I wrote Saturday Nite Live that I'm boycotting their show this Saturday for having Sarah Palin

[Sarah Ibarruri]

If you are in agreement with this post, please K & R it.

I just found out SNL will be having Sarah Palin on the show this Saturday nite. The woman is a walking bag of corruption, a liar who has provoked audiences to threaten Obama, and an ignoramus, and SNL is giving her a chance to charm.

Well, SNL is free to do that, but I'm free to boycott them and boycott their products.

If you would like to do the same, drop Saturday Nite Live a line here:


http://www.nbc.com/Footer/Contact_Us/


(Remember that you must select Saturday Nite Live from the drop-down menu).

There's nothing programs won't do for ratings. I'm afraid one of these days they're going to broadcast people killing one another in order to get a large viewing audience.

Thanks.

[ShortnFiery]

1. May wish to consider them also having Joe Biden on the air that night for fairness -

otherwise, I'm not watching them either. :(

[Sarah Ibarruri]

4. WRITE THEM! See the e-mail address in my op message nt

[ShortnFiery]

18. I have to level with you: They had on the executive of SNL on MSNBC, they're clueless.

Until we de-consolidate the media we are destine for pablum. The OWNERS now make far too many of the creative decisions - other than the Palin skit, SNL is not, IMO, all that funny. :shrug:

[Sarah Ibarruri]

24. Wow, you just gave me an excellent reason why we need to write them that we are boycotting them. nt

[KurtNYC]

133. You can't boycott something that is free. That isn't how boycotts work.

This is a common misconception about television: Viewers are not the customer. Advertisers are the customer. Since we aren't the customer we can't effectively boycott NBC any more than cows could boycott McDonald's.

Viewers get sold by the networks to advertisers.

Rosa Parks rallied customers to boycott the bus system until their policies were changed. That is the way a boycott works.

[FogerRox]

145. Please include the advertisers fees paid in your equation

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

11. I thought Obama was going to reschedule his canceled appearance.

[NYC Liberal]

76. Obama is getting something BETTER: a half-hour ad-free slot on all the major networks

a few days later. Fox is even pushing back the World Series to air it.

[Jim Lane]

91. He's paying for that, though. I doubt Palin is paying to be on SNL. (n/t)

[ShortnFiery]

2. dupe

[joeybee12]

3. Yup, more stupidity...

...God forbid we should let anyone we disagree with do anything at all...fascism is alive and well at DU.

[navarth]

32. 'fascism' wouldn't be the correct term, friend

perhaps 'intolerance', or in my case, 'nausea'.

[Beacool]

120. Yep, just as narrow minded as the Freepers.

Frankly, both sides scare me. The hate I witnessed during the primaries against a fellow Democrat soured me to the LW blogs. I found out the hard way that they were as intolerant as the conservatives I derided for years.

Yep, a real eye opener.

:scared:

[ronnykmarshall]

130. I can't wait to see this weeks SNL.

Isn't funny how people start laughing at the freeps when they were pissed about Tina Fey?

Not much difference to me.

[Beacool]

141. Exactly!!!

Two sides of the same coin: intolerant and narrow minded.

[WeDidIt]

5. Just emailed them.

I told them I was done watching SNL this season.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

6. Thanks!! nt

[SoonerPride]

7. I think the audience will boo her

I don't think she will get a friendly reception at all.

I'll watch it just for the possible fireworks.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

9. Perhaps and perhaps not, but I think SNL needs to know what we think nt

[madmax]

8. k & r email sent n/t

[Sarah Ibarruri]

10. Thanks! nt

[illathruz]

12. snl is racist

I just watched this SNL with some white guy playing jesse jackson. the white jesse jackson gave poll results saying 87% of respondents said that they would vote for a black prez. when asked again if they "really" would vote for a black guy, only 30% said yes. they call this the bradley effect. the reporter than asks jackson, "would the racism come through in the voting booth" the white jackson responds "absolutely." I just saw it on tv and wish I could give better details but I found it highly offensive. Like I said, it just came on TV on channel 4 at about 9:52pm on 10/16/2008. highly suggestive.

[Joe the Revelator]

16. Someone else who doesn't get satire

come on now.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

25. GOPers have been using satire on Democrats for 30 years nt

[Joe the Revelator]

38. Oy

[tigereye]

147. trust me, Sarah won't come out looking like a rose -

it's a common thing for pols to be roasted on SNL - why should see be any different? Those folks will put her in some interesting positions.


