"Palin" and "Clinton" on SNL

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http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/palin-hillary-open/656281/

[Procrastinator]

That was damn funny! I may have to start watching SNL again.

That Palin impression couldn't have been more spot-on.

Thanks for posting the clip.

Joe

[Navigator]

You're welcome Procrastinator....Tina Fey was great in that clip wasn't she. I'm a staunch Obama supporter but if something happens and Palin gets elected I think we'll see lot of Tina Fey on SNL.

I'm surprised the post got such a small number of reads. Maybe it's "Palin fatigue" or "politics fatigue" on a nudist board. I know I don't read the political threads here and I'm pretty active politically.

Oh well...I'll bump the SNL clip up again with this post and maybe a few more will see it.

[NudeAl]

I loved it thanks for posting that. The morning news have been using using clips form that a lot. I was laughing my butt off.

Here's one of my favorite punch lines

Hillary; I believe diplomancy must be the cornerstone of any foreign policy.

Sara; And I can see Russia from my house. LOL

[Qikdraw]

The White House Press Secretary called that 'sexist', but apparently Sarah Palin laughed at it and thought it was funny. So says a Palin spokeswoman, she apparently also dressed up as Tina Fey for halloween one year, so the irony was humourous to her.

[Naturist Mark]

The White House Press Secretary called that 'sexist', but apparently Sarah Palin laughed at it and thought it was funny. So says a Palin spokeswoman, she apparently also dressed up as Tina Fey for halloween one year, so the irony was humourous to her.

Yes, it is now sexist to criticize, or satirize Palin. Just like it was sexist for Hillary to complain about sexism. See, perfectly even handed.

-Mark

[garbo]

One of the best skits ever on SNL!

[naturistoftheyear]

Even Taiwanese TV showed that 'I can see Russia from my house' line.
But that was about all of their foreign news for that day.

[KirkOntario]

Yes, it is now sexist to criticize, or satirize Palin. Just like it was sexist for Hillary to complain about sexism. See, perfectly even handed.

-Mark

Given that the Obama camp accused Clinton of racism for calling Obama's campaign a fairy tale it is fun to see the shoe on the other foot.
Criticising her is legitimate. Criticising her on the basis of her sex as so many leftists have done is sexist.

[Naturist Mark]

Criticising her is legitimate. Criticising her on the basis of her sex as so many leftists have done is sexist.
Name one. Just one.

-Mark

[KirkOntario]

Name one. Just one.

-Mark

Accused of causing her son's birth defect.
Accused of abusing her daughter by running for office. (subjecting her to ridicule)
Accused of not being able to handle her family and political life
Accused of being 'inexperienced' when she has a better resume than Obama (who has done zippo his entire life but self-promotion)
Being described according to her looks by Joe Biden ('beautiful') without reference to anything else.
Michelle Obama today said don't vote for her because she's cute.
Obama referred to her as lipstick on a pig.

She's taken nonstop abuse from the left simply because she's 'off the reservation' Women and minorities are not permitted to be conservative. (they went nuts over Margaret Thatcher too....ha ha)

[Naturist Mark]

Accused of causing her son's birth defect.That is sexist? Why? It is uncouth to be sure - and the Alaskan Republicans who started it should be ashamed, as well as anyone else who piled on. The kernel of truth in it - that children born to women in their forties have a much greater likelihood of Downs does not justify the uncouthness. It is crude and out of bounds, but sexist?Accused of abusing her daughter by running for office. (subjecting her to ridicule)
Accused of not being able to handle her family and political lifeReminds of someone else being accused of not being able to control his wife. But wasn't the real criticism for trotting them out into the glare of publicity and exploiting them amidst personal embarrassments? Again, this doesn't seem to be a sexism issue to me, except to those on the right who insist that a woman's place is in the home.Accused of being 'inexperienced' when she has a better resume than Obama (who has done zippo his entire life but self-promotion)Besides being a tenuous argument and arguably untrue, it has absolutely nothing to do with sexism.Being described according to her looks by Joe Biden ('beautiful') without reference to anything else.The Cad! I hope no Republicans ever said that about her! And I would rather doubt Joe said it "without reference to anything else" cite?Michelle Obama today said don't vote for her because she's cute. Nice twist, but Michelle's comments (http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/breakingnews/97100.php) were not sexist, in fact they were explicitly anti-sexist "People shouldn't make a decision this time based on, 'I like that guy' or 'she's cute,"Obama referred to her as lipstick on a pig. No he didn't, every single major fact check and media source has debunked this. Obama was talking about the McCain economic program, never mentioning Palin, by name, or by position, or by allusion. He was parroting a line he heard from the opposition though - from McCain who has used it at least a dozen times - most notably when discussing Hillary's health care plan. The smear that Obama was calling Palin a pig was a brazen lie that rocked the media for a day, but was almost universally debunked and reviled. Even McCain admitted (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jqSrvKD0cyqbefXbnUu0sZbSv8qAD937BC880) it wasn't true. She's taken nonstop abuse from the left simply because she's 'off the reservation' Women and minorities are not permitted to be conservative. (they went nuts over Margaret Thatcher too....ha ha)http://www.newsweek.com/id/159260

Palin has taken nonstop criticism from the left, right and middle because she is an alarming extremist who has abused what little authority she has wielded and has some odd form of Tourette's syndrome that prevents her from making two truthful statements in a row. It has nothing to do with her sex, it has everything to do with her fitness to lead.

