No frickin FRIST
Chris | 10.30.05 - 12:21 pm | #

SNL is dreadful.
Anonymous | 10.30.05 - 12:21 pm | #

Oh, my. I thought that was pretty darn funny!
Pinky | Homepage | 10.30.05 - 12:24 pm | #

she's like janet reno in drag.
glory, glory holey lube-job!!!
evan-genital | 10.30.05 - 12:27 pm | #

I agree... SNL is awful
michesmith | 10.30.05 - 12:28 pm | #

C&L:

alexander haig is lying huge on wolfie's show

what a douchebag
snewpdawg | Homepage | 10.30.05 - 12:28 pm | #

Actually, according to the Wikipedia, Porter Goss was a CIA operative in Latin America during the Cold War.

He's still a Republican tool.
CSears | 10.30.05 - 12:32 pm | #

WTF happened to S&L over the years? IT SUCKS.
Scooby Snacks | 10.30.05 - 12:32 pm | #

It was odd. "Harriet" said that Rumsfeld and Goss were not qualified because Rummy had never been in the army (he as in the navy and was previously Sec Def) and Goss had no CIA experience (in fact, he does, and was in charge of House CIA oversight for years).
Why did SNL pick on Bushies who were actually qualified (not right or good, necessarily, but the knock on those guys is not a lack of qualifications).

There are plenty of legit cronies they could have picked on, why get it wrong?

Admittedly, I almost feel sorry for H Miers- she made the mistake of accepting the nomination, but that mistake pales next to Bush's.
airron | 10.30.05 - 12:32 pm | #

Damn funny piece and most of it is true!
Flint | 10.30.05 - 12:34 pm | #

Goss said himself, on Farenheit 911, that he is not qualified to have a job in the CIA of today. Rumsfeld never saw any combat whatsoever, and is such a complete senile failure its mind boggling. Fuck both of them.
BB | 10.30.05 - 12:38 pm | #

Harriet who?
dionysus | 10.30.05 - 12:39 pm | #

Infantile. A little like German comedy.
"Come on hey, German humour is no laughing matter"
oscar wilde | 10.30.05 - 12:44 pm | #

Priceless.
Pretzels for Bush | 10.30.05 - 12:46 pm | #

Also funny: Fey's comments on Bush's tanking poll numbers:
something like:

"66% of Americans think Bush is doing a poor job in Iraq, while 34% think Adam and Eve rode dinosaurs to church"

LOL!
........ | 10.30.05 - 12:57 pm | #

The Bill O'Reilly impersonation was pretty funny, too, I thought. SNL was a bit better than usual last night - I was wearing those whitening strips and I noticed I smiled at least a few times. Usually SNL can't even make me smile... except the Smigel cartoons! I like those...
Spaghetti 3:16 | 10.30.05 - 1:00 pm | #

I watched all of snl and thought they were right on. I loved the poll about 66% of the people do'nt think the Prez is doing a good job with the war and the other 34% believe that Adam and Eve rode to church on dinosurs.
Ellen L. Cochran | Homepage | 10.30.05 - 1:00 pm | #

Once again, I can only say, thank God Tina Fey has returned to SNL


http://www.schmuckraker.com
Bryan | 10.30.05 - 1:11 pm | #

Tina's HOOT
Brken Tool | 10.30.05 - 1:18 pm | #

Whad yall think of Daryl Hammon's impersonation of Oh Really?
mudkitty | 10.30.05 - 1:20 pm | #

Here's a link to the Porter Goss video citing his lack of qualification:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/word...ndex.php? id=128
So it makes perfect sense that Bush would choose him as CIA Director. And Miers as SCOTUS nominee...
Gerry | 10.30.05 - 1:24 pm | #

Does anyone have a clip of the Bush poll numbers and adam & eve riding to church on dinosaurs? That was priceless.
Jim | Homepage | 10.30.05 - 1:30 pm | #

Not defending but Rummy served in the Navy 54/57. Cheney never served and was Secretary of Defense under Pappa Bush.
Liz | 10.30.05 - 1:35 pm | #

Donald Rumsfeld wasn't in the Army but he was in the Navy. Ooh well, small point. Still isn't qualified for the job (hell, I was in the Navy and I sure as shit ain't qualified for it!)
drp | Homepage | 10.30.05 - 1:43 pm | #

