Posted on 11/23/2014 10:58:48 AM PST by Kaslin
IJReview picked up on one of the funniest SNL sketches in recent (a.k.a. post-original cast) history. It was a Schoolhouse Rock! parody that aired last night, mocking Obama’s latest immigration-related executive order and complete disregard for the constitutional process:
It starts out with the familiar boy climbing the steps of Capitol Hill and asking what kind of bill is on the Hill with him. The bill responds with a jingle that he is an “immigration bill” and that he hopes he can be passed into law someday.
Cue the President shoving the bill down the stairs before inviting his buddy, the cigarette smoking “executive order,” into the picture.
The boy exclaims in bewilderment that what the President is doing is unconstitutional, but the executive order just laughs at the boy’s belief that he still thinks that is how government works.
Cue the President shoving the bill down the stairs before inviting his buddy, the cigarette smoking “executive order,” into the picture.
The boy exclaims in bewilderment that what the President is doing is unconstitutional, but the executive order just laughs at the boy’s belief that he still thinks that is how government works.
The sketch may be tongue-in-cheek payback on the part of NBC after being snubbed by the president, whose administration just so happened not to request air time from the Big 4 to announce his executive order plans in prime time. Dubbed “The Commander-in-Chief of MSNBC,” Obama has employed his “heckler’s veto” multiple times in the past, and Saturday Night Live sketches were far from immune. Last night’s humor is obviously a sampling of what can happen when Tina Fey no longer manages the Obama campaign from its 30 Rock location.
Despite the president’s latest appearance on Univision and Telemundo, the majority of Latino voters disagree with his executive order and rate amnesty low on their list of priorities:
By a margin of 56 percent to 40 percent, Hispanic voters oppose allowing illegal immigrants to obtain federal benefits, including Obamacare benefits, “while they are going through the legalization process and before the 90% goal is reached.”
When asked to choose which of four issues — the economy, immigration reform, education, or health care — is most important to them, registered Hispanic voters said immigration reform was their lowest priority. Just 31 percent ranked the issue first or second, compared with 62 percent for the economy, 57 percent for health care, and 45 percent for education. Non-registered voters, on the other hand, ranked immigration reform as their highest priority.
Apparently SNL did a better job of marketing to a new target demographic than the Big-O.
Watch the video on the next page.
SNL - Actually had a funny political skit that mocked obama...
Snowball fights in hell!
Loved it!
I thought it was good
“Snubs” “mocks”?
If it were Bush it would be “lampoons”.
It’s about time they stopped plastering their lips in his derriere
Funny but don’t start thinking SNL is turning on obama, they do this every once in while after they’ve mocked republicans about 100 times, just for show, don’t take it to heart they are after all the kings jokers, when push comes to shove they got the kings back.
Naturally
Ted Cruz was just telling Chris Wallace about it on Fox News Sunday
Excellent!
Oh yeah, next week they’ll be right back where they belong on Obamas jock.
So yeah, hold up nominations - we should have done that anyway so I'm glad he tried this. But also ... do NOT fund the government much beyond the new Congress at all.
Let the new Congress put individual funding bills on his desk - plus the 300 plus that Harry kept him from having to face.
It's his greatest weakness, his greatest fear, and it should be. It will end him.
I laugh at your fear 0bama - you deserve to be afraid - punk.
Unless he is removed from office, he is our king.
I agree with your take.
Curmudgeonly IMHO - media and establishment political dissent nowadays is essentially controlled opposition having the effect of diluting public outrage and pushing the lawless disfunction envelope ever further.
Pervasive political satire, ie: Comedy channel news treatment of serious national / societal matters is making us terminally apathetic.
Heaven knows, anything goes...
He will be removed the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2016.
Until then, he's a toothless cancer on the democrat party. Try as he may, he's poison and he will be dried up and gone long before Nov 2016.
The terrible damage he has done to our Nation is already beginning to be reversed - in spite of the petulant child's demand for attention. His attempt to get attention and gain support got him bad attention and lost him support. His actions are easily reversed in time AND this gives the Rs open license to do things like withhold all nominations and send up individual funding bills. Thanks, idiot.
He smoked too much dope and grew up in a vacuum of marxist hatred.
I for one will always make a point to ridicule him. Always. ANd I hope I have the chance to do it in person.
That toothless cancer just drove a knife through the heart and soul of America.
And killed her dead.
And most people in this country can’t see that past what they think it will do in regard to the next election.
All hail the king.
Fundamental transformation is complete.
I can’t believe SNL did this, wow!
Wasn’t mocking.
Praised for going big or go home...
He is adored by snl for doing this.
Getting it done in spite of the stupidity of the american voter
No, we’re not dead. Injured, but on the mend.
If you want to be sad, it’s your life. But I see it beginning to turn our way.
Historic landslide midterms leading to the downfall of 0bamas Marxist attack. He damaged us but when he looked around at us he found himself alone...no more protection from Senate. Lost support everywhere.
No, we’re just six weeks from inflicting continual and terminal damage to his regime.
There is plenty of good SNL post-original cast. The original cast was a loooooooong time ago.
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