SNL Spoof – Obama-Jackson-Sharpton

SNL ran a cartoon depicting Obama going to great lengths to distance himself from Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. Warning, it’s not funny but worth seeing. I doubt many people actually watched it live as even with writers, SNL is as funny as watching paint dry. See video here.

While I understand the reality of this spoof, I think it’s ridiculous that in order for Obama to appeal to white’s he has to distance himself from blacks that have battled for civil rights or have been outspoken on racism in this country.

~ by aj on March 2, 2008.

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10 Responses to “SNL Spoof – Obama-Jackson-Sharpton”

  1. After what Jesse Jackson and his crew did to Obama when they stabbed him in his back and left him for dead along the political highway, Obama should not only distance himself but if elected president needs to get some payback and justice for what they did to him.

    It was white America that discovered Obama’s political career bleeding and barely clinging to life. White America rescued Obama, patched his political career up and took a strong liking to him.

    Upon investigations, the FBI discovered Jesse Jacksons diabolical scheme. The FBI moved in. Jesse Jackson and his cronies escaped but the FBI was able to send Jesse’s Jacksons fallguy Mel Reynolds to prison for 5 years.

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    ENOCH MUBARAK said this on March 2, 2008 at 9:13 am

  2. Welcome Enoch – thanks for taking the time to comment. I’m speaking to the fact that it seems many times in order for blacks to be “accepted” by whites, they must distance themselves from blacks that are outspoken on the very real issues of race equality.

    It seems the media is quick to ask blacks to denounce folks that they deem as a threat or trouble makers, yet the same questions and standards are not set for other candidates.

    aj said this on March 2, 2008 at 9:29 am

  3. I agree AJ – I’ve given up on SNL a long time ago…although I cheer Obama for the campaign that he has ran, and think that he has rose above running as a “Black” candidate, it is a sad day when he can’t embrace Black leaders for the mere reason that he will be labeled as the “Black” candidate and surely lose…

    It’s a fine line…

    MarvalusOne said this on March 2, 2008 at 9:56 am

  4. @Marv – He has done a phenomenal job running his campaign. His campaign strategy is one that will be studied and duplicated in future elections.

    aj said this on March 2, 2008 at 10:02 am

  5. I am happy and pleased that Obama has distanced himself from Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. Both of these men are fossils who have long stopped lending their voices to relevant issues in the black community. They have failed to connect with the younger generation and have championed far too many “questionable” causes that have left their crediblity in shambles. Let a photo op and the prospect of futhering their personal agenda present itself, Sharpton and Jackson are all over it. JMO… :)

    chocl8t said this on March 3, 2008 at 9:24 am

  6. Chocl8t-hey girl! You’ve made some valid points. I’ve only recently come to admire (somewhat) Sharpton during Jena 6, and listening to him during interviews. I think however, it is sad that he can’t associate w/these men and still be taken seriously as a candidate.

    I think all of us (most of us, anyway) have people we know who’s reputation aren’t stellar, and although we may say hi, have a short conversation-our reputation isn’t ruined for having stopped to converse.

    I guess the stakes are higher in Obama’s case.
    I wonder if that’ll change when he wins the office??

    ivent (bria) said this on March 3, 2008 at 10:03 pm

  7. One of Obama’s strongest selling points for me is the fact that he is not forwarding the old politics in his campaign. I like the fact that he has ran the race according to how his vision. Not the old schools way.

    ladydeborah said this on March 3, 2008 at 10:10 pm

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    Would This Be A Case of “Guilt by Association” if Obama Embraced Sharpton & Jackson?? on BRIA’S OWN WORDS… said this on March 3, 2008 at 10:15 pm

  9. I saw this over on Bria’s spot and commented so I’ll just copy my comment over here…
    I think Obama has run a great campaign thus far, and he will probably continue to do what he thinks is best to further that campaign. I think it is a shame that the skit implies what he has to do for the white vote, but from a personal perspective I am not a fan of Jackson or Sharpton and for whatever reason Black so called leaders have been slow to embrace Obama.
    I take this skit as I take all the other political satire, skits, and cartoons with a grain of salt. if you like it fine, if you don’t like that’s fine too!

    regina said this on March 4, 2008 at 9:14 pm

  10. I love TV Funhouse. I wish it was it’s own show. Well it was for a while but somehow it didn’t last. The best one was a Michael Jackson spoof.

    “think it’s ridiculous that in order for Obama to appeal to white’s he has to distance himself from blacks that have battled for civil rights or have been outspoken on racism in this country.”

    But the reality is that he is; which is part of my point in my post “Why a Barack Obama Presidency May Be More Bad Than Good For Black People” http://www.blackperspective.net/index.php/why-a-barack-obama-presidency-may-be-more-bad-than-good-for-black-people/

    Though the spoof exaggerates it for commic effect. Jesse Jackson Jr. is one of his national co-chairs; but notice he indeed never appears with Jackson Sr. though he indorsed Obama early on.

    Yobachi said this on March 5, 2008 at 9:10 am

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