# Should Saturday Night Live Choose the Next President?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-saturday-night-live-choose-the-next-president/435478>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 29, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-saturday-night-live-choose-the-next-president/435478 "2008-01-29T18:23:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-saturday-night-live-choose-the-next-president/435478/21 "2008-01-30T18:08:48Z")

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Obama is half white, so I would think anyone could play him. I even think Rudolph could play him. They’ve had women play men on the show before. It might all be academic anyway if there is no resolution to the strike.

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