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Who cares – the media is still in love with Obama, because he doesn't give actual ideas for them to look at. Instead he just gives generalizations, like:

"We need to improve our country"
"I want change"
"We need to improve poverty"
"We need to help heal the nation"
"We need to improve our standing in the world"

WE NEED... WE NEED... blah blah blah... OF COURSE WE NEED TO DO THOSE THINGS! WHO CAN DISAGREE WITH THAT?!??!

But then the liberal media doesn't care about that. They want to rip apart the only candidate that has a record of actually doing these things. God help us if Obama is elected.

McCain 2008

The best way to get the facts are from the comedy shows like this or the Daily Show or Stephen Colbert. They show clips of McCain's statements where one contradicts the other. They show how ridiculous some of the so-called main stream media is with their ridiculous commentary and talking heads.

The fact is if the Main Stream Media stuck to the true facts and presented them to the public Obama would be ahead by 40 points in the polls right now.

SNL is always a great show when politics is it's target. When it isn't it's usually more fun to watch Red Green.

"mostly young voters who aren't as closely following the ins and outs on the campaign trail" !?! Are you kidding me? How did you get that information? The people who I have talked to who seem to have the most knowledge and up-to-date news on the campaign are those under 30. They definitely won't be the uninformed voters this time around. Find another scapegoat. Sorry we never show up on your polls because we don't own landlines.

Neither candidate has been completely honest in their attack advertisements although McCain has strayed from the truth more often and more blatantly than Obama. According to Politifact.com, Obama has had 18 false claims and 1 rediculously false claim vs. 23 false claims and 6 blatantly false claims by McCain. The bottom line is don't take anything either of these candidates say as gospel, take the time to do your own research on thier claims and attacks and do your research from reputable sources.

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH come on now...."We're just trying to have a little fun! Lighten up, Will Ya?????"

Uhhhhh....who said that once upon a time?

Why won't this CNN Political Ticker let us comment on the Fact Check post that demonstrates that Obama is flat out lying when he says that John McCain's social security plan would "wipe out the nest eggs" of millions of people?

Just one more example of CNN's bias - the comments are always open on stories that are bad for McCain so people can criticize him even more, but they're not open on stories that criticize Obama, since CNN wants to limit the criticism of Obama as much as possible.

why don't you link hte skit and let people decide for themselves..I thought it was pretty funny and not far off the mark....Obama's ads can go a little over the line but they are at least based in truth...McCain's people just make crap up and the stupid media treats them as if they were serious concerns....

Hammond was good, but the writing of the skit itself was painfully unfunny – as the non-reactions of the audience made clear. The Fey/Palin skit was much, much better.

"Barack Obama... supports tax cuts for pedophiles."

That's about as valid as Obama's claim that McCain wants tax cuts for oil companies, since he wants tax cuts for ALL companies in America. But hey, why not focus in on only a select few benefactors of the policy? I guess the dishonest tactic wouldn't be as effective if Obama went around saying "McCain wants tax cuts for organic farms!"

The only difference is that Barack Obama is actually repeating his lie over and over again, whereas SNL had to make a stupid sketch to come up with things that McCain has never said.

The other funny thing is that the past few Fact Checks that CNN has performed on Obama have shown him to be a liar. Not to mention over 70% of Obama's ads are negative ads filled with these various lies.

The McCain/Palin ticket is just too scary for words.

We've got an unknown, untested, and insincere hockey mom who's "foreign policy" experience is Nil. She's facing an investigation that, in my opinion, has her skirting the edge of an obstruction charge, if not the definition of corruption that she claims to be against. And she's so far down in the pockets of big oil, and thinks the only way out of the energy crisis is "drill baby drill". I hope to God if McCain is elected, that his VP is kept to such historic and constitutional roles as leading the Senate and going on goodwill trips to places nobody's ever heard of. (How the heck did Cheney get so much authority anyway? Oh yeah, because Bush didn't have a clue what he was doing and was too stupid to listen to people who knew what they were talking about.)

McCain is a true American hero. Nobody disputes that..but he's just so ready to veto anything from the appropriations committee that nothing will ever get done....and he thinks the war in Iraq is a good idea. Tell me again why we're there?

At least Obama has SOME foreign policy experience, and is smart enough to listen to advisers. He had the smarts to pick a running mate with strengths in the area where he's weak, and one who KNOWS how the Senate works and how to handle it.

McCain doesn't need SNL to destroy him, he can do it on his own. He is a typical politician- greddy, manipulative and mad for power.

Call a spade a spade. John McCain is a liar and I'm glad someone is calling him on it.

No one watches SNL. If a significant number of people are swayed by SNL horrible sketches, we have bigger issues.

great, I love SNL, keep 'em coming !!

Totally deserve it!! Let's see what Cindy whiner has to say over a TV SHOW!!!..

I cant believe the media,this country is going thru the worst presidency in american history.Thank you Supreme Court for stopping the recount back in 2000,now look at what it got us,George Bush did nothing to stop the terriost attacks on sept 11,but became a hero instead,the media didnot hold him countable for anything to do with 911,even though George Bush was warned about 9ii two months before it happend,in now the media is doing the samething,this media is not holding the Bush administation accountable for this bad economy,in fact the media is trying to blame the democrats for George Bush mess,imagine if a democrat was president at this time,the media in the republicans will be calling the democrats the worst politicans in american history,so why is the media is not blaming the republicans for this mess,every news channel to turn to calls it a by-partisen matter.how can it be by-partisen when George Bush been in charge of the country for 8 years,i dont think the media will call it a by-partisen matter if a democrat was in charge.the democrats would be blamed 100%.

Anyone in the public spotlight is fair game for comedians, if this humor is how you decide who your leaders should be........
perhaps you are too stupid to be allowed to vote.

so now we must be grateful for the only 3 people in the media that exposes McCain for the LIAR he IS..Joy Behar, Frank Rich, and Lorne Michaels ..THANK YOU

SNL didn't "rais[e] a general perception that the media was in love with Obama." The perception already existed. And it continues to exist. The US voters don't need SNL to point this out; anyone paying a bit of attention can see it.

As funny as it is, it always backfires; adding to the perception that the media is in the tank for Obama. It backfired really badly in 2004, a year that saw John Kerry lose to the worst president in the history of this country.

Why? Because if Joanne Shmoe sees Sarah Palin as being someone she can relate to, and you are mocking Sarah Palin, you are mocking Joanne Schmoe.

And Joanne Schmoe usually lives in Ohio.

I don't necessarily agree that younger viewers are not following this race for the White House closely. Actually, thanks to the efforts of the Obama campaign, I am seeing younger people coming out in droves and participating actively in their democracy for the first time in my 50 years, as most strongly evidenced by the voter turn-out during the democratic run-off. I do believe that they, along with minorities and women, hold the key to who will be occupying the White House come January. While I was and still am a Hillary Clinton supporter, and will always believe that we did not necessarily place the most deserving candidate on the ticket, I fervently support the Obama/Biden ticket, and hope the American public can see through the distortions and the innate racism that probably dogs us all to varying degrees, to bring true change to Washington.

Since the MSM is not doing their jobs vetting our barbie doll/ trophy VP candidate and McCain's ability to tell the truth, someone has to do it.

The biggest joke is that Obama and McCain are leading a close race. This should be the easiest decision in modern history.

It was funny. Now I am sure some Obama backers will love it but hate if they make fun of Obama. There are also some Repubs that are mad at this but will laugh at one done with Obama. To both of those group I say give it a rest. You have to laugh sometimes and see that sometimes things are done just for a laugh.

As long as McCain and Palin refuse to give meaningful interviews, SNL may be the most effective means for bringing their lies and distortions into the light for examination and ridicule.

SNL is violating the law by illegally contributing to the Obama campaign. It uses sketches written by democrats, so it is just a puppet of the democratic party The more liberal media shows its bias, the more it is obvious that they are lying.

Vote for McCain/Palin – they have the integrity and determination to work for the country and for the people who elect them, they will fight corruption and fix the economy.

I am glad that SNL is being tough on the "Palin & McCain" ticket. Maybe it will help open the eyes of many who think they can do no wrong. I will be watching SNL this election season. Kudos to them!

what they were showing both times is the truth....

Make an educated vote. Vote Barack Obama. He won't speak to you like you're a clueless child. Obama/Biden '08

yeah, kind of like the right wing radio talk show hosts who have been beating up on Obama everyday for several months now. You don't hear anyone complaining about that.

I think that the author of this article is a little disillusioned if he thinks that SNL has an ability to shape general perceptions of candidates. Most young voters, like myself, see SNL for what it is....entertainment.

it really was a pretty accurate depiction of his ads.

It is the Obama camp who is out of touch. Obama is not qualified to be president no more today then he was the day he announced. The man has had his hand out and every turn. Only Chris Dodd (the head of the banking committee) has taken more. Obama's financial advisors Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson have made tens of millions of dollars. Obama has to be the dirtiest politician EVER for being such a junior senator. I do not trust him and I no longer see any difference between the two parties. McCain and Palin will reform Washington. Obama is more of the same.

“Raising taxes is not patriotic.”

Age does matter. When I hear McCain address a group as "my friends" I think get that old guy off the stage. I'm reminded of gatherings where, my father, trying to stress a position in a discussion, would call another old geezer "my friend" when I knew full well he was just trying to make nice and never regarded the "friend" as someone he'd pay attention to. Once out the door he would skewer the guy. McCain is insincere in his positions and probably doubles over with laughter after the speechs are finished, thinking he put one over on us once again. Help!!! We need a leader with some young brain cells.

If the country is stupid enough to elect McCain/Palin, we will deserve exactly what has happened over the past 7 plus years with even more tax breaks for the very rich and corporations. We will also have a religious zealot who is unprepared for national or foreign policy decisions one heartbeat away from the Presidency. SNL can make a joke about McCain, but this country will go further down the tubes with McCain and Palin. Palin cannot even keep her teenaged daughter from getting pregnant or encourage her oldest son to pursue higher education...and she's prepared to lead this country. No bloody way!

The whole world is falling apart on the republicans watch! They have had by far the most power in making this disaster happen whether they acknowledge this or not. Thank you Ronald Reagan for maiking the conservatives so powerful the last 30 years or so – this disaster has you and your cronies names all over it. We the people are cleaning up after your stinking mess, so at the very least, let us make a little fun and practice the one thing we have left – FREEDOM OF SPEECH!

I love how the republicans try to say the current congress is responsible (or even Barack Obama) for this mess. That's just so hilarious! Too bad this situation is so serious, or I'd really be laughing. You fu***ng Republicans screwed this up! Take responsibility for it!

We want some accountability!!!

You people better be careful with our money or you might have to come up with some more money to rebuild the White House after we TEAR IT DOWN!

I watched .. it was funny & dull like McCain..

I can't wait to see the comedy skeet with McCain & Palin..

I mean – Tina Fey & Darrell Hammond ... hahahha.. that'll be good!

Obama/Biden... 2008, 2012

Remeber GOP Have A Since Of Humor!

Face it – McCain and Palin are a ridiculous political duo. It's a gold mine for SNL.

I am all for political satire. However, this skit wasn't even funny.

Also, I am still waiting for the skit where Obama and Rev. Wright are preaching a sermon together... Now that would be fun watch.

I LOVE IT!!! How many more SNL shows before election day??? I'm sure the skits will get better and better. Troopergate may be showing up soon as well. Who will play Todd Palin?

Thank you, SNL, for cutting through the b.s. and so deftly showing how ridiculous the McCain-Palin campaign is. It's a joke, so what better way to show it than through...jokes? I am tuning in every week for a cathartic laugh, since most of the week I'm cringing and crying with the horror that is the Republican ticket, and what could possibly be the worst duo to run the best nation in the world. If they win, I just hope SNL broadcasts in Canada.

Its just satire, are people so stupid they vote based on an SNL skit. If anything it just shows how much the media and hollywood are in the tank for Obama. It actually hurts Obama because people see right through it and always vote against the media and hollywood. They will be standing around scratching their heads after the lose the election because they are so self important that they cannot believe everyone doesn't think the way they do. They will never get it and will keep losing until they nominate a normal candidate that appeals to the majority of Americans.