And Amy Poehler is HOT!
drp | Homepage | 10.30.05 - 1:44 pm | #

Did Rummy serve during a war?
mudkitty | 10.30.05 - 1:47 pm | #

Not defending but Rummy served in the Navy 54/57. Cheney never served and was Secretary of Defense under Pappa Bush.
Liz

Rummy managed to duck out of serving in Korea.
actor212 | Homepage | 10.30.05 - 1:48 pm | #

Now I remember why I don't watch SNL anymore -- because it isn't funny!
Ian | Homepage | 10.30.05 - 1:58 pm | #

Oh come on Ian, we all know that the only reason that you don't watch SNL is you're too busy watching FOX News and taking notes!
Flint | 10.30.05 - 2:03 pm | #

Ian, why are you here? Why are you still here?
mudkitty | 10.30.05 - 2:13 pm | #

Rumsfeld served in the Navy from 1954-1957.

The Harriet Miers SNL character was technically accurate in saying he "never served in the Army," but it's misleading writing.
Eric Jaffa | Homepage | 10.30.05 - 2:14 pm | #

We weren't at war between 1954-1957, to answer a question above.
Eric Jaffa | Homepage | 10.30.05 - 2:16 pm | #

To me, Saturday Night Live will always mean Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray and Gilda Radner. (Showing my age, I guess). I don't recognise any of these people on these days - whenever I see a bit of SNL. But the jokes were better then, I think, because they had sharper teeth and took bigger risks.

Helen Thomas had a point when she said the press lot a lot of bite and focus after 9/11, for whatever reasons. I remember a story that shortly after 9/11, Bush was criticised by a couple of local anchormen on a local station - the WH, annoyed, put pressure on the station and the anchors were fired. Anyone have better details on this than my hazy memory? In any case, with so many journalists - like Thomas - being 'punished' with the loss of a seat in front or a press pass, like Dowd, along with the rise of entertainment based screamfests that were being passed off as 'news' by the likes of Fox, it's no wonder the press in the States has suffered so badly.

And no wonder why they're starting to bite back now with a vengeance. Now if only SNL could be funnier as well.
nonny mouse | 10.30.05 - 2:19 pm | #

I hate to admit this but I'm developing a boner for Maureen Dowd, too. I think she's great!
drp | Homepage | 10.30.05 - 2:25 pm | #

SNL has good weekends bad weekends, the intro by Lance Armstrong was funny then the french frog asks Lance for a sample
Spook | 10.30.05 - 2:25 pm | #

Nonny...

The disappearance of a free press goes deeper tham simply the impact of 9/11. Keith Olberman pointed out on his show when he did an interview with Joe Wilson that the White House had called him and his producers before the show and demanded that they call.

They sent lists of "heavily nuanced" questions and "suggestions" of how to conduct the interview. Olberman was hot and told them live that "I'll leave that kind of "journalism" for other news programs."

They have used access to information to manipulate and control the press and the President of NBC said that it is worse now than he has ever seen it in his entire career.

Additionally, insiders in the MSM have voiced concerns over consolidation of media conglomerates... who have a vested interest in filtering the news. Chief examples are Ruppert Murdock and Clear Channel. Murdock has been noted to go as far as to tell his FOX anchors exactly how to present stories, regardless of the facts.

In short... the blogs maybe the last gasp of unfiltered information, albeit it can get pretty bizarre at times depending on who you read.
Flint | 10.30.05 - 2:33 pm | #

They forgot the mascara. Great idea, but poorly executed.
kerplunk | 10.30.05 - 2:40 pm | #

Flint - good post, informative. Since it seems it was Daily Koz and AmericaBlog who 'outed' the gay escort 'journalist', the power of blogs does seem to be on the rise.

