On the serious side of a lighter note

SNL is being called pro-Hillary. In response, they promise to give more people sh*t more often:

"The show happens too quickly for any of us to have an agenda," added [Seth] Meyers [one of the show's head writers], who donated $1,000 to Obama in January. "And our egos as comedy writers are too big to ever let our own political loyalties get in the way of a joke. So we aim for whatever is the richest to be satirized on any given week."

They say the show's mantra is that it is against whoever is winning. That makes sense - we're an underdog worshiping society. Isn't that why all candidates need to be the outsiders, even when they are inside?

Michaels believes one of the factors fueling the perception that "SNL" has a bias toward Clinton may be Poehler herself, who plays the New York senator as a woman laboring valiantly to ignore the jibes sent her way.

"People can confuse the charm of the character with the person," he said.

That's a heck of a statement, isn't it? True, too. Quite a credit to Poehler.

The Obama camp gets points for taking the jokes in stride:

Obama spokesman Bill Burton said the candidate is not concerned that his rival is getting a lift from "SNL."

"Frankly, Barack Obama knows he's good enough, smart enough and, gosh darn it, he's won more states, more votes and more delegates, and that's what probably matters more anyway," he quipped, à la Stuart Smalley.

And here's some pictures of comedians in politics and politicians on comedies.