Because we just can’t get enough of her, the farewell speech of (now former) Alaska Gov. and Head GOP Whacko Sarah Palin is on full display on the interwebs, first off with this link to stunning interpretation of the Republican grande dame’s verbiage, as performed on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien by “master thespian” William Shatner.
Full video after the jump:
OK, so the Special Olympics joke bombed, prompting a White House clarification and apology. But the rest of President Barack Obama’s historic appearance on late night television Thursday was easy sledding.
“The president of the United States is here,” Tonight Show host Jay Leno said in prepping the audience, as if they didn’t already know. The rest of the interview was just like a soft-rock radio station: soft and easy. This from Joe Garofoli in the San Francisco Chronicle:
If this is what the interviews on Leno’s new 10 p.m. show is going to be like, politicians are going to be lining up for a turn wacking softballs out of the batting cage. This was the first time that a sitting president had showed up on a late night show, but Leno’s first few “questions” according to the transcript included the word “Wow” a lot.
Wow.
Not a lot of news to be made here. Obama appeared relaxed and confident, and got off the best lines. “In Washington it’s a little bit like ‘American Idol,’ except everybody is Simon Cowell.”
Hihooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
The full transcript after the jump:
