SNL skit about the Texas debate

[Renew Deal]

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[doc03]

1. Slight exaggeration, but the media's favoritism for Obama is

obvious.:hide:

[geiger]

2. r u sure? they've been calling his supporters "cult-like"

even though i enjoyed the video.

SNL does need to get a better Obama, though.

[theredpen]

4. The media hated Gore in 2000 and hated Kerry in 2004

If Obama wins the nomination and the media stays in love with him, it will be a nice change.

[doc03]

7. The media loved them before they hated them

if I remember right they both had a wide lead going into the campaign. Sometimes I think the MSM really doesn't favor either they just try to even it out to generate more interest in the election, like a sporting event.

[Kokonoe]

9. They loved him when Kucinich Edwards Biden and others

in contention would not be aired.

[theredpen]

14. Yes, the MSM likes their fairy-tale narrative

In 2000 is was that Gore is a soulless technocrat. In 2004 it was that Kerry was inauthentic.

Maybe in 2008 it will be how fabulous Barrack Obama is. There have been some attempts at starting slime narratives, but they're not catching on. The election of the first woman President is also worthy of MSM over-dramatizing, but the news media seems happier going negative on Senator Clinton.

I'm reminded of the 1988 SNL debate sketch in which Mike Dukakis (Jon Lovitz) asks, "Wouldn't you rather have a president who can think and speak in complete sentences?" It was a great satirical point highlighting how the media focused on his "likability" rather than his "capability."

The MSM are a bunch of spoiled children; there's little hope that they'll behave this time around, so all we can do is cross our fingers and hope that their "fun" doesn't come at our expense this year.

[underpants]

5. I think it is safe to say that Tina Fey supports Hillary

and since she was the host and probably wrote a lot of this this isn't that surprising.

Playing victim to supposed media bias is right out of the rightwing textbook and the problem is that you have a lillywhite press corp who are scared to death of having to talk about a black guy and don't know how to do it so they (or someone ;-) ) went with the lame "Cult" nonsense.

[doc03]

6. I can't figure out who you support

but that does bring up a point. I am not sure if the media favors Obama so much or they are just scared of appearing to criticize him for fear of being called racist. I'm sure the Republicans will teach them some means of attack by this fall. They seam to be masters at finding a weakness.

[underpants]

8. Does it matter?

Well okkay this isn't hard facts this was just my opinion.

Not trying to play it down the middle I would say that I am more for Obama but I think that Hillary is still odds on favorite to win the nomination and I will support whomever gets the nomination. It has been amazing to watch a campaign -who I have no idea of the components of- created out whole clothe and take down the prohibitive favorite -Hillary- whose team of experts got caught making horrendous assumptions and completely failing to plan.

[doc03]

10. You think Hillary is still odds on favorite to

win the nomination?:shrug:

[underpants]

11. Yeah I do

I think if she gets close enough (without FLA and Mich.) the party will stick with the known quantity. The Clinton's still wield quite a bit of power within the party.

[susankh4]

3. SNL has been doing a good job, of late!

Better than the MSM, that's for sure.

[iamthebandfanman]

12. why do you build me up

butter cup

baby
just to let me down ;)

[NJmaverick]

13. That was actually one of the funnier SNL skits

I have seen for some time.

[Truth2Tell]

15. It was always our intention to lose Virginia...

:rofl:

[xxqqqzme]

16. the link is not taking me to the skit.

What am I missing?

[Tat]

17. NBC pulled it, but have it on their site

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/#mea=221776

Hate when they pull it and nobody has it.

[NJmaverick]

19. The NBC video is missing most of the funny part of the sketch

The youtube one was much better.

[ramapo]

18. It was a pretty awful skit

The guy playing Obama was terrible. Hillary was better. Not too funny. SNL is just a shadow of what it once was.

[Overseas]

20. Here Here !! I agree -- too simple and boring

Oh gee, the media seem to favor Obama right now-- let's show them all gushing--yuk yuk... too damn boring. And quite right wing-- ooh, that there librul media loves the Obama...