huffingtonpost.com - 9/15/2008
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McCain spokeswoman Carly Fiorina has weighed in on the major issue of today, namely, 30 Rock creator Tina Fey's portrayal of vice presidential contender Sarah Palin from this weekend's Saturday Night Live . Fiorina, astonishingly, termed it "disrespectful." Because that's what SNL does - paint ...
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McCain Camp: Tina Fey Is 'Sexist'
Mollygood —
... Fiorina went on to say that "just because Sarah Palin has different views than Hillary Clinton does not mean that she lacks substance." Fair enough — so why haven't we seen it? The election is in six weeks, Carly. Time's a wastin'. Instead of calling a female comedian "sexist" when she very obviously is not, let's chat about that "substance." ...
Inside The Obama-Starring 'SNL' Premiere That Never Happened [Alternate Universes]
Gawker: defamer —
... " No word yet on whether Obama will reschedule or whether Fey will be lured back for repeat performances, but at least one thing is known: Palin herself watched the skit while on her campaign plane. Her spokesperson Tracey Schmidt said she found the sketch "quite funny" (though McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina begged to differ), adding that Palin ...
Art imitates life imitates art in politics.
FilmChat —
... that Fey would return to her old SNL stomping grounds for a cameo as Palin. And lo and behold, no sooner had the skit been aired than Palin's spokesperson Tracey Schmitt was telling reporters that Palin had actually dressed as Fey for Halloween once. Schmitt also said that Palin had had a good laugh at the skit, which was interesting considering that the skit basically paints Palin as a bimbo -- a point that got John McCain spokeswoman Carly Fiorina to complain that the skit was "disrespectful" and "sexist" -- but, last night, Palin ...
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sfgate.com 9/15/2008 — Thank God for TiVo. How many times have we all said that? I know this is coming in as a bit redundant given some of the comments on the last post, but so much for the ounce of anticipation I had over the return of "Saturday Night Live" in an election ...