TINA FEY - Fey Blamed For 'Ruining' Palin's Reputation

[Glenda]

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/fey%20blamed%20for%20ruining%20palins%20reputation_1083354

I think this is a British website, but cites poll taken by the Washington Times

Comedienne TINA FEY has been blamed for the Republican party's recent slip in the polls ahead of the U.S. presidential election, after impersonating vice-presidential candidate SARAH PALIN on comedy sketch series SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.

According to a recent poll taken by the Washington Times, the "Tina Fey effect" has turned supporters off the Alaskan governor and her running-mate, presidential candidate John MCCain.

Political scientist Jerald Podair tells the New York Post: "Presidential impersonators do influence elections, and in this one, Tina Fey is well on her way to ruining Sarah Palin's political career. In a political culture that takes its cues from popular culture, a good impersonator may be worth a million votes.

"The parodies may have done a bit of damage. People remember Gerald Ford through the prism of Chevy Chase. Ford was among our most athletic presidents, and he had a wide-ranging knowledge of public-policy issues. But because of SNL, many came to think of him as a buffoon."

But the reviews have yet to effect Palin's own praise of Fey, with rumours still swirling the politician will make a cameo alongside the comedienne on the show.

Earlier this month (Oct08), Palin told reporters she would be open to make an appearance, adding: "I love her, she's a hoot (fun) and she's so talented. It would be fun to meet her, imitate her and keep on giving her new material."

[Wickerman]

1. God Bless Tina Fey

thanks for taking one for the team!

[trueblue2007]

37. I echo.................GOD BLESS TINA FEY

My prayers have been answered.

[Curtland1015]

2. Palin ruined it just fine on her own.

Fey just turned it into a joke.

[zbdent]

13. no, Fey didn't turn it into a joke ...

she capitalized on a joke ...

[Heather MC]

20. get up, get get get down sa-rah FAIL-in is Joke in your town!

[SidDithers]

64. Preach it!...

Sid

[Larkspur]

50. And this is when capitalism works well

May Tina Fey reap many profits and accolades for her Palin impersonation.

[Lucky 13]

3. Yeah. Cause without Tina Fey, no one would have noticed Palin is a dumbass.

:eyes:

[Northofyou]

4. BAD Tina...BAD Tina....

NOT! lol...

[bunkerbuster1]

44. ooh, do I get to spank her?

oops. I probably shouldn't post this... aw, what the hey.

[Bucky]

57. Warning, very large, very naughty photo in this response

[Arugula Latte]

5. Tina Fey deserves the Nobel Prize.

[NatBurner]

8. lol for real

[liberal N proud]

6. Tina was just imitating the stupid

[ForeignSpectator]

21. yeah, even using palin's verbatim statements! How stupid can the mkkkain camp get?

:rofl:

[Az_lefty]

7. Thank you Tina for bringing truth to light through comedy...

satire does work.

[lisa58]

9. It's amazing that you can ruin someone's career by repeating what they say - lol

[Lugnut]

45. That's what's so ironic about this nonsense

Tina echoed Palin's words nearly verbatim. Regardless, Sarah was a laughing stock well before Tina Fey laid a spoof on her.

[Glenda]

10. ** Oh, this may be the poll they are referring to **

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/09/as-palins-star-dims-fey-turns-superstar/

"About 33 percent of independents said the "Tina Fey effect" is hurting the McCain-Palin ticket, compared with 9 percent who said it was helpful, a Fox 5/The Washington Times/Rasmussen Reports survey says. The figures were nearly identical among independents in the survey. "

[tridim]

42. There's that famous ~30% number again, rearing its ugly head.

The backwash never changes.

[Kajsa]

11. I knew this would happen! :-)

Thank you Tina, for helping us show

" the REAL Sara Palin" !


"Cos, the voters have a right to know just WHO
(she) is, by golly"

Using Palin's own words to bring about her political demise,

Priceless! :applause:

[vanderBeth]

12. Where the hell did they think they got the material from?

Only Palin could do that to herself.

