Given Sarah Palin's remarkable resemblance to former SNL anchor Tina Fey, it took me awhile during her speech at the Republican Convention to take Gov. Palin seriously. For much of the speech, which was well delivered and well paced(she is a charismatic speaker, regardless of content), I kept taking in the hyperbole waiting for it to finally crest over the top. You know how it goes on an SNL political spoof, they start by talking basic ideals and thoughts, making more and more outlandish statements until they are finally saying things like "I think we should all run naked on the lawn." or "All broccoli will now be outlawed." You know.
So as Sarah Palin spoke first about her family and upbringing, I followed along- anticipating where we were going with this. Then came the support statements for McCain- OK, now we're building- and then finally, when we hit the attacks on the opposition, I almost wanted to start laughing. I say almost, because it was obvious there were many people who were absolutely supporting this line of thinking- this was no send-up of politics, this was the actual thing. And don't get me wrong, I am not belittling Palin or the RNC or its delegates- they happen to share some of my ideals. And yes, I know, there is more than enough political hyberbole for both sides to use and skew- and they do- early and often. Still, I am ready to turn off the TV now, and tune out until November. Because whether or not it feels like it should be a humorous sketch- it has stopped being amusing.
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