Suzy Shuster: An Open Letter to Tina Fey

Dear Ms. Fey, We, the people, need you. We need you to be Sarah Palin each and every Saturday night, live from New York. How else to explain the sudden about face of Governor Palin's popularity in the polls just days after your brilliant spot-on impersonation on one of the highest rated Saturday Night Live 's in the show's history? The hair, the glasses, all perfect, but truly it was the flat mid-western accent, the lip-lick, and the insipid comments which did seem like they came directly out of Palin's mouth ("I can see Russia from my house!") made you question whether it was real or was it Memorex. Frighteningly, it was too real. From the Friday before the skit on SNL aired to the following Tuesday, Palin's approval rating dropped ten points. Coincidence? I think not. After all, people in this country are tending to be more influenced by who or what they see on entertainment television, more so than on broadcast news or in print. Americans tune into Jon Stewart for their ... (link)