Saturday Night Live parodies of Sarah Palin Saturday Night Live parodies of Sarah Palin The sketch comedy television show "Saturday Night Live" aired several critically acclaimed sketches parodying then Alaskan Governor and vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin in the lead-up to the 2008 United States presidential election. The sketches featured former cast member Tina Fey, who returned as a guest star to portray Palin. Fey won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her impersonation of Palin. Soon after the 2008 John McCain presidential campaign's August 29, 2008 announcement that Alaska governor Sarah Palin would be McCain's vice presidential nominee, people noted
Governorship of Sarah Palin 2009, Sarah Palin announced her resignation as governor of Alaska. She stepped down on July 26, 2009 and the new governor became Sean Parnell, who was her lieutenant governor. "We know we can effect positive change outside government at this moment in time on another scale and actually make a difference for our priorities," Palin said in a news conference alongside a lake in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska. Palin reasons for leaving were varied, but there was speculation that it was to the upcoming 2012 United States presidential election. Many sources in media coverage claimed that resigning might have