VIDEO: SNL Presidents Unite for Financial Reform

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Television, Videos

“This isn’t Live, this is FunnyorDie.com.” Yes - and that’s why it’s hilarious.

In this Ron Howard-directed clip, President Barack Obama (Fred Armisen) is visited by the ghosts of Saturday Night Live‘s past. In his dream, the former White House residents all team up to give the current POTUS advice on how to finally get the Consumer Financial Protection Agency created.

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George W. Bush’s Last Presidential Turkey Day Act?

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Photos, Features

With appropriate pomp and circumstance, still-the-President George W. Bush let two happy birds off the dinner table hook just in time for Thursday’s feast.

“Pumpkin and Pecan are hereby granted a full and unconditional president pardon,” Bush announced Wednesday, much to the relief of the two plump birds. “In recent weeks, I’ve talked about sprinting to the finish,” W. smiled at the cameras. “Yet, I’ve assured these turkeys they will not be trotting to their finish.”

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Entertaining Politics

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Rivalries, Videos, Editorials

Politicians are not celebrities. Celebrities are not politicians. ...Or, are they? The fur is really starting to fly in the election. Presidential candidate John McCain has likened Barack Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Rappers who support Obama have released tracks dissing John McCain. What happens when politics and celebrity mix? Nothing good.

In one of his political ads, McCain seems to be trying to undermine Obama as a presidential contender - calling him a star instead of the vehicle of change Obama claims to be. It isn’t odd for politicians to use celebrities to further their own cause, and it isn’t even odd for celebrities to decide to become politicians.

So maybe it’s even the norm for celebrities and politics to mix…but should they? Sometimes, celebs can do much more harm than good when they back a certain candidate.

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