Please ignore the silly race baters. This was funny as hell. In a day in age when people are so sensitive about everything its ok to point out our differences and laugh at them... keep em comin.

The end of this skit cracked me up. Something about the simplicity of Fred's head nod combined with the subtle jab at Bush's "mission accomplished" banner just captured how Obama really does "keep it cool." I was laughing out loud!

To comment on PrivateBurke's review:Fred Armisen's mother is Venezuelan and his father is German and Japanese, simultaneously making Armisen SNL's second Asian-American castmember (after Rob Schneider, who is part Fillipino) and Hispanic-American castmember. Barack's mother is a white American and his father is Kenyan .In a lot of ways.. Barack is "whiter" than Armisen. So... where does that fall on your "racially appropriate" scale? Good lord.. your cakewalk reference is far more "racist" than anything present in this skit. It is important is to unify the country and I don't think that segregating actors to only play their own race belongs anywhere in that ideology. We've had a roller coaster past but all we have power to do is to change the attitudes now and guide the country in a positive direction for our children and their children. We can't be held responsible for the misguided beliefs and actions of our ancestors.It is going to be harder for SNL to find comedic fodder given that we actually have an intelligent president but the current cast is good so we'll see...

I'm black and I don't feel this is racist. It is an actor doing his job. I'm glad that he is finally impersonating him better; before it was just so horrible. Anyhow, the point of the skit is that their really is nothing bad to say about Obama because he is just so cool. Personally, I think its cute and funny.

I love the short little songs LOL

This wasn't even a joke. It was just a white guy who looks nothing like Obama talking. By the way it's racist for a white guy to play a black man. I'm glad that in 2009 SNL is cake walking the president of the United States.