Palin Incest Skit Was a Very Bad Idea

Most of you have already seen or read about last week's episode of Saturday Night Live in which a skit mocking the out of touch mindsets of biased fringe left reporters at the New York Times features a remark made by one of the actors that implies Todd Palin, husband to Vice Presidential nominee Governor Sarah Palin, has incestuous relations with their daughters. 

I'm not even going to attempt to make excuses for the poorly-tasted sketch but I want to be clear about something, the skit's intention was to poke fun at the ridiculous approaches of biased reporters, not to actually imply that Todd Palin has sex with his daughters. The fact is, however, it was incredibly stupid to try to use incest as a vehicle for the joke. Rape and incest really isn't that funny, this much is obvious. The Saturday Night Live sketch writers could have conveyed the message of their skit through other means, and I agree with conservatives on the fact that it should open next week's show with a formal apology for any unintentional harm it inflicted on the Palin family with it's bad joke. It should not be forced however, this is still a free country and freedom of speech is one of our most basic principles, I just think it would be terribly unwise for NBC not to. 

If it were REALLY smart, it would include within said apology an explanation/commentary on the boundaries that the biased media have crossed themselves, both conservative and liberal. This will change the dialogue back to what they intentionally meant to comment on in the first place, while drawing agreement from members of both political parties. 

If Libs are smart, and they have their moments, they will also condemn the remarks made on the show and begin to distance themselves from what has obviously become a radicalized version of the SNL we all grew up to know and love. This will force the studio to purge itself of all the "taking it too far"-left wing elements within the corporation itself, a purging it is in dire need of.