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  Die zweite Hillary

  http://blog.prodialog.org/archives/259-Die-zweite-Hillary.ht...
  1 day ago in US-Wahlkampfblog · Authority: 24

  Für alle die, die Hillary Clinton im Rennen um die US-Präsidentschaft schon aufgegeben haben, hier eine tröstliche Nachricht: Es gibt sie gleich zweimal. In der Sendung „Saturday Night Live“ trat Amy Poehler in der Rolle von Hillary Clinton auf. In ihrer Parodie nahm sie optisch Bezug auf Hillary Clintons erstes Video-Podcast „I’m in“, mit dem Clinton im Januar 2007 ihre Kandidatur bekannt gab. In ihrer Ansprache an die Nation erklärte sie, warum sie die bessere Präsidentin ist: erstens sei sie eine schlechte Verliererin, die sich im Falle der Nominierung Obamas weigern würde, seinen Wahlkampf zu unterstützen. Zweitens seien ihre Unterstützer Rassisten, die Obama im November nicht wählen würden, sollte er der Präsidentschaftskandidat werden. Mit der Pointe über die rassistischen Wähler hat Amy Poehler bei den Amerikanern einen wunden Punkt getroffen. Allein auf der Website der Huffington Post haben über 1000 Leser einen Blogkommentar zu diesem Thema hinterlassen. Sie führen eine regelrechte Debatte über Rassismus im Wahlkampf. Hier zwei Beispiele: „LOVE IT!! If even the liberal Hollywood elite has turned on the Clinton brand, it means we on the rabid left have won!! So we send Obama, with barely one year of national experience, surrounded by racists, crooks and flag stomping bombers, to fight it out in the general election. WE ROCK!! YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN!! BHO '08!!” "Just because someone doesn't vote for Barack Obama doesn't make him a racist! What's gotten into this country? Obama is not a saint because he is African-American. He is subject to the same scrutiny, as any other presidential candidate. He has been critical of Senator Clinton, along the campaign trail and even ridiculed her a few times. Give me a break! Clinton is winning all the major blue states, which the Democrats must win in November to take back the White House.” Amy Poehler trat bereits am 1. März 2008 bei „Saturday Night Live“ auf und traf dort auf Hillary Clinton, die durchaus Humor bewies und ihre Parodistin schätzt: „I simply adore Amy's impression of me."
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  ככה עושים סאטירה אמיתית

  http://efitriger.blogspot.com/2008/05/blog-post_14.html
  2 days ago in תרבות אמריקנית פופולארית · No authority yet

  שני קטעי וידאו משעשעים במיוחד ממיטב הסאטירה האמריקנית: 1.סטיבן קולברט, מנחה התכנית "דו"ח קולברט" , מציג סאטירה נוקבת על תכניות ה-ONE MAN SHOW ברשתות החדשות האמריקניות, שבהן המגיש מרשה לעצמו לחוות את דעתו על המצב במדינה. קולברט מכוון את חיציו בעיקר לביל אוריילי, המגיש האולטרה-ימני והוולגארי של FOX NEWS. בקטע ששודר אמש ( ג ) קולברט מתייחס לסרטון ישן של אוריילי, שבו הוא נראה מגדף את צוותו בתכנית טלויזיה לפני כעשרים שנה. קולברט כמובן "מסתייג" מהפצת הסרטון באינטרנט, ומציג לאות הזדהות סרטון ישן שלו עצמו ( שכמובן לא היה ולא נברא ). שימו לב לבדיחה על יצחק שמיר בפנים. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/14/stephen-colbert-imitates_n_101641.html 2. מתוך התכנית האחרונה של SNL, איימי פוהלר בעוד חיקוי מבריק של סנאטורית הילארי קלינטון: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/11/saturday-night-lives-mess_n_101177.html ותודה לטל מקל שהיפנה אותי לקטעים. תבלו.
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  SNL: Clinton the Sore Loser

  http://ticklebooth.com/2008/05/snl-clinton-the-sore-loser/
  2 days ago in TickleBooth · Authority: 140

  Pretty good skit by SNL. Watch it.
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  Oh no. Oh no no no.

  http://limulus.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/oh-no-oh-no-no-no/
  3 days ago in Limulus · Authority: 22

