So, that wasn’t just a weird dream involving Tina Fey?

Last night, as my husband and I watched Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, I told him I couldn’t wait for Saturday Night Live to bring Tina Fey in as a guest host just so she could play Sarah Palin. She’d be brilliant, just as she is in pretty much everything she does. So not more than a minute later, Jon’s showing a picture of Tina Fey! Then one of Karen from Will & Grace! Then a “naughty librarian” from centraI casting! I guess a lot of people must have made the same initial visual references. No, no, no, we shouldn’t go on about appearance, and I generally refrain from it, and I usually hate it when others do it. But there are SOOO many serious, thoughtful, respected, experienced Republican women in office across the USA. Did none of them want the job? Were none of them considered?

So, here are some other questions we ponder:

• Is John McCain experiencing any “morning after” remorse?
• Has Sarah Palin been whisked away yet by a passel of voice coaches and hair and makeup artists? I hope not.
• Does anyone who supported Hillary Clinton (as I did in the New Jersey primary) REALLY think that Sarah Palin is not a huge, pandering insult?
• Will I ever love a newspaper headline as much as the one I saw on this morning’s Trentonian while walking our dog, Annie: IT’S A GIRL! I love the Trentonian’s headlines.
• Are monologue and skit writers in Hollywood and NYC on their knees thanking God for this incredibly giving gesture by the McCain campaign?
• Who takes care of the children of this traditional-conservative-family-values-hockeymom (gag) politician?
• What, exactly, is this EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE that seems to be the McCainers’ go-to sound bite about her qualifications? (To me, the fact that Sen. Obama comes with state and national legislative experience and community organizing and, oh yeah, a Harvard law degree, doesn’t exactly mean that he’s going to sit at his desk in the Oval Office wringing his hands, paralyzed at the thought of making an “executive” decision. ALL people make decisions EVERY day! No, they’re not necessarily on the world political stage, but humans — especially remarkably able ones like Barack Obama and Joe Biden — have the capacity to take the lead in an important decision.
• What did polar bears ever do to her?
• What did science teachers ever do to her?