i find this troubling

i don't have cable so i sadly only heard about this via the news (go cbc for great coverage!) and just dedicated a bit of time watching these videos.

i loved the first tina fey/hillary video and then the fey as palin interview with diane sawyer was great too.

but i feel that having palin actually on the show is crossing the line. she is no longer the object of ridicule (which she should be) but rather invited into the "cool" club and asked to perform live on saturday night live that even though the staff and guests make fun of her, her presence itself deletes all negativity thrown her way.

a. baldwin's diatribe against her was great, until when he was told it was palin and not fey he backpedaled and relied on her being "hotter in person", which is symbolic of her importance in the campaign: the "left" and "liberal" population of america hates her policies but likes her because she's hot and her inability to be "smart" just gets routed into her caribou barbie status.