Sarah Palin may win the most votes ... at the Razzies

Sarah Palin might not win election to the presidency, but she could reap a Razzie Award for her documentary "The Undefeated," which opens in select movie theaters on Friday.

"She's the political equivalent of what the Razzies are all about and she's hysterically funny if you don't stop and think, 'Oh, my God, she could've been vice president!'" gasps Razzie president and founder John Wilson. "Sarah Palin exhibits ineptitude and an indefensible grasping after other people's ideas, calling them her own. Just like Hollywood filmmakers who can't make an original movie. She wants you to put on rose-colored glasses instead of 3-D glasses, but there is still a surcharge you should not pay."

If Palin makes it into the Razzie running for worst female performance of the year, she'll join a select number of famous people who've been nominated for portraying themselves, like Madonna ("Truth or Dare") -- or  who've won, like the Jonas Brothers ("The 3-D Concert Experience"). Ex-President George W. Bush and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld won Razzies for appearing in Michael Moore's documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11."

"I don't know why Sarah Palin called her movie 'The Undefeated,'" Wilson says. "She lost the vice presidency, she quit the governorship of Alaska and she cut her bus tour short. The title makes no sense."

Wilson points out that "The Undefeated" is the same title as a John Wayne Western that came out in 1969.  "Just think what Michele Bachmann might do if she makes a movie -- name it after John Wayne Gacy," he adds, referring to her recent confusion of the two names. "She'll call it 'Psycho.'"

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Photo: "The Undefeated" (AMC Theatres)

Sarah Palin is definitely a candidate ... for an Emmy

While Sarah Palin is busy touring America, she might want to plan a stop in Hollywood in September. While political pundits speculate about whether she'll seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012, she may potentially receive an Emmy nomination next month. She's an executive producer of her controversial series "Sarah Palin's Alaska," which the TLC network has entered for consideration in four categories: cinematography, picture editing, music composition and best reality program.

It's not the first time politics and entertainment have mixed at Hollywood awards. Minnesota's U.S. Sen. Al Franken is a five-time Emmy winner: four as a writer and producer of "Saturday Night Live" and another for writing "The Paul Simon Special" in 1978. Jerry Springer was the mayor of Cincinnati (1977-1978) before becoming better known for his infamous daytime talk show, but the only major showbiz award he won was a Razzie Award as worst new star for the 1998 film "Ringmaster." And, of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger was the star of the "Terminator" films and many others before serving as governor of California. In 2004, he won a Razzie as "worst Razzie loser of our first 25 years."

If Palin is nominated for her series -- in which she guides the viewer on a tour through her home state -- it won't be her first brush with Emmy, and it may not be her last. Tina Fey won an Emmy two years ago for spoofing the ex-governor on "Saturday Night Live." And HBO is currently in production of a film adaptation of the book "Game Change," which chronicled the 2008 presidential election. It stars four-time Oscar nominee Julianne Moore as Palin and reunites the writer and director of "Recount," which won best TV movie in 2008 and earned a supporting-actress nod for Laura Dern as another controversial politico: Florida Secretary of State Katharine Harris.

An Emmy nomination for Palin would break new ground, but another entertainment award frequently honors politicians: the Grammys, which have bestowed best spoken word album honors to three presidents (Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama), as well as to now-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in 1997, who won for "It Takes a Village."