NBC's "Saturday Night Live" continued its political activism disguised as satire on March 15, this time choosing to make the case for Barack Obama while doing an entire sketch about John McCain being "crazy old."
During Saturday's "Weekend Update," former SNLer, and current "30 Rock" co-star Tracy Morgan, stumped for Obama, and did so quite comically (embedded right).
In the defining moment, Morgan concluded by marvelously countering Tina Fey's Hillary stump speech three weeks ago:
Three weeks ago, my girl, Tina Fey, she came on this show and she declared that bitch is the new black. And you know I love you, Tina. You know you're my girl. But I have something to say. Bitch may be the new black, but black is the new president, bitch!
Regardless of the obvious advocacy, Morgan was indeed hysterical. Bravo!
With that on the table, later in the show, Brian Williams, played by Will Forte, cut in to do a "Special Report" on John McCain that continued on the media meme that the senator from Arizona is just too old to be president (video available at Raw Story, liberal website alert).
Forte began:
Good evening. In a week already rife with political scandal, we now have another revelation that is bound to shake up the Republican nomination. After a year-long NBC News news investigation, it has come to light that the presumptive Republican nominee John McCain is in fact old. [Picture of McCain on screen with the word "OLD" under his name.] NBC News has obtained a copy of McCain's birth certificate that appears to confirm that he is not only old, but very old. The kind of old that makes you not really trust him with scissors.
The "Report" continued to belittle McCain's age by presenting a surveillance photo of the Arizona senator eating at a Bob Evan's restaurant at 4:30 in the afternoon, and intimating that he's easily intimidated by telemarketers.
Add up the political positions of the last four shows, and you find:
- Media have been too easy on Obama, while being too tough on Clinton
- Bitch is the new black
- McCain is crazy old
- Black is the new president.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.
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As usual, SNL is on the
March 16, 2008 - 18:31 ET by motherbeltAs usual, SNL is on the cutting edge. So we now have a preview of what the campaign is going to look like.
Also, Hillary has a shrill
March 16, 2008 - 19:30 ET by balboaAlso, Hillary has a shrill laugh and won't stop talking about healthcare, even if you beg her. And she's cutthroat.
And she's cutthroat.
March 16, 2008 - 19:39 ET by Free StinkerAnd she's cutthroat.
Indeed. I think that's one of the reasons Obama has so much support. As Dick Morris puts it, Obama is "the un-Hillary"
Pledge to not support RINOs ever again!
SNL
March 16, 2008 - 19:39 ET by drillanwrThe new 527 ...
When you men get home and face an anti-war protestor, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend because she knows she’s dating a pussy… ~ Attributed to General Tommy Franks
drill.... ...shhhhh....don
March 16, 2008 - 21:01 ET by bigtimerdrill....
...shhhhh....don't let the cat out of the bag!
SNL shows their bias,
March 16, 2008 - 19:42 ET by bigtimerSNL shows their bias, nothing is gonna' change that IMHO...but I got to say Will Forte did a good job of impersonating McCain....I'm still laughing.
Time will tell if they do a spoof on Obama and his preacher.
Where's Flip Wilson when ya' need him, I could just see it now in a lot of skits!
Geraldine too...heheheheheeeee...
I miss Flip.....
March 16, 2008 - 20:08 ET by motherbeltBrethren, and Sistren.....Separate the green from thy jeans!!!
Obama crazy old
March 16, 2008 - 20:34 ET by johnbarryObama will feel crazy old before the Rev. Jeremiah Wright issue subsides. If Obama is deprived of the nomination Clinton -who is no spring chicken -will feel crazy old as African Americans walk away.
I have via radio and some
March 16, 2008 - 20:41 ET by bigtimerI have via radio and some shows on television that some blacks will vote for McCain if it comes down to it all with Hill somehow squeezing herself in with machete in hand...
Going to be interesting ...that is for sure.
I believe it was Darrell
March 17, 2008 - 08:03 ET by Dave659I believe it was Darrell Hammond, not Will Forte, who did the McCain impersonation.
This will be interesting to
March 16, 2008 - 20:40 ET by Gary P JacksonThis will be interesting to watch.
SNL did go after John Kerry pretty hard in 2004. Not as hard as W, but they were had no problem hitting the high points (or low points, depending how you view Kerry's record)
I think Obama is toast, but should he make it, it will be interesting to see if SNL has the guts to go after him.
SNL has not been funny since the 90s
March 16, 2008 - 20:46 ET by PopularTechThey have always done political humor but now it is blatant campaigning. There is always a way to do humor and simply make fun of everybody without pushing candidates like SNL has been.
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NBC News has obtained a
March 17, 2008 - 08:13 ET by Jack BauerThough McCain is still way younger than the crazy BOFs on 60 Minutes.
Man, that 60 Miniutes crew looks like the denizens of Grampa Simpson's Retirement Castle.