Armisen Doesn't Do Obama

Could SNL have put less heart into that opening skit last night? Tell me that was NOT an honest attempt to impersonate/spoof Barack Obama. If it was, Fred Armisen is in desperate need of some tips from Paul Shanklin. Rich Little could have done a better job with 5 minutes prep after coming out of a coma.

Perhaps they were taking a page out of the Phil Hendrie school of celebrity impersonations. The difference is Phil purposely uses his own voice, or some reasonable approximation thereof, for COMEDIC effect, because it contrasts with the other outlandish fictional voices he does on a daily basis. NOT in an attempt to pull punches as they would have HAD to be doing in last nights opener.

If SNL showed that kind of lack of spirit when satirizing those on the right side of the political spectrum, the leftist freaks would have had their "SNL has POLE VAULTED the shark NOW" articles/tweets/facebook entries written before they could say vast right-wing conspiracy.

I know. You're saying, hey, at least they poked fun at the guy, right. Yeah, sure, they poked some fun at their Dear Leader. And in doing so they have proven yet again that those of us on the right, that think that Obama has been given a virtual free pass by the SRM and Hollywood, are indeed off our rockers.

Well sorry my CO2 hating countryfolk (term used as loosely as possible), but THAT disingenuous attempt to make fun of one of the most ridicule-worthy presidents we've ever had just isn't going to cut it. If you want to prove that NBC is not the radically pro-government orgainization that we say it is, you're going to have to do a hell of a lot better than that. Ofcourse I'm sure you'll try again AND try to fail again.

Apart from the disaster that was Armisen's impersonation attempt, their were as many subtle and not so subtle jabs at the right as there were shots taken at what one would have first thought was the intended target of this parody.

So SNL, if you're unsure as to what an honest attempt to spoof your Dear Leader is, listen to Rush (although many of you probably do already). Paul Shanklin makes an honest heartfelt attempt to lampoon our joke of a president and more often than not, he succeeds brilliantly. So it is possible. It really is.