Alec Baldwin recently revealed his reaction on the Palin-SNL acceptance.  Some fans hated it because it didn’t skewer Palin enough, while some still applaud SNL for being the only one with the guts to make fun of politicians who are right in front of them.

Thing is, it’s just too hard to not talk about Sarah Palin.  Well, there’s always the Tina Fey resemblance.  On the other hand, here are some other reasons:

The Quotes! Can you imagine foreign policy being reduced to “I live next to Russia!”  How about her being stunned when asked what exactly a VP does?  Can you imagine a world where she didn’t say that and we loved her all the more because of it?  How about the “Thanks, but no thanks!” or the “you betchas?”  It’s too easy because sometimes her speeches feel like they’ve been practiced in front of a mirror and rehearsed repeatedly.  Any semblance of spontaneity is gone.  It’s also the content of whatever she says: 80% is misquoted, the other 20% just makes us go “huh?”

The Hair and Make-Up! Many have commented that they hate the hair — while a more recent study shows that more people are trying to get the same hair.  Boosting the profit of stylists.  But wait, there ‘s even more — according to word that’s gone out, Palin spends even more of the Republican budget on her make-up artist — even more so than McCain!  It’s also been stated that she’s putting on heavier blush these days as a result of the spotlight being on her even more intensely.

The Clothes. $150,000 on clothes for the last two months?  Have we been working especially hard to buy her those hot new shoes?  Republicans are already reporting an outcry after hearing this, plus, the Democrats aren’t too far behind and are probably not going to let this slide.

That Beauty Queen thing. Treating the elections as a beauty pageant doesn’t mean that you could gloss over the real important stuff, like the question-and-answer portion, or, for that matter, the talent portion.  Finding the right answer to “how would you achieve world peace?” probably hasn’t been that hard for her.

That Hustler porn thing. When has porn not been famous?  It’s one of the rare dirty secrets that a lot of people has but is refusing to step out in the open.  So maybe someone asked the question, “what’d it look like, watching that hawt VP get nailed?”  Well look no further, because Hustler’s coming out with something that emulates the answer in their new adult film, “Who’s Nailin’ Palin?”  With a Sarah Palin-lookalike facing untold horrors, such as neighboring Russkies and whatnot, facing down with an Obama-alike, etc, I’m guessing it’d be a parody megamix.

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With a bevy of new shows and returning favorites, I’d have to say SNL is really something I look forward to.  Aside from the gags, the skits and the musical guests, what really gets me rolling on the floor, hysterically laughing are the political impersonations.

Add that to the fact that they satirize my current favorite reality TV show, the US elections and you’re guaranteed that Saturdays at home won’t necessarily be something to NOT-look forward to.

Is it wrong if they do political impersonations?  I think not — SNL writers are hip, savvy and always timely, plus, jokes are half-truths — they parodied that half and added the other half, intelligently, of course, to the mix.  Besides, if you were looking for the issues, digging deeper, etc — why were you looking at a comedy show?

Here’s a little rundown of my favorite SNL political impersonations:

Darrel Hammond as Bill Clinton – Clinton may not be the big chief in these elections, but he’s still certainly BIG.  What’s not to like about Bill?  I do think he’s certainly a character, Darrel Hammond does a fine job of copying the best (the funny!) parts of Clinton, plus, of course, he gave Hillary her last name.  Plus, he’s also the most parodied surviving president in SNL, with a whopping 67 appearances by Hammond and another 20 by several other previous SNL cast members.

Darrel Hammond as John McCain – Okay, so maybe I did just mention Darrel Hammond — but his 14th season in SNL is looking to be another busy one, as he’s set to do McCain.  As we witnessed last Saturday, he brings on the laugh in the faux debate, capturing the essence and spirit of that serious event and transforming it into something we can readily consume.  (Plus, we can all remember that McCain did a cameo appearance on Weekend Update, joking about his age.)

Fred Armisen as Barack Obama – From what I’ve read, Armisen coached McCain in his opening monologue for that Weekend Update appearance — and we all know that brought in the laughs.  Appearing in dark makeup, he does his best to carry on the charismatic power of Obama and making it funny.

Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton – We’ve already mentioned Bill — here’s Hillary’s turn.  Poehler has this huge arsenal of characters in SNL, one of those just happens to be Hillary.  There’s this funny bit in this season’s premiere where she (as Hillary) was to deliver a “Nonpartisan message” with Sarah Palin; where Palin was going to mention that both she and Hillary don’t agree on “some things” where Poehler cuts in, and blurts out “anything.”

Which, of course leads to my favorite political impersonation on SNL:

Tina Fey as Sarah Palin – From McCain’s announcement, there have been observations on the resemblance — it’s actually pretty far-fetched if you look at ‘em side-by-side.  It must’ve been the glasses.  In this year’s season premiere, a full week before it was aired, there’ve been speculations about Fey coming back to SNL temporarily to play Sarah Palin, and then one Saturday evening, it really happened.  She recently reprised the character again, this time, being interviewed by Katie Couric, played by Amy Poehler — where they discussed how, when Palin is being backed into a corner she becomes even more adorable — expertly called out by Fey and the glasses.

The lipstick comment — we do live in weird political times.  The other day we were crucifying Palin because of her Freddie and Fanny mistake, and the media is doing the same to Obama for a comment about lipstick.

In all of fairness, I have heard this saying before, although the timing couldn’t be worse — Palin referred to herself as (take note) a pit bull with lipstick on just a week prior — the media just could not resist.

First off, Obama always chooses his words carefully — most times its tailored for the people who will be listening to him, so was this a “malicious” attack, or just a saying?  Obama explained himself in Letterman just the other night, to clarify himself, he said that Palin was the lipstick; McCain [and his inefficient policies] the pig.

Do you think it was intentional, or was it an honest mistake?