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SNL’s Weekend Update: Huckabee’s Graceful Exit

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Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee explains to Weekend Update anchor Seth Meyers why he’s still in the race.

MEYERS: So, Governor, you remain in the race, despite the fact that it’s a mathematical impossibility that you can win. And our question is: why?

HUCKABEE: Well, Seth, the media loves to throw around the term “mathematical impossibility” but no one can ever explain exactly what that means to me.

MEYERS: Well, let me give that a shot: basically, it takes 1,191 delegates to clinch your party’s nomination and even if you won every remaining unpledged delegate, you would still fall 200 delegates short.

HUCKABEE: Wow. Seth, that was an excellent explanation. But I’m afraid that you overlook the all-important Super Delegates. Don’t forget about them.

MEYERS: Well, I won’t forget about them, but the Super Delegates are only in the Democratic primaries.

HUCKABEE: Ah…they can vote in the Republican primary?

MEYERS: They cannot.

HUCKABEE: Uh oh. That’s not good news. You know, Seth, I was …I was counting on those Super Delegates.

MEYERS: Sorry to break that to you. Now does this mean that now you know that, you’re going to drop out of the race?

HUCKABEE: Well, fortunately, Seth, I’m not a math guy. I’m more of a miracle guy. So at this point, I’m going to focus on the miracle part. But if that miracle doesn’t happen, let me assure the American people that Mike Huckabee does not overstay his welcome. When it’s time for me to go, I’ll know. And I’ll exit out with class and grace.




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Max-1 Says:

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I M P E A C H
C H E N E Y
F I R S T !!!

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john Says:

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CD Says:

I’m glad to see that Huckabee has a sense of humor and all but if he knows he doesn’t have a chance then why is he staying in the race?

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Max-1 Says:

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I know people want to believe that America is a Christian Nation and all, but really, come on…

Huckabee, former Baptist Minister, became a braggart over how many people he’s sent to their death.

How very Christian of him… YES?

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Is Huckabee really joking, cause I can’t figure out why he’s still around.

Is he going to use a calculator to balance the budget or is he going to rely on miracles and hosanas?

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memyself Says:

Huckabee is a circling vulture waiting for the elderly sick looking man with the horrible temper to suddenly meet his maker. That is the only “miracle” that could in any way result in Huckabee getting the nomination.

I just wonder if this “good Christian man” actually prays for this to happen …

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Conan the Grammarian Says:

Politics aside, Huckabee is a pretty good actor. His reaction to learning the hard truth about super delegates was as good as pretty much any other actor in this miserable cast (but not as good as Jesse Jackson, back in the day, reading Green Eggs and Ham). It’s obvious he knows he’s cooked; maybe he could sign on to SNL for a stint filling in those traditionally Phil Hartmann-esque roles.

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Boogaloo Scrimps Says:

AHHAHAHA! THEIR PARENT COMPANY MANUFACTURES WEAPONS THAT HAVE KILLED OVER 1 MILLION IRAQIS! NOW THAT SOME FUNNY ISH!!!!

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deezus Says:

You know what? I don’t agree with his politics, and I don’t think he’d make a good president AT ALL! But I like Mike Huckabee!

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curtilingus Says:

Mike Huckabee is an excellent speaker. Probably the best of all candidates either side. I know he’s a freak, and there may not be much substance to what he’s saying, but his elocution is perfect.

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curtilingus Says:

Boogaloo Scrimps @ 8:

AHHAHAHA! THEIR PARENT COMPANY MANUFACTURES WEAPONS THAT HAVE KILLED OVER 1 MILLION IRAQIS! NOW THAT SOME FUNNY ISH!!!!

easy now GE weapons didn’t kill all 1 million.

Geezy peezy.

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dragon Says:

Boogaloo: what are you talking about? NBC is owned by GE. What weapons did GE make?

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TomR Says:

I’m confused about something, was this truth or fiction? A sound argument could be made for either of those choices given the insanity of that skit / explanation.

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L.A. Confidential Says:

SNL’s stooped to this?

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Saint Augustine Says:

I just finished watching 60 Minutes’ report about Siegelman. It’s the 1st story and well worth watching, well worth missing 20 minutes of the Oscars to those of you who live in time zones with time conflicts. No doubt about Rove’s involvement in my mind, not that I had any doubt before watching this report.

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uncle joe mccarthy Says:

this wasnt a funny bit

oh look, im mike huckabee and i can laff at myself…..whahahahahahahaa

humanizing a guy who believes that birth control pills should be banned is the wrong thing to do

snl is a corporate show

once a trend setter, now following the trends

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L.A. Confidential Says:

TomR @ 14:

I’m confused about something, was this truth or fiction? A sound argument could be made for either of those choices given the insanity of that skit / explanation.

The effect is shifting the ongoing debacles away from the daily reality of Americans and towards the abyss of a most cavernous memory hole.

