Trevor Bothwell is a libertarian freelance writer living in Maryland. He is a contributing author to the biography Ron Paul: A Life, a cookbook author, and host of the "Who's Your Nanny?" blog.

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SNL bailout skit

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October 7, 7:07 PM

by Trevor Bothwell, Politics Examiner

Here's a link to the great Saturday Night Live skit this past weekend on the bailout, which has been pulled by NBC. Michelle Malkin has a theory about why it may have vanished mysteriously.

The video is also available here on YouTube, though the embed feature has been "disabled by request."

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