WASHINGTON - Comedian Tina Fey says she’s checking out if her spitting image twin, Republican vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin, and White House contender John McCain win the general election next month.
Fey said she has loved playing Palin in the Saturday Night Live skits so far, especially with Amy Poehler who played Sen. Hillary Clinton in one and CBS News anchor Katie Couric in another.
“That lady is a media star. She is a fascinating person, she’s very likeable. She’s fun to play, and the two bits with Amy, that was super fun,” Fey told TV Guide.
But a long-term gig isn’t in the cards.
“We’re gonna take it week by week. If she wins, I’m done,” she said. “I can’t do that for four years. And by ‘I’m done,’ I mean I’m leaving Earth.”
Fey has been hailed for her impressions of Palin, mocking in great detail her difficulties with media interviews and her lack of international experience.
For her part, Palin has tried to make the best of being the target of Fey’s humor. “I was just trying to give Tina Fey more material - job security for Saturday Night Live,” she told a rally earlier this month.
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Photo credit: Reuters/Mario Anzuoni (Fey and Poehler at the Emmy awards last month)
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Please take the rest of the Hollywood crowd with you. Have a nice flight.
- Posted by Jackie-Tom Tucker “Didn’t Alec Baldwin say he’d leave the country if George W. Bush was elected?”
- Posted by thad schiele-No, he didn’t. He said that if George W were to be elected, it might be a good time to leave the country. In hind sight, my 401K would have been better had it left the country.
Palin is too nice. When she does things that the rest of us would get away with, she looks bad for it. But if she were to be herself then we would see that she is too nice to be a VP for the USA.
- Posted by CuriousIt seems odd to me that Hillary Rodham Clinton is known by her full name, GWB, JFK, FDR, etc., but when BHO (Barak Hussein Obama) is referred to by his full name people start making accusations of racism and bigotry. Why is it wrong to refer to the man by his name? WHEN he is sworn in it will be used while he places his hand on the Quran, so why not use it now?
Tina Fey is a talented writer and actress. Too bad neither is needed to impersonate Palin, who on her own creates plenty of dumb things to repeat in a comedy skit.
- Posted by Recovering RepublicanIf the Fascists steal another election, I will stay on earth, just in another country. I was born in the USA, but I speak 2 languages and hold dual citizenships.
- Posted by EducatedTina Fey - Don’t wait to leave. Go now and take all of Hollywood with you. BON VOTAGE!
- Posted by CandyPerhaps if Gov. Palin were to mock Tina Fey by wearing a fake scar to emphasise the real one Ms.Fey bears that resigned her to the “damaged goods “section of humanity (the potential mate & procreative possibilities) reduced considerably.
- Posted by JeffDrew ?Deel says “And finally, Tina or Alex not keeping their word of leaving would be NOTHING compared to the Mountain Of Lies which is the GOP, McPalin, and of course the Bush Administration. Every day they pile on more lies, like they’re trying to turn ALL of America into a landfill of misinformation.”
Enough already with ‘the Republicans are liars stuff. If you really think it’s just the republicans who are liars and cheats, your living with your head in the Democratic sand. I’m not saying the R’s don’t lie. I’m simply saying it’s not JUST the R’s that lie. And to blame this whole economic thing on the R’s is ridiculous. Just think about it a little. Think of all of those defaulted loans (by folks who it seems had no business taking out those ARM loans in the first place). You’re going to blame all of those loans on the R’s. Be for real. It wasn’t the R’s pushing “affordable” home financing. You can have it both ways. You can’t say the R’s hate the poor and make it too hard for them to get into housing… and then turn around and blame them for just that (getting poorer folks into housing they couldn’t afford). And please just ask a ‘few’ hard questions of the D’s (Barney Franks, Chris Dodd, and Sen. Obama). Do just one thing before you bash another R. Simply investigate for yourself how much money they made through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mack? And just listen to the speeches Barney Franks has made over the last FOUR years about how solid both firms were and what a great job they were doing (all the time getting kickbacks to his campaign).
Nobody is clean in this mess. NOBODY. So get over it and stop blaming everyone else. We ALL had a part in this mess.
PEACE
- Posted by smcDon’t worry she won’t have to leave, cause McCrazy and his attack puppy “aint” gonna win….wink..wink..!
- Posted by GWyou betcha..
LOL!!
What’s McLame’s strategy this week? That Obama is a space alien? LOL!
The fact that any of you are bloging proves you have nothing worthwhile to say.
- Posted by ScottPerhaps if Gov. Palin were to mock Tina Fey by wearing a fake scar to emphasise the real one Ms.Fey bears that resigned her to the “damaged goods “section of humanity (the potential mate & procreative possibilities).
- Posted by Jeffhey tina GOP is looking for next VP and they have your name on the list…….but the problem is your with Presidential candidate sarah palin……….lol
- Posted by ArifTHE SCARY THING IS THAT TINA was basically quoting everything Gov. Palin said and the way she behaves, there was no big acting effort needed by Tina, maybe Tina fay had to dumm down a little to be more like Gov. Palin.
- Posted by AngelouWow, Fey can do impersonations? She never did when she was the all-important head writer. She was too busy playing with her boobs on Weekend Update 1/2 the time for no apparent reason–except to make sure everyone noticed.
- Posted by TKI think that Tina Fey realizes that a VP Sarah Palin would abuse her office to exact venegence upon Fey, so she would likely have to leave the country. Palin’s short history in Alaska has shown that she is quite vindictive and petty to those that have opposed her, and she is not above abusing her office.
- Posted by Rodney Lamprey@Maddy
- Posted by BenThat is probably the most stupid, uninformed comment I have read. Do you shill for Micheal Moore too?
Well, if Alec Baldwin DID say that, I forgive him for toughing it out and trying to make change from within.
I think Tina Fey is BRILLIANT as Palin. “Mavericky” - ha! And even the corporate the media has taken up that term to some degree, which surprised me because they certainly seem to give McPalin a lot of ‘get out of jail free’ cards.
And finally, Tina or Alex not keeping their word of leaving would be NOTHING compared to the Mountain Of Lies which is the GOP, McPalin, and of course the Bush Administration. Every day they pile on more lies, like they’re trying to turn ALL of America into a landfill of misinformation.
- Posted by Drew Deelmaybe Tina should leave
- Posted by Angie OlneyTHe key words there being “if Bush was elected.” He wasn’t. Both elections were rigged. Both were stolen.
- Posted by MaddyDidn’t Alec Baldwin say he’d leave the country if George W. Bush was elected? Maybe he should have kept his word, and in doing so may have avoided that embarrassing episode with his daughter. Regarding Tina Fey, I think she is overrated. Never thought she was funny, though she sure does look like Palin. I’ll give her that.
- Posted by Tom Tucker