Myers offered his verdict on the allegation, quipping: “I just want to come here tonight on the record and say that's one hundred percent true.” He recited the original proposed line for a rap: “When we're in Wassila it's chill baby chilla; In the bedroom with Todd it's drill baby drilla.”
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Myers on the Monday, November 16 Late Show with David Letterman, referring the “Palin Rap” (video on Hulu) performed with Amy Poehler and Sarah Palin on the October 18, 2008 show:
She came on last October. Huge deal and she was a great sport and it was really pleasant to work with her, big rating, it was great. But she says in the book that we had taken her mantra, 'drill baby drill,' and tried to make a rude double-entendre about it. And I just want to come here tonight on the record and say that's one hundred percent true (laughter). We absolutely did.
Because I know the AP is checking her facts, but she nailed that one. And because Amy Poehler did a rap and the original line that Amy had written was 'When we're in Wassila it's chill baby chilla; In the bedroom with Todd it's drill baby drilla.' She said no to that. She was absolutely right to say no to that, that showed excellent judgment although I think it's a cautionary tale which is that if you go around the country saying 'drill baby drill' all the time, it's like a statistical probability that at some point someone's going to make a double-entendre about it.
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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The mud
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 11:45 ET by iveseenitallLeave it to a "liberal" to drag an issue into the mud the pigs love so much.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Was there a question about
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 12:06 ET by balboaWas there a question about this?
→ Oh Gosh
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 12:16 ET by Cool ArrowWe must stop and ponder this deeply insightful observation!
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Obviously or Meyers would
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 14:02 ET by BDObviously or Meyers would not be confirming it.
Not necessarily. I think it
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 14:05 ET by balboaNot necessarily. I think it was more along the vein of everyone fact-checking her book, and he's there to "help" by assuring everyone that that fact is in fact correct.
And?
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 18:35 ET by BDAnd?
Seth Myers is the only non-Lib on SNL
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 12:14 ET by OxyConI saw an interview with him in which he basically says that he's not a Lib. I'll look for it and post it if I find it.
I could be wrong about that <never mind>
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 12:33 ET by OxyConI think this is the interview, but he doesn't say anything about his own political views in it, but it is mostly about politics.
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=96258775
(crickets)
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 14:21 ET by countmein5050I don't get it...this is news? This is Letterman's best? This is 'stop the presses' important? How?
Typical of the deep-thinkers on the left
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 14:24 ET by UltraC...if you go around the country saying 'drill baby drill' all the time,
it's like a statistical probability that at some point someone's going
to make a double-entendre about it.
Yes, especially if that someone never progressed mentally past the sixth grade. Adults, on the other hand, are cognizant of the fact that domestic drilling is an immediate first step to this country telling those Middle Eastern gangsters to choke on their oil. Ideally, we should be both energy-independent and employing renewable options. But it's not practical to be both right now.
I've never understood the environmentalist mentality that is so dead-set against domestic drilling. If they're so concerned about the environment, why not arrange for more oil production to be conducted under our environmental restrictions and regulations, which have got to be tougher than those in the Middle East. And since spills are most likely to occur in transit, doesn't it make sense to minimize or eliminate the tanker traffic back and forth across the Atlantic?
Palin summed up the urgency to change our ways, for both economic and national security reasons with that simple phrase. I'll grant the phrase isn't as complex as Mr. Biden says the problem is, but that's because the nuance is below the surface, where liberals often fear to tread.
If Ronald Reagan was still alive, no doubt he would tell Mr. Biden that the solutions aren't easy, but they are simple.
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. -- Ronald Wilson Reagan
Re Sixth Grade
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 14:32 ET by slickwillie2001No doubt; when SNL is hard up for material they do the adolescent farting routines. Such is the sad state of comedy in America.
SNL is hardly an accurate
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 15:14 ET by balboaSNL is hardly an accurate picture of the state of comedy in America. They are in a definite down cycle.
It's like a part of growing
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 22:55 ET by sflconIt's like a part of growing up in America when the moment arrives when someone comes to terms with the fact that SNL "just isn't as good as it was before (fill the blank with SNL cast member name) left the cast."
I was in denial in the late 90's/early 00's but seeing the god awful Tina Fey/Jimmy Fallon news act sealed the deal for me.
I was in pain trying to give those hacks and the rest of their un-funny cast members and writers the benefit of the doubt, but I did not have the fortitude. Changed the channel and never looked back.
Fey and Fallon were
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 12:36 ET by balboaFey and Fallon were hilarious.
'Drill Often...Drill
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 14:38 ET by bigtimer'Drill Often...Drill Everywhere!'
Old mantra of mine, thanks to BD.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Myers, teabag recipient.
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 16:05 ET by CrashI cannot express sufficiently how pathetic the left has become. Much like America is too good for Obama, Palin is too good for America.
CFDS
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 18:48 ET by addeigloriamConservative Female Derangement Syndrome strikes again!
http://www.addeigloriam.org/blog/2009/female-firebrands.htm
CFDS
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 18:52 ET by Cool Arrowaka "Liberal Sanctioned Misogyny"
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