Tina Fey for vice president!

The 2008 presidential race has done nothing if not produce celebrity candidates ripe for the picture-taking. Barack Obama is on too many covers and Sarah Palin is quickly gathering steam to rival the charismatic Dem.

Pssh! As if that’s a bad thing.

The now-infamous “Saturday Night Live” sketch featuring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton respectively got me thinking: Having a celebrity for president would, like, totally get us free TV!

“30 Rock” would be, like, mandatory. Instead of watching CNN for the daily news – yawn – American families would be tuning in to NBC to watch Liz Lemon embarrass herself on a daily basis. Sweet.

Plus, like said before, the current candidates already have too much celebrity.

In fact, it has become the top reason for some not to vote for a candidate. So instead of voting for a faux celebrity, voters should consider real celebrities. Sarah Palin didn’t know what the Bush Doctrine was. It’s probably not far-fetched to posit that most celebrities don’t know either, so why let that stand in voters’ way? If not able to offer political expertise, why not let Tina Fey exude her comical prowess in hopes of winning over the world’s leaders?

I’m sure Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would enjoy a good knock-knock joke.

If all else fails, they could, like, totally be sisters and Tina could be passed off as Sarah super easily. All Tina would need to do to prepare for her new role as second in command would be to make a quick stop at Lens Crafters and get Sarah’s nifty, square specs, wear them with one of her “30 Rock” pantsuits, gulp down a tablespoon of Republican and she’s good to go!

I know I’m already having campaign posters made. “McCain/Fey” just sounds so good.

I doubt America would even know the difference.