Posted on 10/28/2008 11:00:00 AM PDT by presidio9
Tina Fey appeared right when I needed her, just when all seemed bleak.
The NYPD was reporting another murdered child and the latest casualty reports from Afghanistan included a New Yorker who was a particularly nice guy.
That made me think of two other fine men I know in Afghanistan, as well as two buddies in Iraq.
Then my lawyer friend Eddie Hayes called to say that the economy seemed to be headed for the Greater Depression.
"The guys who are supposed to be getting us out of this are the same guys who got us into it in the first place," Hayes observed.
Just when all seemed gloomy, I turned on the TV to see Tina Fey doing her best Sarah Palin routine since "I can see Russia from my house."
All the gloom fell away, and I was silently laughing as the comic figure with the hairdo and glasses went on and on with that tundra accent about the media and her $150,000 GOP wardrobe.
RELATED: HASSELBECK, PALIN UNDRESS CLOTHES CRITICS "The whole thing with the wardrobe. I tried to just ignore it, because it's so ridiculous."
The routine kept going, really getting good.
"These clothes, they are not my property. ... I'm not taking them with me. I'm back to wearing my clothes from my favorite consignment shop in Alaska."
The world seemed just pure, ridiculous fun when Fey was joined by a blond woman whom I took to be her sidekick Amy Poehler doing a routine as a conservative airhead chattering about sexism.
RELATED: LUPICA: HEY, PALIN, THERE ARE REAL AMERICAN HEROES HERE IN NYC Then I realized this second woman was Elisabeth Hasselbeck from "The View" - and that I had not been watching Fey at all, but the real Sarah Palin.
I felt the gloom begin to close in again at the thought that this woman might really become just an aged and anxious heartbeat from the presidency.
Where would we be if she were commander in chief empowered to nuke Russia from her house?
Then I steadied myself with the thought that enough people share my worries about Palin that she will most likely be back in Alaska in time for the famous bowling ball bonfire.
That big event in Wasilla involves placing a bowling ball atop a sawed-off oxygen tank filled with black powder and shooting it into the air to land who knows where.
Not even Fey could top that.
Watching Palin is almost as much fun as watching Tina Fey and - with Poehler on maternity leave after the birth of a baby boy - Hasselbeck will do until Amy gets back. I could listen to that sexism bit again and again. The pouty twist of the lips is priceless.
And, where do they get those extras in the background, cheering as if it all makes sense? They were good for a laugh, as long as I kept at bay the thought that there might be enough of them for McCain/Palin to win.
That possibility was enough to dim the sunshine as I walked on 21st St. in Queens in the glory that was Monday afternoon.
On the next block, I came to Silvercup Studios, where Tina Fey makes her show "30 Rock."
Fey has pledged to cease doing Palin if Sarah Barracuda is elected - and then Palin will cease being funny at all.
At least we will still have the great Tina, who will surely find a way to make us smile.
mdaly@nydailynews.com
For people like Daley, and Mike Lupica, and other idiots who write for the Daley News, there seems to be this smug sense of satisfaction that Obama has already won this election, and soon Sarah Palin will go home to Alaska, never to be heard from again. But the RNC is certainly not about to give up on a politician who regularly draws 30-40,000 people to rallies all around the country. No, she's here to stay. At least until she finally gets to wear all $75m worth of the free clothes she got for running.
This reads like a high school junior’s essay.
I weep because Palin is Veep, too.
I want her has President, instead.
It would make me weep if this person who wrote this actually had a thought process that didn’t make my head hurt when trying to read it.
Is it just me?
Frankly, I’ve had all I can take from these people. Let’s go on to seeing what we can do to get McCain elected. Failing that, let’s do all we can to derail Obama’s socialism.
Wasn’t it the most disjointed thing you have ever read?
There's no crying in politics.
Especially if you are a man. Please say you're not.
(but it won't be)
I would say!!!
My eight year old writes better Fanfics.
I nominate Daly for the “Lord Haw-Haw” award.
Yes, but what do you expect from disjointed brains.
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I don't know whether to feel infuriated or pity.
What a sissy boy. But lets face it. This loser would start crying if he was forced to go to Walmart to buy a candy bar. The worst thing you could say to him would be “Nice,suit, did you get it at Sears.”
Then watch the sissy boy break out in tears.
I'm glad you biased ***** in the media find the time to publicize such nonsense in the first place and then complain that people like Sarah Palin are vapid and not viable candidates. There are lots of voters who DO think she would make a good VP. She certainly has more experience in government than Obama and a tells the truth unlike her bag-of-wind Democrat VP plagiarist opponent. Judging by the polls, if they are accurate, you won't have to weep. I hope you do though. In fact, I'd like to see you and Katie Couric and Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews cry yourselves to the point of dehydration, and flake like dust in the wind.
Posted by Stanz on Oct 28, 2008 12:26 PM reply Report Offensive Post
I weep as this is what is considered journalism today.
I would weep if Sarah Palin was veep...tears of joy!
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