McCain on Saturday Night Live (plus Olbermann spoof)

[Chilli Dipper]

Who else watched John McCain's cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend? If you haven't seen it, yet here are a couple of links to the clips.

McCain and (Tina Fey as) Sarah Palin buy airtime on QVC


McCain discusses his last-minute campaign strategies

I'm still trying to figure out whether this was supposed to be McCain's last big push to win over voters, or his final farewell to the national audience. It's great to know that he hasn't lost his sense of humor over the campaign, but it's frustrating to wonder where this McCain has been over the last two months. Both of the sketches he appeared in ended in a genuinely earnest plea to viewers for their vote for him as president, but the only way he was able to get their attention was to thoroughly lampoon every element of his campaign to the point of not being taken seriously. He seemed to be all to aware of his inevitable defeat on Tuesday; his message to the people watching, "This is the side of me I haven't been able to show you. You know how politics are." John McCain is a complex, confusing individual, that's for sure.

Also on this weekend's episode was Ben Affleck (the week's host) making a complete farce out of Countdown with Keith Olbermann. I happen to like Keith's show, but I have to admit that his over-the-top persona is ripe for satire.

[EquipmentJunkie]

Yes what happened to the "Straight talk" comedian politician who didn't give a darn, I miss him.