Tony Blair in this country has certainly taken a few pages out of the Bush book of media management, but for some reason, the press (print and television) remain more or less independent - more people still trust BBC more than they do the government. There've been any number of programs on Blair's attempts to manipulate the media - which backfires badly. I loved the one where they put an undercover 'intern' into the PR office who then exposed every trick and twist Labour used during the last general election to influence the vote. And when a petite 14 year old girl was arrested by police for throwing an egg at the campaign bus, the public went ape - NOT a very smart move on ol' Tony's part.
nonny mouse | 10.30.05 - 2:44 pm | #

Why was Blair reelected? Or perhaps I should be asking "how?"
mudkitty | 10.30.05 - 2:48 pm | #

Not funny, because they can't act worth a damn. And Porter Goss did previously work for the CIA, decades ago.
Marc Lawrence | Homepage | 10.30.05 - 2:56 pm | #

mudkitty - because the Tories fucked up and fucked over this country so badly for so long that they didn't stand a chance, not even against Tony Blair. The LibDems, the third party, picked up a surprising amount of seats in Parliament, because a large number of voters couldn't stand the Tories, but couldn't hold their noses and vote for Labour. It's an imperfect system, but frankly, as an American, it's still better than what we've got in Washington at the moment.
nonny mouse | 10.30.05 - 2:57 pm | #

Well, I think, the Labor party was reelected. Not Blair. It's not like here where you vote a candidate. You vote a party. Is that right, Nonny?
Fanon | 10.30.05 - 2:57 pm | #

I agree, the parlimentary system is better than our electorial college.
mudkitty | 10.30.05 - 3:09 pm | #

Fanon - it's complicated, but, yes, you vote for a party. Sort of. The party decides on their Leader - Blair is Leader of the Labour Party, Michael Howard is currently Leader of the Conservative Party, but there's a bit battle going on to decide his successor after this last election (and a fight over exactly who gets to 'elect' him), and Charles Kennedy is the Leader of the Liberal Democrats. Which ever party wins the general election (has the most number of MPs elected to constituencies) becomes Prime Minister. Then there are the bi-elections...

Sheesh. American politics give me enough headache.
nonny mouse | 10.30.05 - 3:11 pm | #

Saturday Night Live was funnier than usual last night...ususally it is pretty bad...maybe they added funnier writers. But the gist of this piece was that everyone in the White House is incompetent, why pick on the woman.
Susan M | 10.30.05 - 3:11 pm | #

Nonny,
Thanks for clearing that up...haha! They can give Blair a "no confidence" vote, though, and then replace him from within the party, yes? So, they could get rid of Blair. Unlike here where we would have to impeach to remove.
Fanon | 10.30.05 - 3:29 pm | #

Tina Fey sucks

That awful Miers impersonator sucks

Bush sucks.

Stop posting half-brained SNL skits that while politically "biting" are not clever or funny.

Can't Lorne just dump the entire cast into the East River and start over with a new cast and writers because it is unwatchable.
Zane | 10.30.05 - 3:41 pm | #

Something is funky with haloscan or maybe this site. Half the time the comment section comes all blacked out.
chuckles | 10.30.05 - 3:57 pm | #

Amy Poehler has always been pretty cute, but on Update last night she was HOT! And Tina's a milf....
Kid A | 10.30.05 - 3:58 pm | #

ok, that was brilliant!
cecilia | 10.30.05 - 4:21 pm | #

I disagree, the parlimentary system sucks. It gives the leader way too much power. We have one up here in Canada, and it's like electing a dictator every 4-5 years. If Bush had a parlimentary system, he would have invaded Iran and Syria by now.
ProudLiberal | 10.30.05 - 4:41 pm | #

ProudLiberal, Canada is hardly a dictatorship.
chuckles | 10.30.05 - 4:50 pm | #

If he has a majority, The Prime Minister can be basically do whatever he likes. Fortunately we haven't had a Bush or Reagan up here yet.
ProudLiberal | 10.30.05 - 4:56 pm | #

Yeah, a majority government is the key. The members of parliament have to vote in favor of their party, so the leader can enact whatever legislation he wants.
Mark | 10.30.05 - 4:58 pm | #

That bit was cute. Bush told the rightwingers to trust him.... I have always thought the repuqs like their gals more on the line of Stepford wives that repeat the status quo, look nice and say nothing, and contribute nothing. Harriet was pretty worn out. But she did the "right thing" got bushy off the hot seat by quitting.
Cathy | 10.30.05 - 5:54 pm | #

Whenever anybody says trust me, that's when I check to make sure I still have my wallet.
mudkitty | 10.30.05 - 6:05 pm | #

It's funny 'cause it's true.
FastMovingCloud | 10.30.05 - 6:10 pm | #

"Yeah, a majority government is the key. The members of parliament have to vote in favor of their party, so the leader can enact whatever legislation he wants."
- Mark

I don't know that you can say anything is the key really, but if I had to put my money on anything it would not be any particular governmental system.

