Hillary Clinton Says Watch "Saturday Night Live" To See Press Biases Toward Me

Wow, I now believe that Hillary has a chance to win Texas and Ohio. For one thing she is ahead in Ohio., so that only leaves Texas.

I think her strategy of throwing everything and the kitchen sink worked. In going negative I think she put an alt to Obama's momentum by essentially saying, see you are as dirty as the rest of us. This I think has had the result of turning people off of politics but more importantly off of Obama. She has nothing to loose, her negative are so high, they won't get much higher, and she has a core support that will support her no matter what.

Lately its been the story about the media bias. This story is being played in the media, but its being played even more strongly among her main target groups, her ace in the hole, women. The messages that her campaign targets to women, make much stronger insinuations about the media being biases because it is being sexist. Even making the dead speak (Ann Richards) is permitted to reach targeted women. I think this is part of the reason things are slowly starting to turn into a gender war. This message comes from the Hillary campaign however a lot of people are not aware of it because that message is disseminated through women organizations, so unless you are part of one, you are unlikely to see the message directly. I am fairly sure that the Clinton camping is fine about the lack of coverage of these more targeted message, after all, that's one of the reason, they are called targeted message, that one thing you get when you get Mark Penn for your campaign. In the end the message will still get out but it will be a mouth to mouth message, until the media gets a hold of it, then we will get the filtered sanitized version of the message. This is where the action will take place and the decision will be made.

All this to say that I don't think the polls take that into account and I believe this was what caused New Hampshire. When Clinton appears hurt and vulnerable she gets support. She was able to appear vulnerable by painting herself as a victim of the media (the same media that had built her up, and discarded everyone else for a while, but that was then and this is now). As a fighter by going on the attack. She takes a defiant tone to the media in front her national audience, and shows a more vulnerable side when targeting women by themselves.

I actually think this is her best startegy so far, I just think its too bad that this is what it takes to win in politics.

Come on folks. No need to further beat up on Hillary. She floundered on Iraq, maybe even blundered but few did better. Nevertheless, it's over for the Clintons, probably over for McCain as well. ....

http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2008/02/obama-social-phenomenon.html

Those are the non-subtle reasons perhaps not even Obama fully appreciates for his success. He probably goes to sleep at night believe it's his oratory.

..... some legacy Bush is leaving..... $45 trillion+ in combined National debt and a new President who has little knowledge of economics or the economy. Its up to American tax payers to step and fix the problem themselves. It all starts at home.

I don't see the video

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/02/27/flaherty-nafta.html?ref=rss

As if we needed another reason to confirm SNL is a piece of shit, now Clinton's using it to portray herself as a victim.

I don't like her-- never did. She's my senator, so I I wrote her a letter in 2003 asking her how she could vote to authorize this stupid war and she had no good answer. I wish I kept the email from her. It was full of lock step platitudes about "war on terror" "keeping us safe" etc. She totally ignored the facts I presented to her about Iraq and how they werent' responsible for 9-11. She sounded like a page out of the Bush & Co. War Strategy Guide (although I doubt if Rumsfeld ever wrote any of his strategies down. Well maybe he did-- on coctail napkins)

It ain't over till the Supreme Court says it is.

Parody has historically been used to illuminate and penetrate many issues/topics that traditional discourse chooses to ignore or deny. SNL has never given HRC, or Bill, a pass and were very "gentle" with BHO during his last appearance if you recall. Again, this paraody was NOT aimed at Mr. Obama but rather the arrogant self-indulged news/talking head community. The most entertaining moment last night was when Russert implied his relief that SNL WASN'T TALKING ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE !!

Remember the SNL thing when Obama was on? They told the truth on there. When Bill said to Hillary that they like him ( insinuating that they don't like her). The problem is that people, especially the younger crowd, does not like Hillary.

Wasn't that the battle cry of Fred Thompson, just before he took the plunge into goodbye?

When Hillary was the beneficiary of news coverage earlier in the campaign, I must have missed the part when she was saying "hey, aren't there 3, 4, 5, or 6 people in this election!"

But I'm sure she did.

I say thank-you to Tina Fey, for exposing the
media's incompetence. I wonder what the media
will say about the debate tonight. Obama has
been arrogant, referring to Hillary as "whining"; he mockingly laughed when she continued to explain her healthcare plan.
He also laughed when she questioned denouncing
anti-Jewish individuals who endorsed Obama,
rather than completely rejecting them. (there is a difference)

The sad part is that it wasn't particularly funny, and the one gag got tired very, very quickly. SNL has been moribund for a very long time. Certain exceptions stand out- Tina Fey's Weekend Update bit at the first W. inaugration was classic- but for the most part the funny left SNL about 20 years back.

hilarious

Wow, lately I've wondering where all the GOP Trolls have gone, and now I realize they're still here, just cloaked as Hillary supporters sewing discontent and division, because I can't believe the level of nastiness, and quite frankly, unbalanced ramblings, that are being posted in her name. I would think the true Dem supporters of Hillary would want to root out these poseurs, and help their candidate retain some semblance of respectability.

Or is this all just really contest to try to make up as many cutesy words containing some form of 'Obama' in them, Awww Arianna you never told us, lol

Hilarious, she uses SNL as a source and says "see!! look they proved it!!!" - What the Hillary crew doesn't realize is we are on to them and ALL of their games. The truth HURTS, always has. The threads are coming apart now folks, hold on to your hats.

