# When even the WWE starts making sport of Tea Party Republicans it might be time to take stock

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 23, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-even-the-wwe-starts-making-sport-of-tea-party-republicans-it-might-be-time-to-take-stock/651141 "2013-02-23T03:01:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-even-the-wwe-starts-making-sport-of-tea-party-republicans-it-might-be-time-to-take-stock/651141/21 "2013-02-28T15:03:36Z")

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> [@puddleglum](#):
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> This sounds like an urban myth. Do you know when this was supposed to have happened?

The Katie Couric interview skit.

> **[Saturday Night Live parodies of Sarah Palin | Further Palin sketches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_parodies_of_Sarah_Palin#Further_Palin_sketches)**
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> Due to the popularity of the sketch and Fey's impression of Palin, Fey reprised her role during the September 27, 2008 episode. That sketch featured Palin being interviewed by Katie Couric (also portrayed by Amy Poehler), and parodied an interview which took place between Palin and Couric which aired days before the sketch's broadcast. In the sketch, Fey quoted near verbatim one of Palin's answers from the actual interview and mimed Palin's gestures. The following episode featured a skit par Pal...

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> In the sketch, Fey quoted near verbatim one of Palin’s answers from the actual interview and mimed Palin’s gestures.

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**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-even-the-wwe-starts-making-sport-of-tea-party-republicans-it-might-be-time-to-take-stock/651141/22 "2013-03-01T15:15:02Z")

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> [@Jenaroph](#):
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> Yeah, it was the episode with the parody of the disastrous Katie Couric interview. Sure, there was much of the dialogue that was made up, but there was an answer to one question where Fey simply repeated much of what Palin has said word for word.
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> ETA: [Here it is.](http://youtu.be/IE-OCDexYrU)

That is what I thought, many of the same words are used, but Fey jumbles them around for comic effect. Word for word implies the exact same thing was said but since nothing Palin said was particularly funny, it was changed. Many people seem willing to believe anything about Palin so hyperbole got repeated as fact.

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**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-even-the-wwe-starts-making-sport-of-tea-party-republicans-it-might-be-time-to-take-stock/651141/23 "2013-03-01T19:01:17Z")

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> [@Jenaroph](#):
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> Yeah, it was the episode with the parody of the disastrous Katie Couric interview. Sure, there was much of the dialogue that was made up, but there was an answer to one question where Fey simply repeated much of what Palin has said word for word.
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> ETA: [Here it is.](http://youtu.be/IE-OCDexYrU)

Haha, reminds me of [this.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WALIARHHLII)

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