People who vote for someone based on their appearance on a comedy show are already lost causes.

[ShortnFiery]

26. Wow! Welcome to DU.

You Betcha! Not racist, just not all that funny ... far too often - the CEOs stick their big feet into the creative mix out of FEAR that they're not being fair to GOD, that almighty need to kiss up to the power elite. :eyes:

[Sarah Ibarruri]

28. Which is why this is a great way to let them know what we think nt

[nyhuskyfan]

31. That's Darrell Hammond

He's their primary celebrity impersonator. He's done Jesse Jackson a few times - sometimes teaming with Keenan Thompson doing Al Sharpton.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

46. Write them nt

[jberryhill]

70. You should have seen the episode with the REAL Jesse Jackson

Funny as hell.

[twistedliberal]

131. Was that the one many years ago?

When he was on Update reading "Green Eggs and Ham?"

[GOTV]

104. I saw it too and I thought it was hilarious.

I don't like that's guy's McCain but his Jessie is great.

[brendan120678]

140. That was Darrell Hammond...

He's been portraying Jessie Jackson on SNL for years.

Are you sure you're not a Freeper troll?

[Joe the Revelator]

13. Whoa, calm down....SNL can have anyone on that they want...i don't want to live in a world

that would tell them otherwise.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

15. You didn't read my op. I said they're free to have anyone, and we are free not to watch nt

[Joe the Revelator]

19. So lets have a Bill O'Rilley style boycott!!! that'll show them

seriously, calm down.

[Hugabear]

90. If you want to watch Sarah Palin, go right ahead

But please don't mock DUers who find it strongly objectionable to have a lying hatemonger on SNL.

[daninthemoon]

23. I agree. I would hope that they offer Biden a chance to appear also

Doesn't have to be the same night, but I would consider it an equal time issue.

[mod mom]

14. I emailed them.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

29. Thanks! nt

[Bill McBlueState]

17. Do you have a way to evaluate the impact of your boycott?

Lots of people like to come on the internet and say they're boycotting different things. But I'm not sure any of these boycotts make much of a difference.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

20. Do you know what TV captioning is?.....

My sister's boycott was what started that. Before you go jumping to conclusions about boycotts being too tedious, too useless, too whateveritisyouthink, look up boycotts.

[OHDEM]

66. Bravo for your sis!

I'm sure she helped a lot of people with that.

Not saying a boycott doesn't work, but not sure of the goal in this case.

I enjoy the show & don't believe I have the right to tell them who to have on it.

[tblue37]

78. As someone with severe hearing loss, I am very grateful

for closed captioning. Even with my hearing aids in and the TV volume up all the way, I would never be able to follw a show without captioning!

[onenote]

116. I'd like to know more about your sister's boycott and closed captioning

[youthere]

129. As someone with extreme hearing difficulties...

give your sister a hug filled with gratitude for me!

[AlCzervik]

22. it will probably get big ratings. I won't be watching because i'll be asleep.

like 10:30 is pretty much my limit.

sucks to get old!

[Cha]

21. Rec'd..Thank you for doing this,

Sarah Ibarruri.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

27. You're welcome! This is what democracy is about. nt

[Miss Chybil]

30. Why?

If your boycott is successful the only option they have is to ban all political guests from their show. Then, they'll have to ban people who have made their political leanings known. Then they'll have to ban all people they think might have political leanings. Next they'll have to do religions and finally they'll ban anybody who puts forward an opinion on anything whatsoever.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

37. Because if they're free to have her, we're free to boycott them....

Or do you feel they should be free to have her and us not free to boycott them?

Boycotts and civil disobedience are excellent tools to make opinions known.

And that's why.

[TheKentuckian]

33. I don't care

I mean it pisses me off that she gets a big chance to lower her negatives but its hard to justify the anger. I try to back of hypocritical and I suspect we might get to see "Cool Hand" Barack the Saturday before the Election.

I thought crazy Fundies hated stuff like SNL? I guess they'll swap that out no problem after swallowing teenage pre-marital sex and pregnancy whole.

Plus, there always the chance she'll look like an ass, which would be totally classic.

