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DemocraticWing

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45. I thought it was funny.

Mon Nov 24, 2014, 01:30 AM

Nov 2014

I think we can laugh at ourselves sometimes, and this is one case where we should. It's laughable that President Obama had to resort to a massive executive order since Congress can't get anything done.

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SNL opening skit on Immigration didn't make sense and wasn't funny. [View all] Peregrine Took Nov 2014 OP

I'm not surprised. I have said it many times: Orrex Nov 2014 #1

The easy to prove how unfunny SNL is braddy Nov 2014 #27

Even in its heyday, it wasn't that great. Frank Cannon Nov 2014 #39

Very true CrawlingChaos Nov 2014 #32

I sat there watching it with a sick feeling sketchy Nov 2014 #2

I think it is just the easy way to explain it, hollysmom Nov 2014 #3

Easy way to explain what DIDN'T happen :) sketchy Nov 2014 #4

Yes, it really was shockingly tea party thinking. Peregrine Took Nov 2014 #5

easier than explaining that the bill will not be passed by congress - ever. hollysmom Nov 2014 #7

SNL hasn't been funny for years still_one Nov 2014 #6

Here is the link to the "skit" - incredibly wrong and why did they do it???? Peregrine Took Nov 2014 #8

they are telling people Obama vetoed the bill Enrique Nov 2014 #9

I think what they were trying to say YarnAddict Nov 2014 #10

The Emancipation Proclamation was an Executive Order sketchy Nov 2014 #14

Very true, YarnAddict Nov 2014 #15

Actually it was not. former9thward Nov 2014 #20

This is making the rounds, but isn't true joeglow3 Nov 2014 #43

I liked the skit about the high school drama production... SidDithers Nov 2014 #11

Ted Cruz liked it. Ykcutnek Nov 2014 #12

And your show would be off the air quickly. nt Logical Nov 2014 #34

Yeah, comedies from a liberal POV always fail. Ykcutnek Nov 2014 #36

SLN I bet is 90% liberal. We can deal with 10% jokes about us. nt Logical Nov 2014 #37

Link for the lazy... Oktober Nov 2014 #13

They do better with humor from a liberal view like this one.... TeamPooka Nov 2014 #16

That skit was hysterical. bigwillq Nov 2014 #24

I wish I could find the skit in which Will Ferrall is Bush, right after ... JoePhilly Nov 2014 #17

here ya go UglyGreed Nov 2014 #19

That seems to be only the Ralph Nader part. JoePhilly Nov 2014 #23

Yes I thought it would include UglyGreed Nov 2014 #25

I liked it! rock Nov 2014 #18

I did too AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #41

Humor is humor. former9thward Nov 2014 #21

Things that are not true are usually not as funny sketchy Nov 2014 #22

Parody is finding the humor based on truth. This was just a bunch of lies. jillan Nov 2014 #28

They make fun of the GOP much more than us. And people believe them also I assume. nt Logical Nov 2014 #35

I found it funny because ChazII Nov 2014 #38

I thought it said Rs might create an immigration bill some day ctaylors6 Nov 2014 #26

I watched it and all I could think was that Lorne Michaels started watching faux. jillan Nov 2014 #29

WTF Moment.. The Mayor of NYC likes what the President is doing on Immigration because Cha Nov 2014 #30

Do they mean 100,000 law breakers? AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #42

I stopped watching this show a while back Gothmog Nov 2014 #31

It is a comedy show about all topics. We will be picked on at times. No big deal. nt Logical Nov 2014 #33

Well you just summed up the last 20 years of SNL krawhitham Nov 2014 #40

I thought it was well done and funny, too lynne Nov 2014 #44

I thought it was funny. DemocraticWing Nov 2014 #45

I thought the guy who played the bill sung the song pretty damn good davidpdx Nov 2014 #46

I don't get people thinking it was funny. 6000eliot Nov 2014 #47