McCain On SNL: Brilliant!

John McCain joined Tina Fey as Sarah Palin for a brilliant send up of himself as well as the shopping network, QVC.  The haters can hate but this guy is funny and one good man.  We could only be so lucky to have him as President.

Guest host Ben Affleck detailed his history of supporting losing Presidential candidates, hence he was throwing his endorsement to John McCain (yes, it's a joke folks).

If you're reading this now, stay tuned, there's more McCain to come.

SNL: Bush Endorses McCain/Palin Ticket!

h/t to Crooks & Liars.

In other news... According to BlogNet, the Mayor Sam Blog is now the #2 most influential liberal blog in California (up from #3 last week)! Who woulda thunk it?

-In Arizona, McCain's home state, Obama has a slight lead in early voter polling (1 point with MOE +/-4), and is just 4 points away from catching McCain according to Daily Kos.

-CC Goldwater, the granddaughter of Republican icon Barry Goldwater is following her late granddad's philosophy and casting her vote for Obama. You can read her reasons why over at the Huffington Post.

-CNN reports that there's big trouble in the McCain/Palin camp as Palin is "going rogue"! Oh my, what else can go wrong?

And...

Jim Alger creates an online ad for Obama!
Nice work Jim! Very impressive narration job!

Palin to Appear on SNL

No, not Tina Fey but the real deal this time. Saturday Night Live has announced Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin will appear on the October 25th episode of the comedy program.

Palin hopes to get the chance to imitate Tina Fey and confesses to being a fan. No word on if the look-a-like twosome will appear together but if they did, what kind of skit would it be?

I'd suggest a remake of The Patty Duke Show or perhaps The Parent Trap. Or the 40something Olson Twins of the Future - from Hell.

Tina Fey Nails It!

No matter what your opinion is of Sarah Palin, you have to give it up for Tina Fey's amazing portrayal of her on SNL.

Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Tuesday

If you read Patrick Range McDonald's piece about how Mayor Villaraigosa spends most of his glad-handing, photo opping, traveling and "gap time" between glad-handing, photo opping and traveling (leaving only 11% of his time for actual City business) and were interested in seeing the Mayor's actual personal calendars, Walter Moore has already pulled them for you.

If you were a victim who was injured in America's deadliest train accident and laid up in the hosptial, would you want to wake up to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa visiting you for his latest photo opp? Curious to know your answer and Michael Trujillo and Jimmy Blackman are not eligible to play. (And for no particular reason we'll throw in Matt Szabo's name to fire up the third floor Google Alerts.)

Compact fluorescent lights are a great thing.  They use less electricity and last longer that regular light bulbs.  Indeed, I replaced three sixty watt bulbs in one of my bathrooms with one CFL and it's lasted three times as long now.  That being said it makes absolutely no sense and is an incredible waste that the DWP is going to hand deliver over two million of the bulbs by dropping bags of them on the front doors of homes in Los Angeles. How much will this cost? How many will actually get used? How many will get stepped on? I understand the DWP needs to get folks to use the bulbs to reduce electricity use (then they'll raise our rates again to make up for the lost revenue) but couldn't they just put a note in everyone's bill encouraging to go out and buy their own?

Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin got a big laugh watching with reporters Tina Fey's impression on Saturday Night Live. But it turns out that Palin beat Fey to the punch in the impersonation department - Palin aides say that last year the Alaska governor dressed as Fey for Halloween.

How will Britney Spears spend New Year's Eve? Reports are she's planning to stage an Elvis 68 style comeback special with a show and record an album at the Pearl Theatre in Las Vegas.

Tina Fey Gets New Gig Thanks to Sarah Palin

In case you missed it, Tina Fey IS Sarah Palin joined by Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton. Very funny.