[crispini]

34. I'm not boycotting. I expect that Tina Fey is going to make mincemeat out of Failin' Palin.

If she's really on, that is. This is like the third or fourth time I've heard a rumor of having her on and it has never come true.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

41. I doubt it. The only reason Palin went on is because some agreements were made in advance

Meanwhile, Sarah Palin is provoking audiences to threaten Obama, and is lying about him.

[GOTV]

106. I don't think they'll humiliate a guest (nt)

[Danger Mouse]

35. This is a little much. Maybe if they were going to let Adolph Hitler host or something...

but not for Palin.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

48. So you feel that Palin provoking people to call out death threats against Obama is freedom....

.... but us calling for a boycott is not freedom.

[Danger Mouse]

89. All I said was 'this is a bit much.' In other words, I mildly disagree with you.

Feel free to overreact, though.

[jonnyblitz]

36. yes, only Democrats should be allowed on t.v. shows!!1

:sarcasm: people like you are sad.

[Joe the Revelator]

40. I'm boycotting Letterman tonight!!!!!11!!!111!!!!11!!!!

DAMN YOU DAVE!@!!!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

42. Same with me. They're whores for ratings aren't they?

They don't care who they have on, as long as they'll get one more viewer. Whores.

[Joe the Revelator]

44. I..um...think you missed the point

[Sarah Ibarruri]

45. No. I got the point loud and clear. This female is provoking people to call out death threats....

.... and you think that's freedom, but what I'm doing (calling for a boycott) is not freedom.

I got it. Quite loudly.

[Joe the Revelator]

67. Calling for a boycott of SNL over having a VP candidate on their show...one that they

have skewered quite mercilessly is not freedom, it's overly dopey partisanship that makes you and as an extension, all of us come off shrill.

[FogerRox]

146. You and your damned logic and rational thinking

I bet you would use that scientific process too if you had a half a chance.

[Chovexani]

95. Holy fuck I'm agreeing with you.

Someone take a screenshot. :wtf: :P

[ronnykmarshall]

136. Scary ain't it?

[Zuiderelle]

143. Only black people and gay people should be on TV!

:bounce:

[dmr]

39. I won't watch unless Biden is there too

I wouldn't legitimize that extremist, wacko, opportunistic, anti-American, flag-waving nationalist.

It's bad enough I see her on the news.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

43. Good! Write them nt

[dpbrown]

47. My note to NBC at that link

Subject: Sarah Palin? Are you nuts?

The future of the freaking world is hanging in the balance, and you're going to give free publicity to a walking contradiction, an affront to women, a lying corrupt secessionist, a nasty Rapture-craving fundamentalist, a "buy your own rape kits" women's right hater?

That kind of insertion of what must apparently be your own personal political agenda isn't funny, it's sick.

We're mired in a willful occupation of aggression that's costing $10 billion a month, the government is forking out $700 billion to salve the egos of a few rich bankers, the United States Supreme Court has already been tilted to the crackpot fundamentalist side by eight years of the Unelected Usurper, and you're going to force-feed someone who kills tiny wolf puppies to your young and impressionable audience when that group is registering to vote like never before in this election.

This has got to be the most irresponsible use of the public airwaves I have ever heard of. Too bad Reagan destroyed the Fairness Doctrine, because what you're giving is 90 minutes of political right-wing propaganda toward the future complete destruction of our society under John "Keating Five" McCain and Sarah "Mooselini" Palin.

I am saddened and appalled at your recklessness.

Please reconsider.

Sincerely,
(name)

[Sarah Ibarruri]

51. Awesome letter! Thanks! nt

[blue_onyx]

49. Well, I usually don't watch anyway

I just wait for the clips to make it to youtube. There's nothing good about SNL other than Tina Fey (who isn't really part of the show anymore) and Amy Poehler.

[bevoette]

50. well...i can't watch farking NBC anyway - local NBC affiliate and TW Cable at war, no signal!

guess that let's me off easy, LOL

[Sarah Ibarruri]

54. Why not tell them what you think anyhow? nt

[marshall]

52. SNL ratrings are in the toilet anyway

They jumped the shark a loooong time ago. I loved them in the 70s, but I'd rather watch reruns of Let's Make a Deal on the Game Show Network than watch the current show.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

58. So you can't write them a little note telling them what you think of having this woman?

She's lying about Obama, provoking people to call out threats against Obama, and they're having her on the show. Maybe we should at least let them know what we think of that.

