PALIN IN COMPARISON

Who is funnier? Tina Fey or Sarah Palin.
It's like choosing between your first born and your youngest child. Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on the opening stanza of Saturday Night Live last week was bone-chillingly hilarious. Fey could easily play the vice presidential candidate and would probably do a better job as a politician.
Maybe they should switch places because Palin would be an incredible asset on SNL. Her performance on 20/20 was worthy of an Emmy.
Charles Gibson asked her if she agreed with the Bush Doctrine and she responded, "In what respect, Charlie?"
That was one of the funniest lines ever uttered on national TV. Her delivery was on cue. Her facial expression was priceless. After that, I was thoroughly convinced that Palin can do comedy.
Oh. Wait a minute. That wasn't an act?

REPUBLICANS GO FOR THE LONGSHOT

Desperate times call for desperate messures.

Sen. John McCain and his Republican party called timeout and summoned a gun-carrying, PTA-card holding hockey mom from Alaska ~ who also happens to be a former beauty queen and high school basketball point guard ~ to run for Vice President of the United States of America and change the momentum of the 2008 presidential election.

Say hello to Sarah Palin, a 44-year-old social conservative who has governed the state of Alaska for the past two years and prior to that was mayor of her small town. I guess two years of governing a state with a population the size of San Bernardino County is good enough for McCain and the GOP!

Only time will tell if this huge gamble will pay off. The Republicans needed a little pick-me-up after Sen. Barack Obama got a 10-point boost from the Democratic National Convention in Denver. McCain and his conservative troops are hoping, or praying, that the 18 million or so pro-Hillary Clinton supporters will jump on the Palin snowmobile and ride the Republican express ticket all the way to the White House. Let's just hope, and pray, the 18 million or so Clinton supporters are not shallow enough to fall into this GOP trap of gender politics. Whew! Had to get that off my chest.

Behind The Maverick and The M.I.L.F., the Republicans are putting on a fullcourt press in an attempt to turn things around and hope for a come-from-behind victory on Nov. 4. But what the GOP failed to realize is, Sen. Obama knows a thing or two about handling fullcourt pressure and won't be dropping the ball any time soon.