McCain Shills Message On "SNL"

By: Vaughn Ververs
Topics: John McCain

John McCain appeared on "Saturday Night Live" tonight (alongside Tina Fey as his running mate Sarah Palin) in what can only be described as an odd turn in the presidential election.

The opening night skit featured McCain and "Palin" on the cable shopping channel QVC, with McCain noting that while Barack Obama could afford buying time on three major networks, his campaign was forced down the channel.

(NBC/Broadway Video)

Among the "products" hawked by McCain were ten commemorative plates marking the ten town-hall debates the candidates had. Of course, those were the encounters proposed by McCain that Obama turned down, so the plates were simply white.

"Too bad, they're still nice plates," McCain said.

Another product was a set of McCain "tough pork knives," designed to cut through the toughest Congressional pork. Cindy McCain made an appearance as well as a presenter.

(NBC/Broadway Video)

Perhaps the most awkward moment was when "Palin" announced she was going "rogue" and introduced her line of "Palin 2012" T-shirts (asking buyers to please refrain from wearing them until after Tuesday) and proclaiming that she would either be a presidential candidate or the "white Oprah" after the election but would not be returning to Alaska.

Welcome to the final 71 hours of campaign 2008.

You can watch the video here.

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by newslink November 3, 2008 6:37 PM EST: MCcain must have lost it, appearing on SNL. How can we believe that he is serious. When he and his wife are looking silly on tv.; Reply to this comment


by neederbaur November 3, 2008 3:41 AM EST: MAN I WAS LOOKIN FOR THE TOWN HALL PLATES TO BUY BUT THEY WHERE JUST BLANK.I WANT TO SEE U.S. MARSHAL''''S RAID ALL ACORN OFFICES.FRAUD IS FRAUD.From Dreams of My Father: "I ceased to advertise my mother''''''''''''''''s race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites."

From Dreams of My Father: "I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother''''''''''''''''s race."

From Dreams of My Father: "There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white."

From Dreams of My Father: ; "It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names."

From Dreams of My Father: "I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn''''''''''''''''t speak to my own. It was into my father''''''''''''''''s image, the black man, son of Africa, that I''''''''''''''''d packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, Dubois and Mandela."

From Audacity of Hope: "I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."; Reply to this comment


by eroosevelt08 November 2, 2008 9:11 PM EST: Is Senator McCain really trying to make us think he is so poor he cannot afford to buy TV time? If not, he should sell one of his (seven is it?) houses.; Reply to this comment


by jonathanw20 November 2, 2008 9:05 PM EST: I didn''t see any reason for McCain to do the skit in SNL? What was he trying to achieve? He was simply seeking sympathy all the time while Tina Fey made a joke of him.; Reply to this comment


by dct1357 November 2, 2008 8:08 PM EST: I like the skit on Obama''s spending on the 3 networks. He breaks his signed promises on the public financing. Nobody knows how many more promises he will break if elected. I guess he will break as many promises as he wants. This may be the core of his "change". But, many his supporters like his "change". Good luck folks. He may "change" the promises that make you vote for him. But, it will be too late. You need to wait another 4 years.; Reply to this comment


by martin9p2 November 2, 2008 7:58 PM EST: McCain/Palin have taken the mockery and pretended to be good sports. But there''s a point where acting like a good sport is really being a patsy (a pushover, one who''s too easy to make fun of). I don''t like the idea of electing a pair of patsies, especially when one is an imbecile and the other is a geriatric patient.; Reply to this comment


by nothappyatall November 2, 2008 7:29 PM EST: McCain should NOT be president:
(1) Anti-choice, right winger.
(2) Proven incompetant moron who crashed several planes, became a POW and holds a serious grudge against his captors which could lead to some military strikes under false pretenses to get even and settle the score.
(3) Judicial nominees will not respect the Constitution or the law of the land, and will force Christian right wing positions on Americans.
(5) Lousy on economy since he is part of the same cartel which DOUBLED the national debt in just 7 Years and supported King Bush 90% of the time on policies and more; Reply to this comment


by fucensors November 2, 2008 6:04 PM EST: I guess these white Americans who are voting for Obama have never lived around black people - otherwise they would never vote for Obama.

It must be great to live in an insulated part of the country where there are no blacks. Then your image of black families is The Cosby Show. But in the real world, we all know those are phony images. Even blacks laugh at the Cosby Show, because it is such a fantasy.

I guess white Obama supporters won''t learn until it is too late. Then the whole USA will be a crime-ridden, burned-out, abandoned shell - just like Detroit!; Reply to this comment


by maggietexas4 November 2, 2008 5:01 PM EST: SNL is brilliant. When Fey walked to the side and started selling 2012 t-shirts, I knew for sure that McCain himself is sick of her. Otherwise, he would never have allowed SNL to do that. McCain/Palin are jokes. I think McCain admitted that and admitted that the election is over for him by going on a comedy show 3 days before the election. He is trying to soften his image from someone spewing hate to being a good guy Senator as he knows he is returning to the Senate.; Reply to this comment


by TrishG62 November 2, 2008 4:52 PM EST: As long as SNL is demonizing Republicans Obama supporters proclaim the show to be hilarious. Put a Republican on and Obama supporters start with the whining. Obama will be president soon and send your checks. Chill out. LOL; Reply to this comment