[Lint Head]

53. I did exactly the same thing.

:dem:

[Sarah Ibarruri]

55. You wrote them? COOL! Thanks nt

[minnesota_liberal]

56. Yeah, I might miss that one too

And although I can't disclose exactly why, when I don't watch something, it actually DOES affect the ratings!

:bounce:

[TennesseeDem]

63. Nielson Box, eh?

[minnesota_liberal]

71. Close

[mtnester]

93. Al? n/t

[mickeymusic]

57. Sarah Paylin & Tina Faye

Ms. Ibarruri,
I understand your anger at SNL, but just remember.. SNL will be running a spoof and poking fun at Sarah Paylin. Paylin is such a fool to go on SNL and the SNL producers know this. They will not treat her kindly. If I'm wrong then you'd be right to boycott SNL, but just you watch the fool they make of her. I consider this an opportunity to expose her for who she is... and now we will just have to watch and see...

[Sarah Ibarruri]

59. Sarah Palin will be there poking fun at herself, which means they're embracing her....

... Sarah Palin has spent the past few weeks lying about Obama, provoking people to threaten Obama, and they're going to bring her into the fold to poke a li'l sweet fun at herself. It's so delightful.

Well, they're free to do that, and I'm free to boycott them. I guess that's what freedom is about isn't it?

They're doing this to get ratings. They're whores for ratings who will honestly do *ANYTHING* to get ratings.

[OHDEM]

60. Personally, I love political comedy on SNL.

And Weekend Update is my favorite part of the show!

So what if Palin is on? I agree she's awful, but I say the American people already proved smart enough to see that. (As proven by her rising negative and McCain's sinking campaign!)

I have to agree with the poster who said that this type of thing could lead to no politicians on the show. Much as I didn't like the man, when George H.W. Bush showed up and surprised Dana Carvey it was a classic moment. I loved seeing Hillary on as well. Frankly, I'm not sure she's bright enough not to screw this up, too.

Of course you have the right not to watch, but a boycott seems a bit much.

[grantcart]

61. Since they have decided to include only one VP candidate I pledge to watch them with only

one eye. To show my contempt I will watch it with my bad eye.

[phrigndumass]

69. lol ...

Oh yeah? I pledge to watch it with my "brown" eye :7

Oneupmanship, it's uniquely American like being forced to work three jobs to survive, lol

[Left Is Write]

74. You won't be laughing when you have to walk to those three jobs uphill both ways in the snow.

:P

[cliffordu]

81. We need teachers at the plumbers' college - are you a vet???

[elkston]

62. I cannot laugh at this woman after the terrible things she has said.

I also feel she lacks in empathy and humanity.

[DainBramaged]

64. I sent them one oh, October 10th

I meant it

[Sebastian Doyle]

65. And while you're at it tell them to fire Armisen, or whomever is writing his terrible "Obama" skits

I don't give a shit if a white man plays a black character, as long as the makeup doesn't look ridiculous. I definitely DO care if the character is speaking Mush Limpdick talking points as his script.

They can't have this clown playing the President for the next 4 years.

[Left Is Write]

73. They haven't had a decent presidential impersonator since Will Ferrell's Bush.

If they have to bring out the Big Dawg again, at least they still have Darrell Hammond to play him.

[Sebastian Doyle]

77. Hammond will probably vote for McCain

Not for political reasons. Just job security for him.

[BlooInBloo]

68. (shrug) I'm looking forward to watching her fail.

[jberryhill]

72. Same here

SNL has had political figures do cameos for its entire existence.

They had the real Hillary Clinton on while making fun of the "cackling", which some considered sexist.

Sarah Palin is a political figure, like it or not. I don't get the big deal. Now, if she comes on and tears up a picture of the Pope, like Sinead O'Connor did, YouTube will not be able to handle the load.

[FatDave]

75. Oh for fuck's sake!

It's Fucking Saturday Night Live! They make fun of politicians. All of them. It's what they do. And inevitably, the politicians make an appearance to prove that they can laugh at themselves. Remember when Hillary did it during the primaries? Remember when Obama did it earlier last season? How many times has Gore been on? Hell, Gerald Ford was on in the first fucking season! It's practically a tradition for politicians to do SNL. And unfortunately, not all politicians are democrats (this board would be pretty fucking boring if they were--"Aren't things great? They sure are. What am I gonna do with all this extra money?").