Cry me a river. Where was Hilary's (and her supporters') outcry over media bias as Dodd, Biden, Kucinich, Richardson and finally Edwards met the same fate? The only problem she has with the media is that they didn't pick her. (In the end, that is; CNN ran a pojected delegates count for months, even before the Iowa caucuses, showing Hilary as the winner)

LOL - This is not comedy this is political propaganda disguised as comedy. Including the attack on Rush Limbaugh, which while it would ordinarily be laudable, is serving here the obvious purpose of helping Hillary Clinton cast herself as a "victimized woman," the thing is that, no matter how Hillary Clinton really, really, really wishes it were so, this is not about men vs. women- not really - and she is not "running against Rush Limbaugh" here, and I doubt that many of the people voting in a Democrats Primary are Rush Limbaugh's fan anyway, but that sort of things plays right into the hands of the Clinton's campaign in Ohio where more women vote than men. Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama 51 percent to 40 percent in Ohio, most of which is due to a 18 percentage-point lead over Obama among women (the two are nearly even among men.)

Rachel Sklar, in a related article, described the show as "about as close as SNL could come to a live, on-air endorsement of Hillary Clinton by host and returning alumna Tina Fey."

The timing is interesting:

1. It comes at a time when the Clinton Campaign has been working hard at trying to mock and ridicule Obama.

2. It presents the media as biased in favor of Obama and too easy on him: add to that MSNBC is still sore from all the spin over David Shuster's suspension, I see here a not too subtle attempt at intimidation of the reporters who will be handling the debate on MSNBC tonight. Simply put: Kick Barack Obama in the b****, or else anything less will be construed as politically biased against the Clinton campaign. After all, it did work on Chris Matthews, didn't it?

You know, comedy is comedy, and politics is politics, and I think it's important to be able to keep the two apart. If you are going to do political comedy, fine, just make sure you are an equal opportunity lampoonist. If you start echoing the "talking points" of a specific candidate this is when you are crossing the line. The reference to the job SNL did on Al Gore in 2000 is a good one.

LOL - This is not comedy this is political propaganda disguised as comedy. Including the attack on Rush Limbaugh, which while it would ordinarily be laudable, is serving here the obvious purpose of helping Hillary Clinton cast herself as a "victimized woman," the thing is that, no matter how Hillary Clinton really, really, really wishes it were so, this is not about men vs. women- not really - and she is not "running against Rush Limbaugh" here, and I doubt that many of the people voting in a Democrats Primary are Rush Limbaugh's fan anyway, but that sort of things plays right into the hands of the Clinton's campaign in Ohio where more women vote than men. Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama 51 percent to 40 percent in Ohio, most of which is due to a 18 percentage-point lead over Obama among women (the two are nearly even among men.)

Rachel Sklar, in a related article, described the show as "about as close as SNL could come to a live, on-air endorsement of Hillary Clinton by host and returning alumna Tina Fey."

The timing is interesting:

1. It comes at a time when the Clinton Campaign has been working hard at trying to mock and ridicule Obama.

2. It presents the media as biased in favor of Obama and too easy on him: add to that MSNBC is still sore from all the spin over David Shuster's suspension, I see here a not too subtle attempt at intimidation of the reporters who will be handling the debate on MSNBC tonight. Simply put: Kick Barack Obama in the b****, or else anything less will be construed as politically biased against the Clinton campaign. After all, it did work on Chris Matthews, didn't it?

You know, comedy is comedy, and politics is politics, and I think it's important to be able to keep the two apart. If you are going to do political comedy, fine, just make sure you are an equal opportunity lampoonist. If you start echoing the "talking points" of a specific candidate this is when you are crossing the line. The reference to the job SNL did on Al Gore in 2000 is a good one.

These are the same clowns that spent a year making "Al Gore invented the internet" jokes.

Tina Fey is my hero. I love her. Takes a lot of guts to go against the Obamamaniacs. See what happened to Tavis Smiley. He and his family was threatened.

What Tine Fey is saying about the media's unfairness is true. It is just scary. The Media is the most powerful entity in this world and if it says vote for this person 90% will follow while the 10% will do their Homework and do a research before making up their mind.

People haven't you learned from the experience 8 years ago then repeated 4 year ago? The media said vote for this guy because he has the vision, he is a unifier, man of integrity and he is the man you want to drink beer with. Nobody bothered to do a research on him. His closet remained sealed and any negative aspects about him was swept under the rug.

With Hillary what you see is what you get. No pretensions of integrity, authenticity, pure and holy. No more politics of the past he says but he thrives on the politics of the past and the politicians of the past endorses him.

If she's using a SNL skit to reassure her supporters, she's in real trouble. Fine to fault the press, but the press didn't create the disastrous campaign plan she laid out. She reminds me of Bush more and more: privledged, entitled, falsely claiming solidarity for 'the common man', bellicose, not willing to admit mistakes, faulting others for their failures... I hope she's done... for good!

She is sweating. Read Frank Rich's assessment of her campaign: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/opinion/24rich.html?em&ex=1204174800&en=193183afa768c8db&ei=5087%0A

SNL is finally doing what it used to do so well - taking an obvious situation and turning it up a level for satirical value. Isn't it hilarious that the press probably didn't see themselves in the portrayal?

In response to Ms. Clinton's request to watch the SNL debate clip, well... done! I've also steered my friends to it. We all think it's brilliant political comedy.... and absolutely hillarious! Best skit they've done in years!!!!!

Dear Hillary,

I am excited by your Saturday Night Live endorsement! See, I told you the momentum would shift if you only hung in there. God you must be so proud! Tina Fey is so adorable. Now you have her, Mark Penn, and Howard Wolfson (I know, you have to pay them, but we can count them anyway!) I have and idea I'd like to pass along: Jennifer Flowers (the one Bill was with for 12 years, remember?) is trying to sell those tapes she has of her and Bill. Now, you could buy them, anonymously feed them to the press, and then blame the Obama people for Swiftboating! Anyway, you go girl. Maybe ask Tina out for lunch this week! Your devoted supporter!