{"id":384425,"date":"2010-03-03T10:28:55","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T15:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/economics\/2010\/03\/03\/famous-comedians-try-to-rescue-cfpa-in-star-filled-sketch\/"},"modified":"2010-03-03T10:28:55","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T15:28:55","slug":"famous-comedians-try-to-rescue-cfpa-in-star-filled-sketch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/384425","title":{"rendered":"Famous Comedians Try to Rescue CFPA in Star-Filled Sketch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The debate over new financial rules just took a turn for the\u0085 hilarious.<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"ordie_player_f5a57185bd\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" data=\"http:\/\/player.ordienetworks.com\/flash\/fodplayer.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"align\" value=\"right\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"key=f5a57185bd\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/player.ordienetworks.com\/flash\/fodplayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"name\" value=\"ordie_player_f5a57185bd\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><\/object>A star-studded cast of past and present Saturday Night Live comedians has put together a skewering sketch pushing President <strong>Barack Obama<\/strong> to create an independent <strong>Consumer Financial Protection Agency<\/strong>, in perhaps one of the more bizarre turns in the continuing debate over how best to rewrite financial protection rules.<\/p>\n<p>The video was directed by <strong>Ron Howard<\/strong> and features <strong>Will Ferrell<\/strong> as <strong>George W. Bush<\/strong>, <strong>Fred Armisen<\/strong> at <strong>Barack Obama<\/strong>, <strong>Darrell Hammond<\/strong> as <strong>Bill Clinton<\/strong>, <strong>Chevy Chase<\/strong> as <strong>Gerald Ford<\/strong>, <strong>Dan Aykroyd<\/strong> as <strong>Jimmy Carter<\/strong>, <strong>Dana Carvey<\/strong> as <strong>George H.W. Bush<\/strong>, and <strong>Jim Carrey<\/strong> as <strong>Ronald Reagan<\/strong>. <strong>Maya Rudolph<\/strong> plays <strong>Michelle Obama<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Warning, the skit isn\u0092t exactly rated PG.<\/p>\n<p>The setting for the skit is the White House\u0092s master bedroom, and Mr. Obama and his wife are visited by presidents &#8212; alive and dead &#8212; pushing him to create a new CFPA. Banks have lobbied aggressively to kill the creation of an independent CFPA, but many unions and consumer groups have insisted that a freestanding agency is necessary to protect consumers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/K-yNvwJzDcuYap7FdXkPb_AO4Bo\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/K-yNvwJzDcuYap7FdXkPb_AO4Bo\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/K-yNvwJzDcuYap7FdXkPb_AO4Bo\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/K-yNvwJzDcuYap7FdXkPb_AO4Bo\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/wsj\/economics\/feed?a=wLc4FFoenJs:FyHatRXbuuM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/wsj\/economics\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/wsj\/economics\/feed?a=wLc4FFoenJs:FyHatRXbuuM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/wsj\/economics\/feed?i=wLc4FFoenJs:FyHatRXbuuM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/wsj\/economics\/feed?a=wLc4FFoenJs:FyHatRXbuuM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/wsj\/economics\/feed?i=wLc4FFoenJs:FyHatRXbuuM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/wsj\/economics\/feed?a=wLc4FFoenJs:FyHatRXbuuM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/wsj\/economics\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/wsj\/economics\/feed\/~4\/wLc4FFoenJs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The debate over new financial rules just took a turn for the\u0085 hilarious. 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