So true, the "straight talk" express is anything but. Seems that they GOP can only spew half truths and total lies. Many times I've noticed that Obama attacks McCain using his own words. McCains position on the issues are in a constant flux, ever changing. Now Sarah Palin lack of experience makes her an "outsider" well the same can be said of Obama right?

I want to be an astronaut my qualification is: I can see the moon from my house! Pathetic indeed.

I am so very proud of SNL for doing this skit. The American people have all been taken in by Palin's personality, and, how she is a "homegirl," Just wish that people would really read and find out the "policies" of this "spectacular" duo. And, realize, too, that they actually have no policy whatever. Keeping the Bush tax cuts permanent. Hello, this is how all of the states are suffering. They keep spending, and cutting taxes. They need to follow Bill Clinton's way of spend as you go–if there is no money for it, then don't spend it!!!

Oh, I don't mind the skit, it seems to be based on quite a few truths. I don't understand how McCain can say "I'm John McCain and I approve this message" on his ads which contain so many untruths. So maybe I feel a little Schadenfreude because I have lost repsect for McCain long ago.

It is however disturbing that so many people will allow images and comments on television to sway their opinions without have researched the issues, consult with their own ideas, opinions, etc. We just get spoon fed by TV instead of being independent thinkers and reading more.

Actually, I thought It was pretty funny!!....BUT REMEMBER..it WAS "conceived" by Al Franken. He's the hate mongering, ANGRY LIBERAL, with no credibility, who moved back to Minnesota after 35 years just to run for U. S. Senate. The SAME Al ( done nothing) Franken who happens to be a good friend of Lorne Michaels!!!!.....

The skit was great...and THAT's where Mr. "Pay no Taxes" belongs....AS A SKIT WRITER!!!

Boy did they do a good job on this. This is exactly how crazy and desperate McCain's ads have become. No truth to them, but he still approves them.

This is just amazing. I love NBC. Hahaha

Obama is the party of Jackson (Jesse), and Sharpton and Kilpatrick (Kwame) and McKinney. The party of baby killers. The party of gay marriage. The party of TAKE....not earn.

We're just about to get ramped up folks...Obama is going to lose by a landslide. White America is just playing with the polls just now. When the time comes to pull the lever...Obama is toast.

It's going to take more than Hollywood, the media and blacks to elect BHO.

McCain is an easy target because he is white I want to see if any of these so-called comedians will have the balls to make fun of Obama. You can bet whoever does will be labeled a racist

It was a great skit!

Why does the mainstream media refuse to address the blatantly false campaign adds or better refuse to air them. It couldn’t have anything to do with greed.

Young people ... (new and old voters) GET YOUR heads out of the sand! Nobama is only good at giving speeches. He has NO track record and is nothing but a lot of hot air leading us into higher taxes and open to more terrorism!

I am so, so, tried of hearing mc cain. i turn off the tv. I am so worried that if mc cain gets in this country will go down the tubes. i am worried more for my grand children, i am 69, white and have a cushion. nc cain seems to have to many melt downs,and i don;t care what doctors say our minds are not as sharp as we age and he displays this, and for her to take over would give me nightmares.
american better wake up, and understand whats at stake, we will be living with this for years. you think the money situation is bad, just put mc cain in the white house. YOU AIN;T SEEN NOTHING YET!!!!!!!

I really hope Al Franken wins. We have a No GOOD, Bush buddy in the senate "Norm Coleman". I mean the guy is a comedian and he won the primaries here in Minnesota, that alone says alot about Bushorm.

well, either the truth hurts or it can be funny.

SNL is in the unique position to be able to tell the truth without the censorship of media mogul's who have a horse in the race–wealthy corporations want a repug administration to continue feasting at the trough of the American consumer with big tax cuts and little regulation. Most media people will not call out a talking head for the campaign due in part to their own lack of sophistication on the issues and because they cannot be objective, especially with their corporate bosses breathing down their neck. I say way to go SNL–reveal the truth with humor. The truth needs to be what drives this election instead of the deception we have endured the last eight years. Go Obama/Biden!!!

heehee

If the so called "reporters" won't take McCain to task for his lies, let SNL do it.

who cares. I am not voting for him anyway,Enough!

Young or old, you have to be pretty stupid to allow a SNL show to
shape your perception of anything.

This is like a really BAD Disney movie. America PLEASE don't put these two in the White House!

it's good to see the ridiculousness of the McCain/Palin ticket from SNL's point of view. I am still shocked and speechless if I allow myself to imagine the consequences of McCain becoming president for just two minutes.
I feel the urge to panic if I think about what kind of country we will become. Maybe I'll be able to live in Canada after all? I checked recently if I would qualify for immigration and was glad to found we both would (=my partner and myself).

To paraphrase the great "Hill-amy" – unlike the MSM, at least they "have a pair".

The funny thing about the sketch was how accurate it was.

A pretty fantastic skit. Obama's ads aren't the beacon of truth either, but at least they aren't hateful, desperate, and mean-spirited like McCain's are.

I wonder why they didn't mock Obama's illegal immigration ad which was completely and utterly false. Also, McCains ads are mostly correct. The one about the sex education is correct. I read the law online from a government source. It's the Obama campaign and the pro-Obama media that claims McCains ads are false. The only recent ad of McCains that was false was the one put out in response to Obama's utterly false immigration ad (trying to tie McCain to Rush Limbaugh). Additionally, mocking McCain's technological shortfalls is related to the Obama ad that criticized McCain for not using the Internet. Some in the media (not the pro-Obama media) have pointed out that McCain's war injuries is the reason McCain can not use the computer comfortably. Obama should be ashamed of himself for airing that ad and SNL should have known better. SNL also leans to the left and therefore favors Obama. Sounds like they are in the tank for Obama now.

Where is Michelle Obama. Are they hiding her because her unpatriotic views don't play in these United States, as well as her elitist and racist views?

What they don't tell you is John McCain wife Cindy McCain and their son Andrew McCain was highly involve in the Silver lake State Bank NV that that the FDIC has taken over and the Tax Payer are bailing out.

John McCain and his family are bigger crooks then they give themselves credit for...

Please John McCain get your own family in order first.

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHH

Is SNL suddenly becoming relevant for the first time a couple of decades?

I thought that there was supposed to be equal access in the media. If SNL has become a billboard for one candidate then NBC should be required to make equal time for the other candidate at the same cost. If Al Franken is the writer promoting his own agenda then NBC has a serious problem. Give an equal voice to both.

McCain and Palin, like most politicians pandering to a hypocritical right wing base, really set themselves up. Palin alone is a joke on the international and military affairs scene, and the post-2000 McCain is a sickly twisted antithesis to the so-called maverick.

There's a reason you don't see any right-wing conservative comedy shows ala the Daily Show, SNL, or Colbert...the only "jokes" they could conceive would be petty personal attacks that only elementary school kids would appreciate.

It was funny as hell but also very sad at the same time. I don't think that John McCain has any idea of what he is approving when it comes to these ads. For a so called leader he is being lead by the nose by people who care nothing about this country and want to win regardless of the cost to his honor.

So what else is new? The media have always been left wing.

The Republican strategy – regardless of the candidate – is to depict their nominee as a man of character and experience. They depict the Democrat as elite, effeminate, and snobbish. The Republicans run on "character" (whatever that is) and do not mention issues, since their stand on the issues would cause people to vote against them. Comedians are more honest in pointing this out.

Journalists believe, for some reason, that they must pretend that they don't notice this.

Mirriam Webster Dictonary: Morally bankrupt, pathological liar, religiously delusional, warmonger, fiscally inept, can you fear me now, noun, verb, 9/11: See Republican.
This skit is spot on! Keep them coming, SNL!
Little Rock

McCain needs to have meaningful ads. His current ads distort the truth to the point that they are humorous. He should focus on what he intends to do. The ladies of the view also noticed how his ads did not resemble the truth.

Funny!!!!!!!! The sad thing is that it is true!!!!!! McCain has lost control of his campaign to the Karl Rove staff and has no say!!!!!! He has lost his integrity and honor!!!!!!!!

AND FOR YOU TRADITIONAL BLOGGERS, I AM AN INDEPENDENT NOT A LOYAL TWO PARTY PARTISAN!!!!!!

I vote on the issues and the person!!!!!!!! Barack don't be sold yet!!!!!! Just because I am not voting for McCain, does not mean you got me!!!!!

"With a weekly viewership stretching into the millions that reaches a swath of (mostly young) voters who aren't as closely following the ins and outs on the campaign trail..."

Why is it that 'young' people who watch SNL are supposedly not following the ins and outs of the campaigns??? I take it Alex Mooney has researched this demographic??? Let's watch the stupid generalizations!!

for those who mat cry foul- political satire has been around for hundreds of years. Great that people are paying attention!

The McCain campaign virtually DEMANDS to be mocked.

It would be impolite to deny them.

Palin is so cocky, so arrogant, so egotistical, and so unknowledgeable that my perception of her has quickly transitioned from laughable, to annoying, to now startling and frightening.

Truth and Honest were the topics SNL tackled in the opening act.
I found it fair. McCain has approved many false campaign ads.

When they rolled into the press briefing room skit allowing reporters the option of traveling to Alaska to vet Palin's past, I found it extremely offensive. SNL took satire and twisted it a bit too tauntly for my taste.

I am an Obama supporter and I do believe families are off limits. SNL crossed the line.

Great, Al Franken's campaign is already funded by hollywood and now has SNL doing his bidding, literally. Is his campaign a big joke to him? Al Franken's narcissism will allow Norm Coleman to survive the Bush years.

Always remember the famous quote;"What's worse than being talked about? NOT being TALKED ABOUT" SNL is the funniest show on TV and I am sure McCain and Palin are getting just as many laughs as we are from these skits!

McCain/Palin 08..................................................................

Some will argue that Obama has been equally negative, but this is not the case. You might argue that the Limbaugh comparison was deceitful, but John McCain is out-sleazing Obama 5 to 1.

Equal time, or impartiality does not necessitate an equal skewering for all parties when only one is being sleazy.

Just to preempt comments from McCain supporters.

Hilarious. Next the McCrazy campaign is going to complain about it like they did with the Palin sketch, or maybe they actually have a sense of humor now.

Angry people who riducule others, are losers.

Hi I'm John McCain and I approve this message by SNL.

NBC IS OBAMA'S NETWORK.

Or a SNL skit where Obama meets one of Hillary's PUMA supporters in a cat fight, or in a mud pit. I could get into that.

Or an SNL skit with people being interviewed about what to do with the styrofoam greek temple speech backdrop. Who had to take that thing apart? Was it recycled? Or just thrown away?

Or, an SNL skit comparing the love fest Obama got on "the view" and the bashing that McCain got on "the view". I think most of the AMerican public saw that charade and would love to see it bashed.

Or maybe it would be more fun to have a skit about Obama calling Emil Jones to tell him to let the Illinois ethics reform go through because he needs to have a positive mark on his resume. After all, he hasn't actually ever really changed anything, and getting Emil Jones to let a vote happen on Illinois reform might actually make it seem like Obama did something.

For those of us that watch the McCain campaign from other countries and wonder how McCain/ Palin can just outright lie, steal, and cheat their way through a campaign SNL is a good source to know not everyone is fooled by the McCain lies. Since the McCain Palin speeches are all pretty much the same this is the only thing worth watching. I always look forward to the SNL skits and they should thank the McCain camp for the never ending lies that turn into good sketches.If SNL did not spoof this campaign the rest of the world would think Americans allow them to lie to the world without any recourse.Since Palin came on board and McCain had dropped all honour they are fair game for these spoofs and instead of fuming at McCain and Palins mockery of a campaign I get to laugh with Americans on a Saturday night.Keep up the good work SNL.Keep digging the grave Palin and McCain.

In another sketch, they also mocked the New York Times for their elitist liberal bias and attacks on Palin - but this fact is mysteriously absent from the article above. I wonder why. But since this is CNN, I guess I shouldn't.

It's appropriate to mock these two traitors, whose policies have stolen from the american tax payer in unparalleled proportions.

The republican way has shown us what not to do.

We need change, and that change is Obama. We can not allow ourselves to vote for the SAME policies that have created this mess. McCains de-regulation platform, and socialism for big business is a doomed policy.

We will kill our children, our economy, our rights and our constitution if we elect McCain.