[myrna minx]

14. Thank you Ms Fey.

:patriot:

[jsmirman]

15. I never thought I'd lobby for this, but - it's Katie Couric who deserves the lion share

of credit. I know, right place, right time, but her calm looks of frustration and befuddlement and her even keeled follow through actually ended up doing the country a great service.

I think *those interviews* damaged Palin nearly irreperably and truly limited the options that were available on debate night.

America had already seen the vapid dunce behind the curtain, and there was a real limit on what kind of hucksterism was going to fly as a result.

[Glenda]

26. I agree - the Katie Couric interviews were key n/t

[nxylas]

43. And Charlie Gibson

Not that he and Couric really did anything beyond ask a few softball questions that she showed herself unable to answer.

[Danascot]

69. Palin made Katie and Charlie

look like incisive investigative journalists. Who knew??!

[grantcart]

16. hoot (fun) they have to translate Palin for the British lol

[H2O Man]

17. I'm glad for that.

I believe that Tina Fey has contributed, in a wonderful way, to changing the way that the American public views Sarah Palin. That is a good thing. The republican party was trying to pass off a false image of her, and Ms. Fey corrected it.

[unblock]

18. yeah, that's a really strong politician whose reputation can't stand a bit of parody

especially when tina fey largely used palin's own words!

[Razoor]

19. hurray for tina fey!!

she continues to do a good job of making palin a idiot.

[Overseas]

22. What-- TINA MARRIED A SECESSIONIST?

Tina was cited by a majority Republican commission for abuse of power?

Tina thinks she can do foreign policy because she can see Russia too?

Tina can't name any newspapers either?

Tina thinks the Iraq war was a mission from God too?

Tina had herself blessed with protection from witchcraft too?

[Jokerman]

23. Uh, Gerald Ford WAS a buffoon.

Chevy, like Fey was merely taking advantage of the many comic opportunities offered by buffoons.

[jsmirman]

30. He also was possibly the best athlete ever to occupy the oval office

He was an all-american at Michigan.

[Jokerman]

36. So he was a jock AND a buffoon. Imagine that. n/t

[OHDEM]

24. Can't take a joke?

The biggest thing Tina Fey has done by impersonating Palin, is make us all realize that Tina herself is smarter and better qualified to be VP than Palin!

Clinton/Fey 2016

[Essene]

25. She openly supported Hillary in the primaries. Funny, Obama survived SNL, so why cant Mccain?

[zulchzulu]

27. Palin blamed for providing the easiest comic material in a generation

Palin is the absolute easiest political figure to make fun of...and if she can't handle a little comic dealio, imagine how shitty a President she would be...

[Orsino]

28. SNL caricatured a politician...

...but McCain put a caricature of a politician on the goddamned ticket. Had he vetted her, he would have known what a joke she was, and what a joke she would make of his campaign.

Fey is a symptom. Palin and McCain are the cause.

[HughMoran]

29. Good deal

Tina Fey is a hero.

[JuniperLea]

31. Tina didn't abuse her power...

Her husband isn't a known terrorist.

Tina is a skilled actor and comedian.

Hmmm...

[Enrique]

32. i think it's true

the pundits were saying after the debate, direct quote: "Palin proved she's not a laughingstock" then Tina Fey proved she's probably the funniest laughingstock we ever had.

[scheming daemons]

33. Tina Fey is doing more work to help save the planet in one month than anyone else in a lifetime

[FVZA_Colonel]

34. Tina Fey may be a National Treasure, but Palin did this all on her own.

[yellowcanine]

35. Well satire does not work unless there is something real there.

And Gerald Ford did fall down a lot. Not as much as smirky though.

[Higher Standard]

38. Sarah Palin ruined Sarah Palin's reputation

Tina Fey just called attention to who she is.

[npincus]

39. did SNL have a politial parody this week?

I haven't heard anything, and I fell asleep!

[xxqqqzme]

40. '...People remember Gerald Ford through the prism

of Chevy Chase...'

No, we remember he pardoned Tricky Dick - Chase comes in 2nd or third.

