Saturday Night Live parodies of Bill Clinton Saturday Night Live parodies of Bill Clinton The 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton has been parodied on "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL") since 1992. He has been portrayed on the show over a hundred times, most often by Darrell Hammond. "Saturday Night Live" has parodied U.S. presidents and other politicians since the show started in 1975. The numerous sketches on Clinton are often inspired by aspects of his presidency, the Lewinsky scandal, and his relationship with his wife, herself a frequent subject in "SNL's" political sketches. Phil Hartman was the first cast member to portray Bill Clinton and
Presidency of Bill Clinton that Clinton pursue a policy of triangulation between conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats. By co-opting some of Republican ideas, Morris argued that Clinton could boost his own popularity while blocking the possibility of the drastic reforms advocated by some conservatives. The Republican Congress presented Clinton with a budget plan that cut Medicare spending and instituted major tax cuts for the wealthy, giving him a November 14, 1995 deadline to approve the bill. After the deadline, the government would be forced to temporarily shut down due to a lack of funding. In reaction, Clinton presented his own plan that did not