NBC Removes 'SNL' Anti-Democrat Bailout Skit

07 October 2008 @ 04:38 pm EDT

NBC's most recent "Saturday Night Live" blamed Democrats for the current financial crisis, which prompted the studio to remove the video from its online website.

Early Sunday morning, the video of this sketch was posted at its website. However, some time Monday, it was taken down without any explanation.

One possibility, the Associated Press reported, is that two of the targets in the skit, the founders of Golden West Financial who were mocked by "SNL" as having made billions selling subprime mortgages to unqualified borrowers, aren't happy with how they were portrayed.

Here is the SNL Bailout Skit:

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