  I can’t believe it.  Yah, the SNL video about Hillary having no ethical standards was amusing but I didn’t think it could be completely true… Why is Hillary still in the race when its clear to everyone, even her own aides, that its over in all but name? “Mrs Clinton is also facing a cash crisis: she has now loaned her campaign more than $11 million just to keep it afloat and it has further debts of at least $10 million.“ Wouldn’t prolonging the campaign just be a further waste of money? And then I read this just a few minutes ago: “A little-known provision of a 2002 campaign-finance law cosponsored by McCain prevents candidates who drop out of the race from raising money after the nominating conventions to repay themselves for personal loans. If Clinton fails to come up with the funds by the Democratic convention in August and she fails to gain the nomination, she will be out the $11 million. If she quits before then, she may find it hard to get people to keep giving cash so she can retire her debt.“ And it suddenly becomes clear; she’s staying in the race to get people to contribute to her so that she doesn’t lose her $11M… [Update: Look at the maps from this post showing where Clinton got >65% of a given county's votes and note where the upcoming West Virginia and Kentucky primaries are; its not a stretch to think that Hillary will get a lot of support there.  She's going to try and parlay large victories there into campaign fundraising] never mind that “Bill and Hillary Clinton earned a combined $109 million between 2000 and 2007“  its the principle of the thing: she wants others to pay for her mistake.  Others like this 11-year-old kid who sold his own stuff to raise money for her to be president even though that’s all but impossible now.  Others like the Obama campaign workers who have to endure hideous racism while Hillary stays in the race and tries to attract the support of “working, hard-working Americans, white Americans” who (won’t vote for a black man for president and) will contribute to her campaign; this is worse than plain demagogy, this is a giant scam.  She knows she can’t win, but she wants her money back and she’s willing to pander to the prejudices of others to fleece them out of their cash.  And its hurting Obama’s chances to become president, but she doesn’t care either… Update:  I can’t think of any other reason unless she is in such an absolute denial of her own imminent failure that she can’t realize what’s going on and won’t until its finally over.  And either way, as unscrupulous crook or delusional thinker, this proves to me that she is not qualified to be president. Here’s how we can test which it is. If she drops out of the race before the convention (with significant debt remaining to herself) then she’s just in denial right now.  But if she drags this on to the convention (or ends it only when she’s debt free), then its sadly true. Update 2: Surprise, surprise: “Hillary Clinton seized on the West Virginia results in an area where she needs particular help: fund-raising. Roughly $20 million in debt despite $11 million in personal loans from Clinton, her campaign sent a text message to supporters’ cellphones less than an hour after the polls closed hailing the victory and urging them to donate at her Web site. A similar pitch arrived by e-mail two minutes later.” Though the article quotes her as saying in the e-mail: “With your help, I’m going to carry the energy of tonight’s victory into the next contests in Kentucky and Oregon” Kentucky sure (see map above; the voting will be very similar to W. Va.), but Oregon is a whole separate matter.  First, consider the racial breakdown: West Virginia: ~95% white Kentucky: ~90% Oregon: ~80% US as a whole: ~65% Second, consider per capita income: US avg ~$21.5K Oregon (23rd) ~$21K Kentucky (40th) ~$18K W. Va. (49th) ~$16.5K As a result it might not be too surprising to note that three separate polls in Oregon in the last week have shown Obama at ~55% to 35~45% for Clinton (the rest ‘unsure’).  HRC will lose Oregon and by double digits.  Hopefully then she’ll bow out gracefully, but I won’t hold my breath. Note: as per Wikipedia, here are the number of pledged delegates from each state: W. Va.: 28 (20 Clinton; 8 Obama) Kentucky: 51 (guessing: 34~38 Clinton; 13~17 Obama) Oregon: 52 (guessing: 22~25 Clinton; 27~30 Obama) Based on my guesses, the Kentucky and Oregon primaries on the 20th will thus give: 56~63 pledged delegates for Clinton and 40~47 for Obama; at MOST, Hillary would have a net gain of 23 delegates that day.  Obama leads her by 154 pledged delegates right now (see small table near the top of the Daily Kos homepage).
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  Saturday Night Massacre, Live

  http://www.soliloqueer.com/2008/05/saturday_night_massacre_l...
  5 days ago in soliloqueer · Authority: 27

  (Written by guest blogger, Scooter) I'm sorry, but Hillary Clinton was the one who said we should all check out Saturday Night Live for their take on the media's supposed kid-glove treatment of Barack Obama. When she did that, she was making the case that a comedy skit is a fair measure of an election. Rather than view it as a piece of comedy designed to evoke laughter, she saw it as a work of political analysis that should be considered and valued for its insight. I thought it was grasping at straws and wanted to say, "They're not supporting your campaign, they're just trying to be funny. Don't read too much into it." Now that SNL has lampooned Clinton as a sour-loser and joked that her supporters are racist, the Clinton camp seems to be in shock, as if a dear friend has suddenly turned on them. Folks, it's a TV show. All they care about is ratings and audience share. And I've got more bad news so you'd better sit down. It's about the Easter Bunny.
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  SNL does it again...hahahahahahahaha!

  http://expatjane.blogspot.com/2008/05/snl-does-it-againhahah...
  3 days ago in Where The Hell Am I? · Authority: 64

  From the Huffington Post: "Saturday Night Live's" Message From Hillary Clinton: "I Have No Ethical Standards" (VIDEO) An earlier one: 3am Phone Call

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  Even SNL

  http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Even_SNL.html
  5 days ago 5 days ago in Ben Smith's Blog: Political News about Democrats and the 2008 Election - Politico.com · Authority: 3,702

  Last night's monologue made pretty clear that even "Saturday Night Live" is off the bandwagon.

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