Video: SNL skit with Bush and Frist finding ways to win over public
On last night's Saturday NIght Live, the opening skit featured a meeting between President Bush and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist -- played by Tom Hanks -- which drew parallels between the GOP's $100 gas rebate proposal and your typical infomercial:
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FRIST: "Now, what if I told you that every American was going to get $120 and three days and two nights at the lovely Busch Gardens Resort and Theme Park in Tampa Bay, Florida?"
BUSH: "Busch Gardens? I'd say I was pretty interested."
FRIST: "Well, what if gas hits $5.00 a gallon?"
BUSH: "And once again, it's gonna."
FRIST: "We're going to need to buy some more oil refineries. Now, would you want an oil refinery in your town?"
BUSH: "Well, no sir. Those things smell bad, and they're an eye sore."
FRIST: "But, what if I told you that everyone in your town would get one of these?"
BUSH: "What is that?"
FRIST: "Why, it's the new magic mop. It uses patented micro-fiber technology to spoon up both wet and dry spills on all household surfaces."
BUSH: "I don't know. Looks hard to use."
FRIST: "It couldn't be easier, Mr. President, to use. And to clean it, you just hold it under running water. And if gas hits $5.00 by August 1st, they will get not one, but two replacement shammies."
BUSH: "So wait. You're telling me that I get $120, the Busch Gardens vacation and the magic mop with two replacement shammies? And all I have to do is allow drilling in Alaska, mining in the Grand Canyon and have an oil refinery in my town?"
FRIST: "It's an over $500 value."
The GOP are so nervous about this November that they are drumming up just about every possible strategy in order to reverse public sentiment. The problem is that there is not an instant solution for the GOP on Iraq, high gas prices or the Washington corruption scandals without enacting policies that the Democrats have been begging for all along.
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