Sarah Palin Impersonator, Fake George W. Bush Crash Conservative Gathering (VIDEO)

ORLANDO -- Gov. Rick Scott's announcement that Herman Cain won the Florida straw poll was preceded by two surprising opening acts; Sarah Palin and former President George W. Bush.

When Palin first took the stage inside the Orange County Convention Center, there was an audible gasp among the crowd of delegates.

But it was not Sarah Palin. Instead, Patsy Gilbert impersonated the former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate, even launching into a rap.

John Morgan later joined Gilbert on stage as Bush and also launched into song.

This is not the first time impersonators have shown up at Republican events.

At February's CPAC in Washington, D.C., another fake Sarah Palin caused a stir and in June, a Barack Obama impersonator was yanked off the stage at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans after mocking the Republican presidential hopefuls.

 

 

Comments

[Aaron Decker]

03:19 PM on 09/28/2011

Ever notice how conservatives, try as they might, are never funny until someone else impersonates them?

[saltpeter]

06:42 PM on 09/26/2011

The best Bush and Palin impersonators that the GOP has on offered are named Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann.

[mono]

02:20 PM on 09/26/2011

Boring

[american-dolt]

02:10 PM on 09/26/2011

Those Conservatives sure know how to have a good time.

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

01:49 PM on 09/26/2011

Sadly, about 30,000 people a year impersonate Obama by driving their cars into ditches.

[saltpeter]

06:40 PM on 09/26/2011

Actually it was Bush that DROVE the economy into the ditch. Why do Republicans have such short memories? Maybe that's why so many of them are prepared to vote for yet another fake Christian Wannabe Cowboy from Texas who makes Bush look like a genius.

[Sue Starr Dech]

04:59 PM on 09/27/2011

So true! They've all gotten amnesia!

[LiberalLee]

01:41 PM on 09/26/2011

Fake Palin, real Palin, what's the difference?
Oh.
The impersonator's smarter and at least honest about not being a real politician.

[IvyShoots]

01:05 PM on 09/26/2011

They obviously didn't "crash" the event. Not loving how HuffPo using outright LIES in its headlines to grab readers has become so commonplace.

[LiberalLee]

01:42 PM on 09/26/2011

So they were invited then?
The fakes probably work cheaper than the real ones and can't be any stupider.

[IvyShoots]

04:18 PM on 09/26/2011

Well, they're described in the article as "opening acts," and W even calls for a prop to be brought to him, so whether you call it "invited" or "booked," it sure doesn't look like they WEREN'T authorized to appear. Regardless of how cheap they work, the headline is not supported by the copy, which was my only point.

[LMPE]

12:45 PM on 09/26/2011

That would have been more believable had they included a few malapropisms.

[netman714]

11:43 AM on 09/26/2011

It's not that hard to put in a surrogate for Bush II or the Quitter - it's not like they have any substance, character or unique traits - they are simply shallow money grubbers with an eye out to make sure they get theirs - regardless of who they screw to get there.

[henrypapillon]

11:18 AM on 09/26/2011

The "real" ones are fake enough for me.

[rkeeeballs]

09:29 AM on 09/26/2011

now that's gonna cause nightmares....you betcha...even for EVIL DO'ERS !!!!

[Elroy Jetson]

08:50 AM on 09/26/2011

I feel so sorry for these people. To make an effort to look like Palin, Bush or Obama, how sad! perhaps we can start a charity for plastic surgery for such disadvantaged looks!

[BVictor1]

05:02 AM on 09/26/2011

Isn't one of each enough?

Oh the horror of having more.

[spikedance]

03:47 AM on 09/26/2011

Hmmm, I wonder what their political views are. Maybe we can use them in place of the real ones.

[gurukalehuru]

02:53 AM on 09/26/2011

They did not "crash" the event. They were part of the scheduled entertainment. At least that's the way it looks. Who's lying? Huffpo's headline writers or my eyes?

[beninabox1]

11:23 AM on 09/26/2011

Seriously! If they had been crashing the mikes would have been turned off and they would have been unceremoniously removed from the stage.

[LiberalLee]

01:44 PM on 09/26/2011

Oh get over it.
Lying about trivia sends conservative heads spinning, but lying about substantive issues doesn't even break onto their radar.
Pretty sad.

[gurukalehuru]

04:52 PM on 09/26/2011

Are you somehow under the impression that I am a conservative?