points out the real reason Repukes are 'in love' with Palin. And if anyone looked like they didn't want to be there, I thought it was Alec.

[az chela]

6. She is so stupid she probably thought she was great

[Merlot]

7. Tina Fey on Letterman this week said that palan WANTED to be on SNL

that palen was the one pushing for being on the show.

[JI7]

10. yeah, but they didn't tell her what type of skit it would be

i don't think she liked what they did.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

12. If she's smart she'll become a media personality and not waste her time in politics.

She can hawk stuff like eyeglasses, host a show on fox. She'll never get too far in politics.

[Kahuna]

38. She will. I fully do not expect her to complete her term as govenor of AK...

She and Moondoggie made $170K last year. She can make 7 figures easily on FAUX.

[sad sally]

69. Maybe, but will FLOX let her bring one or more of the kids with her?

[Tallison]

14. What else is she going to say?

The expectation was set by that point. I wonder how soon in advance she became aware of the skit options, and how much, if any, input she had.

[JeanGrey]

16. She sure looked to be enjoying it by me.

[goodgd_yall]

18. Forget about objectivity here

She seemed to be enjoying it to me too, but don't expect many to agree with us.

[JeanGrey]

58. Yeah, I know.

[VolcanoJen]

17. It just blew my mind that she sat there, doing the "raise-the-roof" during the rap....

... while they openly mocked her and her ridiculous campaign to her face. It was jaw-dropping to me.

I thought she came off as cold and a little peeved; much worse than I expected. But my god, if you were a celebrity who agreed to that rap skit, you'd be firing your PR agent the next day.

[JeanGrey]

59. Why? That is what SNL DOES. It has openly mocked

everyone, not just her.

[MrScorpio]

19. The Moose drive by will piss off the wingers BIG TIME

The fuckers will claim it as a threat to Barbie

[parasim]

22. Well, I just went over to FR for curiosity's sake and they're loving that bit.

Overall, they are thinking that Palin did great on SNL and the moose bit seems to be a favorite.

[lunatica]

21. If you watch her you know she always looks like she's enjoying herself. Always

She couldn't have looked more bubbly and tickled than when Katie Couric was skewering her with the pesky questions about names of newspapers, but you know it bothered her because she claimed Katie 'irritated' her during the interview. Then she looked happy, happy, happy to be at the debates, but she did nothing but break all the rules because if she followed them she would look like an idiot. She knew that.

Then when she thought the people in the back of one of her rallies were booing her when in actuality they were shouting for her to speak louder she smiled like they were throwing flowers at her. Then she came up with what she thought was a great put down about hoping they appreciated the soldiers who are dying so they can have free speech. Even after Todd leaned over to tell her what they were really saying she didn't stop smiling. She never misses a beat with that smiling.

And no, she didn't look all that happy. In the SNL skit she tried, but didn't quite pull off the I'm just he bubbliest darn cutest set of white teeth flashing atcha, gosh darn gal thing she does.


edited for spelling

[Larkspur]

23. Palin wanted to be on SNL, but she was boring

I loved it when Alec Baldwin mistook her for Tina Fey and ranted about Palin to her face. I also liked Alaska Rap, but Palin herself was underwhelming. In contrast, Hillary Clinton paired with Amy Poeler was funny and I'm no Hillary Clinton fan.

[concerned canadian]

26. at the end of the week-end update she looked pissed

I think that's when she really got it, that she is the joke, not just another comedienne.

[progressoid]

27. That's the only part I saw and I didn't think she looked pissed

just her normal vacuous self.

[Stand and Fight]

28. I disagree strongly.

Won't be popular on here, but from an objective standpoint she seemed plenty happy to me. I also think she handled things very well. Doesn't make her any less repulsive as a candidate though.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

29. Even though she wanted to be there, I don't think it went the way she expected

By the time she found out she would not be doing a skit where she gets the best of Tina Fey - the kind of sketch you just know she was envisioning - it was too late to back out without looking like a coward.

I liked that there was no exchange at all between the two women. Wanna bet that when the behind-the-scenes stories come out, we'll learn that Fey refused to be ridiculed by Palin?

I only saw the opening bit, which I thought was weak and forced. And what woman in her right mind would pick Stephen Baldwin over Alec? Never mind...I just answered my own question.

[krkaufman]

35. Good summary. Yeah, I really don't see NBC or SNL allowing their star actress ...

... to be put down by this phony from Alaska. As you say, I don't think Palin or her campaign were able to get from this appearance what they were looking for, but couldn't back out.

She looked stiff throughout, and pretty ridiculous during the rap sketch, sitting there chair dancing and doing the "roof" thing with her hands. SO very undignified.

My favorite line from the rap song, though, may have been... "We're so hot we need a go-between." Was this a subtle reference to the rumors of an affair between Palin and her husband's business partner? If so, Ouch!

[political_Dem]

30. Palin delivered her lines rather flatly during the show.

The jury is out whether she wanted to be there or not. But she does not know how to act. I also believe that they solely gave her lines to deliver and that was that.

