Thursday, March 28, AD 2024 11:51am

Libs Go After Obama, Why?

In this most recent SNL skit President Obama was skewered… royally.  It’s as if the SNL writers downloaded my thoughts on President Obama’s recent Asia trip, or what is sometimes referred to as his World Apology Tour: Asia Edition, and wrote this skit

The sarcasm is biting and the humor is hilarious.

The question is, why does it seem that his base is turning on him?  Are they realizing that their previous efforts to poke fun at President Obama failed miserably so they turned it up a notch?  Or is this genuine creative license that sometimes hits or miss and in this instance it hit?  Or are they really upset with the excessive spending that President Obama is pushing for?

My guess is that it’s their creative license that finally hit its mark.  I like SNL, but watch it infrequently now that I don’t even have rabbit ears on my tv set to watch the broadcast networks.

This skit certainly got me to smile and lifted up my day ever so briefly.

The most memorable line from this skit is:

“I am noticing that each of your plans to save money involves spending even more money.”

Enjoy!

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(Biretta Tip: Big Hollywood)

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Blackadder
Blackadder
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 7:28am

There’s clearly at least one writer on SNL’s staff with some conservative sympathies (see here and here for other examples).

Tito Edwards
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 7:31am

I remember both skits. Pretty good stuff.

The second link, that of the Olbermann spoof, was so good that Afleck personally called up Olbermann to apologize for the skit.

What a wimp.

Todd
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 7:43am

Well, this liberal thinks our president is too conservative. And while I may be the most radical person in your commentariat, there are several million Americans who have me beat.

That said, humor sells. SNL has spoofed every president since Ford. I doubted they had enough Palin material to roll with for eight years.

John Henry
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 7:43am

Well, Olberman crashed the closed set while Affleck was rehearsing the sketch…which must have been a little awkward. It’s not surprising that he apologized.

Tito Edwards
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 7:48am

Why John Henry, I didn’t know you read the HuffPo! 😉

Art Deco
Art Deco
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 7:49am

Well, this liberal thinks our president is too conservative.

I’ll take the bait, Todd. How so?

Donald R. McClarey
Admin
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 8:04am

Every President of a pronounced ideological stripe tends to leave the true believers on his side unsatisfied. That was certainly the case with Reagan and many conservatives. Obama is a dream come true for many liberals and worry is growing on the Left that they aren’t getting what they want. For example:

1. No single payer health care system.

2. US troops aren’t out of Iraq and Afghanistan.

3. Deep cuts in defense spending aren’t being called for.

4. No card check.

5. No Freedom of Choice Act.

6. Insufficient spending by the Federal government as typified by the calls on the Left for a second stimulus package.

7. No blanket amnesty for illegal aliens.

8. No attempts yet to go after “right wing” talk radio through an imposition of a new Fairness Doctrine.

9. No repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” or the Protection of Marriage Act.

10. No calls to overturn the filibuster rule in the Senate.

Partisans of the Left recognize that this is the best opportunity to enact their agenda in four decades. From where they sit Obama is blowing a golden opportunity.

Tito Edwards
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 8:11am

Donald,

I hope they do fail on this farce of a health care bill.

Lieberman has already said absolutely, unequivocally “no” to any form, delay, etc of the public option.

Landrieu, Nelson, and Lincoln have hostile constituencies that want NOTHING to do with more public spending.

I will be praying hard for this bill to die quickly.

Todd
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 8:33am

Wow. I had no idea Donald was a closet liberal. Are you guys going to kick him off the blog for that?

“I’ll take the bait, Todd. How so?”

I don’t speak for other liberals, especially the secular ones, but Mr Obama is a conservative in my view because of …

– pro-death penalty
– Geithner and money
– pro-choice (it’s a forty-year status quo, after all)

He’s just a mainstream politician, no matter how much whining others do because he’s non-GOP. Y’all make the false assumption that we 40% non-GOP and non-Dem, are all tucked in ideologically between your two big parties. Look more closely.

Tito Edwards
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 9:00am

We have other Catholics that lean left on this website.

We all have fidelity to the Magisterium.

Donald R. McClarey
Admin
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 10:08am

“Wow. I had no idea Donald was a closet liberal.”

One does not need to be a liberal Todd to read their sites. The disappointment with Obama is palpable on many blogs of the Left. A typical type of post is linked below:

http://lesserevilparty.blogspot.com/2009/06/obama-hoover.html

Todd
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 10:41am

So, then, Donald, why are you pontificating on what it means to be a liberal? Aren’t there enough conservative things to talk about? Attending to your testimony, counsellor, would be like going to an internet-savvy Muslim to tell me about Catholicism. It just begs the question: what’s the point?

j. christian
j. christian
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 10:54am

“He’s just a mainstream politican…”

Maybe, but then why did so many of his disciples think he was The One?

