Saturday Night Live parodies of Sarah Palin Clinton," aired during the thirty-fourth season premiere of "SNL" on September 13, 2008. The sketch starred Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as Palin and Clinton, respectively. Fey, the series' former head writer and repertory player, made her third appearance on the series since officially leaving "SNL" in 2006 to work on "30 Rock", a series which she created. The sketch was written by Poehler, Fey, and head writer and "Weekend Update" anchor Seth Meyers. Poehler and Fey are featured in a fictional speech playing New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, respectively. The pair discuss the
Public image of Sarah Palin not to impound the colonists' weapons. Allison said that Palin was correct on the whole. Palin became a subject of parody and satire soon after her nomination for Vice President on the Republican Party ticket for the 2008 presidential election. A Comedy Central writer joked that "she's a pit bull who wears lipstick for some reason!" (in response to her statement at the 2008 Republican National Convention that the difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom was lipstick). In addition, David Harrington's "Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator" generates hunting, industrial, hockey-related, and other idiosyncratic personal names from names