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Ah, politics.

Just when you think everything's going according to plan, you find the script has been completely thrown out after one of the players has "gone rogue."

So Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (remember her?) learned at an event in which she "pardoned" a local turkey, as politicians sometimes do this time of year.

Unbeknownst to the former Republican Vice Presidential candidate, while she was soaking up the publicity, talking family and energy policy, some birds were being prepped for Thanksgiving dinners by a farmer directly behind her.

Yeah. So who's the biggest turkey in this clip? It's a toss-up:

A Sarah Palin Thanksgiving

Hey, there goes a bus - and Sarah Palin being thrown under it.

Less than 72 after the election, the Republican V.P. candidate is being accused - by Fox News of all sources - of not preparing for interviews, not knowing Africa was a continent, and generally "going rogue." Whatever that means.

Check out the election post-mortem below ...

Sarah Palin Thrown Under the Bus

Funny stuff. Regardless of who's to blame for McCain-Palin trouncing (we'd point fingers at a guy with the middle initial W), the campaign brought us so many entertaining Sarah Palin photos and videos. And for that we are forever grateful.

When the voting begins in less than 24 hours, the longest and by far the most entertaining presidential campaign in history will finally draw to a close.

No matter whose side you're on, it's been a wild ride. Here are of the best moments from the '08 campaign, from Saturday Night Live spoofs to PSAs, to fights erupting on The View to classic sound bites from the candidates themselves ...

Sarah Palin vs. Joe Biden: SNL V.P. Debate

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"I want to make sure she’s holding on to that Sarah outfit. Because she’s gonna need it in the next four years." - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, offering "a little advice to Tina Fey" at a recent campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio.

Those be fightin' words!

Apparently confident of her chances of being elected Vice President of the United States tomorrow, the Republican contender told her now-infamous Saturday Night Live impersonator not to put away those rimless glasses and updo just yet.

She could have four more years of material, in other words.

Tina Fey, who was chief writer of SNL before leaving to star in 30 Rock, but has become a frequent SNL guest star this fall, had said that she hopes to "retire" her Sarah Palin impersonation for good this month. If you know what she means.

She means she hopes John McCain and Sarah Palin go down. Whether she gets her wish remains to be seen, but the future of late-night comedy depends on it.

With the election just two days away, Arizona Sen. and Republican presidential hopeful John McCain made fun of himself last night on Saturday Night Live.

His running mate, Sarah Palin, was simply made fun of by others.

Marc-Antoine Audette and Sebastien Trudel, a radio duo known as Masked Avengers and famous for their prank phone calls (often to celebrities) in Montreal, Quebec, released a recording of a six-minute call to the Alaska Governor.

Sarah Palin thought she was speaking with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Despite numerous hints - an exaggerated accent, ridiculous comments and jokes left and right - that this was bogus, Palin didn't appear to pick up on them.

In the conversation, the impersonators discuss, among other things, the "Joe le Plumber," shooting animals from helicopters, and Carla Bruni in bed. Really.

Listen to the prank call in the clip below...

Sarah Palin Prank Call

With the presidential election just days away, Republican candidate John McCain drew laughs – often at his own expense – on Saturday Night Live last night.

In response to Barack Obama's purchase of airtime on several major networks on Wednesday night, McCain lamented that he could only afford airtime on QVC.

"I'm a true Maverick: a Republican without money!" the Arizona Senator joked that, "My only showbiz connections are Jon Voight and Heidi from The Hills."

By his side were wife Cindy McCain, who lent a hand selling "McCain Fine Gold Jewelry," and his running mate Sarah Palin ... a.k.a. SNL alum Tina Fey.

Here's the opening Saturday Night Live sketch ...

John McCain on SNL

Follow the jump for two more clips - McCain's appearance on SNL's Weekend Update segment, and some backstage footage of himself and Cindy ...

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Welcome, celebrity news fans around the world, to The Hollywood Gossip Caption Contest, our Friday tradition. Who won this week's Caption Contest?

We're giving it to the duchess. Congratulations! The winning entry appears below the photo, with the full list of responses further down the page. Enjoy!

"Country first, Lime Growers Association annual board meeting second."

Two Saturdays ago, comedic worlds collided as Tina Fey's Sarah Palin came face to face at least with the real Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live.

Fey's 30 Rock co-star Alec Baldwin, who was also on hand, shared his impressions of the Republican Vice Presidential candidate with David Letterman.

While he spoke very kindly of the show, and of Sarah Palin for the most part, Baldwin simply couldn't resist referring to the Alaska Governor as "Bible Spice" and not "someone who [he] wanted her hand on the nuclear button at any point."

Here's a portion of his Late Show interview ...

Alec Baldwin on Sarah Palin

Tina Fey says Sarah Palin offered to have 17-year-old Bristol Palin babysit Fey's three-year-old daughter Alice on filming Saturday Night Live two weeks ago.

"Gov. Palin was like, 'Oh, did Alice go home? Oh, 'cause Bristol woulda' babysat.' She offered Bristol Palin to babysit Alice," Fey told Conan O'Brien Tuesday.

"And it was Bristol's birthday, too," Fey said.

"I was like yeah, that's exactly what 17-year-old Bristol Palin wants to do at Saturday Night Live... babysit the toddler of the lady that gooks on her mom."

Tina Fey's impressions of the Republican V.P. candidate have been a highlight of the campaign season. Check then out in our library of Sarah Palin videos (real and Tina's)!

As we reported last week, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the lone conservative voice on ABC's The View, campaigned in the crucial state of Florida over the weekend for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate.

Free of the shackles of Joy Behar and company, Hasselbeck boasted that for a change, she finally got to talk for five minutes without being interrupted.

Here's Elisabeth's introduction of the V.P. nominee in Tampa. In addition to extolling the All-American values of the GOP ticket, Hasselbeck had some harsh words for Barack Obama - especially over the Sarah Palin wardrobe criticism ...

Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sarah Palin