“We’re Gonna Cave Like Crazy”: SNL Chides Administration For Health Care Concessions

by Joe Coscarelli | 9:29 am, November 15th, 2009

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Jason Sudeikis as Joe Biden on SNL October 4 debate pic[6]

For those in favor of the Democrats’ bill to reform health care, last weekend felt triumphant. After what seemed like endless circular debates about death panels and the public option, a historic bill passed through the House of Representatives and for a brief moment, it felt as if something had been accomplished. But the feeling didn’t last. As the “victory” aged — on what seemed like an hourly basis — it started to feel more conceptual than practical, and talk of the Stupak amendment and a watered down public option diluted the satisfaction of having passed anything at all.

Saturday Night Live noticed. And this week, they lampooned the conciliatory Obama administration, characterizing their bipartisanship and negotiation tactics as cowardly appeasement. In an opening piece mocking Vice President Joe Biden, castmember Jason Sudeikis played Obama’s number two as the now-standard bumbling gaffe-machine, eager to please.

“Here’s how we’re gonna do it: we’re gonna cave in like crazy,” the VP says. “The president wants to pass a health care bill so bad that he will literally sign anything. You can water it down however you like, as long as it’s a stack of paper with the words ‘health care’ on it he’ll sign it!” That means outs for the medical community in malpractice suits and amendments against homosexuals, Hispanics and Nancy Pelosi.

Check out the clip below:

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Jim R

Hilarious and spot on, SNL is great. .

While caving to special interests to carve out a Republican-Lite position on virtually every front, Obama is portrayed by the right as some extreme left juggernaut – the difference couldn’t be more striking.

Ironically, the more they compromise with the right the less effective the change, from health care to financial reform to stimulating the economy.

While being roundly bashed by the right for being too liberal, Obama’s “compromises” with big business Republicans and Democrats made the stimulus less effective, health care reform save much less money for businesses and individuals, and any forthcoming financial reform will be tepid at best but great for Goldman Sachs.

Bill Clinton’s incessant compromising with the Republicans and his triangulating strategy birthed both the free trade and financial collapse debacles, among others; and for it he gained only the right’s hatred and vitriol, much as Obama has suffered already.

While Buckley makes governing nearly impossible with cold hard cash to both parties overruling the common good; Democrats need to start doing what works and take their shot next election that the regular folks will recognize it.
mjwilstein

My favorite sketch of the night was the Lou Dobbs appearance on Weekend Update:
http://www.gotchamediablog.com/2009/11/snl-lou-dobbs-on-weekend-update.html
TfT

Perhaps next week SNL will have a good skit…..

President Obowma
President Oba mao
TinaFromTampa

tft if you want to see some funny skits, tune in Glenn Beck.
He’s a laugh riot!
TfT

NotsoAnonymous (from mediabistro.com), posting here as TinafromTampa, is an internet stalker. That you stole Tina’s name to post here is oh-so-typical of your looniness.
m

Obama will probably be the best Republican we’ve ever had. One day I hope we’ll get a liberal President. Unfortunately, until that day, we’ll still have moderates/Republican-Lites like Obama.