Chevy Chase: "I Want Her to Decimate This Woman"

Chevy Chase


Add comedian Chevy Chase to the exploding list of Hollywood celebrities who are exorcized about Sarah Palin. Below is Chase's comment on the Saturday Night Live performance of Tina Fey impersonating the Alaska Governor.


"I thought it was extraordinary how well she played her and much she looked like her. I'd just like her — personally I felt we didn't need the Hillary stuff — I'd like her to go even harder."

"I want her to decimate this woman. This woman is, I can't believe there hasn't been more about it. ... It's just unbelievable to me this woman is actually running for vice president."

Although I have never had the "pleasure" of meeting Mr Chase, I have gotten the impression from hearing some of his off-stage comments over the years that he really has no sense of humor when he is off-duty. I could be wrong, of course, but I recall his angry exchange on the radio a few years back with shock-jock Howard Stern.

"I felt we didn't need the Hillary stuff..."

Well, of course not. Never mind that the woman playing Hillary simply mouthed some position platitudes while Fey made Palin look ignorant. According to Chase, Hillary must be sancrosanct-off-limits, if you will. I have no problem with political satirists making fair game out of Sarah Palin or anyone else, but...." I felt we didn't need the Hillary stuff...." Seems a little hypocritical to me.

But far be it from me to complain about Mr Chase and his sand-box playmates in Hollywood. The main reason I write about Chase, O'Donnell, Damon et al is to illustrate to the reader who Hollywood is rooting for and against. I hope these plastic banana folks continue to exercise their right of free speech to attack Governor Palin. For every star-sruck fan who decides to vote against Palin because of what people like Chase say, ten others will decide to vote for her.