Today on CNN they were debating about whether Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin will help or hinder the McCain/Palin ticket come November 4. This brings up interesting questions. Is the parody of a person enough to influence the life of that actual person? When I tried out for Jeopardy! a few years ago, the talent wranglers told us that one of the most frequent questions Alex Trebek gets asked is whether or not he and Sean Connery really hate each other. This was a feud that was concocted in a writers room at Saturday Night Live, and was so successfully pervasive that it made its way into the public consciousness as a perceived fact. Dana Carvey's impression of George Bush Sr. was so good that he was invited to the White House to do his song and dance for the president himself.
I tend to agree with Ashleigh Banfield from the video. Tina Fey's impression may be the only dose of Gov. Palin that some of the public is getting. People don't watch a whole lot of news (generally speaking, of course) and Tina Fey's impression is so entertaining that she may actually become Sarah Palin in the minds of some Americans. So, if the McCain/Palin ticket is defeated in the election, what will Americans remember most about Gov. Palin in the coming years? Will they remember her policies and the mini scandals that are being dredged up before the election, or will they only remember Tina Fey with her hair in a bun playing the flute? What will I remember? Joe Biden giving me the "Shooter."
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