John McCain On SNL

John McCain was on Saturday Night Live last night. The opening skit featured McCain and Tina Fey as Sarah Palin hawking merchandise on QVC. It was pretty funny stuff, especially when Palin/Fey went rogue. McCain also pitched "McCain Fine Gold" with Cindy McCain demonstrating the merchandise.

 

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11 Responses to John McCain On SNL

  1. Robster says:

    I’ll give him props for being a good sport, but I’ll still remember him for the White Sheet Brigade campaign strategy.

  2. Ingrid says:

    What I can’t ‘shake’ is that just for the election, this would give him some extra votes from the ignoranami who think, oh cool, he’s pretty funny but are clueless on his political issues. I would not have given him or SP the time of day..it plays right into their hands of indirect promotion to like I said, the ignorami..

    Ingrid

  3. Jamari Jones says:

    Dear Robster and Ingrid, I want to share with a you a letter that I wrote to Marianne Markowitz, the CFO of Obama’s campaign:

    Dear Marrianne:

    Barack Obama’s (BO) ideas are bad. Bad for you. Bad for me. Bad for America. BO, and the policies of Congressional liberals, destroy American jobs by hurting American companies. Those American companies that are hurt by the excessive regulatory and confiscatory taxation policies of BO (and like-minded Congressional liberals) are most apt to relocate American jobs to pro-business, pro-growth economies like (capitalist) China. Unfortunately, for you and for America, BO’s ideas and policies virtually ensure that America will not be able to compete with emerging economies like China. Your blatant attempts to undermine America’s global economic competitiveness are, at best, repugnant.

    Due to these bad ideas, and their associated bad policies, I will not be providing any funds to the BO campaign. I urge you, and your readers, to adopt pro-growth, pro-competitive, pro-America policies instead of rehashing the failed propaganda of a bygone era. So, please, stop asking me to provide money to a campaign whose “ideas” will only hurt me, and America more.

    Sincerely and respectfully, Jamari Jones

    I challenge you to stop the rote recitation of the Obama campaign’s simpleton propaganda points and inform the readership as to how BO’s policies actually create jobs and improve America’s global economic competitiveness. I challenge you to provide specific examples of BO’s past history of job creation, and past contributions to America’s economic improvement. The ensuing debate should make for a much more interesting use of this unique forum. JJ

  4. Robster says:

    Dear Jamari Jones,

    Thanks to the deregulation of the financial industry, I’m probably going to lose my job in January and it may be shipped to India.

    Too late, asshole.

  5. Jamari Jones says:

    Nice comeback. Now let me break this down for you in simple terms:

    Do you know why your job is going to India ? Because the cost of doing business is too high in the United States. Do you know why the cost of doing business is too high in the United States? Because of the excessive regulatory and confiscatory polices of Barack Obama and his liberal ilk in Washington, D.C. It is mind-boggling that you would have the masochistic audacity to reward those that hurt you!

    Finally, regarding your point on the financial crisis, the root cause of the financial crisis is the Federal Reserve. The Fed kept nominal interest rates below the rate of inflation. That particular policy, like any government meddling, led to the unintended consequence of excessive investment bank borrowing (via 30 to 1 leverage) for “no-lose” (inflation adjusted) returns.

    The point is, more government, particularly with Democrats in the majority, virtually guarantees disaster! Just look at California and the City of Washington, D.C. !

    So, take a deep breath, stop hurling insults, and, if you are able, intelligently respond to the original challenge.

  6. Mash says:

    Jamari, let me interrupt your ideology with some facts.

    The reason the jobs are going to India is because the cost of labor is dirt cheap. It is so cheap that no amount of deregulation in the US will make the least bit of difference. Unless you are proposing cutting everyone’s wages in the US to compete with Indian wages, go on to another talking point. Btw, I dont think cutting everyone’s wages in the US is a very pro-American strategy, do you?

    Another thing, the amount of regulation and red tape in India would make your little head spin. Argue with facts – not nonsense that you simply make up. Your diagnosis may be good ideology but it is not based in reality.

    So, now you are blaming the Fed for all our economic woes? That’s just precious. I thought it was Chris Cox, the SEC head, that was to blame – according to the GOP nominee. Who will you blame next?

    It really is hard to argue, though you try, that the economic policies of the last 8 years have been so successful that the American people should put their faith in it again for another 4 years.

    I would be happy to discuss the pros and cons of economic theories with you, but given that you have posted the same comment on three different unrelated posts it does not appear you are serious about a good discussion. My guess is that you are more interested in ideology than a fair discussion.

    Btw, what did you think of the SNL skit?

  7. McKinley Novak says:

    Mash,
    You make a valid point that one reason for the export of labor from the United States is due to the low cost of a foreign workforce. Though, it is difficult to understand how making the United States a less corporately competitive market is a helpful strategy for growth. There are two basic ideologies about economic growth, maximize expansion or mitigate risk. The latter, a traditionally liberal tendency, is not one that promotes wealth creation. Growth is the cure for the current crisis, therefore, job and industry, creation are needed. I beg you to cite any specific time or circumstance in which Obama has done either.

  8. Mash says:

    McKinley, I dont see anything in Obama’s economic plan that would make the US less “corporately competitive”. And the choice is not between maximaze expansion or mitigate risk, as you suggest. I think most people would agree that smart regulation is needed for a healthy economy – and a collapse of the regulatory system has led to some pretty nasty results in the Twentieth Century and one current one in the Twenty-first.

    What I see in Obama’s economic plan is a tax cut for middle class Americans. If you believe in a consumer economy, as I do, you would think a thriving middle class would be the engine of economic expansion. That has been historically true, by the way.

    The proof of course is in the pudding. Clinton’s 8 years versus Bush’s 8 years. Take your pick.

  9. Robster says:

    I’ll take Clinton’s 8 years anytime.

  10. McKinley Novak says:

    Mash,
    There is no question that the 1990’s were a great time of economic growth for the U.S. and the rest of the world. There is also no doubt that Bush policies have put this country in the gutter. Essentially that is the point. Make no mistake about it, I am not a Bush supporter, it also happens to be true that W. is not running, neither is Clinton. This race is between two other candidates. Bush expanded government more than any other president in history. Another 8 years of that could severely damage the country. Obama wants to expand the government.

    As to your point about regulation, it is entirely valid but doesnt relate to the argument I have made. Economic expansion doe not mean deregulation. It simply means that higher/more taxes do not promote growth, entry into the market, or expansion. Whenever you spread the wealth around, it is a bad thing for those who provide employment. To those already employed, it will be harder to keep up with inflation as the rate of the increase salary will diminish. Though it is a simple point, it is worth noting: the poor do not provide jobs.

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