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L.A. Confidential Says:

uncle joe mccarthy @ 17:

once a trend setter, now following the trends

No doubt about it.

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Dahgrostab’ph-r-i Says:

I think the “miricale” guy should get the “meth” guy to come be his “math” guy.

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ronhohn Says:

After that there is still room for ‘GRACE’?

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L.A. Confidential Says:

And tonight more bosom buffed Celeb awards to drown out reality.

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RGKMJ19 Says:
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Dahgrostab’ph-r-i Says:

dragon @ 13:

Boogaloo: what are you talking about? NBC is owned by GE. What weapons did GE make?

Deadly Deception juxtaposes GE’s rosy “We Bring Good Things To Life” commercials with the true stories of workers and neighbors whose lives have been devastated by the company’s involvement in building and testing nuclear bombs.

These tragic stories are answered by the inspiring activism of the GE Boycott, a grassroots campaign run by corporate accountability organization, Corporate Accountability International, to pressure GE out of the nuclear weapons industry. Nine months after this powerful video won an Oscar in 1992, the corporate giant did indeed pull out of the deadliest business of all. Ideal for classes on business ethics, advertising, environmental issues, the arms race, media literacy, and community organizing.

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QuakerDave Says:

Mike Huckabee is without a doubt the sweetest, funniest, warmest, most self-deprecating theocratic nutjob threat to this country that I’ve ever seen.

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sassafra Says:

dang if huckabee isn’t a funny fella. i just wish he wasn’t such a theocrat nutjob.

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QuakerDave Says:

… and the Tina Fey vid was a heck of a lot funnier.

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soothsayer Says:

huckleberry is “sticking around” because he wants to be on top when mccain’s house of lies comes tumbling down.

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Craig Says:

Don’t assume this was only comedy. That’s the thing with fundies - it’s impossible to tell their reality from satire.

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JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin Says:

Huckabee should drop out and start a new career as a straight guy comic. He was pretty funny. He certainly wasn’t smug like SNL can be, and he looked like he learned his lines to some degree. You can still tell he was reading cue cards, but it wasn’t so blatant as other celebrities when they’re on.

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L.A. Confidential Says:

JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin @ 31:

Huckabee should drop out and start a new career as a straight guy comic. He was pretty funny. He certainly wasn’t smug like SNL can be, and he looked like he learned his lines to some degree. You can still tell he was reading cue cards, but it wasn’t so blatant as other celebrities when they’re on.

Yeah a Real Richard Pryor

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Russ Mason UK Says:

That clip (thanks crooks and liars) I’ve just wasted 5 minutes of my life - was marginally funnier than the Fox equivalent placed in “the trash can” some months ago.

See, I know your lingo. I’ll have a triple cheese double bacon whopper, double fries and a large strawberry milkshake at the double.

The only mildly funny remark was regarding Hillary expecting delegates from Kosovo.

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Meat Says:

I’ll never agree with his crazy-ass positions, but damn if Huckabee isn’t a heck of a personable guy.

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General_Rennenkampf Says:

uncle joe mccarthy @ 17:

this wasnt a funny bit

oh look, im mike huckabee and i can laff at myself…..whahahahahahahaa

humanizing a guy who believes that birth control pills should be banned is the wrong thing to do

snl is a corporate show

once a trend setter, now following the trends

Yes, how dare those EBIL CORPORATIONS dare to treat ideological enemies of the People’s Revolution, those EBIL CAPITALIST RUNNING DOGS, as human! Comrade Stalin will order them shot, post-haste! :eyeroll.:

Seriously, WTF? The Constitution gives Huckabee the right to speak. Regardless of his likely intent to gut it, he still has that right. Besides, the corporations wouldn’t love him anyway. Some of his ideas are too populistic. Huckabee is an evil jerk. Under the intent of the Founders, even the EBIL JERKS could speak.

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General_Rennenkampf Says:

Meat @ 34:

I’ll never agree with his crazy-ass positions, but damn if Huckabee isn’t a heck of a personable guy.

So’s Bush. Look what that got us. Let’s see, a pair of wars, a creaking economy, billions in debt to China with fantastic levels of spending and a further 1 trillion bucks deficit, another Balkan War on the horizon, our third war in the Middle East on the horizon, the decaying of the nation’s infastructure and the ruining of the industrial manufacturing of the U.S……..

No, thanks. I’d take the “unpersonable” Hillary over a “personable” evil jerk like Huckabee any day.

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L.A. Confidential Says:

General_Rennenkampf @ 36:

Meat @ 34:

I’ll never agree with his crazy-ass positions, but damn if Huckabee isn’t a heck of a personable guy.