Vote Obama/Biden '08. Bring change to the white house, not criminal investigations, where the elitists feel they can disobey our judicial system at will while dictating it's ok to ignore the boundaries for others.

So in an attempt to salvage it's abysmal ratings, SNL has become a partisan outlet for cheap pot shot politcal attacks. This is sad.

The ads in the Franken sketch were not nearly as untruthful as
the McCain ads accusing Obama of calling Palin a pig or saying
that Obama is in favor of explicit sex education for kindergartners.

You sold us this freaking war, CNN. Now you want to sell us
a president in the mid-stages of senile dementia.

What would one expect from Al Franken or NBC, which has become a media outlet for Obama? If they keep up this one sided 'humor' it will backfire.

SNL is just telling the truth period. We all know Palin is very inexperienced even some of the honest Republicans are saying openly. We also know how much Mc Same has been lying, if people were not paying attention he would probably got away with it. GOOD JOB SNL.

They definitely deserve it. Here's a proposition: Perhaps if McCain and Palin stopped lying, then SNL would get off your backs a little.

No way, no how, no McCain-Palin – Senator Hillary R. Clinton

We now live in a time when comedy shows like SNL, and the Daily Show provide people with better information and better commentary on news events than CNN, FOX or any major media outlet can provide. People don't trust the media anymore. When people laugh they are just acknowledging truth.

SNL has long since diminished to realm of TV Land. Who Cares.

Everybody who love Barbara Streisand please stand up.....one......tw...
anybody......somebody..........

As usual, SNL feels the pulse of America and runs with it in hilarious fashion. Last week's Tina Fey as Sarah Palin sketch was the best ever on that show. "And I can see Russia from my house!" Brilliant!!

Obama/Biden '08

It is not good for democracy that young build their political thought based solely on SNL. This show is highly biased against one of the two main parties, but this bias is not expressed through logical thought or well fundamented reasoning. This bias is plain, low level mockery, which only serves to form gut-level voters. And we all know how dangerous this can be.

I laugh when I saw SNL last night; they are so right – that is exactly what he has done. Whatever!

And, Obama lied about McCain's comments on Social Security and Immigration, and Iraq.........!

SNL is part of NBC Universal. They are anti-Mccain same as CNN.
Barack Obama like to criticize McCain for his economic plan but he does not know that his campaign advisers who was working for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have created this mess. They want now bail-out. They should be put in jail and revcover all the money they have to pay for this bail-out. Why should taxpayer give the money to Government. I though socialism is dead after collapse of Soviet Union but now it is surfacing here and USA is moving away from capitalism. Democrats like sen. Schumer and of course Barack Obama are happy to move to socialism. These are radical senators and they cannot be put into power by American people. Wake up America.I am not sure if CNN will publish this one.

McSame & Palin deserve it, with all the lies they are telling, do they think that the American people are stupid, they will put this country in a bigger mess if they win, so wake up American.

What you may not know about Obama.

Obama wants to lift the bans against Cuba and negotiate a peace treaty with the same government that only 40 years ago allowed Russia to place Nuclear bombs pointed at America on it's land.

Obama wants to tear down the walls that keep illegal immigrants from Mexico and wants to open the borders so workers from Mexico can work in America without interference of slow paperwork and Visas.

Hamas the terrorist cell in Palenstine openly endorsed Obama.

Putin of Russia openly endorses Obama.

Hugo Chaves the dictator who's only opponent in the last presidential race that was found dead floating in a river before the election openly endorses Obama.

Cuban Flags and Che flags openly hung in Obamas campaign centers.

I don't believe that Obama will know how to react if we are attacked again. Does he have the right judgement to avoid war or will he over react and hit that "red" button just like JFK almost did.

Obama's philosophy is near identical to how most communist countries run. While I don't think Communism is 100% evil or destructive. I do not want Obama to change what so many people before all of us fought so hard to build, and protect....Our rights!

Or, a SNL skit where Obama tells Biden he is off the ticket, and he is picking Hillary because Biden's facebook friend count is down and Hillary has more friends.

SNL is always more fun during election season!
Bring it on!

I hope SNL shows the real face of John Mccain and Sarah Palin i am sick and tired of. both of them. it would be disaster for the American people if god forbid they get elected for god sake we all should come to our sence and elect Barak Obama for real change.

This just too funny....these two idiots have no business even being in this race! We have one unqualified person and one senile! Wake up America....you cant be that stupid! Are you afraid of an intelligent African American in the White House? Polls suggest if Obama were White he would be lead by 10 points right now....I hope you are not racist america!

Oh more food for thought:
Funny...everyone go over to MSNBC and they will show you who is winning in one catergory!

McCain = 13 Automobiles
Obama = 1 Automobie

McCain = 7 houses
Obama = 1 House

You be the judge America....who is more in touch with the common man? Its not that lying Veteran McCain! Oh and for all you repuiblicans who support the wars...guess what, the Men and Women you send over there are 3-1 in Obama's camp! So again you be the judge who the true American is.

Veterans for obama

McCain/Palin thanks but no thanks.

can u imagine if John McCain came out an said he was gonna wait to give his plan for the economy? everything about this election is disgusting. TWO PARTIES? that's it? two moronic, losing, choices for President? this country will never unite while being run and manipulated by one DEM/REP umbrella.

America desperately needs a leader with a strong moral center and a strong sense of American values! And, this does not describe Barack!

"Man does not live by bread alone" and now is the time to get back to the basics of the founding fathers. We are "One nation under God" and every man or woman cannot do what they think is right in their own eyes!

McCain/Palin 08!

I guess that is why the SNL ratings are down. Maybe they should be a little less partisan, and then the viewership would increase. I get tired of hearing McCain Palin bashing. I very seldom see the same level of criticism aimed at Obama Biden. Does SNL think there isn't any humor in a sketch where Obama explains that Biden didn't do a very good job overseeing the Clarence Thomas/ ANita Hill hearings. I would really love to see a skit where Obama tries to explain to Biden why his comments to ANita were somewhat disgusting at the hearing.

Geez, there is a surpise, SNL bashing a republican.

But they can't find anyting funny about Him?

SNL doesn't even need writers. All they have to do is say EXACTLY what McCain and Palin say and it's funny. I've never felt the combination of laughter and fear at the same time, but McCain and Palin accomplish it.

God help this country.

It was hilarious. No need to read a message into the skit. It simply did what it was supposed to do: BE FUNNY.

I haven't watched SNL for years. They're toilet paper as far as I am concerned, and so is Al Franken.

I'm not a great fan of derisive sarcasm as humor, but when I think of McCain's actual ludicrous ads and comments and copycatisms, I kind of feel that he deserves it this time just to level the playing field, so-to-speak. Both he and Palin are masters of biting sarcastic comments, many of which aren't true, so let the chips fall where they may. As they say, "All's fair....." I think Obama is a cut above all of this, however, and I respect him for that. Oh, for dignity to return to politics!

I wish I could comment, however you never publish them..so I will not...maybe someone else will respect my views

The NBC and MSNBC bias against first, Hillary Clinton and now John McCain has been well documented.

Now we are seeing the bias of CNN – "no bias, no bull" is certain to be a feature in an upcoming SNL parody.

Perhaps we might see a day where other than positive Obama comments and other than negative McCain reports will be featured on CNN.

I will not be holding my breath.

This was the best depiction yet of McCain's mind. Its ridiculous how the press had not gone after him, until SNL challenged them to do so. I would advise CNN to do their joba s journalists

McCain: "If only Obama had agreed to do a slew of pointless, redundant town hall meetings with me...then these dishonest attack ads wouldn't be necessary..."
I can't wait for Friday's debate.
Obama '08!

McCainPalin are playing the flute. Everyone that is being deceived will vote for them. God forbit they win all American's will pay deeply for the next 4 years. It will be worse than George Bush the last 8 years. When you all wake up you will have no heath care, your social security will be gone and we will still be fighting in Iraq. With Palin she would have a co-VP office sharing it with the First Dude. That's sickening.

Obama/Biden

Its not hard to make fun of McCain. He gives you so much with the constant lies and not remembering what he said the day before. Its so scarry to think how many people even believe what he says. P.T. Barnum would have loved him as an example of how to make even more suckers out of his listeners.

I also agree.

Sorry GOP but free speech is part of Democracy and if you are so bad that it becomes common knowledge that you are pathological liars, you have to deal with the consequences.

"the sketch was actually conceived by former SNL writer Al Franken, the current Democratic challenger to Norm Coleman's Minnesota Senate seat."

Yeah, more liberal/socialist agenda free air time

It would be funnier if there wasn't such a good chance of him being elected president. WAKE UP AMERICA!

Obama/Biden – The only serious candidates for change we can believe in.

I rarely listen to people that don't know how to punctuate or capitalize!

If “McCain does support allowing some Social Security funds to enter the stock market in the future, while Obama does not”, how can Obama claim about any potential consequence of that action be “False” ?
Either CNN analysts are idiots, or they think we are idiots…

SNL is so 20th century, and irrlevant. And NBC wonders why it sucks hind teat from the ratings sow.

The McCain campaign shouldn't be surprised at all, their ads have bordered on the ridiculous. All politicians stretch the truth a bit, it goes with the territory, and most people would be fools not to expect it during a presidential election. Yet McCain's ads haven't just 'stretched the truth a bit' they've been almost nothing but blatant lies and wild distortions. So sad, so sad. Bravo to SNL for hitting the nail of the head with this one, just like last week with Fey/Palin. I wish the MSM would take Poller/Clinton's advice and 'grow a pair' when it comes to exposing McCain's disgusting lies. This shouldn't be the job of a comedy sketch show like SNL or others like the Daily Show.

Political Ticker, stop being so bias towards Obama,you always fact checking what he say , but you fail to check all the lies that McSame & that Palin woman telling on the campaign trail, be fair and stop being bias.

McCain's ads have been so misleading, it must have been hard to create parodies of them. In fact the SNL parodies are not far from the real McCain "straight talk" ads. Sad, but true.

When I started watch SNL in the 70's both political parties were fair game. Will SNL allow Anne Coulter to write a skit about Obama & Biden?

The skit was "funny" however, it would be nice to see SNL make fun of both sides equally instead of their constant "obvious" support for the democratic party. If they are in it to shape the general perception of both presidential tickets than how about acting like it. I am a democrat and even I am tired of the SNL McCain/Palin bashing. Let's see something else for a while.

With all the ridiculous charges Mcfalse / Peelingoff have made against Obama that would drive the average American to be insane beyond the madhouse what other relief do we need to save our sanity than to poke fun at then. This way they would know they are only good for comic relief. Just like the 'Fool' in Shakespearean plays.

snl should also call out the right wing media that has been peddling nonsense for years – they could start with the infomercial fox ran with sean hannity and palin and rush limbaugh's racist statements calling sen. obama a black "man-child" –
it is very sad that our democracy now depends on snl, the view and the daily show

What? I thought the McCain skit on SNL last night was pretty accurate. I'm pretty sure that's exactly how McCain does his negative and untrue ads.

Geez, I can't wait for the Palin and pregnant daughter skit. You just know SNL is going to do one. *lol*

Obama/Biden '08!

Hello Osama bin laden rebuplican party like mccain,bushes
they know where osama lives.they are millionere osama by this time
he is billionere, so American people do not waste your time,energy as well your dougters,sons, war zone.

Thanks,

Lovely

I agree with Mitchell. The Republicans have a very negative image and McCain-Palin have no chance winning this election. I mean we Republicans have had bad strategies due to George Bush doctrine. Unless, McCain uses other dubious means to win this election.

I believe Obama – Biden are the victors at the end of the day. It's time for the Democrats to clean up the White House mess caused by president George Bushth.

Let us send Palin back to Alaska and McCain back to Arizona.

There was a time (before the internet) when candidates could make outrageous claims in ads and people would fall for it.

Now thanks to the internet, these false claims can be debunked within hours and transmitted across the globe in seconds.

The dynamics of political campaigns have been changed forever and this is a good thing.

More proof that the Obama's Witnesses and their cult-like tendencies are at work once again!

Unfortunately a large percentage of young people are so disenchanted with the political system that they won't vote because they think it doesn't matter. I've met many people who feel that way and even spoke with one last night. It's rather discouraging that 8 years of Bush still can't persuade people to get off the couch and "pull the lever".

