Saturday Night Live Begins Show With Five Minute Trashing of Mitt Romney
With it now appearing Mitt Romney will be the Republican presidential nominee, it is a metaphysical certitude media attacks on him will drastically increase and intensify.
NBC's Saturday Night Live did its part this weekend with a five minute opening sketch that totally trashed the candidate as being a pandering fool without any core values whatsoever (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
The program opened with a mock C-SPAN segment following Romney - played by Jason Sudeikis - to various campaign stops around the country.
First up was Pittsburgh where the mock-Romney first pandered to Steeler fans, then the Pirates, and finally the Penguins. He of course couldn’t name any of the stars that played for those teams making him look like a complete moron until someone from the audience shouted, “We don’t believe you.”
Next up was a stop at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) where Sudeikis said, “There is one issue I will never back down, never cut a deal, never compromise because it’s the core of who I am – cat spaying…I want to be known as the cat-neutering president.”
Later, the faux Romney showed up in Oklahoma at a sportsmen’s association meeting. There he praised cock fighting.
With his arm around his grimacing wife Ann – played by Kristen Wiig – Sudeikis said, “Cock fighting has brought us more shear enjoyment in our marriage than anything we have ever experienced. That’s why, frankly, I want to be the cock fighting president.”
Sudeikis also visited Chicago to speak to the American Diabetes Association. “I’ve always thought that if I had to develop a chronic disease,” he said, “I hoped it would be adult onset diabetes. What a fascinating illness, you know, when you think about it.”
Mitt and Ann also appeared at the 2012 piercing convention where he told attendees, “When people ask me, ‘Mitt, just how many piercings do you have,’ well I always say, ‘More than I need, but less than I want.’ Now besides the two nipple-rings which I’ve already spoken about, and the taint, I’ve recently added a barbell tongue stud which Ann and I both enjoy very much.”
That last line was made with a not so subtle glance down at Wiig’s crotch.
Next up was the United Jewish Appeal where Sudeikis, wearing a yarmulke and tallit, quite poorly read a Hebrew prayer until someone from the audience yelled, “We don’t believe you.”
The sketch ended with the faux Romney not even knowing what he was supposed to say at its conclusion stating, “Hey New York, let’s start the show” rather than “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night.”
Add it all up and SNL's Romney was almost as big a fool as former President Gerald Ford portrayed by Chevy Chase in the '70s.
And this is what Americans should expect the next seven months.
After all, Tina Fey's regular mocking of Sarah Palin in the fall of 2008 helped cement an image of the former Alaska Governor as being a total buffoon who believed she could see Russia from her house.
Now, four years later, it's going to be the media's job to similarly disparage Romney in order to assure the reelection of Barack Obama.
The current White House resident can certainly once again count on Saturday Night Live to do its part.
(H/T Mediaite)
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DNC Chairman Debbie Wasserman
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 10:37am.
DNC Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz-for-brains insists that Romney's religion will not be a part of the Obama campaign.
In fact, they even want an apology from Orrin Hatch for daring to suggest it!
You know, just like then-Senator Obama apologized for 'suggesting' that Republicans would use his race to stir up fear. <snort>
But they can't control what Obama's millions of supporters will do....nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
And I think I can guaran-damn-tee that if Obama or his minions are EVER asked (work with me here!!) to "distance" themselves or "denounce" or "disavow" such attacks, what we will get is a "well, it's not language that we want to see in the campaign, but the Republicans....
IOW don't hold your breath waiting for them to stamp it down, any more than Obama lifted a finger to try to convince his followers that he wasn't the messiah.
Oh, and don't forget the media, who will carefully disguise their attacks as "some are concerned..." or "there are those who say....." and "what effect will it have?," complete with polls that they will take it upon themselves to undertake, you know, as an important part of their "coverage" of all the issues.
NB staff, you are going to be VERY busy keeping track of this B as in B, S as in S!
They also make Ann Romney out to be an airhead.....
Submitted by Tomorama on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 10:39am.
MB, I just had the misfortune of catching the opening of Melissa Harris Perry on her brutal Sunday morning show on MSDNC and she talked about RIGHT AWAY - cue the jeopardy music............ Romney and his shhhhh "Mormonism".
David Gregory on Leno says it needs to be brought up as "Romney doesn't even talk about it"......
IF he did bring it up, these same *^%^&*^^&*^&* would be hammering him for bringing his religion into politics, blah, blah, blah.
If SNL really wants to talk about an out of touch "sports fan" ask Obysmal about his favorite White sox uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh players.
Can we NOW FINALLY discuss Black liberation theology?
Just sayin'.
You've got that right, Tom....
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 10:46am.
Romney is damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.
The fact that he doesn't talk about it means he has something to hide, right?
Black liberation theology, yeah, and please let's talk about how, all of a sudden, after 3 years, and all his "concern" about "disrupting services," The Obama has cast those concerns aside and started publicly attending church services in DC now!
Could it be that he's trying to make his Christianity a campaign issue?
Ya think?????
The Left is accelerating its campaign to disparage Gov. Romney.
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 2:58pm.
On today's Meet the Press David Gregory, in a segment titled Faith and Politics, attempted to make Gov. Romney's Mormon religion an unfavorable issue in the coming election, such as posing this question to Anne Graham Lotz,, the daughter of Rev. Billy Graham :
Not only did Gregory's panelists downplay Romney's religion, but kudos to panelist Republican Congressman Raúl Labrador, who had this exchange with Obama-supporter Gregory:
Meet the Press transcripts Meet the Press Video
Sad but True
Submitted by IrateNate on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 10:47am.
