Saturday Night Live started out with another Democrat debate skit.
Once again, Fred Armisen was Barack Obama and Amy Poehler was Hillary Clinton.
Darrell Hammond did a great Tim Russert and Will Forte played the too well-tanned Brian Williams.
Obama was treated with kid gloves by Russert and Williams. The moderators treated Hillary with hostility. In other words, it was quite true to life.
After the debate concluded, there was an "editorial response."
It was delivered by the real Hillary Clinton. The audience responded with enthusiastic cheers and applause.
Hillary began, "The scenes you just saw were a reenactment, sort of."
She also said, "I simply adore Amy's impression of me."
Hillary was speaking when Amy Poehler walked in. They exchanged compliments on each other's outfits. They were dressed alike.
Hillary told her, "I do want my earrings back."
When Poehler did the Hillary cackle, Hillary said, "Do I really laugh like that?"
Poehler hemmed and hawed.
Hillary said she was happy to be in New York. Naturally, she had the honor of saying, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night."
The politics didn't stop there.
Watch "The Obama Files."
Robert Smigel's cartoon featured Barack Obama. Obama was shown working to keep Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton at a distance. He had Jesse Jackson holed up in a broom closet and sent him off on a mission to Africa. Obama fitted Al Sharpton with a shock dog collar to keep him away.
After Jackson and Sharpton realized that Obama had "bamboozled" them, they plotted to get near Obama's podium by disguising themselves as podiums.
Although they failed and ended up going on Spring Break with Bill Clinton and Chuck Norris, they sold their story to the Wayans brothers. It was made into a movie, Podiums.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Hillary on SNL
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I thought the show was so ridiculously biased toward Hill, it was a shame. The debate wasn't so biased. If so, Obama wouldn't have gotten peppered with questions about Farakhan, who happens to like him as a candidate. Let's all question whether Hillary has to answer for every questionable person who supports her. In fact when she was put on the spot about a racist comment by a Latina official, Hillary asserted the woman's right to free speech. I just hope everyone is seeing both sides of this.
Obama, '08
I think the bias lies in the fact that she is 0 and 11 and people are still reporting on her as if she is the front runner. The bias is in that news orgs aren't pressing harder for her to release her tax returns or records as a first lady (which her hubby has). It hasn't pressed her about why her health care plan tanked in the 90s or all of the questionable overseas biz dealings her hubby is helping fund her campaign with. I support clarity and fairness as much as the next person, but let's be real here.
Obama got questioned on Farrakhan, but he doesn't get questioned about buddies Tony Rezko, Rashid Khalidi, or William Ayers.
The media are slobbering over Obama. I think it's great that SNL is lampooning that.
And the media aren't reporting that she's the front runner. The story is she's fighting for her political life.
Both of the above "anonymous" comments are clearly biased in favor of Obama.
Hillary for President
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