Felix

"Lorne Michaels always thought that the reason that John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate, despite the fact that he had only just met her, was that he’d been looking at the photo of him and Fey for years; he felt an immediate comfort and familiarity with the Alaska governor who looked strikingly like the comedian. That explanation about why McCain might have made that bewildering choice made as much sense to me as just about any I’ve read."