The only Bush the First impression that mattered was Dana Carvey's. The only Dub-ya impression that ever mattered is Will Ferrell's. (Well, ok, Jon Stewart vies for the championship nightly, but his is really just a perfect sneaky snicker and shoulder scrunch.) Will Ferrell has the confused squint down, not to mention the general air of someone who could be easily distracted by a errant ball of yarn. I'll bet he has the pretzel choke down too, he's such a pro.
We got to bask in some of that joyful moronicy on Thursday night when Ferrell returned to SNL for their last Thursday night election special. This time around, Bush was giving his televised endorsement of McCain/Palin. Of course Tina Fey's Palin was much more pleased with this prospect than Darrell Hammond's McCain, who ends up needing to hunted down and found by Todd Palin, still donning his "snow machine" suit from Saturday's rap song appearance.
I think this sketch was an attempt to really lay their cards on the table. They have been criticized by some people for going too easy on McCain and Palin during this election, and pinning them with Bush is about the best way they could have shown what this election is really about. Also it's just fun to make Will Ferrell come back.
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