Sarah Palin leads the polls

Palin has come as a saviour of sorts for the the funny TV chat shows.

The late-night TV chat shows in the US were wondering what they would do for funny material once George W Bush left the White House. And then came the announcement that John McCain had chosen as his running mate the 44-year-old Alaska governor who had, in 1984, been the second runner-up in a state beauty pageant.

Last month, her failure to mention in an interview the name of any newspaper or magazine she had read, coupled with her ability to bring down a moose with a single shot, made her the favourite of the late-night TV chat shows whose hosts are always looking for fresh material for jokes and who even employ writers to come up with one-liners which will bring the house down.

With the US in the midst of its worst-ever economic crisis since the Great Depression of 1929, Palin has come as a saviour of sorts for the chat show hosts who have to keep looking at the funny side of things. As Jay Leno quipped on NBC���s ���Tonight���, ���Back in 1984, Sarah Palin came second in the Miss Alaska beauty pageant. Now she can be vice president. You know what that means? For the first time in history, a beauty pageant queen may actually bring about world peace. They have talked about it for years. Here���s one that could do it!���

The news that the Alaska governor���s 17-year-old daughter Bristol was pregnant and was expected to marry the boyfriend inspired Conan O���Brien to quip, ���Speaking of Sarah Palin, she says she���s a life-long member of the National Rifle Association. Which may explain why she���s in favour of shotgun weddings!���

The choice of the Alaska governor as the Republican presidential nominee���s running mate inspired Craig Ferguson to point out out that ���some people are saying that McCain picked Sarah Palin to appeal to women who supported Hillary Clinton. That is crazy. You can���t just replace Hillary Clinton with another woman. Bill tried that, it didn���t work out!��� Jokes on Palin seem to work out!
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