Okay SNL... don't give the Republicans anymore ideas – has the McCain campaign contacted you to be their new publicist? LOL!!!!! Loved it!

So is John McCain gonna have an ad out against SNL?

Well if the McCain-Palin campaign would stop providing so much fodder...

I think SNL do a great job making fun of people. I also love McCain/Palin ticket even as a democrat I am supporting them as others follow suit. Obama cannot be trusted and knows zero about politics so its McCain all the way. My son and his friends love Palin also so they are spreading the word to vote for McCain/Palin.... The McCain/Palin ticket are the best thing this country has to offer. After I read the book Obama nation there was no way I would vote for him...

Hello Osama bin laden rebuplican party like mccain,bushes
they know where osama lives.they are millionere osama by this time
he is billionere, so American people do not waste your time,energy as well your dougters,sons, war zone.

Thanks,

Lol what do you mean will lead us?

They (republicans) have already taken us to debt's door and beyond. We will need Obama just to catchup with where our country was before Bush jr. got control.

this sketch was so stupid. I really liked last weeks with Tina Fey, I thought that that was done really well, but this weeks was just disappointing. SNL isnt the show it used to be. I stopped watching after the opening sketch because the show isnt funny without people like Tina Fey and Maya Rudoplh.

Where's the Barack sketches? I would think if a show doesn't want to show its partisanship, it would be certain to do sketches on both candidates. But I guess idiots like Chevy Chase and Al Franken don't want to see that happen. Are they really for free speech, I wonder? I'm a reporter and have an editorial cartoon in my newspaper every week. While I am a strong Republican, Republicans should be criticized a time or two and I strive to pick cartoons hitting one candidate one week and a different candidate the next week. I should do that. Why the media doesn't get it anymore, they forget our job is to just give you the news from both perspectives. And you as the reader, in my case, can decide from there. And here's an example of how it appears a show called SNL wants you to vote democrat. My problem comes when shows and the media force their opinions down my throat. Where has ethics gone in the media and television shows in this country....?

Perhaps you should get over the starry eyed appeal of Obama. I guess I am just a BIBLE clutching gun shooting christian who thinks he is the worst thing that could ever happen to our country. If he is elected this country will be even further removed from god.

This is funny and so true. McCain is like Pinnochio – his nose grows longer by the second! He is even stealing another line from obama – "He just doesn't get it". McCain is right – McCain just doesn't get it!

In my opinion CNN is slightly biased in Obama's favor.

I am just waiting to hear about the McCain/Keating scandal where McCain supported a measure n congress to suppress the audit of Charles Keating S&L, that eventually failed costing people millions in losses of retirement moneys. Similar to what is happening today and McCain was a central figure. Congress censured him but that was all. it seems that McCain like bush has led a charmed life with daddy bailing him out often. McCain is sleaze, there is no other word for it.

So what? My neighbor made fun of McCain's age, are you going to do a report on him to?

I don't even know what to think of any American that could vote for Mccain.
Seriously!

All of this effort by the media and pop broadcast culture trying to force the Democratic candidate down our throats has backfired for me. I'm disappointed by the obvious manipulation.

Al Frankin who is my choice for Senate helped write this skit, I don't think that was a good idea. Norm Coleman who opposes Frankin in MN, is already using his SNL background against him. Frankin is the best choice, he should just avoid things like this. Michelle as far as your comment about leading us down the path to destruction, Obama was in the senate, and did nothing to help us out of the mess we are in. He missed more votes in the senate than any other senator, and when he did vote it was usually present. Even now he is planning on voting present on the bail out that will keep are financial markets running. The man can take a stand on nothing, we need a leader not someone who sits on the fence!

I don't find this hard to believe at all. Especially now, when McCain is stealing Obama's line the "He just doesn't get it". McCain is right – McCain doesn't get it!

This is news? CNN...the most BIASED name in news...

Oh, go ahead and moderate all day....It's directed at you anyway.

McCain/Palin '08-the ONLY real ticket!

Typical liberal media bias, good fun though

I'm John McCain and I want to talk about the issues that help me win. My friends, the truth is in the eye of the beholder and I tell tell it as I bend it to meet my needs.

The McCain/Palin ticket is a joke, only it won't be funny for our country if they are elected.

"With a weekly viewership stretching into the millions that reaches a swath of (mostly young) voters who aren't as closely following the ins and outs on the campaign trail"

Please, this election is just as important to us young voters as it is to older, more "in tune" voters.

SNL-They are not biased at all. No really. They are unbiased. They speak the truth. Seriously.

Mitchell, I guess you are "getting in their face" like "The One" told you that you must do?

"Path of destruction" sounds like old Politburo language to me. Communism is so 1980s...

Better headline to fit the facts: The 2008 version of McCain mocks the 2000 version of McCain

... with his lying, pandering, smearing divisive ads and his inability to remember his own flips, flops and lies well enough to do even ONE interview without gaffs.

Apparently Obama is clean as can be and has zero flaws...this is the 2nd week SNL has ripped the republicans, which just tells me who the writers/staff want you to vote for. I'm so sick of the media and cannot wait for this election to be over with!

Will they continue "raising a general perception the media was in love with Obama" or have they abandoned that now that Hillary is out of the race?

Willing to resort to blatant lies to meet their objectives. Sound familiar? A McCain administration would be just at dishonest and incompetent as the Bush administration.

And Palin? Requiring her state advisors to use personal email rather than government emails for state communications. Palin would be just as secretive and opaque as Cheney.

McCain/Palin ... still samein' when they ought to be changin'

Darrell Hammond is very good at what he does! The impact of SNL on the general populous could potentially sway enough of those crucial voters. i agree with SNK politics so this doesn't represent a problem for me, however i could understand frustration on behalf of the home-schooling, creationist, Republican, abstinence faring voters....but how many of them would be watching SNL!

You go Lorne!

The fact of the matter is, Palin herself provides so much material for any comedian. The SNL skit on Palin referenced her own words – that's the best part. SNL didn't even need to make any of it up!! I can't wait until SNL mocks her meetings with foreign heads of states. Hopefully, SNL beats the rest of the world to mocking her. The entire world knows what a joke she is...

It was a great bit. McCain and Palin think they can lie their way into the White House...hopefully the American people will see it for what it is.

Why doesn't the democratic side listen to how hateful they are.
So much has been blamed on the Republicans, and the House and Senate have been lead by the Dems' for many years now and have more control on what decided then the President.

Good, I hope they continue to mock this ridiculous ticket. John McCain has put his ambitions ahead of this country in his pick of Palin. I can't understand why more people are not outraged. If they are elected this county will be in for even darker days.

Mccains healthcare plan will leave millions uninsured

anyone who has a pre-existing condition will not be insured under his plan leaving people with diabetes, cancer, aids, any disease out in the cold when they need the most treatment... tell me is that fair?

Please post this cnn

Who watches SNL anymore anyhow? Seriously, that show was officially irrelevant years ago....

sad part is is was kind of true....and what's even sadder is that he maybe our next president.

Finally some TV show raises the concern of the McCain/Paulin ticket. As we see Fox and CNN isn't going to bring up any of the issues raised about Sarah Paulin.
She sold the Jet on e-bay–Nope
She didn't support the bridge to nowhere –NOPE
She actually still took the money for it.
She cut property taxes but raised the sale tax.
And many, many more issues.

Using Al Franken's ideas in SNL? Should SNL call Keith Olbermann next or just go straight to Obama?
Might as well put a "D" tagline next to "SNL."

And, everyone thinks that Obama has that magic wand in his hands to make things better. What about Obama claiming to reach across the aisles on issues with the Republicians? It is correct to say that the politicans from both parties, democrats and republicians, are responsibile for the diaster that has struck the very heart of our economy. The democrats had a hand in this fiasco as much as the republicians.

If SNL thrives on poking fun of McCain/Palin, they can have just as much fun poking fun of Obama/Biden – after all, they are not without their faults, too. On Fox News this morning, a comment made by the anchorman just about blew my mind. He claims, after showing a segment of the SNL mocking of McCain/Palin, that voters will vote by what they hear and see on SNL. It's not the candidates that are giving America away, it's the voters! Some of the voters are not educated enough to understand why they are voting for a particular candidate. That's scary!

I am still waiting for everybody to wake up and see that Obama-Biden is the only SANE choice in this election.

I graduated IN FOUR YEARS with a degree in business from a major university. I was also head of our business organization and the student government. I can also see the gas station from my house. I think I am well-qualified to be McCain's Vice President or Secretary of Energy......

WAKE UP AMERICA – THE ENTIRE WORLD IS LAUGHING AT US!!!

For the life of me. I do not understand why the polls are so close. No, no, let me take that back. I do know why the polls are so close. It is because Obama is black. Everyone should ask the infamous question, "Am I better off now than I was eight years ago?" Most Americans would say no, and even though the response is no, we have many of these people who say no who are voting for McCain, or maybe I should say voting against Obama. People of America, do what is right, and vote for the best person for the job, not on race. Also, we need to think about the possible vice-presidents. The thought of Palin possibly becoming president scares the hell out of me. If this election is based on race, then I will know how whites, as a whole, feel about blacks. You will be sending to black America your true feelings towards us blacks. Someone said something to the effect of Obama possibly losing because of his inexperience, That's bull. What experience does Palin have if she has to be the next president, so don't give me that inexperience crap!
America, wake up and vote for that person who will help 95% of Americans and not that person who will be helping 5%.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

it was funny. and still, it was completely true.

Keep the good work SNL. It's unfortunate that we have to rely on a bunch of comedians to report the happenings in this election since the mainstream media (including CNN) refuse to report on it. For example, CNN would rather focus on silly comments Biden made referring to college football teams, than report the fact that McCain can't distinguish between the Spanish-speaking countries in South America and Spain in Europe...Now, that's cause for concern.

Sarah Palin is a divider, not a uniter. An unqualified one at that.

Democrats 08.

Gee, I wonder why!!! There is just so much good material to work with, how could they not spook Mr. Old and Ms. Hot!!!

If the Democrats won't attack the Republicans for their blatant lies, I'm happy someone will.

I love the SNL, how true, uncover all those lies of McShame, the media is afraid to to do so. Liar, Liar, Old Pants on Fire McShame
No McCain- No Palin – No Way

But ain't it true in essence and sprit – fact check it CNN!

Who foresaw the FAnnie MAe and Freddie Mac problems? JOhn MCcain in 2002 and 2006 authored Legislation to rein the crooks in.
Who has rec'd the #2 amount of money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Oh yes, Obama....he's been gaming the system folks.
Who advises OBama – two are former fined CEO's for the two aforementioned Fed Sponsered entities......one thrown under the bus last week by Obama and Raines promises to give back 35 million of the 90 million he stole from the American people now.
Whatever made people think they were worth millions and millions of dollars anyway – they must be the most greedy people ever born.
Jack Carlson
Seattle WA

It makes me feel warm inside to know the future leaders of the United States get their knoledge of politicals form comedy shows. They probably also get news from comic books and financial advice from fortune cookies. Yep, Obama is going to win!

Thank God for SNL. In the midst of all the lies, at least they tell the truth. McCain/Palin will destroy this country if not the world.

Marty

lol Mitchell,

And where do you think Obama intends to lead us? To the promised land based on this ability to speak from a teleprompter? Ill admit, he is a good speaker. But looking at his record and experience, the guy has done nothing.
His socialist views and ability to do nothing but talk with no actions, is not the direction we need America to be heading.
Go on and keep letting your hatred for Bush and the GOP lead this country to the biggest mistake ever made in an election.
Do some research people, and quit getting your news from the main stream media. There is a lot more to know than what they refuse to report on or inform you of. All you have to do is look.

This show hasn't been funny in 20 years.

Every-day John MCbush-sarah palin are caught in lies and exsposed for the non-mavericks that they are,no way no how no mCcain-palin.

OBAMA-BIDEN08'

Hate to break it to you, CNN, but young people don't watch SNL anymore. We don't know who is, really, as it seems to be... how should I say this?... not good any more...

Has Carly Fiorina come out and said how it was sexist yet? Oops, I forgot. She went off script, told the truth and got herself banished.

