What SNL Did Do: Week 2

The accuracy of my predictions:

• "I've only been doing this for five weeks!" Completely wrong. They didn't do this one.
• "Doggone it." Oddly, I was wrong about this too. I think Tina Fey said "Gosh darn it" instead.
• Refusal by Palin to answer the question asked. They did this MULTIPLE times.
• Instead of answering a question Palin talks about energy policy or Alaska. They did this but she talked about being a maverick instead of energy or Alaska
• Palin blatantly winks at and poses for the camera. They did this the entire time.
• Palin's answer on global warming. They did this too.
• Both Palin and Biden's answers on the rights of homosexual couples. And they did this one.

Looks like I did a lot better this week with my predictions. Tina Fey found plenty of material to use in mockery of Sarah Palin. And I was pleasantly surprised at how SNL managed to hilariously mock Joe Biden as well. His "I love John McCain, but he's a raging lunatic" comments and his "Scranton, PA is a cesspool" rant had me laughing. As usual, SNL was hardest on the media: mocking them for grading Sarah Palin on a super-generous curve, mocking moderator Gwen Ifill for asking no substantive follow-up questions, and by poking fun at Palin, mocking the media for daring to suggest it couldn't be done anymore. It was an funny sketch. Click through to watch it.


If you notice at the end, SNL also pokes a little fun at me and the drinking games I play during speeches and debates. I just have to say though, Tina Faux Palin, I gave up on the "maverick" drinking game, it's just too easy. "Reform" was Thursday night's drinking game.

For regular readers, stay tuned on Tuesday night for the next Presidential debate. There will be no live blogging but if they have the time, SeaBean and StitchWiggler will be back for pre-Debate and maybe even post-Debate chatter. And we'll have a SPECIAL MYSTERY GUEST AS WELL. Stay tuned.......