CLEVELAND - I must admit, Sen. John McCain has a great sense of humor when he wants to show it. As abrasive and combative as his presidential campaign has been, it's nice to see him display his self-deprecating side.Too bad he's running for president.
McCain, 72 took a small detour off the campaign trail to Manhattan and appeared in two skits last night of the long-running sketch comedy Saturday Night Live. Leading off the show with the brilliant Tina Fey (yet again as Governor Sarah Palin), McCain poked fun at himself in a skit built around the home shopping channel QVC. McCain's wife Cindy had a cameo in this scene.
Later, during the "Weekend Update" segment of the show, the Republican nominee traded lines with cast member Seth Myers and outlined his desperate "strategies" for getting folks to vote for him, which he soon admitted probably wouldn't work anyway.
This is the second time in three weeks that the Republican ticket has been "in on the joke" on SNL. McCain's running mate Palin appeared in the Oct. 18th episode along with her doppelganger Fey.
Personally, I enjoyed McCain's lighter side. However, I can't help but to make note of the fact that SNL is obviously making a mockery of the McCain-Palin ticket. Ratings for the show this season have been through the roof as the show's focus has largely been on the soon-to-be-over election campaign. With Fey doing a pitch perfect impersonation of the often comically clueless Palin, the show has clearly established their pro-Democrat stance in a less than subtle way.
The best part is that McCain and Palin actually contribute to the joke that their campaign has become.
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