Art Deco
Art Deco
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 11:45am

Mr Obama is a conservative in my view because of …

– pro-death penalty

I may be mistaken, but I think the last time an execution was carried out at the behest of a (civilian) federal court was around about 1963, so whatever he might have said to whatever focus group is not likely to have much practical import. (Unless of course you were hoping for judicial appointments that would arbitrarily nullify all capital sentances, as Justice Brennan wished to do).

– Geithner and money

You appear to be referring to financial regulatory schemes and modes of recapitalizing the banks. He and Barney Frank have been most problematic in this regard. What appellation would you apply to Yves Smith (lapsed investment banker) and Luigi Zingales (professor at the University of Chicago) who have been most eloquent about the shortcomings of Geithner and his predecessor?

– pro-choice (it’s a forty-year status quo, after all)

How very Burkean, you and Jeffrey Hart.

A purpose of political terminology is to supply and illuminating shorthand. It’s not working out for you (or the folks to whom you speak).

Donald R. McClarey
Admin
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 12:08pm

“It just begs the question: what’s the point?”

To answer the question of the post Todd. There is growing concern about Obama on the Left. I find it interesting because Republicans he never had, Independents now are largely in opposition to his administration and even his base is becoming restive. That is a good shorthand description of an administration in trouble.

Donald R. McClarey
Admin
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 1:01pm

And right on cue Obama scores his lowest approval rating yet:

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/24/rasmussen-obama-drops-to-lowest-approval-rating/

Todd
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 5:12pm

Okay …

It’s just so fun to skewer you, Donald. I bet your courtroom opponents had similar fun on occasion.

I think your politics are off somewhat. When elected, the president’s base was pretty solid among independents–I would have expected registered Dems to support him. Otherwise, he positioned himself (and giverns as) a moderate centrist Democrat. I give him credit for being the first northern Dem to be elected president since 1960.

But base? Are you serious? These are Democrats you’re talking about. You realize that, right?

Donald R. McClarey
Admin
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 5:30pm

“It’s just so fun to skewer you, Donald. I bet your courtroom opponents had similar fun on occasion.”

Normally they do not look like they are having much fun actually.

“he positioned himself (and governs as) a moderate centrist Democrat.”

For someone on the far Left Todd I have no doubt that Obama would appear moderate. For those Americans who have not swilled the “progressive” Kool Aide, Obama is quickly becoming president non grata. At 45% Obama is falling back on his Democrat base. Assuming the economy stays in the tank, I am expecting him to decline to 38% to 40% by the Spring of next year, assuming no foreign disaster. After he announces more troops to Afghanistan next week, that might peel off a point or two of the Out-Now crowd.

You do have my sympathies Todd. It can be hard to vote for a man and then have him revealed as completely inept at the job. You can take solace from this observation however. With Jimmy Carter’s record as president, it will be difficult, although not impossible, for Obama to claim the distinction of worst post World War II president.

Tito Edwards
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 5:38pm

… or the worst president EVER.

Donna V.
Donna V.
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 6:35pm

Wow! So Pelosi, Kate Michelman, the late Ted Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Obama are “conservatives” on the subject of abortion, because conservatives are always on the side of settled law, no matter what the law happens to be.
Who knew?

Nice bit of sophistry. Reminds me of the media trick of referring to the hard-line Russian Communists who opposed Yeltsin in the early ’90’s as “conservatives.”
It was an entirely inaccurate description but a cute way for liberals to reassure themselves that they are ever on the side of the angels.

Donna V.
Donna V.
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 6:41pm

Tito may be right, Donald. In just one year, Obama is giving Mr. Peanut a run for his money. By 2012, The One might even match the dismal record of Buchanan, who was long thought unbeatable in the “Worst President” category.

For America’s sake, I certainly hope not, but the possibility *shudder* is there.

Donald R. McClarey
Admin
Tuesday, November 24, AD 2009 7:56pm

You might be right Donna. Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit, is saying that a reprise of the Carter Administration is a best case analysis now.

Art Deco
Art Deco
Wednesday, November 25, AD 2009 7:59am

It can be hard to vote for a man and then have him revealed as completely inept at the job.

Given his deficient preparation, it would be a most pleasant surprise if he performs creditably. Todd should have understood this before casting his ballot. Given the severity of our economic problems, one better hope he performs creditably.

With Jimmy Carter’s record as president, it will be difficult, although not impossible, for Obama to claim the distinction of worst post World War II president.

No, it will not.

Mr. Carter’s principal problem was that he lacked the people skills and acquired street smarts to persuade Congress.

His secondary problem was that his priorities were rather at a variance with those of the majority of the Democratic Congressional caucus; Mr. Carter’s interests: tax reform, civil service reform, energy conservation, and improved methods of public budgeting were more those of a liberal Republican (e.g. Thomas Dewey) that the mode of the Democratic Party of his day.

Another problem was that he was unwilling to countenance controls on monetary aggregates to restore price stability. Keep in mind, though, that the stable of economists listened to at the elite levels of the Democratic Party misdiagnosed the sources of inflation (as did Arthur Burns) or misjudged how costly it would be to contain it (as did James Tobin).

