Shatner Graces Conan With More Palin 'Poetry'

This time, drawn from her Twitter feed

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 30, 2009 8:27 AM CDT

(Newser) – After realizing Sarah Palin’s incoherent resignation address was not actually a speech but rather poetry, Conan O’Brien started investigating her Twitter feed. “Some people have found her tweets to be a little rambling, confusing, and off-topic,” O’Brien said on last night’s Tonight Show, but that’s because “these are not tweets. This is beautiful free verse!” Once again, “master thespian” William Shatner did the honors. Watch the clip at left.

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William Shatner performs Sarah Palin's "poetry" on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. (MrCharmed101)

William Shatner signs copies of his new book 'Star Trek Academy Collision Course' at Book Soup November 20, 2007 in West Hollywood, California. (Getty Images)

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gives her resignation speech during a ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska, Sunday, July 26, 2009, where Palin turned over power to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)

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Shatner Graces Conan With More Palin 'Poetry'