In-depth report: SNL tries to be nonpartisan

It's amusing to think how much impact Saturday Night Live has had on the Democratic primary this year. Already, the pundits have concluded that SNL's previous depiction of the media fawning over Obama resulted in the real media stiffening their backbones and nicking a little of that paint off their golden boy. While both Clinton and Obama have taken time to appear on the show, Clinton was widely seen as having benefitted more from SNL's parodies. With that in mind, the show launched a decimating sketch against Clinton, laughing at her doggedness even as she continues to campaign like there's no tomorrow in West Virginia.

You can expect a report later on from Scold senior political correspondent RJ Carroll, who will be on the scene in Fairmont, W.V. for Clinton's rally tonight.

It's worth noting that this most recent SNL sketch is particularly, almost brutally unkind to the junior senator from New York. Sure, sure, actress/comedian Amy Pohler is funny enough given lines like "I'm Hillary Clinton ... and I'm a sore loser!" But the particularly nasty dagger in Clinton's back comes in the form of the "all my supporters are white racists who won't vote for a black man" line.

Now that is pretty damned pointed for a comedy sketch, if you ask me. There's a dash of truth to it, and it's also taken from Clinton's own unfortunate choice of words. By using the term "white voters," she incurred the wrath of numerous well-known black pundits. A pretty amusing condemnation comes from The New York Times' Bob Herbert, who says Clinton's words essentially scream the message "He can't win! Don't you understand? He's black! He's blaaaaaaaaaaack!"

More likely Clinton's supporters say they won't vote for Obama because 1.) it ain't over yet, 2.) it's been a very passionate and intense campaign, and 3.) Obama has done things to piss off Clintonites ("You're likable enough, Hillary"), and Clinton has shown no hesitation to play the gender card.

But hey, why explain when you can generalize? In any case, Hillary has long won my vote, and not just because she's one bulletproof bitch -- where George W. Bush was content to stare into Vladimir Putin's soul, Hillary would probably strangle Putin with his own black jujitsu belt -- she's taken a strong stand where it counts. The obliteration of Iran if Iran nukes Israel, for instance. How's THAT for a security umbrella, Tehran?