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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : snl, Sarah Palin SNL</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/snl/Sarah+Palin+SNL/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: snl, Sarah Palin SNL</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>Heh, Heh, Heh and the Death of Media Scrutiny of Candidates</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/10/20/heh-heh-heh-and-the-death-of-media-scrutiny-of-candidates.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:55:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3874</guid><dc:creator>Dahlia Lithwick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/3874.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3874</wfw:commentRss><description>Is anyone but me freaked out by the fact that the big punch line of Palin’s SNL performance was “Hee hee hee, I am never going to give a real press conference?” Her line to Lorne Michaels, “You know, Lorne, I just don't think it's a realistic depiction...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/10/20/heh-heh-heh-and-the-death-of-media-scrutiny-of-candidates.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3874" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/08+election/default.aspx">08 election</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Sarah+Palin/default.aspx">Sarah Palin</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/snl/default.aspx">snl</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Sarah+Palin+SNL/default.aspx">Sarah Palin SNL</category></item><item><title>SNL's Cleverness</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/10/20/snl-s-cleverness.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3869</guid><dc:creator>Meghan O'Rourke</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/3869.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3869</wfw:commentRss><description>Emily, unlike you , I thought the first sketch on SNL was quite…brilliant. I was going to say I liked it, but that’s not exactly true. The bit where Alec Baldwin went on (in front of SNL producer Lorne Michaels) about how Sarah Palin was not someone “we”...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/10/20/snl-s-cleverness.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3869" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Sarah+Palin/default.aspx">Sarah Palin</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/saturday+night+live/default.aspx">saturday night live</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/snl/default.aspx">snl</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Sarah+Palin+SNL/default.aspx">Sarah Palin SNL</category></item></channel></rss>