Geo
02-24-2008, 02:34 PM
Don't know if any of you caught Saturday Night Live last night but there was a guest appearance by Mike Huckabee during Weekend Update...
Huckabee performed masterfully and showed he can make fun of himself-
First by acting like he didn't know what it meant for it to be a mathmetical certainty that he cannot win enough delegates, second, by acting like he did not know that there aren't any "Super Delegates" to bail him out on the Repulican side and third, by sticking around pretending to not know it was time to leave the skit's set after he uttered the remarks, “Mike Huckabee does not overstay his welcome. When it’s time to go, I’ll know. And I’ll exit out with class and grace”...
This WAS the joke- that he didn't know when to exit when it was his turn!!!
But yet, it seems the media couldn't or wouldn't get it and aren't acting like it was just total "schtick"...
Watch the video from SNL:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=INICB1BFhCI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INICB1BFhCI)
EDIT: YouTube seems to be having some problems. I will check back later to make sure I have a working link here
Then read this article on CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/24/huckabee.snl.ap/index.html
Now read this article on MSNBC (which gives him props but still implies it wasn't schtick):
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/24/698053.aspx
Huck scored points in my book for his performance which I presume is why he appeared and went along with the self deprecating skit. And instead of giving him some credit the media is putting out stories to make him look like an idiot (which he might be- BUT NOT FOR THIS!!!) to anyone who might not see/have seen the SNL skit...
So tell me. Is the media acting like jerks or is it just me? Perhaps Huck did too good of a job acting?
Huckabee performed masterfully and showed he can make fun of himself-
First by acting like he didn't know what it meant for it to be a mathmetical certainty that he cannot win enough delegates, second, by acting like he did not know that there aren't any "Super Delegates" to bail him out on the Repulican side and third, by sticking around pretending to not know it was time to leave the skit's set after he uttered the remarks, “Mike Huckabee does not overstay his welcome. When it’s time to go, I’ll know. And I’ll exit out with class and grace”...
This WAS the joke- that he didn't know when to exit when it was his turn!!!
But yet, it seems the media couldn't or wouldn't get it and aren't acting like it was just total "schtick"...
Watch the video from SNL:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=INICB1BFhCI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INICB1BFhCI)
EDIT: YouTube seems to be having some problems. I will check back later to make sure I have a working link here
Then read this article on CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/24/huckabee.snl.ap/index.html
Now read this article on MSNBC (which gives him props but still implies it wasn't schtick):
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/24/698053.aspx
Huck scored points in my book for his performance which I presume is why he appeared and went along with the self deprecating skit. And instead of giving him some credit the media is putting out stories to make him look like an idiot (which he might be- BUT NOT FOR THIS!!!) to anyone who might not see/have seen the SNL skit...
So tell me. Is the media acting like jerks or is it just me? Perhaps Huck did too good of a job acting?