Over the last few weeks, Tina Fey has managed to parlay her slight resemblance to Sarah Palin into something that has eluded Fey for at least 10 years: fame. And you know who doesn’t like it? Her fellow Greek-American Pete Sampras!

I know, I had to Google him too. He used to be a professional tennis player, and now he’s… a former professional tennis player. The other night some kid from TMZ followed Sampras around the streets of Malibu with a camera, because that’s what TMZ does, and Sampras raised the kid’s ire by yelling, “Go McCain!” Here’s the ensuing conversation:

TMZ: Alright, so you’re, like, one of my first people to ever get… say they were a Republican, or goin’ for McCain and Sarah Palin. What do you think about, uh, Tina Fey playing her on Saturday Night Live?

Sampras: I, I didn’t see it.

TMZ: You haven’t seen it?

Sampras: No.

TMZ: It’s all over the Internet, man.

Sampras: Really? I don’t know Tina Fey. Is she a Greek gal?

TMZ: No, she just won, like, 20 Emmys the other night for 30 Rock.

Sampras: What’s an Emmy?

TMZ: [laughs] “What’s an Emmy.”

Sampras: Well, I don’t, I, listen, listen, okay? I’m an athlete. I win or I lose. I’m not objective in votes and all that crap.

TMZ: Right, it’s all based on your skills.

Sampras: You figured it out.

TMZ: So, what do you think about the acting role? You think that it’s not based on her skill at all?

Sampras: They’re very skillful. I admire all actors. I just don’t believe in their political views.

TMZ: You don’t believe in their political–

Sampras: I don’t.

TMZ: You think, uh, sports people should take more of a political view?

Sampras: No, I don’t. Watch the car.

TMZ: You don’t think sports people should speak out? Nobody should speak out.

Sampras: No.

TMZ: Kinda like Kid Rock. He recently said that he doesn’t value any of their opinions.

Sampras: I don’t.

TMZ: Alright, man, well… I wish–

Sampras: Got that? You take that to the bank.

TMZ: I wish you, John McCain, and Sarah Palin all the greatest luck.

Sampras: Hey. Experience.

TMZ: Experience. Alright, man. Have a good one.

I’m not even sure what the point of all that was, but I just spent way too much time transcribing it, so I might as well post it. Maybe TMZ is saying that if you’re a former pro athlete walking down the street, and some dude from a gossip site starts bugging you and puts it up on the Internet, that’s the same as doing a sketch on SNL? Well, why not. Makes about as much sense as anything else this election season.