chicagodads

 Ok, I know that this goes against what I’ve been saying for the last four days or so, but I thought that there were significant parts of the SNL take on the debate last night that were funny, particularly the parts that relate to Obama and corrupt Chicago connections (about where the marker reads 6 minutes). Fred Arminsen’s apparently been playing Obama on the show. I originally thought that was a bit peculiar, not so much because of race, but because I wasn’t sure Arminsen could pull off playing a high-profile person like that without turning him into one of his really eccentric characters (although he pretty much also plays Larry King straight-up. But LK is pretty much a caricature of himself). I must say that his mannerisms are very much dead-on. But I think that he should play around with the character a bit more.

For one, Obama’s big enough to take a satirical hit.

For two, he’s hip enough to get it.

On a note not so relevant to this blog, but I’m thinking relevant to Americans and epecially if you’re disheartened by the partisan bickering during the debates, you can fact-check their claims here .

And also, because Chicago, like everywhere else, has a Main Street (wait. Do we? No. A State Street, though.), here’s a breakdown of the Wall Street Bailout Plan .

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