Tina Fey Voted AP Entertainer of the Year

Tina Fey has been voted The Associated Press’ Entertainer of the Year, an annual honor chosen by newspaper editors and broadcast producers across America for the performer with the greatest impact on culture and entertainment.

From “30 Rock” to “Baby Mama” to “Sarah Palin”, the 38-year-old comedian capped a glorious year in 2008 by besting runner-up Robert Downey Jr. (blockbuster smash “Iron Man”), and the third-place Heath Ledger, who posthumously wowed audiences as the Joker in “The Dark Knight.”

Fey’s masterstroke was her indelible impression of Gov. Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live.” Her cameos on her old show (where she had been a head writer until 2006) helped drive the show to record ratings and eventually drew an appearance from Sarah Palin herself.

Sarah Palin’s Email Hacked

I can understand why a lot of people are obsessed with hot babe Sarah Palin and want to know everything about her. But this is carrying things too far…

The vindictive left has engaged in unprincipled attacks on the Republican Governor of Alaska with something dubbed as the “Bimbo Doctrine” and now she has her personal e-mail account hacked. You can view her e-mails, contact lists and family photos at Gawker .

The internet and radio are abuzz with this story which raises several ethical issues concerning privacy and also law infringement. We will leave these to the experts though.

How did hackers broke into Palin’s Yahoo! account? I certainly hope she did not write her password and paste it on her computer screen. If she is so callous about internet security, can we trust her with national security? Critical information falling into the wrong hands is no joking matter.

Anyway, let’s not think negatively. It is possible that the Yahoo service was tricked into revealing Palin’s password since her personal details like birthdate and ZIP code are widely known, Or a malicious software in the form of a forged e-mail may have extracted her password unknowingly.

There are questions about why Sarah Palin chose to use a Yahoo email to conduct semi-official business. Some critics pointed out that she may be emulating Karl Rove, who used an off-site e-mail address to confound investigations of his activities in the Bush administration.

On the personal front, this is terrible for Sarah Palin, her friends and family, but politically, she has scored points again. The tide swung in her favor after Obama used a derogative term “lipstick on a pig,” and many sympathy votes poured in for John McCain and Palin.

Conversely, Barack Obama’s campaign is on the decline after being billed as a sexist. Actually, right from the start, waging personal attacks on Palin was the wrong approach. Look at the petty comment:

“Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency.”

Isn’t this the pot calling the kettle black? Obama tried to distance himself from such remarks but the damage has been done.

Focusing on bread and butter issues like unemployment, subprime crisis, bank failures, economic slowdown, budget deficits, financial reforms, etc (all of which will hit the Republicans where it hurts), will serve Obama well, instead of strengthening the resolve of GOP voters and feminists to side with Palin by making sexist descriptions.

Nevertheless, I have to congratulate Palin for emerging stronger with each mini scandal, either true or fabricated. Palin’s popularity is growing and beating Obama at his own game. So the lesson is, regardless of good news or bad news, just embrace all the free publicity.

Sarah Palin Trailer Trash

There is an internet frenzy over Sarah Palin after she was announced as GOP presidential candidate, John McCain’s running mate.

Since so little is known about her, it is not surprising that everybody has to start digging. Me included. Just in case you have not been following the news, Sarah Palin is the current Governor of Alaska and former contender for the Miss Alaska contest back in 1984.

Palin has wasted no time to impress voters and become a talking point. Her latest brush with fame is to be labeled as a trailer trash.

What is it about this ‘trailer trash’ thingy? It is not a nice term and certainly not the right way to address a future vice president.

Well, the entire issue sprung from a picture of Sarah Palin wearing “disrespectful” hoop earrings while accompanying John McCain to Mississippi to calm nerves from the impending Hurricane Gustav.

For that, she is viewed as low class, or … trailer trash!!

I doubt this is the sort of attention Sarah Palin craves. Could it be her beauty that made people jealous or to adopt a denigrating mindset whenever she appears?

Does it matter so much what kind of earrings Sarah Palin wears, it is her speech and actions which should concern the voters. Unless she is a celebrity and should rightfully be criticized for poor fashion sense. However, as the Vice President of the United States, I think trailer trash is too strong a word.

What do you guys think?

Sarah Palin Pregnancy Scandal?

Sarah Palin Pregnancy scandal is snowballing and it is not a good start for McCain’s presidential campaign.

There are rumors that 16-year-old Bristol Palin and not Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was the one pregnant. That makes Sarah Palin the grandmother of Trig Palin, instead of the mother. Confusing right? I took a while to grasp the relationship.

Anyway, this could turn out to be nothing more than a conspiracy to undermine the GOP ticket but certain events are too much of a coincidence and have to be explained clearly. For example,

1. Why the sudden announcement on March 6 by Sarah Palin that she was seven months pregnant?

2. Sarah Palin’s water broke a month before Trig was due, but she kept a speaking date in Texas, then flew eight hours, direct, home to Alaska.

3. Sarah Palin headed for Mat-Su Regional Medical Center (a 45 minutes drive away) instead of the more specialized Anchorage medical facility upon labor.

4. On April 18, 2008, Trig Palin, who has Down’s Syndrome, was born prematurely but Sarah Palin returned to work after just three days.

5. Bristol Palin was taken out of Anchorage High School due to “mononucleosis.” She was absent from school for more than 5 months.

Sarah Palin may have considered that her daughter, at the tender age of 16, becoming pregnant will seriously damage her carefully crafted conservative image. It will destroy any chances of her contesting for the Vice President. Or maybe, she is just displaying her motherly instinct to protect her daughter from intense scrutiny of the press.

However, Sarah Palin did not consider the possible backlash from fabricating a lie to the American people.

I do not have the full picture of this Sarah Palin pregnancy scandal but my advice is to come clean on this issue. Sometimes, honesty will be rewarded as we turn critics into sympathizers. On the other hand, telling lies force you to spin the never-ending web of deceit until you entangle yourself more deeply.

What do you guys think of Sarah Palin Pregnancy?