[Morning Dew]

41. Best line

"It would be fun to meet her, imitate her . . ."


I'd love to see Palin imitate Tina Fey . . . WTF is she smoking?

[Higher Standard]

46. That would be interesting

I have a feeling it would seem like Palin doing Fey doing Palin. That just sounds wrong.

[road2000]

48. Thanks, but no thanks.

"...and keep on giving her new material."

[OneSelf]

47. All politicians are subject to parody.

If Palin can't hold up to a couple months worth, how the hell is she going to look after a couple years?

Frightening...

[Vanje]

49. "Reputation"?

Palin had a reputation before McCain selected her as running mate?

Even her fellow alums and teachers at University of Idaho, cant remember any thing about Sarah Palin.

[hvn_nbr_2]

51. The most devastating thing to a politician is to be laughed at

They can deal with scandal, anger, betrayal, even criminality, but when the people laugh at them and consider them a joke, they're finished.

[Vinca]

52. Palin was a joke long before Tina Fey. nt

[Mad_Dem_X]

53. Um, no - Palin ruined it herself

For being so goddamned incompetent and evil!

[DCBob]

54. Tina Fey deserves a night in the Lincoln bedroom.

Or better yet just let her move into in the Lincoln bedroom!

:headbang:

[Bucky]

55. The Punchline: "According to a recent poll taken by the Washington Times"

Someone call the Moonie Times a Waaaaambulance

[rvablue]

56. Both Couric and Fey should get security guys for a little while

with the tone of some of the McCain/Palin supporters I would be a little worried for my safety and my children's safety after Obama wins. They are going to vent their maniacal rage somewhere.

[geiger]

58. Unfortunately, Sarah Palin is no longer funny, She is inciting hatred and violence.

Maybe it will be Tina Fey's shortest parody stint, as excellent as it was.

[PuppyBismark]

59. But the Words Tina Used Were First Spoken by Sarah Palin

Almost everything used in the two scripts were verbatim from Sarah's various speeches and Tina looked just like Sarah.

Sarah did herself in, not Tina.

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[crankychatter]

60. washington times? hoo boy - nt

[Left Is Write]

61. Katie Couric made her look bad! Tina Fey made her look bad!

But Sarah Palin never, ever makes herself look bad. :eyes:

[NewJeffCT]

62. What hurt Gerald Ford way more than Chevy Chase

was when he said there was no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.

I mean, that's almost as bad as if somebody today mixed up Sunni & Shia Muslims, or claimed Al Qaeda was getting support in Iran...

[codjh9]

63. Ha ha! She was a DUMB-ASS TO BEGIN WITH! Fey is only parroting the idiot! GOD people are stupid.

[jenmito]

65. On MSNBC this morning they said the rumor is false. She WON'T be appearing on SNL. n/t

[EffieBlack]

66. It can't be much of a reputation if a comedian can ruin it in 2 skits!

[beac]

67. Yes, I CLEARLY remember how Will Ferrell's spot-on impersonation of George W. Bush

cost him the 2000 election.

Oh Washington Times, you make me :rofl:and:rofl:and:rofl:.

[progressivebydesign]

68. the thing is, once I watched Palin herself, I realized that Fey didn't deviate much from Palin.

I thought that perhaps Fey took a ton of comedic license with her portrayal, but seeing the debate, and the interviews that Fey recreated, I realized they were nearly identical.

So are we now to blame Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, as well???

[yardwork]

70. Aaaaaaaawwwwwwww! Let's have a pity party for poor pitiful Palin.

[garlicmilkshake]

71. Jerald Podair is full of

hodair.

[LynneSin]

72. Yeah it had nothing to do with Palin being a corrupt dingbat with no experience

:grr:

[OwnedByFerrets]

73. IF this were true, she should be given the Presidential Medal of

Freedom.
"The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, recognizes exceptional meritorious service. The medal was established by President Truman in 1945 to recognize notable service in the war. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy reintroduced it as an honor for distinguished civilian service in peacetime."