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

Attempting to reassure anxious donors, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday outlined a road map she said she will follow to beat Barack Obama in the Ohio and Texas primaries March 4...

...Clinton blamed her woes in part on unfair press coverage but said she believed Obama had come under increased media scrutiny in recent days. She urged the group to watch the latest episode of "Saturday Night Live," which featured a skit mocking last Thursday's CNN debate as little more than a love fest for Obama.

"People are starting to say, 'Hey, you know, we've got two candidates. We've been a little more focused on one than the other in terms of asking hard questions. Let's start looking at both of them. The voters of this country deserve to have a real election,'" she said.

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[prisoner24601]

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.

[PacificGatePost]

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.

[chhabili]

I don't see the video

[nazirmo]

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

[rpence]

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.

[pertello]

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)

[Democrab]

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

[democratICnpround]

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 !!

[sansego2000]

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.

[Roxanna]

It isn't just the young people that do not care for Hilary.. There are a lot of Older people that for them she was dead from the start.

I think her campaign early on assumed everyone would embrace her. But that is NOT TRUE!

[afgail]

Sorry Roxanna, the public knows with certainty that the media has been very biased against Hillary for many years. It has gotten a lot worse since she entered the race for president. She is getting the same treatment Al Gore got only much worse. And we all know how well that worked out for the country. Obama IS inexperienced and will have to learn the job the hard way if elected. Worse yet his natural tendancy toward indecisveness is a real failing in a leader. He will be a failed president, if elected, because he doesn't have the necessary quaifications. He's been given a pass by the media.

[nice2blucky]

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.

[hillarysupporter]

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)

[MonicaL]

Yep. Hillary denounced "anti-Jewish individuals", as you say.

Never mind that she once called a member of Bill's campaign a "Jew bastard".

[latincorner]

Where are you getting your info??

[ProgRook]

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.

[puppyranch]

hilarious

[BubbaJudge]

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

[WAdem]

I am not a GOP troll and I resent you suggesting that. I will vote for Obama, but he has lost 2 votes that Hillary would have received since my wife will now vote for McCain. I knew that Edwards was our best chance to win back the WH. Hillary was next, but Obama is about to see how ugly a campaign can be.

SNL's spoof was exactly right. The media hates Hillary and went out of their way to diss her and promote Obama. He can forget how easy the primaries were. They will now create "balance" by promoting McCain since Obama has a small lead. They're a fickle bunch.

[LAJonathan]

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.