Video: Live, from New York, it’s Barack Obama!
posted at 5:48 am on November 4, 2007 by Michelle
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Barack Obama gets his anti-Hillary digs in on Saturday Night Live’s stage:
Hillary went as a bride; everyone, puzzlingly, mistook her for a witch. Bill Clinton went as Mystery from VH1’s “The Pick-Up Artist.” Obama went as his own comfortable self:
“Mike Gravel” brought the “Milk Duds:”
P.S.: Note to Obama campaign technical staff…get someone to tell you how to pick a better thumbnail for your video so your boss is featured, and not Biden and Dodd, the Spongebob twins.
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Michelle – you’re up early!
I still like Kristen Weig as Nancy Pelosi. Palomino!
That skit was much more factual than most people realized -
until they learned about theFolsom Street fair.
fred5678 on November 4, 2007 at 7:05 AM
Michelle – you’re up early!
Michelle on November 4, 2007 at 7:16 AM
Queensland doesn’t have daylight savings time. It’s embarrassing… Not that it really matters when posting on US websites though *dances*
Anyhoo.. I enjoyed it. Yes.
Now let the inevitable non-topic related flamewar begin!
Reaps on November 4, 2007 at 7:20 AM
Thanks for the reminder. Time to go to bed out here in Pacific time zone.
Thanks for all your great work!
fred5678 on November 4, 2007 at 7:21 AM
Great clip. Starting the day with a smile is good.
Yes, must retrain the animals that feed time is now later!
PaKeystoner on November 4, 2007 at 7:30 AM
Great clip..The Repubs MUST use this immigration stumble aggressively. Then, get her to waffle on another main issue, troops in Iraq, then another….. its the only strategy that will expose her to voters uneasy about voting her in. The other Dem candidates starting the ball rolling is gravy for us. It will show down the road that the Repub attacks are well founded.
malkinmania on November 4, 2007 at 7:39 AM
That was funny. I wonder how long this has been in the works? Did SNL do this because they wanted to make a statement about Hillary or were they just going for the low hanging fruit? I don’t know if you guys remember the drubbing SNL gave President Ford. Chevy’s routines cemented the idea that Ford was a stumbling clown.
csdeven on November 4, 2007 at 8:08 AM
That was a pretty good sketch. SNL is easier to watch when they’re making fun of Democrats. It looks like they’re catching on to the idea that maybe Hillary isn’t their best shot.
tikvah on November 4, 2007 at 8:12 AM
OT but…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/03/AR2007110301153.html?wpisrc=newsletter
Remember all the hoopla over the Clinton’s connections to drug figures? Over 100K puts Fred into Hsuville…
Bradky on November 4, 2007 at 8:41 AM
I know this is only comedy, but underneath it don’t you get the feeling the Dems are getting pretty scared of nominating “the witch”? The innate unlikability of this woman just has to be gnawing at them…
Halley on November 4, 2007 at 8:49 AM
It’s up in the headlines. I’ll have it down on the blog so fast your head will spin. Maybe. :-)
csdeven on November 4, 2007 at 8:51 AM
Well… they got the Mike Gravel right.
Warner Todd Huston on November 4, 2007 at 9:05 AM
And Krazy Kucinich too.
csdeven on November 4, 2007 at 9:09 AM
SNL is still on the air? Who would have thunk it.
I look forward to seeing the 1/2 News Hour again. A pox on whoever has screwed up the Fox News TV Guide listings.
DannoJyd on November 4, 2007 at 9:35 AM
Fred Derangement Syndrome…
You guys ever talk about anything else???
You know… like the real problem? The Dems?
You know… what THIS thread is about…
Romeo13 on November 4, 2007 at 9:46 AM
I always try to watch at least the first 5 minutes of SNL–especially the reruns. There’s some pretty funny stuff there.
Michelle–Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to this site. It’s informative, educational, entertaining, and VERY well-done. You are one amazing woman. I would seriously consider voting for you for POTUS in the future. You would kick some serious booty.
Maybe something to think about?
