She was on the Wasilla, Alaska, city council from 1992 to 1996 and mayor from 1996 to 2002. After an unsuccessful campaign for lieutenant governor of Alaska in 2002, she chaired theAlaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2004. She was elected governor of Alaska in November 2006, becoming the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position in Alaska.
On August 29, 2008, Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain announced that he had chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate. She was nominated at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Palin is the first woman and the first Alaskan to run on the Republican party's presidential ticket.
Fey became a writer on SNL in 1997 and she was promoted to the position of head writer in 1999. She was later added to the cast of SNL in 2000. After leaving SNL in 2006, Fey created her own television series called 30 Rock. In the series, she portrays Liz Lemon, the head writer of TGS with Tracy Jordan, a fictional sketch comedy series.
Don't they look quite alike?yes they do!!
so, along side Amy Poeler, they made a skit. Faye as Palin and Poeler as Hilary Clinton.
it wasn't really that funny (maybe for me coz i didn't know anything that they were talking about) but Tina Faye really looked like Sarah Palin on that skit. it was actually a special skit since Tina Faye has left SNL in 2006. (to be on 30 Rock along side Alec Baldwin)
here's the promo to the show:
and here's the video..
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