They're free to have on whoever they want, and you're free to boycott them. But I'm free to tell you to get over yourself. Fucking please. Get over yourself.

[Name removed]

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[FatDave]

86. Wow, you sure told me.

I'll be over here in the corner crying if anybody needs me.

[Chovexani]

97. I predict a lot of crying once Obama wins and Jon Stewart starts making fun of him

There will be similarly unhinged calls for boycotts of The Daily Show, mark my words.

[johnaries]

79. I think that's just a rumor. I have heard it announced anywhere.

Besides that, If she does appear, they'll make a fool out of her. Ok, MORE of a fool. And Tina Fey has made it clear she's against Palin.

[Nicole]

87. Confirmed

McCain announced it on Letterman tonight.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/10/palin-mccain.html

[fishwax]

80. I'm fine with them having Palin on SNL

I don't think it will help her or their campaign :shrug:

[cliffordu]

82. The only justice is if they get the REAL Bill Ayers to show up unnanounced....

that would be the only way I'll watch it....

[marew]

84. I did the same thing several days ago.

She doesn't need another venue for her lies and hate even if they are disguised as humor.

[FLyellowdog]

85. Just emailed them too. Bah Humbug!

[stubertmcfly]

88. Two words...

Bob Roberts.

[krkaufman]

92. My problem with this is solely that NBC is giving Palin a media platform ...

... even though her campaign is refusing to make her available for an interview with NBC Nightly News.

She shouldn't be given the opportunity to use our public airwaves if she's not going to make herself available for basic questioning.

[Chovexani]

98. LOL

Comedy shows != news shows, kthx.

Though I can certainly understand why you'd confuse the two, in this day and age.

[krkaufman]

138. Ummm.... right. But it *is* still under the NBC umbrella ...

... and I'm surprised that NBC is allowing their news program to be dissed so publicly.

kthx.

[stolivodka]

94. While I think "boycotting" a TV show is dumb..

It is a complete outrage that SNL is going to give a platform for this horrible mockery of a politician to, once again, act like Jane Everyman while she spews hatred from the podium and hides from the actual news media. This will be the best advertisement that Failin could get, and NBC is probably paying HER for it.

I wish that there was something we could do that would be, you know, effective.

[Vinca]

96. How do we know the piece will be positive for Palin?

Considering what Tina Fey has done for the election so far, I'm going to watch.

[kswheels]

99. Unless you're a Neilson household...

They do not care.

[terrya]

100. Are you sure about this?

Given Tina Fey's desire NOT to have to parody this woman past 11/4, I just can't believe SNL would agree to this. I really can't picture Tina doing Sarah Palin, then suddenly the real Sarah Palin walking on set, with the two of them yukking it up.

Of course, I could be wrong. Wouldn't be the first time.

[MadHound]

101. Let's see here, they've brutally skewered Palin three times already

What makes you think that they won't do it again, with her there in the flesh to take part? Geez, people around here are so fickle for the stupidest reasons. Two weeks ago SNL was comedy genius with Tina Fey. Now that they've decided to take it to the next level, with Palin live and in person, all the sudden somehow SNL is turning into a RW shill:crazy: I don't get it. Yes, it gives Palin exposure, but is it really going to be positive exposure, since she'll probably get her ass handed to her live and in color.

[GOTV]

111. I don't think that will happen ...

... SNL will try to be funny. Embarrassing Palin on live national TV will not seem funny to most people. They will absolutely run the skits and jokes by her to make sure she will be OK with them. They definitely not try to go all "to catch a predator" on her.

[PBS Poll-435]

102. I am not boycotting SNL. In fact, I am excited about Sarah Palin's appearance.

(She has legitimized SNL's criticism of her)

(Duh)

[billyoc]

103. I would boycott SNL, but I don't even KNOW anybody that watches it.

:shrug:

[GalleryGod]

105. Thanks,S.I. Belushi & Akyroyd Wouldn't Have Stood for this!

They'd called in "SICK" (air quuotes just for Johnny McDepends)

[kswheels]

107. You are out of your mind...

Please don't speak for others. Those men you named and every other comedian would do anything and work with anyone if it had the potential to be funny.

[Name removed]

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[kswheels]

110. 64th post in about a week

I registered 3 years ago but never posted. As for alerting on me? Whatever. I also stand by my statement. Comedians in general will put jokes ahead of political beliefs.

