Sarah Palin goes on Saturday Night Live - and is funny

NEW YORK, New York, USA - The governor of Alaska, GOP VP nominee Sarah Palin, made an expanded cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live this week, showing that she can make a joke.

Alex Baldwin only winced slightly when he got whacked pretty good with a carefully scripted retort from the governor.

Tina Fey's sketch - which precedes Palin's appearance - is priceless, as usual.

Here's the Fey-Palin portion of the show:

Saturday Night Live 'coverage' of the Biden-Palin debate

NEW YORK, New York, USA - The crew of Saturday Night Live nailed it again in its political coverage of the presidential campaign.

I listened to the debate on the radio, but the areas that were lampooned were ones I heard and chuckled even as the real candidates were saying them.

And having Queen Latifah as Gwen Ifill!

They have geniuses writing those scripts.

Here's the video clip: