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SNL Launches Political Satire Site

Posted May 9, 08 8:09 PM CDT in US,  Politics,  Arts & Living,  Gossip 

(Newser) – Saturday Night Live has unveiled a new website to showcase the program’s political humor, Broadcasting and Cable reports. Visitors can check out clips of the show’s political sketches and candidate appearances at http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/politics, or vote for their favorite president/candidate impersonator—dating back from Dana Carvey's elder Bush to Phil Hartman's Reagan. 

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Lorne Michaels, executive producer of NBC's "Saturday Night Live", arrives for the Whitney Gala at the Whitney Museum of American Art in this Oct. 22, 2007, file photo in New York.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Satuday Night Live has launched a new website devoted to political satire.   (NBC)
This image provided by NBC shows Senator Hillary Clinton (right) delivers an "editorial response" to SNL's parody of this week's Democratic debate with Amy Poehler (left) who plays Clinton on the show.   (AP Photo)
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