PoliticallyIncorrectSandy on November 4, 2007 at 9:52 AM
Well, I suspect my comment (at YouTube) will never be displayed, so I’ll give the gist here… It was basically a sarcastic congratulations to Obama for taking on all the tough venues (Tyra, Ellen, and now SNL). He’s really putting himself out there, taking on interviewers who are known to ask the toughest questions and get to the core of a man.
How pathetic.
RightWinged on November 4, 2007 at 9:57 AM
Hmmm…. sad the Federal Election Commision has no Cojones…
Isn’t this an in Kind Campaign ad?
Romeo13 on November 4, 2007 at 9:59 AM
MM is too politically incorrect to be electable. The sheeple don’t want the truth, they want to be lied to. MM doesn’t lie.
csdeven on November 4, 2007 at 10:00 AM
Yeah, he is definitely trying to take the stupid vote away from Hillary.
Tyra & Ellen = Brain dead females and sissy-mary’s.
SNL = Stoners.
csdeven on November 4, 2007 at 10:02 AM
Apparently he didn’t learn the lesson of 2004 and the “rock the vote” thing – people under the age of 25 rarely vote en masse. How many times can politicians make the same mistake over and over again?
Oh, wait, never mind.
mjk on November 4, 2007 at 10:15 AM
Obama has a Little Lord Fauntleroy aura about him. When I saw his wife interviewed (who, by the way, seems to have vanished from the face of the earth) it was clear who wears the pants. She’s the mommy and he is definitely a Beta.
ronsfi on November 4, 2007 at 10:24 AM
If he hasn’t already, he’ll next be hitting the Daily Show and Colbert, followed by the Late Night circuit. F-in’ A Hollywood, you’re running for president, not pumping a new film.
RightWinged on November 4, 2007 at 10:25 AM
Correction, it was “rock the vote” for years, but P Diddy updated it to “Vote or Die” in 2004. You know, because that way they could sneak in their anti-war crap right in the name, while playing innocent. (The subliminal message was obviously Bush=war=draft)
RightWinged on November 4, 2007 at 10:27 AM
So…SNL CAN be funny! Of course, as noted above, the funniest skits are the ones bashing their own heroes, e.g. Pelosi and Palomino, Hillary and the Laugh.
bikermailman on November 4, 2007 at 10:53 AM
This time it’s “Better Fred than dead.”
Mojave Mark on November 4, 2007 at 11:16 AM
Is this guy campaigning or just using his popularity to make the rounds on talk shows and comedy shows?
Not very presidential.
madmonkphotog on November 4, 2007 at 11:28 AM
No, but very Democratic Partyish.
RightWinged on November 4, 2007 at 11:34 AM
Sorry for the OT, but I just went to cast my daily vote in the Weblog awards and noticed something I thought was a bit off.
I have been keeping track of who is in the lead in the various categories, even when I cannot vote yet again and last night I checked and the Best Blog was a close race between Michelle Malkin, Captain’s Quarters, Huffington Post and Andrew Sullivan.
But now, all of a sudden, some blog called PostSecret has vaulted – and I mean VAULTED – into the lead with 7400+ votes!??! In one 24-hour period, it seems this blog has garnered 3 times the votes of Michelle Malkin (who stands at 2366). Is there something going on with people gaming the system or is this unknown (at least to me) blog all of a sudden more popular?
Michael in MI on November 4, 2007 at 11:42 AM
Okay, something is really going on with the Best Blog voting. In a span of about 10 seconds, the vote total for PostSecret went up 25 votes.
Michael in MI on November 4, 2007 at 11:45 AM
Does anyone know how to contact Kevin Aylward to let him know that his Weblog Awards has been hijacked?
Michael in MI on November 4, 2007 at 11:47 AM
I knew “rock the vote” was wrong, but I couldn’t remember what the other one was. Thanks, RW!!!!
“Vote or Die”, huh? So did the kids who didn’t vote but participated in this campaign in fact die? Yeah, I didn’t think so.
And where’s the draft again? Oh, that’s right, they didn’t need it. Who wants a bunch of stoners who watch MTV and SNL in the military anyway?