It really shouldn't be that hard to find some actual examples of "lefties" being sexist about Palin. There are some real loons on the left. But you aren't going to get anywhere trying to define any criticism or opposition to Palin as "sexist". That's ... ... wait for it ... wait for it ... ... sexist.

-Mark

[KirkOntario]

I've provided you with many but understandably you make excuses for all of them. Her record is hardly extremist. Truth is this woman is a real threat to the left and feminism and like Clarence Thomas she has to be punished for not keeping her place as a victim dependant on the largesse of liberalism.

[NudeTopher]

Given that the Obama camp accused Clinton of racism for calling Obama's campaign a fairy tale it is fun to see the shoe on the other foot.
Criticising her is legitimate. Criticising her on the basis of her sex as so many leftists have done is sexist.

Why bother feeding trolls?

[Naturist Mark]

I've provided you with many but understandably you make excuses for all of them. Her record is hardly extremist. Truth is this woman is a real threat to the left and feminism and like Clarence Thomas she has to be punished for not keeping her place as a victim dependant on the largesse of liberalism.

You provided examples of criticism, but missed the mark on sexism, which was the assignment.

It really isn't that hard, there are plenty of boneheads saying anything you can imagine. But the right is straining at gnats to try to characterize as sexist anything anyone connected to Obama has ever said about Palin, and making fools of themselves in the process - you really should think twice about buying into their confabulations.

But let's let Sarah have the last word ...

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-Yarrrh!

[KirkOntario]

Say isn't your line of argument in another thread about the use of 'code words?' Why the double standard?

[Naturist Mark]

Say isn't your line of argument in another thread about the use of 'code words?' Why the double standard?

Which code words are you accusing Obama of, "Lipstick"? <---- that was a direct quote from McCain.

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Obama's code words tend to be a bit more obvious ... like "George Bush".

-Mark

[EricNY]

Well, well, well the distorter in chief has been allowed back in, again! And returns with the same passion for untruths and distortions.




My error has been addressed. Sorry for the interruption.

[Boreas]

Thank you thank you thank you Eric! :adoration:You rock! :)
And now back to our regular programing. I heard a good program about Palin yesterday. I think I will post my comments in the other Palin thread.

[Fitz1980]

I've provided you with many but understandably you make excuses for all of them. Her record is hardly extremist.

She wants to overturn "Roe vs Wade," wants to teach abstinence only sex education and creationism in schools. Nothing extremism there.

I've provided you with many but understandably you make excuses for all of them. Her record is hardly extremist. Truth is this woman is a real threat to the left and feminism and like Clarence Thomas she has to be punished for not keeping her place as a victim dependant on the largesse of liberalism.

Excuse me but the Republican party is quite easily the biggest and the best at playing the victim card. These same people claim that there's a "War on Christmas" and "Christians are the most persecuted class in the world." Sean Hannity said of Hillery Clinton that she always "runs under the apron strings and crying 'the boys are being mean to me'; well what's she going to do when the boys who run Russia, Iran or Al Queda are mean to her." Now he's saying that anyone who criticizes Palin for anything, legit or not, is sexist. Bill O'Reily said that Jamie Lynn Spear's parents were "pinheads" because their 17 year old daughter got pregnant and "the blame for that kind of thing has to be laid on the parents." But said that Palin's 17 year old pregnant daughter is a family matter that families everywhere have to deal with and shouldn't reflect on her or even be discussed.

I saw a great article from a radical feminist who responded to some of the more outlandish claims from the right of "sexism from women and the left."


Moreover! Feminists, in general, dislike--not "have a hard time dealing with", "dislike"--conservative women, where conservatism means things like "opposes women's reproductive rights" and "opposes support for single mothers." That kind of thing being, y'know, central to the point of feminism, which is a political movement that aims to promote the rights and equality of women as a class. Which isn't the same, by the way, as promoting every single individual woman. This should be obvious, but if you have a hard time with that whole "women aren't all the same" concept, it's a big leap to really *get* that.

There's a difference between supporting a *principle* and supporting every single individual who happens to benefit from that principle. Again: a stretch, I know, but just repeat after me: "individual women are individuals; they are not representative of All Women Everywhere."

She also points out that opposition to Palin is because she doesn't support policies that are central to the goals of feminism like maternity leave and affordable childcare. It's that old Reagen era attitude of "I got mine, so who gives a crap about you." She did well and doesn't support government helping mothers who are less advantaged than she was. Not every woman who gets pregnant is part of a family who has an income of $200,000+ per year, a husband with a job that gives him lots of flexible time-on/time-off and a large extended family in town who can help when those things are not enough.

[usmc1]

My error has been addressed. Sorry for the interruption.
my deletions ensued

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http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/couric-palin-open/704042/

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http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/couric-palin-open/704042/

I know, it is so funny. Tina gets a lot of ink forr this, but Amy's eye blinking, disbelieving look-offs has Couric nailed.

This kind of satire has to be devastating, because it just bursts through the internet quicker than Ex Lax through a widdow lady!

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After this, only 4 more SNL's until the election.

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/vp-debate-open-palin-biden/727421/