The only thing she knows how to do well is to repeat the lines that people give her.

However, I have to say that the "Alaska Rap" was very funny. Amy Poehler was hilarious, especially when she shot the Moose. I don't think Sarah found that funny though from the look on her face.

[Awsi Dooger]

31. It was essentially a non-appearance

I just watched it in the West and can't believe there were so many threads and comments. They eliminated the Fey/Palin confrontation, which seemed like a natural. Instead it was a flash walk by, barely captured on camera.

The Weekend Update skit would have been great if Palin did it herself. I can't believe she didn't insist on doing it, regardless of the words. She would have been a huge hit. She sat there and was basically irrelevant.

I guess the media will highlight her segment with Baldwin, which should have been much funnier. I wonder if he acted so stiff, and poorly, on purpose? If I didn't know better, she looked like the trained actor, not him.

[npincus]

45. I'm guessing that Fey didn't want a side-byside with her

Fey wants to "leave the Earth" if Mccain-Palin win, and would wnat nothing to do with making Palin funny or likable. My guess is that privately Fey put her foot down, and she does basically "own" the show these days.

[4lbs]

33. Palin's line in the opening skit about Stephen Baldwin being the "sexier" Baldwin brother over Alec

had me laughing.

Have you guys seen Stephen Baldwin lately? He always looks like he's high or drunk.





(Alec is on the left, Stephen is on the right)


Looks like Sarah specifically mentioned Stephen because he has become a far right-wing Christian Conservative.

[Justice]

41. to be fair, she said my favorite is Stephen. I thought it was a good line.

actually, the only good line she had.

[dansolo]

49. Isn't Stephen the uber-religious one?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

60. Bat + Shit

Yep. That would be him.

[quakerboy]

37. Whatever she wasnt

didn't you see her singing along with the Ayers line? They've spent the past month teaching her to say Ayers, so I'm pretty sure that that made her day. Parroting her line is the one thing she can do.

[mwb970]

43. She really is dumb, isn't she?

What a perfect Republican she is - clueless, arrogant, and mean. Almost as perfect as Bachmann, but not quite.

[tblue37]

47. I posted this on another Palin on SNL thread, and I believe it to be true:

I think she so craves the spotlight that the idea of being a "star" was too appealing to her. She got to be on a popular national show, and a movie star said to her, "You're much hotter in person." I think that to someone as shallow as Sarah Palin, that made the whole thing worth it. She just wants to be looked at and told she is hot, especially as she gets older and can't enter beauty pageants any more. To her, this is just another beauty pageant opportunity. She got that from SNL last night, and the political ramifications don't matter as much to her.

Also, she might be guessing that they will lose this election, and be hoping for a TV spot on FOX when her political career is over. I suspect she would have preferred to be a TV star or a movie star anyway, and that politics was where she went when her original plan didn't work out. Now she gets to go in front of adoring fans at rallies and get told how terrific she is, and she even gets to be on SNL in front of the whole nation and be told how hot she is.

For Palin, there is no downside to this. Even if her political career is over (which I wouldn't count on), she now has a national fan base among the wingnuts, and she is no longer confined to Alaska. She will also end up making a lot more money now.

[No Elephants]

48. She's beyond clueless. She is running for Prom Queen or Student Council President.

[TragedyandHope]

50. As seen here

A visual record for those who missed it

[mitchum]

51. Maybe that bitch can form a comedy troupe in prison

[votetastic]

52. She had, what, like 5 lines on the whole show?

This would have made more of a mark if she had been on as a surprise guest

[Motown_Johnny]

53. Yep, and one was at a press conference saying she would not take any questions. LOL

[casus belli]

55. They hammered her...

I was worried they'd go too easy on her, but they didn't really pull any punches. I think they really dislike her. It's apparent that even an attempt at being nice had to contain a few barbs, and I was loving every uncomfortable moment of it.

[AlCzervik]

56. i watched the clip, Tina Fey was funny and Sarah Palin showed up, didn't have many lines

she did ok.

[Matariki]

61. Is this just speculation on your part or something you read somewhere?

My guess is that being on SNL has been on of her life's ambitions.

[ericgtr]

63. Best thing you can do is laugh at yourself.. SNL is the first to tell controversial guests this

Make light of it and have fun, it boosts public opinion. However, Palin seemed way to on edge to do this.

[osaMABUSh]

64. She added nothing

Falin barely had any lines. Basically a prop who sat back as they crushed her. Would be uncomfortable to most but not sure if she had a clue what was going on. My take is McCain handlers said 'you have to go on SNL' and whatever happens, happens. Take a shot. I think it was a net wash. She got some air time but had no substance as usual.

[NewJeffCT]

66. For all their Hollywood bashing, Republicans love them celebrities

I mean, they elect so many of them - Reagan, Arnold, Sonny Bono, Fred Thompson, etc.

[WinkyDink]

67. "none too happy to be on SNL tonight." I thought she looked fairly happy, what with her "hand-

pushes" to the rap!