Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Jason Sudeikis Should Do Charles Boustany on Saturday Night!

I was rolling on the floor a couple of weeks ago during a rerun of Saturday Night's 2008 vice presidential debate. Scroll forward at the video to see Jason Sudeikis' Joe Biden explain that he's not a Washington insider because he comes from Scranton, PA, "the absolute worst place on earth ..."

So just now, when the cameras went live for the GOP response to President Obama's ObamaCare address, I seriously thought it was a skit. But just for a minute! Honesly, no offense, but I'd never even heard of Rep. Charles Boustany before - but the dude should be on Saturday Night! Or at least, let's get a great comedic send-up of his response tonight. Seriously, watching Jason Sudeikis - my pick for Rep. Boustany - will be at least as funny as
Kathleen Sebelius' response to President Bush's State of the Union Address in 2008! As the New York Times points out:
Representative Charles Boustany of Louisiana, a surgeon, has delivered a brief Republican response. He has the same problem typical of those who deliver such responses (and not, in his case, just relative anonymity) — he is standing by himself somewhere, without the animation that comes from interacting with a live audience ...

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