[GOTV]

112. I agree with you. If they think it will be funny SNL will do it. If not, they won't do it....

... If they were interested in political advocacy they'd work for someone else.

Unfortunately, what THEY think is funny is often not what I think is funny. That's why I hardly watch it, but I think their political stuff this year has been pretty good.

[realitythink]

108. Hillary went on SNL too.

It did nothing to save her sinking campaign and in fact may have hurt her.

You need not worry about this, nothing is going to save Sarah Palin from herself. If fact they'll probably help to make her look foolish, if you saw weekend update last night you'll see they are not helping the McCain campaign.

[StopTheNeoCons]

113. DONT WATCH-TELL PALIN SHE IS NOT WANTED-SHE IS A HATER

[Sarah Ibarruri]

117. I agree 100% with you nt

[Essene]

114. Get over it. Any attention that she gets helps obama.

[Borgnine]

115. So were conservatives right in boycotting SNL...

...when Al Gore hosted? When Al Sharpton hosted? When Hillary made a cameo?

Of course not. Believe it or not, Saturday Night Live is not the Democratic National Convention. It's okay to have Republicans there.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

118. I'm posting this info. whereever I can - it's our right to protest SNL if we feel like it nt

[Beacool]

119. I already boycott MSNBC,

but I see nothing wrong in SNL inviting Palin. It'll be a kick to see Fey and Palin next to each other, like seeing the good twin and the evil twin.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

124. I think it's counterproductive for us and think there's not one amusing thing about it nt

[Beacool]

142. That's OK, you're entitled to your opinion.

I think that I'll get a laugh out of seeing the two next to each other. I don't hate Palin, I just don't agree with any of her politics.

[mwb970]

121. I'll watch with the volume turned down all the way.

I'm sure it will be hilarious that way!

[EstimatedProphet]

122. Nah, don't worry about it

They'll make her look stupid. Because she is.

[taterguy]

123. Dan Ackroyd must be rolling over in his grave

Sigh

[ronnykmarshall]

126. Dan's not dead.

[taterguy]

128. Since when?

[jberryhill]

134. So? A lot of folks buy graves before they die

If I had one, I'd go roll in it every now and then.

[Shakespeare]

125. How utterly dumb.

But you go on with your bad self.

[youthere]

127. I wrote them:

Say it ain't so!

Here's wishing SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE the LOWEST RATINGS EVER on the night Palin appears. I will be doing my part by NOT watching, and I have been a faithful viewer for 17+ years.
How you can give a platform to a person who not only incites racial hatred and violence every time she opens her mouth, but one who also sets the cause of Women's Rights back 100 years, is beyond me.
SHAME SHAME ON YOU. Gilda must be turning over in her grave.

[LanternWaste]

132. No better nor nor worse than...

I'm afraid that I cannot perceive your position as anything more a Fundy who boycotts Will & Grace.

It appears to me to be an extremist posistion as it attempts to silence a voice for no other reason than disagreement to that voice.

"...and SNL is giving her a chance to charm."
My belief is that SNL is simply giving her a chance to make a fool of herself in front of a national audience again.

[rvablue]

135. Don't forget that Shrub is guest hosting on Saturday

I seriously don't think they are going to miss an opportunity to use Josh Brolin, the guest host, as Shrubbie.

There is no way in hell that Tina Fey would have signed off on any agreement with SNL. Maybe she isn't going to be there, though.

I'm going to watch. Sarah Palin is an idiot filled with self-love, therefore she is incapable of making fun of herself, which is necessary on a show like this. She'll only come out looking worse.

[anigbrowl]

137. This is a sadass post

I bet you laughed when they were parodying her. It doesn't bother me that Palin will be on SNL any more than it bothers me that McCain was on Letterman last night, any more than it bothers me that Biden was on Leno last night too. Please, grow up.

[TexasObserver]

139. Thanks. I wrote them.

I wrote them as follows:

I've watched virtually every episode of SNL since Chevy first fell off the ladder, most of them more than once. I will not watch the Palin episode, because unlike all other politicians who have been on the show, she is not available for interviews or shows like MTP. When she's sat for MTP, and with Brian Williams, and on MSNBC, then I will watch her on SNL. But not before. Sorry, but I can't support your decision in this. You'll have to do it without me and without a lot of unhappy boomers I know.

[Raschel]

144. What happened to "the times are too serious to appear on a comedy show"? n/t