John McCain and Sarah Palin (Tina Fey) were hilarious last night doing the QVC opener on SNL. But they weren't as funny as Ben Affleck's brilliant takedown of that insufferable blowhard Keith Olbermann:
John McCain on SNL
Sunday November 2, 2008
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Rod Dreher is an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and author of "Crunchy Cons" (Crown Forum), a nonfiction book about conservatives, most of them religious, whose faith and political convictions sometimes put them at odds with mainstream conservatives. The views expressed in this blog are his own.
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Ben Affleck nailed him! Brilliant! I especially loved the ridiculously numerous camera angles. Keith does put the hyper in hyperbole.
John McCain appeared far more likable in this SNL skit than on the campaign trail. Cindy McCain was great as the QVC spokesmodel. I think she missed her calling.
I'm sort of fascinated by the idea that BO is better than KO because BO has guests on who disagree with him. Have you folks ever watched those segments? 95% of the time the person who disagrees with BO is such a limp noodle (seemingly picked for the show because they are so weak) they are completely dominated in the discussion. 4% of the time the "disagree-er" is just as aggressive and combative as BO and a screaming match errupts. Only about one time out of a hundred does BO invite on someone to disagree with him and a decent conversation is the result.
Countdown isn't a debate show.
Mike
Affleck would have been better if he could have stopped himself from giggling several times - I don't watch Olbermann's show, but got the drift from the parody.
Though I don't watch SNL much, John McCain did a terrific job hosting the show after he lost the primary to George W. Bush in 2000. He was genuinely funny, and he was pretty good in the QVC skit the other night. Wasn't it scary how much Cindy McCain actually looked like a QVC employee? Very funny stuff. It's too bad the real John McCain wasn't running this year, because he is a likable guy.
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