Politics | 09/15/2008 1:45 pm
Tina Fey Steals SNL Show With Palin Impersonation (Video)
No, that wasn’t John McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live" this past weekend.
It was, in fact, her near twin, comedienne and “30 Rock” star Tina Fey. Doing a skit with "SNL" regular Amy Poehler playing Hillary Clinton in a joint "nonpartisan" address on the "ugly role that sexism is playing in the campaign” on the premiere of the 34th season of the show, Fey’s impersonation of Palin — both in appearance and accent — was dead on.
“And I can see Russia from my house,” “Palin” said as to why she’s experienced in foreign policy in the skit, while global warming is just “God hugging us closer.”
Playing off the news of ABC anchorman Charles Gibson’s interview with Palin last week, the sketch has Poehler’s Clinton saying she doesn’t agree with the Bush Doctrine (the U.S. concept of military preemption before we are attacked). Fey’s Palin quickly adds, "I don’t even know what that is." Palin was also used as target practice in the "Weekend Update" segment.
Olympic multi-gold medal swimming phenom Michael Phelps also starred.






















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