The “Masked Avengers”, Marc-Antoine Audette and Sebastien Trudel from the Montreal radio station CKOI, managed to get through to Governor Sarah Palin posing as President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Yes, Palin fell for it hook, line, and sinker.
In all honesty, is it this easy to get Palin on the phone? Recall it was just a little over a week ago that Ashley Todd carved a backward “B” into her cheek and landed a phone call from both Palin and McCain.
A great interview with Barack Obama by Jon Stewart.
Is Barack Obama a Socialst? Why not ask THE Socialist candidate for President?
Incredible Stephen Colbert.
Ester Goldberg : The International Glamour puss of all media..wants us to leave Sarah Palin alone…
My favorite line is the reference to The Lord of the Rings. Classic!
From the world of fun with Photoshop. Please let me know who to credit.
I have no words or comments for this. I welcome yours.
After almost a week of hype, the real Sarah Palin’s few minutes on the opening of this week’s Saturday Night Live concluded with a whimper.
She really wasn’t that funny.
She took some clever ribbing from Alex Baldwin during the opening scene. Tina Fey began the show with her spot-on impersonation.
The spot on Weekend Update was a bit better, but the cast really carried the show. Amy Poehler rapped and danced with other crew members while Palin sat at the desk, dancing a bit in her seat. The beginning of this sketch showed Palin seated at the desk apparently refusing to do the bit they had rehearsed. Poehler took up the rap while Palin sat uncomfortably and listened.
Her appearance fell a bit flat.
All in all, I think Tina Fey does the better Sarah Palin.
Absolutely hilarious. From The Daily Show, with Jon Stewart.
The image of Governor Blagojevich and Speaker Madigan hugging at the Democratic National Convention was one for the books. I’ve been reflecting on the Democratic love-fest for over a week now, not quite sure how to respond. What does any of that mean? What really happened? Who started singing Kumbaya first?
According to news reports, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. started things off with an apology to Rep. Bobby Rush. Carol Marin tells the story:
On Wednesday morning at the breakfast meeting of the Illinois delegation, Rep. Bobby Rush rose to say a few words. Recovering from the aftershocks of radical cancer surgery, he is physically a shadow of his former self. But, like the good Baptist preacher he also is, Rush rose to the occasion, telling delegates the parable of the eagle and the storm.
“I am that eagle,” he declared.
Thanking those who had been supportive, Rush also noted “some who were not there, but that’s all right.”
He gave a nod to forgiveness, but didn’t name names.
Next up was Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. It isn’t clear that Rush was talking about Jackson, but there is no question they’ve been on a rocky road.
Jackson Jr. began his prepared remarks about unity, talking about burying the truckloads of hatchets that weigh down these Democrats.
And then it happened.
Jackson folded his speech in half. Stuck it in his breast pocket. And turned directly to Rush saying, “Bobby, if there is anything that I’ve ever done to offend you, I’m leaving it at this convention. You are my friend . . .”
For a second, every one of us was stunned.
Rush made his way to Jackson, Jackson jumped down from the dais and they hugged.
It was real. And touching.
Marin, arguably the sharpest political journalist in Chicago, said it was real. If she saw authenticity, then that’s what happened.
Then Jackson apologized to Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed and State Senate Majority Leader Debbie Halvorson. If these were also sincere, then kudos to Jesse.
Then Daley ran to Jesse. According to Marin:
“Who else out here has been mad at me I haven’t figured out yet?” Jackson asked.
Mayor Daley jumped up and hugged Jackson. And Jackson was stunned. Tears sprang into his eyes.
And that, too, was real.
Finally, Gov. Blagojevich and House Speaker Madigan embraced, evidence that hell did indeed freeze over. I’ll take Carol’s word that what she saw was real.
According to Rich Miller, some aides who apparently did not share in the love tried to downplay the loving:
“It’s all theater,” confided one top Blagojevich aide later in the day. A Madigan lieutenant pointed out that Madigan was the one who walked over to Blagojevich at Jackson’s urging and had to practically pry the governor out of his seat. No happy talk could be found.
But could it be that the aides de camp hadn’t gotten the message? That very evening, Madigan and Blagojevich continued their detente by sitting next to each other at the Democratic convention.
Miller posits any photographs of Illinois pols hugging Gov. Blagojevich would be tremendous cannon fodder for Republicans in upcoming elections. No one wants to be seen with Blagojevich, whose popularity continues to plummet.
So what really happened at the Mile-High City? Will the love-fest have any impact on policy in Illinois? Will Gov. Blagojevich finally develop the capacity to treat lawmakers with civility? Will Halvorson and Jackson exchange Christmas cards come December? Will Daley and Jackson finally go out for a cold one?
I give Jackson credit. Some movement toward reconciliation between he and Bobby Rush is welcome indeed. Rush is an icon in Illinois and national politics, and Jackson is incredibly astute.
For too long, Illinois Democrats have wrangled over nonsense — egos colliding at the expense of the electorate. If they don’t learn how to play together real soon, then Republicans deserve another crack at leadership.
That would be a shame. Illinois needs to stay on a progressive track, and that won’t happen under Republican leadership. Democrats need to dialog with Republican opposition and stop creating their own internal opposition factions. This is more of a struggle with an obstructionist governor.
Rush and Jackson should meet again publicly, showing the rest of the Illinois Democratic Mile High Club that it was all for real.
The first time took guts. The next steps will demonstrate character.
Once again, I couldn’t believe what I saw last night. Here’s the one-and-only Pat Buchanan, mesmerized, as he tries to re-read Barack’s entire speech on MSNBC.
This is just one of those magic moments in television.
Enjoy this, Barack. You may have Pat walking door-to-door for you before this election is over.
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Sarah Palin is McCain’s VP pick.
Palin, the first woman governor of Alaska, was elected in 2006. She was also the youngest ever elected at the age of 42.
She is the mother of five children, the youngest of whom was born in April and has Down syndrome. She ran on a clean government platform in ’06 to defeat the incumbent Republican Governor Frank Murkowski.
Expect her to “wag the dog,” attempting to shift the national discussion away from the war in Iraq, jobs, the economy, health care, right back to the Republican comfort zones of abortion and homosexuality. She will try to draw attention away from the big issues, making clumsy, quasi-Reaganesque attempts at spreading fear. She will remind us how close Alaska is to Russia, as if Asia has recently taken a radical shift to the right, and we never knew Russia was there to begin with.
Republicans will attempt to sell her as a nice person and strong mother. Oh, and she’s a white lady, like that Hillary lady. So, that should be enough for disgruntled Clinton supporters, right?
No doubt she has a very real story to tell that deserves a good hearing. However, she is a complete unknown outside Alaska, bringing no name recognition at all.
No doubt this is an attempt to woo Clinton supporters. But Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton. Substituting “another white woman” for Hillary Clinton won’t fool voters who examine policy — and Senator Clinton’s supporters are smart.
McCain would have been better off with Perot’s General Stockwell, or Dan Quayle.
I wonder if Palin can spell tomato?
Is she really ready “in a heartbeat” to step into the office of President of the United States? That’s the real question Americans need to ask given McCain’s advanced age.