You forgot to metion the skit that alleged that Todd Palin was having sex with his daughters, or what it's going to be like for the Palin children at school on Monday. I hope the cast are proud of themselves for that one. Are their children open to ridicule too? Even as a joke that went way too far.

mccain lost his marbles a long time ago.

i just wish the msm were as responsible as snl.
mccain is a danger to our country and the country needs to know what a whack job mccain is.
no more bushes- america needs a real leader

And hopefull open some eyes to the absurdity of what's being said by the McCain campain... "the sleaziest and least honorable campaign in modern presidential history..."

McCain perpetuates the negative perceptive of the Rove/DeLay/Stephens party of deception, propaganda base on lies and outright corruption.

This is a sad, sad commentary on our country's culture. I have no problem with SNL having an opinion or making fun of candidates. It's the fact that our society allows comedy sketches to so influence their decisions. People need to start thinking for themselves and spend a little time actually researching the facts before they make a decision as important as this election is. The American media has mastered the art of brainwashing and propaganda... but even more alarming is how the American people have mastered the "art" of conformity. Think about it. Is there any coincidence that the most commonly used phrase in America is "I'm original"?

Gee, do people still watch SNL? I used to watch it when it was good but haven't watched it for years. From what I hear, I am in the majority.

Skewer all you want-today–30,000 people showed up in Central Florida to hear Sarah Palin speak (McCain wasn't there)

This is unprecedented for a VP Candidate--Biden can't even draw 300 and no VP candidate has ever approached these numbers–

Sarah is the big winner in this election-she'll be a national political powerhouse for many years, being only 44.

Sarah Palin 12 7 16'

Hilarious–and only funny b/c it's so true. McCain must be soooo ashamed of what he's become.

It would be different if SNL was still funny...Most of the jokes are easy, contrived, and expected. Of all the real material out there worthy of satire, I thought they phoned it in...also, Franken stopped being funny after he got the limo...

The biggest joke is Palen's complete ignorance of any worldly or foreign policy, but think of this: if Mc'Cain were to die in office, could anyone imagine, in their wildest dreams (nightmares) that person as President of The United States?!?!?!

Hmm, I dont watch SNL or even late night TV anymore. But have any of these shows even made an attempt to do a skit on Obama in such a negative light since he ousted Hillary?
Doubt it. This skit couldve easily applied to Obama with some of his ads. But the typical biased media continues to ignore Obama. They wont touch on any of his lies, inexperience, or hypocrisy.
The media continues to attack McCain/Palin while sparing Obama. Why they are so in the tank for this guy is beyond me. This includes CNN.

good they deserve it!

it's a sad state of affairs that we have to rely on a comedy show to bring public attention to the underlying truths of this campaign.

Sometimes you have to use a little humor to illustrate just how scary this ticket is. Humor is the only way to get through to some.

Hasn't the past 8 years been bad enuf for you people? Why would you want 4 more? Take the blinders off and take a good look!

I want to see more cutting edge comedy about Palin, she is not off limits in this election. She must go through the same tough scrutiny and Obama and Hillary.

Let's see if they give Obama the same treatment.

SNL is know to be fill with democrate writers.
hollywood has a bunch of them.

Well, for a moment I thought I had tuned into CBS's "60 Minutes" by mistake. Then I finally recognized the actors. I don't know if I'd call it a mockery, per se-satirization, maybe. Doesn't mockery connote something more untrue?

There are far too many people who unfortunately, will get to vote, that have no common sense; no concept of the issues involved, and who strictly hate conservatives, and boy do they love those liberals. What a shame!!
Media and shows like these play right into the mix.

Old man McCain and Palin are the best comedy act in town. However, the country won't have much to laugh about should they by some fluke move into the White House.

faslse ads.
have you seen obama's lately?
they both twist the truth to gain vote.

I feel like the skit wasn't that far from the truth. McCain's ads have been dishonest and out of line. Instead of making claims about Obama that aren't even true, you should be telling me what YOU can do for my country, Mr. McCain...or do you not have anything to offer?

Al Franken penned this? LOL Has he ever paid the taxes he did not pay? What a fraud.

More Hollywood trying to buy the Presidency for the NOBAMA camp? Man, this is truely a joke if Hollywood can actually override the intellect of the American people and fool them into believing that Nobama can do anything for this country!!!! Wow, and we support these morons in Hollywood! What a catastrophe!

i really dont do well in the cold but i will move from florida to canada if McSame is elected. i dont think the dollar will be worth much anyway if he gets in office

So Obama attacks McCain, lying, saying that McCain isnt for equal pay for women. And yet, he picks Palin as his VP, and . . . .this breaking news!!!

Obama’s 28 male staffers divided among themselves total payroll expenditures of $1,523,120. Thus, Obama’s average male employee earned $54,397. Obama’s 30 female employees split $1,354,580 among themselves, or $45,152, on average … on average, Obama’s female staffers earn just 83 cents for every dollar his male staffers make …

McCain’s payment patterns are the stuff of feminist dreams. McCain’s 17 male staffers split $916,914, thus averaging $53,936. His 25 female employees divided $1,396,958 and averaged $55,878. On average, according to these data, women in McCain’s office make $1.04 for every dollar a man makes.

I am Barack Obama and I approve this message.

The sketch was funny, yet also painful. The sketch mentions that unspeakable push-polling the Bush campaign used against McCain in 2000 – that stuff about him "fathering a black child out of wedlock." Now that McCain has actually hired the guy behind that ad to work on his 2008 campaign, the idea that he might run a similar ad against Obama has a sad ironic truth to it. McCain's not the same guy he was in 2000.

If they were smart about this, campaign managers would realize the power that these comedy shows wield. The daily show, the colbert report, SNL... these shows shape a huge chunk of the public perception. And if you think negative ads work, try comedy on for size. The rise of ipod cult was a combination of a product that works and an awesome marketing strategy. Even now, years later, they're still successfully dragging PCs through the mud with the same viral ads. Maybe the campaigns avoid comedy because this is a "serious matter"... but I'd rather laugh at our pitiful state than cry over it. So if anyone knows david plouffe, tell him to recruit comedy central's writters for a couple weeks.

This is great stuff, no matter who it is aimed at. Everyone knows all of the real news comes from SNL and others shows like the Daily Show and Colbert Report. These are the only outlets that show politics for the circus it is. Great TV SNL.

to their credit, SNL skewed the new york times too. so far obama has been safe from their writers, but it's only been two shows, and the show has improved greatly since tina fey took a hike.
it's at least watchable now, though still not really funny. maybe when they drop the intelligent style they're trying so hard for, the comedy will flow a bit easier.

apparently though, some on the staff feel that their audience is made up of only one demographic-easily manipulated young people, and they're willing to risk ratings to suit their agenda.
who knows? maybe it's working for the john leibowitz daily show
(spewing much propaganda lately john? good luck with that.)

about time some one holds accountable the republican darling (not) for the way they want to finish our great nation off.
go obama,biden,michelle,jill,hillary,bill and all the advisors of bill clinton who now stand with obama

yes they can fix this mess

Its ironic how the most accurate news actually comes from comedy sketches such as SNL and The Daily Show instead of the MSM. All you guys do is report ads such as the ones that McCain has run and say something like 'These seem less than truthful' instead of stating what they really are–outrageous lies designed to deceive the american people.

Franken is a polarizing figure f'sure but he's as quick witted as he is annoying and one of the 100 funniest people in America (unlike Dennis Miller who proves that you can't be creative and a Republican idealogue at the same time. ) Just wish I could see this skit online because I missed it last night and NBC is exercising copyright control over it...why? It's free publicity for a show that's become politically relevant for the first time since the 70s!

twenty years of SNL. I watched because you were funny. Not any more. Just another NBC rag. Good BYE SNL at least on my tv

Nice work, SNL, especially as it's hard to satirize a parody.

SNL does have the ability to shape general perceptions on the road to the White House … but, I think a more accurate description of what we’re seeing in this case is that SNL clearly REFLECTS general perceptions. Nobody can make this stuff up! SNL is just throwing it all back at us in the interest of comic relief. Obama ’08.

Comedians just make fun of candidates's characteristics.

That Sarah Palin has no substance, that Bush/Cheney 2.0 (aka McCain/Palin) are running a campaign of lies, that McOld does not know what a computer is, etc. is just who these two buffons are.

Idea for the next skit. The sit-down meeting with Sarah Palin and Hamid Karzai.

Tina Fey as Palin:
Mr Karzai, I am totally confident I can win the war in Afghanistan. I know the Afghan people. Todd and I have at least 3 afghans in our living room. One was hand-made by a friend and the other I bought from Sears.

Except that the demographic that watches SNL is already a lock for Obama so it will have absolutely no impact whatsoever.

Well thats a satirical way of highlighting McCain's deceptive, false, and totally misleading ads. I can't believe they are still harping on Obama raising taxes when it is clear that he will lower taxes for 95% of Americans.

It is as if truth doesn't matter to them. The republican administration has mislead the American people into an unnecessary war, and continues to lie to the people. America deserves a president who won't deceive and lie their way to the presidency.

Yes, they do deserve it. Both are SO out of touch and nonprogressive, they'd set us back ANOTHER 50 years (on top of Dumbya's damage). I'm going to move to Canada if stupid Americans elect them as our next "leaders". Gag.

I see it differently.
The world will see our political system as very biased. Freedom of speech is great until it's taken advantage of......then it is the people that is judged, not the policy.

SNL = Saturday Night Liberals.

Another viewer lost.

Well, Mitchell, we could try to stop them...

Who cares? Could we hear about some issues, please? There are too many very serious issues right now to worry about a show that nobody watches.

GE the parent company of MSNBC and NBC is desperate to gain views for their loser programs! Take a look at GE stock to see what I mean. McCain-Palin can take all the jabs from the Liberal-Leftist and the Independents and other fair minded people will see propaganda for what it is. USA, USA, Palin, Palin.

Why wouldn't SNL take advantage of such a golden opportunity to laugh at politics? Crocodile grinning McCain, and moose huntin'-beauty queen Palin are pretty funny characters. Actually a lot of Republican ideas are quite funny.....until you realize that an awful lot of people bought into them in 2000 and 2004. The result wasn't funny at all. I'm just hoping people don't make the same mistake this year!

Indeed, the "fundamentals" of our political humor are "strong." In contrast to other McCain fundamentals and fundamentalists.

Comedy only works when there is a level of truth to it.

A McCain/Palin presidency would be a tragic comedy of errors for America, one bad joke after another. We deserve SO much better than these two....telling indeed that this is the best the GOP could muster. Both are unqualified, adept at lying as a reflex (believing the lies themselves as does GW his own about WMDs and such?) and unaware of the world we live in and share with the other 95% of the human population. How could ANYONE consider voting for them? Watch Bush/Cheney arrange a 9-11/Gulf of Tonkin "incident" to use fear to induce Americans into voting for them...and of course blame the incident on Iran.

Hate to say it, but I am scared to death.

Imagine what the next four years will be like with the Palin/McCain ticket – fiscal disparity, international apathy, rich empathy, and again, USA as a laughing stock for the rest of the world....

Yeah...scared to death!

It's easy to poke fun at because it's RIDICULOUS even without the skits pointing it out. There is so much material. They could even have Phil Graham...the guy who called Americans who were afraid of us going into a recession a bunch of whiners AND also led the way with forcing laws to deregulate the banking industry as McCain's choise for financial advisor. Oh wait....that's the truth.

If SNL had any real edge, they'd skewer Obama on the basis of his race. BTW: Why is it okay to make fun of whites, women, and the elderly but not blacks?

So we have SNL and the View calling this presidential race what it is, while you news stations sit on your hands and claim you're giving us straight reporting.

Big surprise. SNL has basically turned into the Joseph Goebbels of the Democratic party. They plan on goose stepping themselves right into office.

We don't need the smug Hillary supporters now. We have the momentum.

Obama all the way to the Whitehouse!!!!!

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH SNL. THE SHOW WAS A TARGETED AT REPUBLICIANS AND IT IS CLEARLY IN FAVOR OF DEMOCRATS (WHO WILL LOSE THE ELECTION) ANY PERSON WITH COMMEN SENCE CAN TELL YOU THAT AND A LITTLE UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICAN HISTORY.

I hope SNL is only able to make fun of them now and not for the next four years! There is no comedy in where the Republican have led or will lead this county if given the chance!

