Sarah Palin reacts to Tina Fey Impersonation

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Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin shows she can laugh at herself! Palin's people say the Governor was amused by Tina Fey's impersonation of her on "Saturday Night Live."

"She thought it was quite funny, particularly because she once dressed up as Tina Fey for Halloween," her spokesperson Tracey Schmitt said, according to CBS News.



"Saturday Night Live" premiered its new season Saturday with the show's highest ratings for a season-opener in seven years.

Fey's knee-slapping, dead-on cameo as the VP nominee certainly helped the ratings.

The sketch also featured Fey's former "Weekend Update" co-host Amy Poehler playing Hillary Clinton.

A memorable moment in the sketch occurs when Poehler, as Clinton, said she disagreed with the Bush Doctrine. Fey, as Palin, admitted, "I don't know what that means"- this being a reference to Palin's apparent confusion on the subject in her first major interview earlier this week on ABC.

Published 9/15/08 by the Insider

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  • Tina Fey could only wish she was as smart and beautiful as Sarah Palin. You New York and California media type need to stick to trying to entertain and stay out of politics because you hollywood type are so hypocritical and unknowing of how the...
    Anonymous 10/10/08 Reply
    • Your first sentence is in typed in a backwards fashion, Palin wishes she were as smart and beautiful as Tina Fey, just watch how that corrupted power speaks and you can see she is, as Bill Maher put it , a BIMBO!
      Anonymous 10/12/08
  • I would love to see more of Tina Fey as Sarah Palin. It seems she can tell the truth about Sarah where most news media are afraid to say anything. I would love to see news reported on the Trooper Gate situation where Sarah fired the head of the...
    Anonymous 10/6/08 Reply
  • Oh, man, after seeing this clip I'm almost tempted to start watching SNL again. Spot-on, perfect... just the right tone(s) (versus some of the embarrassment of last night's Emmys).

    Tina and Amy are truly modern American treasures.
    Anonymous 9/22/08 Reply
  • Wow, Tina Fey is funny, and a terrific actress. She has every facial tick down and the nasal voice. Tina does a great Sarah Palin. Poehler is funny also. Lorne Michaels, if you're reading this, give us more bipartisan PSAs from the Hilary-Sarah...
    Anonymous 9/16/08 Reply
  • "I don't know what that means"- this being a reference to Palin's apparent confusion on the subject in her first major interview earlier this week on ABC.

    SARAH PALIN WASN'T CONFUSED, HOWEVER, GIBSON WAS DEFINITELY CONFUSED....PLEASE KEEP TO THE...
    Anonymous 9/16/08 Reply
  • laughed my butt off, even with the impersonations and making fun of, your still drawn to Palins character.
    Anonymous 9/15/08 Reply
  • ... it's not only you .. Tina Fey .. every one is confused .. including Amy Poehler ...
    ... making fun .. mocking .. and, criticism .. are fine arts ... if performed professionally ... sometimes .. even .. good performers may fail at that .. Palin...
    ambrishtyagi 9/15/08 Reply