Sarah Palin continues to divide the nation. But there's one thing all of us can agree on: her interview with Charlie Gibson had a definite porno vibe. And no, it's not just Palin's glasses which have been inaccurately described as "sexy librarian" specs. (I assure you, few librarians can afford $425 Kazuo Kawasaki frames. Certainly not Wasilla's actual librarian, a job more endangered than the polar bear.)

What made the encounter so porno-y was Palin's awkward scripted quality, the poor lighting (why does every piece of tape from Alaska look like a cross between a hostage video and skin flick?), and of course Palin's pouty-lipped eagerness to please. Gibson feigned irritation only added to the sexual tension.

The adult film subgenre known as Palin Porn is expected to hit the market just after Election Day. Make no mistake, fans from both parties will be stuffing this ballot box.

Which title would you like to see released first? Vote now!

(You can also suggest your own in the comments section. Warning: Let's keep this discussion respectful. Any smutty suggestions or comments will be deleted!!)

Sarah Palin

"Sarah Palin"

Tina Fey's sensational portrayal of Sarah Palin is unlike any other political impersonation ever, for one simple reason: it may very well end up defining a major political figure before that figure has defined herself.

Consider SNL's previously most celebrated impersonations. Four others leap to mind: Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford. Dana Carvey as George H.W. Bush. Will Ferrell as George W. Bush. Darrell Hammond as Al Gore.

As much as the NBC-industrial complex wants us to believe those performances affected the elections in which they appeared, I doubt it. The candidates portrayed were already firmly established in the public consciousness when they were parodied. The portrayal that stirred the most talk on the cable yakfests was Hammond's Gore. It was a revelation, highlighting Gore's condescension and his "Me, teacher! Me, teacher!" front-row ass-kissiness. Even so, there was no confusing the man and his parodist. Gore had already been Vice President for eight years.

With Tina Fey and Sarah Palin, it's different. I keep hearing people say that they're confusing Palin and Fey; that when they watched the actual debate, they kept forgetting they weren't watching Tina Fey. This isn't just a testimony to Fey's brilliant performance. It's also testimony to the McCain campaign's flawed rollout of Palin: she really was too sheltered. There's insatiable curiosity about the lady, but we're only getting dribs and drabs. TIna Fey is filling in the rest.

There are of course evident differences between the actual Sarah Palin and Tina's "Sarah Palin".

The actual Sarah Palin, while clearly unprepared for a national campaign, is consumed with ambition and may yet pull it off. She's folksy and flirtatious on the outside, steely on the inside. "Sarah Palin," on the other hand, is more daffy. She wants to rule the world, yes, but she's more of a bubblehead, easily distracted by shiny objects. She's sort of delightful.

The real Sarah Palin plows through her sentences like a Panzer through Poland, butchering innocent sentences, leaving syntactical carnage in her wake. "Sarah Palin" blithely skips from word to word with the blind faith that she'll make it to the other side of the rhetorical rapids without slipping.

The real Sarah Palin believes most of what she says. Or at least you can tell what she believes between the lines. (Her code is pretty obvious.) Meanwhile "Sarah Palin" seems more ... misguided. Somebody told her what to think and, you betcha, she's stickin' with it ... unless someone tells her to change her mind.

Perhaps the best way to understand the difference between Sarah and "Sarah" is through the lens of E!'s The Girls Next Door. The real Sarah Palin is Holly -- eyes fixed on the prize ... the prize being 82 year old Hef. (Holly, in fact, is from Alaska!) Fey's "Sarah Palin" is Bridget from The Girls Next Door. Fun is a major priority. (For those of you wondering, Kendra is a working class Democrat.)

A well known conservative writer used to support Sarah Palin, and genuinely wanted to see her succeed. But after Palin had an interview with Katie Couric, she changed her mind completely.


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Why is Sarah Palin crediting a man who performs witchcraft?

After her questionable interview with ABC's Charlie Gibson, Sarah Palin and the McCain camp decided to take a hiatus from the media. But Palin finally decided do an interview with Katie Couric. After watching the interview, people discovered exactly why she took a hiatus in the first place...she has no idea what she's talking about. Cenk Uygur makes the argument in the clip below:

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Katie Couric seemed shocked by how little Sarah Palin knew about her own running mate in her one-on-one interview. Two examples: Palin didn't know the McCain campaign manager was still getting money from Freddie Mac, and she couldn't name one thing McCain had done for financial oversight in twenty-six years. And Couric asked her twice. Awkward!

John McCain and Sarah Palin seem to be avoiding the press lately, and the major news networks are getting tired of it. Watch the clip below for more.


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As you all probably know, this is Newsbloggers' last week. It's been great fun.

I'll be blogging about the election on AOL's ParentDish every Tuesday through November 4th. You can follow those posts here.

The first one is about the idea that Sarah Palin "has it all."

My goal is to write every post around this photo of Palin surrounded by Vikings.

Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin claims that she oversees 20 percent of the domestic oil and gas supply. However, it turns out her remarks are not even true. Check out what the reality is in the clip below.


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Vice Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin is currently undergoing an ethics investigation for allegedly firing Alaska's Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan last summer for not giving into pressures to terminate Mike Wooten's position as a state trooper. The scandal dubbed "troopergate," accuses Palin of wanting to destroy Wooten's career due to his involvement in a bitter custody battle with her sister.

But Palin's past has shown that she has engaged in more cases of vindictive behavior, and the clip below will point out the details.

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Cenk Uygur from The Young Turks reads an article that explains how white privilege is still a prominent problem in America today. In what ways does white privilege negatively effect our current presidential race? The double standards might surprise you. Watch the clip and find out more.

Hackers broke into Sarah Palin's Yahoo account and posted screenshots and personal emails, reports the AP.

Rick Davis, campaign manager for the McCain-Palin campaign, issued a statement about the hack: "This is a shocking invasion of the Governor's privacy and a violation of law. The matter has been turned over to the appropriate authorities and we hope that anyone in possession of these emails will destroy them. We will have no further comment."

And for real: why don't we hear more often about hackers being punished? Like TrainReq, who broke into Miley Cyrus's phone - he's still happily blogging away.

So what are the rules? LawForKids.org has a summary:

Sarah Palin is such a devoted tanner that she purchased a tanning bed for the Governor's mansion. The woman has GOT TO TAN! Let's be realistic here.

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McCain's answer here is a flat out lie, as I explain in the video below:




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