All of which is to say that the domestic policy failures of the Carter era had less to do with Mr. Carter’s deficiencies than they did with the wretched matrix in which he found himself. Blame Tip O’Neill, blame Arthur Burns, blame Texas oil patch congressman, and blame the shills of the public employee union in Congress ‘ere you blame Carter.

Todd
Wednesday, November 25, AD 2009 8:53am

Whenever a discussion like this veers to Jimmy Carter, the Republicans have gotten bored with the notion of the Left laughing at President Obama.

In political cycles like these, it’s easy enough to find the worst presidents. But I can’t pass up the opportunity for the bogus administration of Bush the Second: inattention on terrorists, then still-unsolved anthrax. Let’s not forget a souped-up homeland security department, followed by an inability to deal with a homeland natural disaster. Two wars, not well thought-out, incompetently run.

Honestly, I think y’all are still smarting from getting thrashed in the last two national elections. Let it sink in: by your own admission, you’ve been routed by the worst president in history. Seven more year, my friends. Seven more years.

Donald R. McClarey
Admin
Wednesday, November 25, AD 2009 9:00am

“Seven more year, my friends. Seven more years.”

Actually Todd it is 13 more months and change before the Congress elected in 2010 is seated. Enjoy the next year Todd. I think you and your ideological think-a-likes are going to be in the political wilderness for a very long time.

Art Deco
Art Deco
Wednesday, November 25, AD 2009 9:27am

to Jimmy Carter, the Republicans have gotten bored with the notion of the Left laughing at President Obama.

It’s a small topic, needing few words.

you’ve been routed by the worst president in history. Seven more year, my friends. Seven more years.

The man is an empty suit; the Administration and Congress have done flat nothing to address a most wretched banking and financial crisis, and ignored sachems like Paul Volcker and Luigi Zingales; he has squandered months attempting to build a policy monument to himself in the form of a hopelessly baroque medical insurance program (which ain’t gonnal look good if we have a failed Treasury bond auction); he allowed David Obey, et al to turn a needed macroeconomic stimulus into a patronage free-for-all; and he Rahm Emmanuel, a monster of arrogance whose personal history suggests Latin American levels of corruption, in charge of his executive office staff. You want seven more years of this????

Todd
Wednesday, November 25, AD 2009 10:11am

“The man is an empty suit …”

That empty suit still beat your war hero and perky governor. And it wasn’t even close.

“You want seven more years of this?”

I’m going to enjoy watching conservative heads spin until 2017, at least. You’re far more entertaining this way. The only thing that would be better would be a third party to vault ahead of the Dems and leave the GOP third in a 3-way race. Then I’d get to watch conservative Dems twist in the wind, too.

I agree, Tito, that corporate banks and insurance are a complete mess. It wouldn’t have been different under McCain, and we know it was BAU under Bush II.

If we were suddenly to see Ron Paul and pre-pro-choice Dennis Kucinich surge into the fore, then we’d have some excitement.

Art Deco
Art Deco
Wednesday, November 25, AD 2009 10:42am

I read what you write; the President’s suit is not the only thing that is empty. Happy trails.

Todd
Wednesday, November 25, AD 2009 11:26am

Art, it doesn’t seem you read terribly carefully. Like many conservatives, you assume that just because I disagree with you on one point, I disagree across the board. There is a distinction between being the bearer of bad news and actually causing the calamity oneself. Take the last word, friends. This has been a tough one for you; you’ve earned it.

Chris M
Chris M
Wednesday, November 25, AD 2009 11:29am

Actually, I tend to think it was George W Bush that beat “the war hero”. The Democrats could have nominated anything from Charles Manson to a lobotomized lab rabbit to a gooseberry pie and it would have won by the same margin.

Donna V.
Donna V.
Wednesday, November 25, AD 2009 12:26pm

Todd, have you checked Gallup or Rasmussen in the last couple of days? They’re a bit more accurate than Daily Kos online polls.

I live in a very liberal area. If I confused the entire country with the folks in my neighborhood I would be very glum indeed.

Todd, you need to get out more.

Rick Lugari
Wednesday, November 25, AD 2009 1:22pm

The Democrats could have nominated anything from Charles Manson to a lobotomized lab rabbit to a gooseberry pie and it would have won by the same margin.

I don’t know about that. Charles Manson would have had a hard time delivering the minority vote in usual numbers. The lobotomized lab rabbit was even a drag to the ticket as VP running mate, and the gooseberry pie was too much of a girly-man for most voters.

Tito Edwards
Wednesday, November 25, AD 2009 2:11pm

Actually, I tend to think it was George W Bush that beat “the war hero”. The Democrats could have nominated anything from Charles Manson to a lobotomized lab rabbit to a gooseberry pie and it would have won by the same margin.

Darnit, Rick beat me to the punchline!

Cheers!

sniper
sniper
Saturday, November 28, AD 2009 7:52pm

Found this and just wanted to post it. No SNL skit, or funny, but straightforward truth.

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16905

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