I didn’t start regularly voting until I was out of the MTV demographic of 14(ish) to 25. Which is funny that they base a campaign to vote towards kids who aren’t even of age. Logic, thy name isn’t MTV or P. Diddy (or whatever the heck he’s calling himself now).
mjk on November 4, 2007 at 11:59 AM
Very funny.
I wonder if that “get some ice” bit with Bill Richardson was an intentional double entendre, or just an accidental reference.
Buy Danish on November 4, 2007 at 12:06 PM
This was a lot easier to watch when the Left-friendly SNL make fun of their own. I didn’t have a problem with Barrack showing up and doing this skit any more than Bill Clinton playing the saxophone on Arsenio Hall’s old show.
Any place in which candidates expose themselves is not a bad thing, IMHO. I just wished that they would go seek out the tougher crowds and earn their dues. At least then we can make the comparisons between those who pander and those who are consistent.
Thanks for posting that, Michelle. :)
itzWicks on November 4, 2007 at 12:17 PM
Thank God for the Internet; I can watch the funny bits without sitting through the other 85 minutes. :)
Surely an accident, which makes it even funnier.
Radish on November 4, 2007 at 12:30 PM
Fairly funny skit. Not as sharp-edged as the old days, but fun. Thanks Michelle.
Zorro on November 4, 2007 at 12:20 PM
I wonder if he is a Yankees fan too?
OSUBuciz1 on November 4, 2007 at 12:22 PM
… and the Milk Dud line was pretty funny.
Zorro on November 4, 2007 at 12:23 PM
well, i suppose this isn’t as bad as that “jihadist maddrassah” story the hillary people tried to float through insight magazine, but still, isn’t this a campaign finance violation? it’s practicly an ad.
funny though. i have to admit that the snl curse seems to be over.
jummy on November 4, 2007 at 1:06 PM
the “go get us some ice” thingseems to me to have been an actual racial smear, as opposed to the phoney assertion of on with the corker ad.
jummy on November 4, 2007 at 1:12 PM
Obama would make a great president, if he wasn’t completely wrong on almost every single issue.
I don’t know which is scarier; Shrillary’s socialist agenda or Obama’s idiodic outlook on foreign policy.
I am not a huge Guiliani fan, but I would vote for him in a New York minute in order to keep either of these tools out of the Oval Office.
hillbillyjim on November 4, 2007 at 1:29 PM
That was actually pretty funny. The Bill Richardson one was VERY funny and my favorite part.
SouthernGent on November 4, 2007 at 1:33 PM
SNL is still ON??!!
it stopped being funny when phil hartman passed(RIP).
Let it go people bring back creature feature LOL
Kevin43 on November 4, 2007 at 1:43 PM
Feist was good.
Mommynator on November 4, 2007 at 1:53 PM
Mike Gravel walking straight into the camera is the kind of wonky joke that had me chortling.
askheaves on November 4, 2007 at 2:24 PM
Seeing a snippet of “The Weekend Update” a week or so ago, they made a joke about Bush vetoing the S-CHIP bill because he hates children.
It was then that I realized how much I miss “The Half Hour News Hour”. Because as pedestrian as it was most of the time, it was just as funny as Daily Show, Colbert, or SNL’s drivel. South Park lampooned pulling out children as political props years ago. And then SNL thinks it’s being so original.
All that said, this made me chuckle, and extra credit to them for making fun of the Hillary laugh.
Hawkins1701 on November 4, 2007 at 3:21 PM
Yep. Has he already done the View?
csdeven on November 4, 2007 at 5:32 PM
I think it was a reference to the stupid tasks that VP’s are generally regulated to.
csdeven on November 4, 2007 at 5:37 PM
ROTFLMAO
Richardson! I LOVE it he’s my governor too!
ya know humor always has some truth to it this is almost 100% True!
-Wastelnand Man.
WastelandMan on November 4, 2007 at 8:04 PM
I thought it was funny that they had to refer to everyone with their full names. It seems that when I was younger, the SNL cast was much more adept at portraying celebrities and politicians.
Troy Rasmussen on November 4, 2007 at 10:57 PM
I agree that it seems like a campaign ad…
For the Republicans. ;)
Rugged Individual on November 5, 2007 at 7:13 PM
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