Who watches SNL anyway? Al Franken and his liberal buddies can KMA. I am looking forward to that what's her name actress leaving the country when the Democrats lose again. The race riots will be fun too.

Who cares what the Nothing But Crap network does? They are nothing but the advertisement arm for the DNC anyway. And the DNC is owned by moveon, remember them saying they owned the Democrat Party, that they bought and paid for it? And it shows with their choice of candidates and the sleazy ads they run

As usual, the comedy shows on television are pointing out the obvious. Something the news networks, CNN included, are apparently unable or unwilling to do.

Let's talk real issues. SNL is a comedy show – if people actually get their informed opinions from this show, that shows how dumb, gullible and stupid we as Americans are.

The debates will set the tone. Enough of the rest...

With McCain and Palin repeatedly tripping over their own falsities in such comic fashion, one cannot be surprised that they are they object of jokes. Elect them, and the entire world will laugh, as it cries. Unstable and Unable are not fit to lead this nation, particularly as we face the current crisis reaching our horizon.

Tina Fey's portrayal of Sarah Palin in the season opener was spot on.

This week's skit shows the comedic genius that is Al Franken, who I have gotten to know as well as Franni over the last 2 years.

If the Republicans are outraged over this skit, it shows that the Republicans take themsmelves way too seriously and cannot laugh at themselves when other see them as they are not.,

Let's do one with Obama sneaking in a meeting with Jeremiah Wright both of them saying "GD America", or with Rezko plotting to buy some new property (when he gets out of jail) or asking Bill Ayers opinion on how to bomb Paskistan and maybe get Bin Laden.

Re: Joe Biden...you can have a doll manufacter make the Joe Biden doll...pull the string and it keeps on talking and talking.

Let's not be partisan SNL. Fair is fair.

Laura, Boston

Let the truth be heard.

McCain and Palin need to tell the truth and stop distorting the record because no matter waht the truth shall prevail.

Obama 08

I believe making fun of the polictics of Mccain is just what SNL is for. To make us laugh. The Mccain/Palin ticket is a JOKE!! Ha Ha

No wonder they make fun of them
McSame and Palin are a big JOKE
I laughed out loud when the McCain campaign insuated that bc Palin has a sit down with Hamid Karzai she will have experience in foreign policy
Give me a break!!!!!
the only Americans who will fall for that BS are the palinbots!!!
This is not a popularity and beauty contest
she might have experience for those two categories but other than that her experience is minimal!!!
You will be very SORRY if you vote for these two !!!!

If it wasnt so near to the truth I would laugh instead of cry! However, SNL people, writers and actors are some of the most creative and truth telling people on TV today! Thank you SNL!!!

ABC News' Tahman Bradley Reports: After the brouhaha over Sen. John McCain's struggle to recall how many houses he owns, Newsweek wondered how many cars might be parked at the presidential candidate's multiple homes.

The weekly newsmagazine checked vehicle registration records for both McCain and Sen. Barack Obama and found that when you include the candidates' spouses, McCain owns 13 cars, Obama 1.

McCain has a 2004 Cadillac CTS, a 2007 half-ton Ford pickup truck, a 1960 Willys Jeep, a 2008 Jeep Wranger among other American cars. He's got a few foreign vehicles in his fleet as well, owning a 2005 Volkswagen convertible and a 2001 Honda sedan.

The only vehicle registered in Obama's name is a 2008 Ford Escape hybrid.

McCain's wife, Cindy, an heiress to a beer distribution company, has her name on 11 vehicles but actually only drives one car – a Lexus with the personal plates MS BUD.
Americans, that is your President. Some of you might not see anything wrong with McCain having so much of cars because of your recist Mind(Fearful Mind) towards Obama. God bless America. The information above is from ABC News sunday, 21 Sept.2008.

McCain's ads are so slimy. He really isn't the same maverick he was in 2000.

Gee big surprise, NBC and all it's affiliates, especially MSNBC, are in the tank for Obama. Obama should just move his campaign headquarters to NBC. No wonder they are so far down in the ratings, they should change their name from National Broadcasting Co to No Body Cares

It's about time. In this time of economic turmoil we need to something to increase our endorphins. SNL make us lol

How about if SNL mocks Obama? Let's see it, NBC ( National Barack Channel).

I'm sure the McCain camp will be ultra-annoyed with this. But the problem is that when you get called out by various members in the national media for lying in your ads and campaign speeches, this kind of thing happens.

Quick question for the McCain supporters: Why aren't you more upset with the FACT that McCain insisted months ago that he would only run a "positive" and "upstanding" campaign?

That was yet ANOTHER lie, apparently.

Typical trash! I wonder why they would do that could it have something to do with the fact they are media related? its disgusting no wonder we cant get any viable canidates to step forward and run for office.

hahah

"she has SOOOO much EXPERIENCE."

MSM and "responsible" news organizations are tracking Palin like paparazzi and making every attempt to maintain a close race in order to justify 24 hr coverage and create news.

Meanwhile issues are give 15 sec soundbites and we parade the same partisan hacks across the screen every half hour to spin and twist and play one upmanship.

How are Americans supposed to make an informed decision on election day if all we get is mews entertainment and no substance. We have been living on dessert for years now without a main course. News isn't supposed to be exciting, it is supposed to be informative and intelligent.

It is the MSM that has failed America by turning information into 15 sec entertainment blips with no substance and all flash.

The sad thing is some of those ads sound like something we may hear from Sen McCain in upcoming weeks.

It was hysterical; but, sadly, not that far from the truth. McCain has really lowered himself.

Al Franken -- what a joke.

The real sad part here is some naive Dems who cannot read much less operate a voting machine, are being wooed by Omana

Any woman who would vote for McBush-Failin is nuts!!
The guy has no respect for women and she is in some cult religion!

That was a brilliant sketch which showed just how low McCain is willing to go to win. Hilarious and couldn't have been more accurate.

DV

obama and mccain are tied in NC in a poll released today...why exactly is NC "leaning republican" on your electoral map

Stop worrying people about lipticks comment and start focus on the economy to avoid a much bigger disaster. The enlistment in our milatary is all time low. Soldiers are doing two three tours of duty fom Iraq to Afghanistan. Our young soldiers are stress fighting a war that they do not know anything about. Sucuide among soldiers are all time high. There is no real help for the soldiers that suffer post traumatic stress. Some of our veterans are homeless after sevice the country that they love. This is unacceptable. We cannot afford to go to war with Russia and Pakistan like Palin had suggested. Come on how many wars that the republicans want us to fight before they become satisfy.

I thought it was halarious. These people need to chill. Man, what has become of the comical element in our society. God, SNL made fun of everybody, from Bill Clinton to George Bush 1 and 2. Grow up people for God sake and take a chill pill.

God Bless John McCain & Sara Palin, Our next President and VP in the White House. The more SNL makes fun of them, the more they appeal to me and millions of others, unlike the messianic savior who will wave his hand and make all of our nations ills disappear, since he believes he can perform miracles.

Nice joe SNL Want to hear a much funnier story/joke? Barack O blah blah wants to be president. Now, that is funny!

They're just so easy to make fun of...they are caricatures all by them selves....who can blame them for pointing that out to the world! Thanks SNL

We each live in our own self created, self contained (solipsistic) universe. SNL reaches 5% of total US Households. not the total universe. I have not seen it live for 15 years because I am old and crotchety and retire nightly by 10 at the latest.

I am reminded of the Manhattan liberal lady who could not understand how Nixon won: 'Everyone I knew was voting for McGovern.'

I do not deny that SNL is humoroue . I do not deny the show influences some opinion but please do not universaliize your own prejudices or over rate the reach of this show. Far. far more people will be in church this morning and some will hear BO denounced for his alleged position on Partial birth abortion.

SNL is pure and simple disgustingly biased. It is liberal CNN that tells it what to say. The day is coming when 50% of us will turn into an alternative. Right now CNN gets away with murder. Even its loyal audience knows it and knows there will be a day of reckoning.

Forgive me if my vote isn't swayed by a comedy tv show. Please forgive my ignorance in thinking it's a funny show and a parody. Neither does Jay Leno or David Letterman influence me, though I enjoy the comedy. Get real, CNN, it 's a tv show.

It appears that the Obama media support system is shifting into high gear as election day approaches.

I agree with Mitchell, they are Scary!!!

I as a Canadian am so afraid for the USA if they get in, it affects us.

Was that supposed to be satire? Or what? It wasn't even funny. Terrible actors, too! Anyway.............Who Cares? Isn't this the typical SNL act for viewing fare? Afterall, SNL is the Liberal Left Entertainment Field of the Democratic Party ............

The republicans are the real joke and SNL makes the point. McSame is just an ex-POW with untreated PTSD and would like to take this nation in the same direction as his idol dubyah, with no regard to the law or truth.

Yeah, I thought the sketch was pretty funny. It's too bad that SNL won't talk about the Demcorats the same way.

John McCain has sold his soul to the devil in an attempt to win this election, including picking Caribou Barbie in a cynical attempt to whip up the Republican base, and running the most deceitful ads we've seen since the infamous Willie Horton ads in 1988. Good for SNL that they are making fun of this!

I agree completly...

The sketch wasn't as funny as last week, but maybe because it was almost to true of the way McCain is running his campaign.

Amazing how SNL is getting the message out. It's one of those, yes it's funny, but the underlying message is true!

"With a weekly viewership stretching into the millions that reaches a swath of (mostly young) voters who aren't as closely following the ins and outs on the campaign trail, SNL has a clear ability to shape general perceptions of both presidential tickets in the final stretch of the race for the White House."

Go to any college campus across America and ask about the ins and outs of the campaign trail. You will be surprised at how little these shows have impact on students/young peoples opinions on the Candidates. The youth know more than that which you give them credit.

Keep it up SNL. you are portraying the truth that the maimstream media is afraid of portraying, that McCain is too old and his judgement can't be trusted. He chose Palin that has no foreign affairs experience and one that has no grasp of the mess the country is in economically to be a heartbit away from the presidency. If anyone had any doubts about McCain's credibility problem, look at the lies his campaign is spitting, look at him flip flop on the economy, look at his campaign pull all stops to stonewall a legitimate investigation of Palin's abuse of power as governer. Can these two really be trusted to run this country to prosperity? Ask yourself.

Art imitating life, all too well.

I didn't see it yet it is now a must see. Not only is the republican nominee old he also has voted with Bush90% of the time with a running mate with even less experience. Yes, we all know this yet why is this race even close. I love it how the Republicans now call for change(the original maverick) please. As a black individual to be a republican is a joke, what music do they play at rallies ? Country , need I say anymore.

Amen! McCain and Palin are two JOKES!

It's just comedy.

I think the comedy act of the real McCain-Palin is just as funny and every bit as unbelievable.

I'm sure some how McCain and the republicans will blame Obama for all of this. SNL has fun of ALL politicians including Obama.

Good to see the First Amendment at work – hopefully all of the people watching and laughing will get to the polls on November 4th and vote for the right candidate!

GOBAMA!

I'm a female independent voter, and I believe that Someone's got to expose these people. I'm shocked at how many Americans believe what they say. I'm actually offended that they're allowed to lie as they have.

Have we not learned anything?

Obama-Biden '08

I think the skit was nail on, McCain seems to be driven by what his "advisor" want him to say, and it is so uncomfortable to watch McCain give any points, because they're not his...

I love it! If you can't take the heat....get out of the race, John!
OBAMA/BIDEN

I am sure the McCain camp will borrow some of SNL's ideas to attack Obama this week.

This is fair game. I think all politicians are targets for satire.

SNL is disgusting now. Go back to real comedy!

We are in the final stretch of this election cycle and the gloves are coming off. Lets beat MCcain/Palin...................Obama/Biden 2008!

I seriously doubt that ANY tv show can alter the course of an election. A show like SNL simply echoes the perception of the public. When has a US tv show ever broken ground or generated new ideas? Most of the shows we see now are just repeats of programming from the UK. And SNL is notorious for resurrecting skits written years ago, and that is especially true of the political sketches. Same jokes, they just fill in the blanks to whatever candidate is currently in the the crosshairs. It is simply irresponsible reporting to say "SNL has a clear ability to shape general perceptions..." They are simply airing on Saturday night what most perceptive Americans have already been talking about all week.

