Hillary Clinton’s presidential announcement video may have been a lot more entertaining if she had taken a few tips from Saturday Night Live. The show kicked off this weekend’s episode with a mock peek into the Clintons’ Chappaqua home as they shot the video.
In the sketch, an adviser recommends that Clinton (played by Kate McKinnon) shoot the video herself on her phone. Things don’t get off to a good start — “Citizens, you will elect me — I will be your leader,” a commanding Clinton begins — prompting the adviser to repeatedly suggest she “soften” her image, to little avail.
After a few failed videos, the adviser assures Clinton that they can just delete them from her phone. “I know a thing or two about that,” Clinton quips, a nod to her ongoing e-mail scandal.
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Then self-titled “First Dude” Bill Clinton enters, played by the incomparable Darrell Hammond, who first started portraying the former president when he joined the show’s cast in 1995. “Isn’t it crazy that phones can take videos now?” he says. “If they could have done that in the 90s, I’d be in jail.”
He also tells viewers that he will be his wife’s vice president, and would be willing to serve again commander-in-chief if “God forbid” something where to happen to her. But Hillary has different plans for her ticket. “He’s joking, America. My vice president, of course, will be me,” she said.
“Aren’t we such a fun, approachable dynasty?” Clinton asks the camera as her husband slips away, only to return later to play the saxophone in the background.
“Oh, who am I kidding?! Buckle up, America, because the Clintons are back!”
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— Andrew Johnson is an editorial associate at National Review Online.
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