"Bitch is the New Black"

Saturday Night Live is live again.

With no new episodes for months due to the Writers' strike, it was good to have the show back.

Fred Armisen was unveiled as SNL's Barack Obama. He looked good. He captured that furrowed brow/serious/confused expression that Obama so often has during debates. Armisen looked better than he sounded, but the skit didn't give him the opportunity to say much as Obama.

Yes, Mike Huckabee was on the show. He was on briefly during "Weekend Update." He's a pretty good actor, I think.

The bit was funny enough, with Seth Meyers explaining to him that it was mathematically impossible for him to amass enough delegates to win the nomination.

Huckabee said he wasn't a math guy, that he's more of a miracle guy; but he would bow out of the race with class and grace when the time came. He said he wouldn't overstay his welcome.

At that point, the segment was over and Huckabee should have left the Update desk. Instead, he very ungracefully remained. After a few attempts at saying goodbye, Huckabee finally did move along.

Although it was a comedy bit, I'm thinking that's the real Huckabee.

Later, host Tina Fey returned to her old place at the Update desk. She did the women's news.

She did a few jokes on a few stories, and then went into her Hillary Clinton appeal. Fey made the case to elect a woman and vote for Hillary.

She talked about how far women have come. They are so empowered that they don't feel obligated to vote for a woman.

Fey said, "Women today feel perfectly free to make whatever choice Oprah tells them to.

"Which raises the question: Why are people abandoning Hillary for Obama?"

She brought up the bitch issue. Fey said that being a bitch, like Hillary, is good because "bitches get things done."

Fey said, "It's not too late, Texas and Ohio. Get on board. Bitch is the new black."

Fey's endorsement was the most positive press Hillary has had in a while, even though it came from the comedy press.
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From YouTube, clips of Huckabee and Fey's Hillary pep rally.
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