So’s Bush. Look what that got us. Let’s see, a pair of wars, a creaking economy, billions in debt to China with fantastic levels of spending and a further 1 trillion bucks deficit, another Balkan War on the horizon, our third war in the Middle East on the horizon, the decaying of the nation’s infastructure and the ruining of the industrial manufacturing of the U.S……..

no capital reserves left, the nation is $20 trillion in debt, $53 trillion in worthless IOU’s, all of the capital marketplaces are teetering, and the nation is bleeding red ink at the rate of $1.43 billion per day.

How much longer they going to be able to maintain that mirage?

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Joe Pasetto Says:

OK, I’m your huckleberry.

Ole Mike is a good sport. It’s just too bad that the religion thing got in his way.

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L.A. Confidential Says:

Angelina Jolie shows off baby bump.

Again?

Whats driving this recent trend of continuing to overpopulate the planet?

Anyone get the logic?

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konchster Says:

Jay Severin Has a Small Pen1s @ 5:

Is Huckabee really joking, cause I can’t figure out why he’s still around.

Is he going to use a calculator to balance the budget or is he going to rely on miracles and hosanas?

I hope the next POTUS uses a calculator cause 8 years of the miracle system has cost us about 6 trillion dollars

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EliteLemming Says:

Isn’t there some kind of equal time law for promoting campaigns on television? Should Obama and McCain sue?

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JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin Says:

L.A. Confidential @ 32:

JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin @ 31:

Huckabee should drop out and start a new career as a straight guy comic. He was pretty funny. He certainly wasn’t smug like SNL can be, and he looked like he learned his lines to some degree. You can still tell he was reading cue cards, but it wasn’t so blatant as other celebrities when they’re on.

Yeah a Real Richard Pryor

I didn’t compare him to Pryor. I just said he was funny, not Pryor funny. Silly boy….

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19 per cent Says:

Why didn’t they ask him about the frog that lived 65 million years ago?

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smchris Says:

I agree that he’s personable. Which makes him one of the scariest nut jobs I’ve seen in my 57 years.

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EliteLemming Says:

Thanks for reminding me. Chase interviewing Pryor… best sketch ever!?

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L.A. Confidential Says:

JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin @ 42:

L.A. Confidential @ 32:

JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin @ 31:

Huckabee should drop out and start a new career as a straight guy comic. He was pretty funny. He certainly wasn’t smug like SNL can be, and he looked like he learned his lines to some degree. You can still tell he was reading cue cards, but it wasn’t so blatant as other celebrities when they’re on.

Yeah a Real Richard Pryor

I didn’t compare him to Pryor. I just said he was funny, not Pryor funny. Silly boy….

Yeah. Be careful though. You never know whats lurking underneath the surface of the “Good Ol Boy Facade”.

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EliteLemming Says:

Annnd… there off! Debate begins with Obama in the lead and carrying the momentum, Hillary trailing with a bit of a lame campain.

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Nope Says:

LOLz, kudos to Huckabee. Good sport.

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L.A. Confidential Says:

EliteLemming @ 47:

Annnd… there off! Debate begins with Obama in the lead and carrying the momentum, Hillary trailing with a bit of a lame campain.

He offer any wisdom on how he’s going to bring back those 50,000 jobs in Ohio NAFTA’s chopping block eliminated?

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EliteLemming Says:

Come on man, just a little horse race humor. I do support Obama though.

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L.A. Confidential Says:

EliteLemming @ 50:

Come on man, just a little horse race humor. I do support Obama though.

At my age there’s little humor in seeing your life’s work being destroyed and looted in 7 short years.

I hope you don’t have to experience it.

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Son of Liberty Says:

L.A. Confidential @ 51:

EliteLemming @ 50:

Come on man, just a little horse race humor. I do support Obama though.

At my age there’s little humor in seeing your life’s work being destroyed and looted in 7 short years.

I hope you don’t have to experience it.

At least he’s talked about it now. Hopefully the NAFTA genie won’t go back into the bottle too easily, once he uses it to trounce Clinton.

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bill w Says:

And I’ll exit out with class and grace and a crack of thunder and a bolt of lightening.

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EliteLemming Says:

I don’t know what your lifes work is and empathize with you, but unfair to to suggest that i haven’t been effected or am not sicken by the current state of our nation.

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L.A. Confidential Says:

Son of Liberty @ 53:

L.A. Confidential @ 51:

EliteLemming @ 50:

Come on man, just a little horse race humor. I do support Obama though.

At my age there’s little humor in seeing your life’s work being destroyed and looted in 7 short years.

I hope you don’t have to experience it.

At least he’s talked about it now. Hopefully the NAFTA genie won’t go back into the bottle too easily, once he uses it to trounce Clinton.

You mean once the Media trounces Clinton. They’ll turn on Obama soon as he gets the lock.

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L.A. Confidential Says:

Isn’t the great New World Order Savior supposed to be appearing soon?

Or was that Bush?