I think the "key", if there is one is an informed populace with access to a free press, who take their responsibilities as citizens seriously.

That means taking the time to really study issues, asking critical questions, and holding the feet of their leaders to the fire to get complete and honest answers.

Governments reflect the collective state of mind of the governed, which as every one seems to be able to agree about the States... is pretty much of a mess. There's a message in that about us.
Flint | 10.30.05 - 6:24 pm | #

SNL funny? What a goddamn lie.
Captain Awesome | 10.30.05 - 6:42 pm | #

Some things I don't like in a parliamentary system: the leader can call an election whenever he likes. As well, court appointments (including the supreme court) don't even have to be question by the parliament. If we had one, Bush would have called (and won) an election right after the Iraq war and Miers would be on the SCOTUS.
John | 10.30.05 - 6:48 pm | #

That was funny.
kiki | 10.30.05 - 7:42 pm | #

not funny.

bang me on the head, not funny.

the bloggers here are funnier.

snl should hire some of them to be writers
bacci40 | 10.30.05 - 7:55 pm | #

Who in the hell couldn't think that Harriet skit wasn't funny? You guys need to pull the sticks out of your asses, that was gold in the middle of a pile of trash. Then again, the news segment always is.
Adrian Paul | 10.30.05 - 8:29 pm | #

What about Daryl Hammond?
mudkitty | 10.30.05 - 8:31 pm | #

Please remember that Israel is a country, and Judaism is a religion. If Israel had something to do with 9/11, that DOES NOT mean you blame ALL jews....We don't agree with the actions of our Government. I'm sure if the truth were told, the Israelis would not agree with the actions of theirs. This posting is NOT meant to be anti-semitic. I am Jewish, and respect the religion completely.

All of this is available online at www.cooperativeresearch.org, and since this book was published, there have been several updates in regards to Israel.....
Jon Gold | Homepage | 10.30.05 - 8:44 pm | #

fuck off zane, it WAS funny.
support the troops not the war | 10.30.05 - 9:21 pm | #

"If the people knew what we had done, they would chase us down the street and lynch us." - George H.W. "Poppy" Bush

"Nothing In politics EVER happens By accident. If It happens, you can bet It was planned that way." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Remember, boys and girls, in a fascist state, the truth is revealed once, and only once. It is up to us, the citizenry, to respond accordingly. And, here, we sit and type.

We do what we're told...
Anti-Fascist | 10.30.05 - 9:21 pm | #

Bad impersonation and bad likeness. SNL is crap these days. It's no wonder I haven't seen it on TV in YEARS.
Cranston Snord | 10.30.05 - 9:23 pm | #

God, she even looked like Miers.
FUH-Q Cons | 10.30.05 - 9:30 pm | #

SNL rules. All you hacks are just jealous so shaddup.
Brando's Bald Head | 10.30.05 - 10:11 pm | #

Jon Gold is a nutcase.

Will someone please ban him from using the internet.
bacci40 | 10.30.05 - 11:16 pm | #

Update: SNL still sucks :D
Captain Awesome | 10.30.05 - 11:46 pm | #

Your absolutely right Harriet! Starting with Chimpy, and on down through his administration. Who is Qualified? Answer: NONE!
Brownie is the only one. Any one can see the is a direct connection with judging horses and running FEMA!
OsamaBinForgotten | 10.31.05 - 4:22 am | #

anyone have a copy of the orielly skit on snl, that was funnier
uberdude | 10.31.05 - 6:49 am | #

Very good! Very very good!!
monica | 10.31.05 - 8:07 am | #

Brando's Bald Head, you're such an SNL fanboi! You're probably one of those asslicks who found Colin Quinn 'outrageously funny' ROFL! Homo.
Cranston Snord | 10.31.05 - 9:52 am | #

He was better than the shit that's on now.
John | 10.31.05 - 9:55 am | #

PERFECT! HILARIOUS!
Scott | 10.31.05 - 10:40 am | #

Christ, that show is unfunny. Imagine what Jan Hooks could have done with Harriet Meyers.
Nameless | 10.31.05 - 7:43 pm | #

It would be funny if it wasn't so true.
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