Phelps hosts Palin parody for SNL viewers

Live from New York... it’s Tina Fey as governor Sarah Palin.

After wild conjecture over who would play senator John McCain’s running mate on Saturday Night Live, Fey returned to her old show for an opening sketch featuring her and Fey’s former Weekend Update co-host Amy Poehler as senator Hillary Clinton.

The NBC comedy show’s season premiere opened on Saturday with a “nonparti san message” where the two pleaded for an end to sexism in the Presidential campaigns — which have seen Palin enjoy sudden popularity after Clinton’s loss to senator Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination. “I didn’t want a woman to be President, I wanted to be President,” said Poehler, reprising her caricature of Clinton.

Many have said Fey bears a resemblance to Palin, a comparison alluded to in the sketch. A frustrated Clinton eventually broke down, complaining about Palin’s ease of ascendance and her “Tina Fey glasses.”

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