Nailin' Palin

Why is Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin garnering so much attention, aside from the fact that we live in an age where people care more about how comedians approach a candidate rather than the candidate their self? The media is reacting like this is the first political impersonation ever performed on SNL (formerly known as Saturday Night Live {known in Japan as "Joe Piscopo Super-Funtime Special Go!l"}).
SNL has been on since the air 70's. They've squeezed in at least one hastily written a political satire sketch in nearly every show. From Chevy Chase's Gerald Ford to Will Ferrel's George W. Bush (I don't count anything appearing after Jimmy Falon joined the show), they've mocked every President and Presidential Candidate for the last eight or nine elections. Still, in nearly every newspaper or webpage I see, there's someone talking about Tina Fey's Palin. "OMFG! She looks so much like Palin!" (quoted from the New Yorker). Probably because she and Palin are both white bitches with soccer-mom hairdos and dorky glasses. It really doesn't take that much effort. No one's still talking about Dana Carvey's George Bush (Sr)'s impersonation anymore, even though he's still doing it because he hasn't bothered to update his act since his Wayne's World Days. What happens to Tina's Palin a few weeks now when (if: Americans are still idiots, remember) the Republicans lose the election? People will be watching Summer rerun SNL episodes and wondering to themselves: "Who the fuck is Palin? For that matter: who the fuck is Tina Fey? Huh? 30 Rock? Never heard of it. Huh? Baby Momma? Never heard of it. Hey, who am I talking to?"