Shock: SNL Takes On Obama in Earnest **Video Fixed**
TMC
by Big Hollywood
“I am noticing that each of your plans to save money involves spending
even more money.”
Remember this moment, folks. November 21, 2009 at 11:30pm. Over one
year after Obama’s election and just more than ten months into his
administration, “Saturday Night Live” takes its first crack at Obama
for something other than not being left enough. Splash of ice-cold
water here:
The sketch really isn’t pro-conservative as much as it’s anti-Obama.
SNL mocks the stimulus, Cash for Clunkers, the debt Obama is
increasing exponentially, and Obamacare’s bogus accounting, not to
mention the fact that Fred Armisen’s too-cool-for-school Obama took
the night off, but the writers are careful not argue for an
alternative. SNL deftly takes a crack at one side without directly
supporting the other side, a tactic “South Park” has down to a
science. The sketch isn’t rock-solid from a policy standpoint, so we
will post the clip of the CNN fact check once they air it.
SNL’s “Palin 2012” trailer after the jump:
SNL also took a shot at Sarah Palin last night with a satirical
trailer riffing off of Roland Emmerich’s “2012” (which opened last
week) where Sarah Palin’s 2012 presidential election leads to
Armageddon. Yet, SNL flexes its cunning again by noting “Palin 2012″
is brought to you by the DNC and “the mind of Keith Olbermann.” We
figure SNL either intended this to be a dig at the left’s obsession
and fear of the Going Rogue author or their way of preempting attacks
from media outlets, like, say, this one. Either way, well played.
The concept for the sketch does seem to fall into the “too good to
resist” category, since “2012″ is the title of a blockbuster movie and
an election year. It also wouldn’t make sense that an Obama RE-
election would lead to calamity since we will have (presumably)
survived his first term, so it figures a Republican would be the
subject of the sketch. It’s far from a shocker that SNL chose Palin
over other possible 2012 candidates like Romney or Huckabee. Still,
SNL certainly has resisted dozens of obvious Obama jokes over the last
couple years, so we’re interested to hear if you give them a pass for
this one.