Truemors
Satire is alive and bitingly effective as the Fey Factor sees Sarah Palin take a dive in the polls. Tina Fey's appearances on Saturday Night Live as as Sarah Palin have struck home with audiences and experts say are affecting public opinion as regards Palin's 'qualifications' to become Vice-president.
Three weeks from now, Sarah Palin may be the Vice-President elect of the United States of America. But today, few people would call her the most powerful woman in American politics.
Arguably, that honour doesn't go to former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton or House Speaker Nancy Pelosi either. Today, the most influential woman in America is probably Tina Fey – a television comedienne.
Since Palin's nomination as Republican John McCain's running mate for the White House, Fey has mercilessly and relentlessly impersonated her on NBC's late-night satirical show Saturday Night Live (SNL).
Fey's physical resemblance to Palin is uncanny, and Fey has an equally spooky knack of replicating the Alaska governor's near-Canadian accent.
In public, Palin has taken Fey's mockery in good part. But Palin's poll ratings are telling a more devastating story.
In a Newsweek poll in September, voters were asked whether Palin was qualified or unqualified to be president. The result was a near dead-heat. In the same poll this month, those saying she was "unqualified" outnumbered those saying she was "qualified" by a massive 16 points.
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