"...Saturday Night Live...totally trashed the candidate as being a pandering fool without any core values whatsoever.."
While I failed to waste my time watching (apparently people still do) this program, all I can say is they nailed it.
Sorry, but this is exactly who Mitt Romney is. The Waffle King is a sad choice to go up against Obama, especially when he wants to make health insurance mandates a major issue.
This man has been running for some type of Washington office for the last two decades, but with the exception of a stint as Governor of Massachusetts, he has proven himself to be un-electable. Yet the GOP mainstream thinks this is the way to go.
While I am not actually voting "for" Romney, I will certainly vote against Obama in November. Therefore, I will hold my nose and pull the lever for Romney, just as we did with McCain in '08.
The sad part is that I don't expect any different outcome in 2012. And, unless we can eliminate the Dem majority in the Senate, the biggest question we have to face after Obama's unfortunate reelection will be how do we repair what's left of America after 4 more years of Obama's Marxist Utopia?
If people can't understand
Submitted by Shreve on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 10:44am.
If people can't understand satire, God help them.
We are no strangers to
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 10:57am.
We are no strangers to satire.
The POINT is SNL doing dirty work for the Obama campaign.
Where is all the "satire" on Obama's Christianity"
The spoofing of his using Jesus as an excuse to raise taxes, as he did at the National Prayer Breakfast?
They could have done one HELL of a skit on THAT speech!
They even did a spoof on Tim Tebow. But on Obama's religion? Nothing.
I don't watch SNL, so I did a Google search for "SNL+ Obama+ Christianity
Here's what shows up
I guess Obama's religion just doesn't lend itself to humor, right?
Give me a break!
Uh, huh ...
Submitted by texastommy on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 10:28am.
But, it's a political campaign contribution if they constantly "satire" one side fifteen or twenty times more than the other. What should we expect from those who's only talent is pretending to be something they're not?
Like most dumbocrat politicians, and far too many republicans, too.
Although Saturday Night Live
Submitted by TE on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 11:16am.
Although Saturday Night Live is on NBC, expect CBS, ABC and CNN to run the SNL Romney piece dutifully and endlessly over the next few weeks/months. Of course, A-Mess-NBC and NBC will endlessly replay the piece on their "news" programs.
BTW, did SNL ever have anything to say about the Occupy Wall Street murders, rapes, rapes of children, child prostitution rings, acts of public defecation (including defecating on police vehicles!), acts of public masturbation, acts of public urination, burnings of American flags, violent riots, violent assaults on police, violent vandalism, drugs use/distribution, head lice infestations or tuberculosis epidemics? Has SNL ever had anything funny to say about Obama, Joe "Jobs is a three-letter word" Biden, Nancy Pelosi or Fairy Reid?
Obama skit
Submitted by Shreve on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 12:02pm.
They do exist. There are likely others.
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/obama-address/1163263
Yes genius, that is the same
Submitted by Tomorama on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:39pm.
Every week of Obysmal "skits" genius?
Nah, you found one of very few and nitwit, they are not nearly as hateful.
Besides lacking facts and context and brain matter, your posting was spot on.
Some Dumbass Leftist Journolista
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 11:39am.
Will misquote Romney from this skit just like they misquote Sarah Palin as Tina Fey. Count on it. That's what the Left does. Libel laws need to be made to make it easier to sue these a'holes.
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
SNL's political parodies have really gone downhill
Submitted by Jnoble on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 11:52am.
In the '90s Dana Carvey's Bush Sr was funny and silly and not in any kind of mean-spirited partisan way. Even Bush himself liked it.
Phil Hartman's Clinton was an instant classic and most anyone of either party could watch it and laugh.
Some here may argue, but I thought Will Ferrell's W was funny in a goofy way and not (at first) explicitly political
Jason Sudekis's Romney impersonation is lame, it's the same exact voice and mannerisms that his Joe Biden character does only with a different hairpiece. There's nothing funny about either of them. It's like SNL thinks that all you have to do to be funny is dress someone up and do a half-assed impersonation of them and that's good enough.
Btw, if some of you haven't noticed yet, SNL has steered clear of doing any Obama sketches for the most part this season. Fred Armisen's Obama is bad anyway, but it's an election year so the writing staff is probably under orders from NBC to not dare mock their Dear Leader
Jnoble - nailed it
Submitted by Tomorama on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:40pm.
Btw, if some of you haven't noticed yet, SNL has steered clear of doing any Obama sketches for the most part this season. Fred Armisen's Obama is bad anyway, but it's an election year so the writing staff is probably under orders from NBC to not dare mock their Dear Leader
SPOT ON - take that post Shreve and swallow it real hard.
Gee ...
Submitted by texastommy on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 10:31am.
If it's half-assed, then isn't that a remarkably good portrayal of Biden? Just wondering.
lol!
Submitted by wiwf on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 11:52am.
lol!
Separation Between Satire and Politically Electioneering.
Submitted by Less1leg on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 2:59pm.
is SNL a direct tie to the Democratic Party?
Yes, satire is funny, but satire on SNL is more political engineering than comedy. Is SNL not just a "Funny Branch" of the Democratic Party. Still a direct part of the body of the Democratic Party where they are directly reaching people for a vote. If it is then SNL should say they are members of the Democratic Party with associated comments saying they are electioneering for Democrats. Since NBC's main ownership is tied to the Obama Camp, and provides a considerable amount of Democrat funding. SNL is an infomercial for the DNP.