This is the only way to uncover liars to the public, These socalled lying candidates like Mccain and Palin need to stop making us feel like idiots.

In the eleventh month of the eighth year of the new millennium, citizens of a once great country elect a new leader based upon the bias of humor makers.

The decision they make leaves them with only their change.

Shouldn't have called them out, lol.

one thing i hate with cnn is they strech the truth everything in snl is true. but the problem is that cnn is part of the people that knows the truth but is hard for them to say it out. i think that way we have media to tell us what the candid stand for. mccain have been runnning the worst sleesest......... ad but u cant call him out for it. mccain is trying to let people think that obama is going to raise tax for everyone but u cant call him out. mccain is distorting obama records but u cant call him out. wolf blez will be with the mccain camp and they we say that obama will raise taxes, he cant even correct them, he will be with them while they are distorting barack's record he can't even correct them pls and pls give me a break................

That was a parody? It seemed like it was a typical McCain commercial shoot to me.

I bet the McCain camp is mad SNL stole their ideal about the tax cuts for pedophiles ad.

Deserve it?! Lead our country down a path of destruction?! You are so off base! Obama has no expereience whatsoever! And then the is Biden – who resembles a used car saleman! I am from Illinois – but I am certainly not voting for Obama! He scares me! Get rid of the fluff and what does he have? Nothing!

McCain/Pain 08

The ads on SNL are truer than the real life ads McCain spews out.

my latest concern is the subpoena-dodging that's going on in an investigation started by republicans in ALASKA BEFORE that VP selection. We've seen that stuff pulled by the current republican administration, and it should NOT be allowed. They are not above the laws that govern the rest of the country.

Let's take our country back for US – as defined in the constitution. It may be our last chance at survival as a nation.

That is whyI do not watch such stupiid show. Hateful and bias is SNL.

These SNL skits, unlike that New Yorker cover protraying the Obama's as flag-burning terrorists, is political parody.

All fair in
LOVE,
WAR,
POLITICS,
AND
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

TOUGH PETUNIAS!!!!

Bravo to SNL. I have been watching this show since I was actually young and I still love it. It is relevant and I believe that young americans can relate to it. The best part is that their commentary is both funny and thought provoking. KUDOS!

O.K. You SNL crew... Don't you know your making the Repub gods angry? The next thing you know they'll be making ads about your show and then your in BIG trouble...

Liberal cry babies.. wahhhhhh it is your fault for choosing Obama over Clinton. You have made your bed, now sleep in it!

It seems that SNL are showing up the McPalin ticket for what they really are..... a pair of jokers!!!!
How can anyone even consider them as President and VP with the state this country is in and how McCain constantly flip flops just for political gain, lie after lie and the most in-experienced VP on this planet!!!!
All you Republicans are now spouting "COUNTRY FIRST", and you want to let this country get in a worse state by voting for McPalin!!!
It must be a case of the McCain doctrine......McCain first, country later!!

Not too surprising. SNL has a cast full of liberals. Most liberals are funny...not very bright...but funny. I like to laugh at them.

When looking at the Republican candidates and their message you gotta either laugh or cry. So thanks, SNL, for giving us a few chuckles in the midst of our enduring this pathetic duo.

After reading the entire Ticker site I can only conclude that CNN is solidly in the pocket of Barack Obama..........not one decent word about John McCain.

That is exactly what they did to Hillary Clinton and that is exactly why I now support McCain/Palin. This Obama dude is one slimey character and I don't want anything to do with him.

Excellent. I'm glad some people are finally discussing McCain's hypocrisy.

They don't deserve it any more than obama deserves it. this is just another example of how liberals control the media. most actors and writers are liberal.....by doing this SNL is just losing more fans than they already have lost because of horrible skits. SNL is going down the drain and everyone knows it.

Go SNL. Until mainstream news media grows a pair, you and Jon Stewart are all that stands between Constitutional America and the Fourth Reich Amerika.

We are so close to becoming a Police State.

They're right. Its true....

Republican for Obama.

Sad, really, that it takes yet another comedy show to point out the obvious... Can't wait to hear the whining from the McCain camp about "liberal bias" when it's the facts that keep getting in the way.

SNL should quit trying to influence the Presidential & V P election.
If they continue to do so why not mock the Democratic Party as well.
In other words give equal time. Surely there are other topics that can be used to entertain the veiwing public. Quit trying to slant the opinion of the viewers. Shame on SNL.

Ridiculously false? Sure CNN...sure....great impartial journalism there again. No one believes you anyhow.

Thank goodness for SNL for their willingness to throw the truth out there when there are so many tip-toeing around it in the media. Also, why hasn't CNN reported about the compromises made on the VP debate becuae of Palin's inexperience. This will give her yet another opportunity to answer with only prepared statements. Americans will never get the opportunity to hear her in a free and open debate; the McCain campaign seems to be doing all they can to prevent that.

That was one of the funniest SNL skits I've seen in ages.

McCain's Straight Talking Express has been highjacked by the swift boating Rove elements of the Republican Party. McCain tarnished his honor and integrity by being a willing participant.

Great Job Hammond!

AAAhahaha! I love SNL.

Remember – you can make fun of the old guy or the woman... you just can't make fun of the black guy.

Got it? Good. Carry on.

I hope they continue running these rediculous skits. Everytime they do....especially when they go after McCain's age (Older voters are one of the largest blocks and most reliable voters) .....they drive more voters to McCain. Keep it up!!!!

SNL did not raise the general perception that the media is in love with Obama.

The media's love for Obama "raised" that "general perception."

Biting satire perhaps, but dead-on in terms of accuracy. Most reasonable people would look at the McCain-Palin advertising and conclude – as Karl Rove did last week – that it's heavy on the lies and distortions. Last weeks Palin sketch was remarkable in how easily it highlighted just how unqualified Palin is to be a mere heart-beat away from the presidency, and like it or not, John McCain would be the oldest man elected to that post, hence his mortality and her ascension are certainly worth considering before casting ones ballot.

McCain like Bush will bring more threat to our country. Obama/Biden ticket is very strong on national security and Biden as well as Obama is well respected around the world. Obama has better judgment on every single issues that we need on a president than mccain. That is why we must vote Democratic this November to prevent a second 9/11 and have someone who is ready for what ever decission to defend our national security in case of any plot. McCain/Palin ticket I doubt it no foreign policies no experience we cannot risk our country with that ticket.
Do not listen to the republican scare tactics and believe anything they have to say. The republican is the party we as voters should stay away from this November. They have done enough to our country and the economy and we cannot afford four more years of economic disasters and begging China to lend us money.

I'm Canadian and it scares me to death to think that McCain/Palin might be in charge of the neighborhood south of our border...
McCain is impulsive, hot tempered, out of touch, too old, and worse – he thinks his V.P. pick is the most qualified American to succeed him! That tells you right there that his judgment is already impaired!!!
Why does he not do the world a favor and retire in one of his beautiful homes in Arizona... then United States AND the rest of the world would become safer.
Thank You SNL your show is priceless – the young people especially relate...
Go Obama go!!!

"The economy is fundamentally sound" – John McCain 2 weeks ago.

What is funnier than that?

Obama Will Win Sarah Is A Joke. Look She Seems To Have More interest In Promoting Guns And killing Animals!

what do you expect from Hollywood liberals , remember the view whit senator McCain ,and Gibson interview with governor palin , well what do you really expect from Hollywood crowd.

its funny because its true. i laugh at mccain's 'real' ads as much as i luaghed at this skit. it leads me to believe that mccain-palin really is a joke.

John McCain's campaign has shown they have no problem lying, but I guess that's what we have come to expect from politicians. This election is too important though, so I hope the majority of Americans can see through the BS.

McCain has shown he cares NOTHING about our country (I know he has admirably served the country in the past) and EVERYTHING about winning the election with his gimmicky choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate. Being the oldest nominee, it is obvious that chances are the stress of holding office will be too much for him and he will die, leaving our poor, bankrupt country with this woman who knows nothing about being a president (and has some distorted views about American citizens that are different than her- she even wanted her state to secede from the United States- how patriotic!). Is that showing that he cares about what happens to us after he's gone?

GOP deserves all the derision we can heap on them. Bush is an idiot and liar and worst president EVER... McCain is confused and WAY TOO OLD... Troopergate Palin is a total FRAUD.

With both George Will and the Wall Street Journal explicitly saying John McCain's actions are "un-Presidential" – SNL's McCain send-ups aren't even edgy... They begin to seem obvious – cleverly done – but obvious.

OLE MACSHAME==

UNFIT TO COMMAND !

ENOUGH !

GO OBAMA / BIDEN

I guess that will be the last time I watch Sat night Live. Now they have insulted 2 great women–Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. More of the liberal left hatred and viciousness! Actually, Palin thought it was funny–she has thicker skin and more tolerance than the rest of us! That is why she will be a great leader–Don't get mad–just beat them !

Good job SNL. Show the Repugs that Truth is the truth.

As nasty as Obama is I would be ashamed to have him as our
President. A Democrat that will not vote for Obama.

what are you saying, that is perfect mach with Mccian this week and palin last week. that is the knowledge of their level.

This might be more effective if more people actually watched SNL.

Path of destruction?! Get real. Obama/Biden (and other Democrats, for that matter) haven't a clue how to embrace a free society – every time you *require* one American to subsidize another, whether it be health care, food, housing, whatever, you drive another nail into the coffin of liberty. Sadly, Republicans of the last 10 years have only offered lip service while foresaking their principles. Hopefully, McCain will have the opportunity to change that.

furthermore, there's a very serious problem if Al Franken is still offering political sketches to SNL. I suppose we should expect to see some Norm Coleman spoofs soon...

Political satire, at its best, is born out of the frustrations of people not being able to out the truth. The court jester has served a serious purpose throughout history.
SNL and Comedy Central are two of the best sources for sanity and exposure of the hypocrisy and lies surrounding us.

Make fun all you want, this is the winning ticket.
Lets vote for good change.

McCain*Palin 08

CNN, pls post this one...

As a psychiatrist I know from 25 yrs of experience that I cannot tell a patient what they deeply need to hear despite their demand that I do so: first, it hurts: again, I wasn't hired to give my opinion of their lives: we all defend against the CCW (Cold Cruel World) so facts about who is the bigger lier or more incompetent will not be heard if we disagree. BUT humor, there it is, it sneaks in truths in a way that enables us to lowers our guard, reflect because it is not a challenge, lets us laugh at the unexpected tickle and, voila, your point is made.

This TV show is great in getting across ideas that will never be allowed to voluntarily cross the membranes of oppositinal ear drums. More humor, please: this is too serious a time to be serious.

GOP deserves all the derision this country can muster..... Bush is worst president EVER... McCain is WAY TOO OLD.... Troopergate Palin is a total FRAUD.

agree mitchell..

Comedy is a nice and gentle way of warning people of what they may get by voting for the GOP. Awareness through laughter. Hats off to SNL for this public service.

The more the better. Palin is perhaps the worst pick ever. At least Eagleton had credentials, and I personally consider speaking in tongues to be a mental disorder which Palin does as a Pentecost. It's almost like McCain is pulling a cruel joke on the country after the conservatives in the party wouldn't let him pick Lieberman. I hope they get mercilessly pounded for their utter disregard for the truth and wholehearted willingness to make the country suffer under the same policies and corruption as Bush. Obama ought to sue them for slander for the stuff Palin/McCain tosses around.

Sarah is a joke... but, this is what people need to know.
Do Not Bail Out banks...Think Americans...What are the chances that two Major Banks fail days apart and the government had nothing to do with it. Think People, the gov't staged this event to send you into panic to take our money and give it to their friends on wallstreet. Bush strikes again, just like with 9-11 and the Iraq WAR. NO NO NO BAILOUT. Banks can't loan money they don't have and if they do, they deserve to go broke and go to jail. You're FDIC insured it won't hurt you. and why can't the gov't just loan the trillion dollars to us instead of banks. Call your congressman today and say No to bailout.

Maybe McPalin want be so eager to be publicized. All their false adds and words will catch up with them.

mitchell, how would you know McCain would lead us to destruction? of course if you are dead set on voting Obama, you would think so. the presidency is filled with unknown variables...the world isn't static, it's dynamic and ever changing, and a good president would know how to react to such changes.

