John McCain's appearance on SNL last night was brilliant. Seriously funny. Way better than the real Palin's appearance. And my Tina was freakin' hysterical.

McCain is a funny man. When watching the clip I was like, 'Oh yeah, I remember why he was my favorite Republican. Not recently, but before.'

I wonder if this is the last time we'll see Fey as Palin. sniff sniff.

One thing I noticed was Fey's reaction to McCain at the very, very end. I'm convinced this was Fey breaking character reacting to McCain being a very good sport. I love it.

McCain on SNL, very funny. Some great writing for that sketch, every joke was hilarious.

Palin punked
Wow. How funny and awkward at the same time.
I was also wondering how assistants to the candidates or any politician really know if a phone call like this is authentic.

So I was watching CNN or something when they were talking about this incident. I haven't heard the whole thing, but I did hear the snippet about going 'unting on an 'elicopter.

Two things:

- Her staff is, at least according to the analyst on TV, *HORRIBLE*. Team Palin was basically the B-team out of McCain's staff, plus some Bush people. Sarah Palin would NEVER take a call directly from anyone purporting to be a high-ranking politician, which means that her staff did not properly vet the call before handing it to her. They may have been so excited that Sarkozy was calling for Palin that they just totally fell for it.

- Second, the caller's French accent is just terrible. It's extremely exaggerated and it sounds like an English speaker using a mock French accent... which I think is what was going on. It speaks volumes that Sarah Palin (or her staff) neither recognized the accent was fishy. Sarkozy isn't a fluent English speaker but I believe (as a rabid fan of the U.S.) he's been studying a lot since he took office.

Her staff should have said "Governor Palin is busy, what is a good time to call you back?" Then they should have taken a number and gotten an ID from directory assistance.

The election may be over, but life still happens.

Wait. I thought people ceased to exist once I stopped paying attention to them.

This story calls into question my entire cosmology.

I see you are following the more high-brow literature...

I want to know who told him to wear a navy jacket with brown pants?

At first I pictured tan pants and wondered what was wrong with that. But good lord, then I saw the picture! Brown as a chocolate bar, OMG.