Alec Baldwin today actually came out in defense of Saturday Night Live’s decision to put Sarah Palin on the show, rather than actually defending Palin. Alec said:

"Saturday Night Live is a comedy show. It’s not Meet the Press. It doesn’t "ask the tough questions" or "set the agenda." It attempts, with varying degrees of success, to make people laugh. That’s it. Whether they skewer and savage people in order to do so, they don’t care. When you come on a show like that, you are prepared in advance to get worked over. Palin knew that. Palin came on to be a good sport. And she was. She was polite, gracious. (More so than some of the famous actors who come through there, believe me.)"

"However, I assume that, like Meet the Press, SNL feels an obligation to offer their special forum to any and all public figures and officials who are current. Headline making. And in SNL’s case, would make for a hit show. Several people decried SNL for giving her a spot on the show. You’re kidding, right? The woman is the Vice Presidential nominee of one of the two major parties in this country. Don’t put her on SNL? With all of her exposure and the Tina Fey performance? What reality are you in?"

"If you think an appearance on Saturday Night Live would sway voters and actually effect the outcome of the election, you may have more contempt for the electorate of this country than the Republican National Committee does. And that’s a lot of contempt."

Now you see that last paragraph. Alec can’t talk politics without jabbing the party that doesn’t represent his point of view, and I’m not talking about Alec’s ex wife.

The Sarah Palin guest shot gave Saturday Night Live its highest mark in overnight Nielsen Media Research ratings since March 1994, when assaulted skater Nancy Kerrigan was guest host.

For the first half-hour, when Palin first came out, the audience was about 17 million. That’s pretty impressive for a TV program around midnight. The week before, only two other shows in prime time had a bigger audience, Nielsen said.

Nielsen Media Research said:

"Lorne Michaels owes Palin a debt of gratitude. Saturday Night Live so far this season has been up 76 percent over last year at this time."

As I’ve said before, Sarah Palin is more popular than Hillary Clinton, and she proved it by the numbers. Now Palin has proven she’s has star power. No matter what happens with the election, we’ll be seeing more of Palin.

I wonder how the SNL numbers would have looked if Barack Hussein Obama would have been able to keep his obligation to appear on the show.

Sarah Palin mania has made its way into a Tales From the Crypt comic book. In the issue Sarah yells, "Didn’t we get rid of you guts in the 50’s?" The reference is to Palin’s effort to ban some books, as well as to the wave of censorship that forced Crypt’s original publisher to shut it down in 1955.

"According to Jim Salicrup, editor-in-chief of Papercutz, the publisher that revived the classic title about 16 months ago. "This was not a partisan thing. People tend to think of everything as black and white these days—you are either for or against one of the parties 100%. But for us this was about the history of EC Comics, the original publisher of ’Tales from the Crypt.’ Anyone who knows that history knows that even of whiff of banning books is going to get us angry."

The issue also features an editorial by Cathy Gaines Mifsud, daughter of late great EC Comics publisher and MAD magazine founder William Gaines:

"Tales From the Crypt is not endorsing any political candidates, nor are we attacking any candidates. What usually seems to be behind banning books is an attempt to repress ideas that may offer alternative political views. This is not only un-American—blatantly violating the very concept of free speech—but it is assuming that people are unable to come to their own informed conclusions."

I’d like to see an issue that highlights the liberal media’s ongoing suppression of conservative views, but as we all know this is a one sided debate. Still, I support freedom of the press, and freedom of speech.

Sarah Palin has inspired Lego lovers. One fan created the winking likeness of Sarah with their very own custom made Legos. I don’t think Lego will have this set ready by election day.

Sarah Palin had the distinct honor of doing the opening for Saturday Night Live, and she was joined by Palin haters Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. Mark Wahlberg appeared briefly with Sarah, because he was looking to punch Andy Samberg, although he instead did a skit with Andy. Amy Poehler even showed up for what could end up being the most watched SNL episode ever. All the liberals who hate Sarah, couldn’t miss appearing on SNL with her. That didn’t happen when Hillary Clinton was on the show.