Take a look at the above video, which was recently brought to my attention. It’s a bit dated as it deals with the election, but it’s still getting some play on YouTube, and it disgusts me. Not to mention that it didn’t work.

As opposed to the expert skewerings delivered by the pros at SNL to both candidates as well as their rivals in the primaries, this piece uses lowest common denominator stereotypes and copy that doesn’t reach the threshold of effective humor, while degrading both the opposition candidate (Obama) as well as unwittingly belittling the amateur “artistes” themselves who aren’t perceptive enough to see that their work makes them look even more foolish than their target.

Perhaps worst of all, by being unclear as to whether their primary thrust is humor or political persuasion, they trivialized what, during these unprecedented times, should have been the most vital, urgent, and sincere debate we’ve ever had.

Take it from a major league wiseass and fan of the anything goes genre: there’s a time to pull the plug and get real. These clowns have some growing up to do.