»John McCain is the MAN. The WONDERFUL Sarah Palin is our next Vice-President. NO DOUBTS about it.

It's like the Emporer's new clothes! This John and Sarah satire.
"First Dude?" SOS.

Now of course SNL will air a bit making fun of Obama, right? Something lampooning his lying Hispanic ad, or his inexperience, or something else. Anyone taking bets?

This is a fine example of how Obama can go out and lie and pander and generally behave like any other politician. But he can count on people and the media not critisizing him too much for fear of being called racist. It has been a cornerstone of his campaign. He has mentioned it most speeches in some way.

He even has the media saying race is hurting him when it is the opposite like the book "1984". Is this the New Order?

And we see that it works. It is the Emperor's New Clothes, and no one is brave enough to say the obvious truth. The invisible Change is a myth and no one will say it.

Question the obvious.

SNL didn't mock McShame/Failin'. They just told the truth. McShame will put his name on anything in order to win. It's disgraceful but sad at the same time.

The wheels are coming off the "Straight Talk (more like Double Talk) Express." Pull up a chair and enjoy the show!!!

I saw the SNL skit. It was definitly funny and Hammond is great. But more important. SNL while a comedy, is also very accurate in their portrayal of what is happening in current events. The ridiculously false accusations that the Republicans have engaged in this election are pitiful. Yesterday I got an Email that went on and on explaining that Obama is the anti christ and therefore must not be elected. I responded that if you truly believe something this stupid. Then Obama must be elected President so that God's plan for the return of Christ may be fulfilled. As a life long Republican I am ashamed of my Party. All Republicans should vote Obama or Bob Barr in order to retake our GOP from the crooks and idiots who have taken it from us.

SNL is cool! I am a huge fun, but only for several minutes of laugh.

But resiously, this country is moving towards socialism if Obama elected. Obama/Biden is dumping what made this country a place the rest of world wants to move into.

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The GOP and the usual attack dogs on the far right will, of course, start yowling about the so-called "liberal bias" of the main stream media. (What else is new?) They've got nothing to offer, and the treasonous phonies running the present administration will use this to fan resentment among the same "ignoramus electorate" that put them in power the past two disastrous elections for the nation. Perhaps...just perhaps...this time, even those folks will see the truth for what it is, and vote in the county's best interests rather than just automatically siding with the side that panders to their silly biases. Just perhaps. McCain effectively made it impossible for me – an independent – to vote for him again when he chose his running mate. It is beyond belief. What can the Republicans be thinking? Are they that screwed up?

SNL should be unbiased and fair to both sides; like FOX and Limbaugh!
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Who needs SNL, I am watching 5 former Sectr of States, "World of Challenges", and canNOT stop laughing.
They were asked how America could regain some respect in the World and NOT one of them came up with the answer AND showed WHY you have lost stature.
(Take leadership in Global Warming, get all the countries together)
The WAY to get R E S P E C T, is GET YOUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER!
Not of the 5 geniuses on the stage brought up this MOST IMPORTANT point! Lower your crime from the #1 status amongst developed countries! Raise your education standard from # 20! Your United Nations HDI rating is #12 and DROPPING.
Get OFF the world stage until you win a Standards War in your own country!!! Don't be thinking the world thinks or WANTS you as our leader, WE WANT YOU TO BE A ROLE MODEL, which you are NOT!

McCain's looking more and more desperate and befuddled on the campaign trail, and Palin is all style no substance. They make a perfect pair for parody and satire. Keep the laughs coming, SNL!

Both campaigns have lied and skewed the truth.

Both campaigns will do anything by all means to win the election and push THEIR agenda... not the American people's wishes.

Wake up and stop complaining.

I am a CNN junkie. I can understand why SNL and many other comedians make fun of McCain and Palin. It is hard to take these two seriously when they and their campaign spokespersons will not answer questions asked of them. Who do they think that they are kidding when they answer important questions with non-answers. I find myself laughing at them constantly. I guess they think that they can fool some of the people some of the time. And they can fool their fellow Republicans all of the time. But they do not fool mainstream America with their non-answers and spin. Keep it up McCain and Palin! I am thoroughly enjoying the jokes and skits.

Too bad SNL won't focus on trying to be funny and entertaining again, rather than a 90-minute politcal infomercial.

I think you underestimate the 'young' voters who you claim don't pay attention to the mainstream media. For this election, I think the younger generation is paying plenty of attention and will be a powerful voting bloc. Since most of them use cell phones rather than land lines, I think the polls are not showing how well Barack Obama is doing withe this demographic.

Aol has an article stating that Al Franken helped write the parody!!

Where is CNN on this?

SNL unlike the MSM has shown integrity in their portrayal of the ads run by the McCain campaign over the course of this election cycle. McCain did the same thing to Romney - telling LIES - and no one called him on it. Now WE the American people are fed up with listening to members of the MSM defend Senator McCain's lies and have finally found a VOICE through SNL.

"If I can see the moon from my back porch, am I an astronaut?"

Palin/McCain '08

I wonder if SNL will also make fun of Obama's support of infanticide, tranfer of 1% of US GDP to the UN, tax increases on small business that will result in increased unemployment, sex education for kindergarden children?

SNL is on NBC, which is vehemently pro-left. Unfortunately, talent left SNL decades ago.

There's a lot there to work with,but when will they start giving equal time to Obama? He's at least as comical as McCain...

What a mess the Republican ticket has become.

McCain really doens't have a clue, does he?

Maybe from now own he will post ads that are correct!

McCain needs to just go away and never return to the national stage, we need change, not the more of the same.

Obama/Biden 08

well to whole sane world is watching JOHN McCAIN AND SARAH PALIN JUST TELL LIE AFTER LIE, so SNL is only telling the truth.

So basically, CNN, your saying that everyone will vote for Obama based on what they see on SNL??? Are you that desperate? I'd like to think that Americans are more intellectual and that you had more faith in the younger generation..obviously you don't. Obviously you are just as "out of touch" with the younger crowd as McCain is and this sketch is right on. Thanks for clarifying THAT.

nothing better than comedy to call out people on being ridiculous.

OBAMA-BIDEN 2008

Anyone not insulted by the McCain campaign deserves four more years of George W Bush.

EVERYBODY SING~~~~~~~~~~~the party's over...............literally!

GO OBAMA!

It is plan and simple, McCain lacks the intelligence, the judgement and even the education to be President of this country...how can the most powerful nation in this world elect such a clumsy and convoluted speaker who seems to be unaware of the issues of the day? How many times are we going to know what McCain said only when his campaign clarifies and lies about what he said? Is this the best we can do? Adn that Lady that can see Russia from her window...that is all it takes to be president of USA???????

Darrell Hammond was spot on as Senator McCain. The voice of sarcasm was a clever touch, too. Unfortunately for McCain SNL sees his ads for what they are: outrageous lies.

McCain/Palin are becoming more and more of a joke, someone's gotta laugh

Are we surprised,it is NBC,what do you expect?Sketched by a democrat,what do you expect?

That sketch used comedy to reveal a truth – now that's satire! A lot of us have wondered how McCain could possibly go along with those ridiculous and negative ads. He has to either be as clueless as SNL portrayed him, or he has to have abandoned any integrity he ever had and truly supports those lie-filled ads.

Mitchell, don't you know a sentence never ends in a preposition?
Typical democrat no nothing.

Gotta say, I think they actually went pretty easy on McCain, implying he's so out of touch he doesn't even realize how despicable his ads have gotten. Personally, I think he really has gotten that despicable.

IT is sad when SNL and The View do better reporting than CNN, MSNBC and the rest. REALLY SAD!!!

Did you hear that one of McCain's main economic surrogates said that they were not for firing SEC chair Chris Cox? Wasn't this their big plan on WEDNESDAY. John McCain has lost his mind. Wow!!

I am not surprised; NBC has been the Obama HQ for over 18 months now.

I like to know when they are going to talk about Obama’s deceitful ad in Spanish language.

CNN why don’t you call Obama on it and call it a lie?

»I LOVE Sarah palin=She is so WONDERFUL,so clever,so CAPABLE=This LOVELY Lady is our next Vice-President. Yes.

Palin is worth a thousand jokes!

Now will the MSM start asking them some real questions about their inaccurate ads as well? Or will they let them give a one-liner and spin into an attack on Obama as usual?

What else can we do !- VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN '08

»HURRAH for McCain/Palin=The WINNERS(Yes).

Daily McCain mocks himself with his changed positions, his incoherent positions and his outright lies.

McCain does not have the temperment to lead this country which requires a steadty, thoughtful leader.

But will SNL skewer Obama/Biden in the same way. What was it I learned in journalism school...there was something about equal time as I recall.

Way to go SNL! It seems that more and more people are joining the cause to avoid four more years of the same. One question though? Why does CNN always use terms like 'skewer', 'slams', 'rips', and 'bashes' to describe when someone speaks against something? This isn't a wrestling match.

Saturday Night Live is a shame and disgrace to America.
NBC is skating on thin ice anyhow with horrible ratings and skits like the one last night about Governor Palin's family are horrendous, vile and vicious, not the least bit funny.

I would never waste my time to watch that nasty, disgusting show and I can't wait for NBC to go down the tank. MSNBC is already last in ratings of cable and networks.

McCain and Palin are circling the drain.

The only reason why comedians don't make fun of Obama is because they don't want to look like they are racist. So obama gets a free card from getting made fun of in all the late night stuff. Mitchell, everybody deserves in getting made fun of but being biased like they are. I would actually be offended if Obama becomes president and he does just as bad as Bush and then not getting a single joke on him. That's when you know this country is messed up in where you can't make fun of somebody because he's not white.

30% of Democrats say they won't vote for Obama because of their concerns about a black in the White house–no way for Obama to win–
back to the Senate for Obama & Biden-

Satire can really bring home the truth sometimes!!!!!!!!!!

McCain is looking more and more confused.

I really hope that those who don't know, or don't want to see, could see the truth through this!

Al Franken "conceived" the sketch idea? Al Franken is a left-wing crazy man and anything he "conceives" should be aborted.

Oh no, McCain and Palin will come out and declare"sexism" once again. HA HA HA

what is bothering CNN and McBush in those adds,???
all is true!!!

they shgould be thankful they did not do more on the real truth regarding the old mcbush........

he looks like an alien to me

cnn please publish my comments, cant take criticism?

It sad that a comedy show has to vet mccain/palin honestly since the main stream media won't do it.
mccain/palin = pathological liars, especially sarah

And so they should be mocked ...they are a couple of clowns joined at the hip because he's afraid of what might come out of her mouth !!!

what is bothering CNN and McBush in those adds,???
all is true!!!

they shgould be thankful they did not do more on the real truth regarding the old mcbush........

he looks like an alien to me

Really? They're literally letting Democratic candidates conceive their sketches?

Still probably less biased than Chris Matthews.

I Love SNL...looking forward to next weeks show.
Obama/Biden '08

It's easy to do sketch comedy on those two...each is just walking joke.

We have the right of free speech and I don't see you skewering fox news for years and years of right wing jingoism or for repeating and repeating republican talking points as if they were actual 'news'. Fox 'news' now is doing everything they can to make an ill-prepared hockey mom into our next prez – and I tell you that empress has no clothes. So why don't you write about that?

Palin is worth a thousand jokes. lol

All we have left is laughter. Trouble is, it's really not funny any more. It's sad.

OBAMA/BIDEN for a new direction!

GOP has become nationalist/socialist party.

I Watched The Show And Thought It Was Funny! Good Humor Always Has A Ring Of Truth To It! Mccains Ads Are Misleading If Not Down Right Lies!

If only those mostly young voters would follow the ins and outs of the campaign trail more closely by paying attention to reputable news sources like CNN's political ticker, they would be be able to gain valuable information like "TV show makes joke about candidate."

Too bad more of this isn't on during prime time so folks could see how ridiculous this pair is. I feel like we are getting shells so Georgie and Dickie can hide out for 4 more years.

I was unaware that unpopular teenagers who are sitting at home on a Saturday night were such an important voting block.Great reporting. If people really cared about what Al Franken has to say about anything they would have tuned into Air America. Which they did not.

they deserve it. they will lead our country down a path of destruction. what else can we do ,but make fun of them for it?