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From ‘SNL’ stars to Rich Little, political types are always ripe for laughs From Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford (top left), to Dana Carvey as George H. W. Bush (top right), to Phil Hartman as Bill Clinton (bottom left) to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton, politicial impersonators have connected with voters' funny bones for years. Although it can’t be verified, there is a better than even chance that, shortly after George Washington was elected first President of the United States in 1789, someone did an impression of him. It’s just human nature. The wooden teeth, the powdered wig, the cherry tree and the ax, the right hand tucked inside the shirt, it was all fair game for some audacious jester of the day. Naturally, records of such performances are sketchy at best, because “Saturday Night Live,” Comedy... [read full story]
