Bithead, did you actually watch the skit?

Of course.
It's likely still up on YouTube.
Of course so did a few million other people... and more than just watched the show. Interestingly enough, a goodly portion of these drew the conclusions I have here.

Anyone want to expound on Palin's position on these?

That she is being hidden from the American public by the McCain campaign is nothing short of disgraceful.

What? Obama is going to campaign with Palin?

So why didn't they use Obama, instead?

Bithead, did you actually watch the skit? They were making fun of the New York Times and making it look like most of their reporters were completely clueless when it comes to Alaska specifically and flyover country generally. I'd've thought you would have liked it. (It was also a pretty funny.)

So why didn't they use Obama, instead?

They had been doing skits about Obama for a while. They had been doing skits about all the candidates. They did Palin on this one because Palin was new, and SNL is obviously desperate for new material.

The McCain campaign knows that Palin is not ready to face the American people, the press and the world without training wheels, so the right is desperately (witness bithead) trying to alter the dialog.

I for one would really like to see Palin take a few questions about the economic crisis. After all, she may be Vice-President in a few months. (Though that's less of a possibility every day as McCain's numbers head south).

It's classic GOP. We are at war, we have a vast deficit and an economic crisis of historic proportions. Let's talk about a late night TV show.

Imagination?
Seems you missed SNL. No matter.

Yeah, the skit sucked, as do most SNL skits anymore, but it was obviously trying to mock the NY Times, not insinuate that there actually was incest. In fact, it was mocking the MSM for doing exactly what you are accusing them or doing, running unverified rumors.

well sh-t I do, I guess I can't be vice president, Dang it.

Trust me, thats only one of the many, many reasons you won't ever be vice president.

I'm sure any random person at MSNBC will be aware of less than a dozen of them actually existing. Heck, I'm not even sure that Martin isn't making up half of them just to pad his list. If it gets no coverage, nobody is going to debunk it, because it effectively doesn't exist.

I mean, we don't take every stupid thing that G.A.Phillips or Zelsdorf says about Obama and claim it's a rumor the MSM is refusing to debunk, so you don't get to effectively do exactly that and play the Palin victimization bit.

And do I really need to go into all the crazy anti-Obama stories?

Why not?

And don't call me Bernie. It is presumptuous and best, and rude at worst.

No offense.... didn't mean to hit a soft spot... Friend of mine is named Bernard and everyone calls him Bernie, too. Course, he's pretty easy-going, down to earth sort too. We DJ'd together for years. (Shrug)

For example, let's get SNL to do a skit, written by Al Franken, where he's charged with having sex with his daughters, and see what comes of it, shall we?

Wow, Bithead, with an imagination like that I'm hoping that you aren't visited by Chris Hanson in the near future.