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(Video) Bush and Hume SNL skit

In a skit last night on the NBC weekend show Saturday Night Live, Brit Hume interviewed George W. Bush about Iraq.  As Hume ran through a list of all the realities in the war -- such as the depleted security situation, worsened political tensions between Shii and Sunni and eroded support here at home -- it became apparent at the end that all the Fox News host wanted was for Bush to say we are going to win.  Fox News and the White House make a great team.  But these days, it's getting harder and harder to deny reality:

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HUME: ...there's news that in an overwhelming display of force, the Shiite militia led by rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr briefly took the city of Amara in an area once considered safe.  So, Mr. President, considering all these factors, my question to you is can we win this war in Iraq?

BUSH: Absolutely, Brit.

HUME: That's good enough for me.

Didn't I say that the White House and Fox work well together?

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.