Did they ever take shots at Obama, or Hillary, or any Democrats, they way they take shots at Trump?
Political humor is fine in theory, but it loses something, if you have to be liberal to think the jokes are funny .
And even some Hillary skits during the last campaign.
A lot of that could be seen as "laughing with" rather than "laughing at."
Of course, they favor Democrats and don't really like Republicans.
But Obama got a special pass from them that they didn't give to any other politician.
An example of the different way the subjects are treated: during the 2000 election, Conan did a “where are the candidates right now segment.” He said, “Al Gore is practicing acting like a tree. George Bush is snorting a line of coke. Lieberman is having sex with his wife. Cheney is murdering a homeless man for his heart.” Harmless jokes for the Dems. Really evil **** for the GOP. That’s how comedy go.
SNL did not even have a Obama impersonator when became President. They had a tough time trying to do impersonation. Since Most of the cast was white I think a guy was in black face at one time. Jay Pharaoh at one point did Obama but they kept rejecting the skits. So they finally took him off as Obama and then fired him.
There was one segment where they mocked the 'Cash for Clunkers'
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d9c_1258865433
The woman who does Hillary loves her and is a diehard democrat. Even when they poke at Hillary it is lovingly and sentimental.