"Saturday Night Live's" Message From Hillary Clinton: "I Have No Ethical Standards" (VIDEO)

Last night's all new "Saturday Night Live" was hosted by actor Shia Labeouf. The show opened with Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton giving a message to America.

Poehler's Clinton says how the race is "hopelessly deadlocked" and she gives reasons why she will make the better president. Reason one? "I am a sore loser... I will probably refuse to campaign for him." Second: "My supporters are racist." It goes from there.

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[robinhood2]

The Financial times web site of May 11 has a good take on the attitudes of Democratic voters in West Virginia. See:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a50425a-1f86-11dd-9216-000077b07658,s01=1.html

No Democrat has been elected President without carrying West Virginia since 1916, according to the article. The Democrats in the article will be going overwhelmingly for Clinton. If Obama is the Democratic candidate in November, he will very likely lose West Virginia to McCain. Clinton may not be "politically correct" buy she does have a valid point. There is more than a grain of truth to the SNL skit.

[shamanbart]

Looks like it will be a few firsts this year -- first time winning without winning the Ohio primary, first time winning without winning the WV primary, first AA president. Any more time honored traditions/superstitions that need to be whacked?

Obama 08!

[robXdion]

Obama will make it up by turning at least 3-9 red states blue. Especially with the right running mate. We can't let progress in US leadership and policies be held hostage to Appalachian bigotry. McCain can keep WV.

And do you REALLY think she has a snowball's chance in hell after the campaign she just ran and the dossiers of crap they have on her? Not to mention are fraud trial this November.

[TheAdviceWeAllNeed]

A Senator has never been President "I Believe” This will also be a First

[trailrunner9]

Senator John F. Kennedy ring a bell?

[bubbainca]

No Democrat has been elected President without being male since ... ever. There's a first time for everything.

[sclucie]

There is, but it's not this woman and not this time.

[sclucie]

So what does this say about Missouri? It's voted for every winning President except one, since 1904, went for Obama, and is considered to be a toss-up state in the national election.

Nothing against WV. I think it's a beautiful state.

[Gatling]

It's obvious the Clintons are not racists. It's just as obvious that equating "hard working" specifically with "white" is EASILY as stupid as the "bitter" comments.

Obama is stuck with bitter-gate, she's stuck with this. No sympathy for either one.

[bubbainca]

I disagree. I cant believe Obama's "bitter" comment could have been as offensive to churchgoers or gun owners as Hillary's "hard working white" comment could be to black voters. Besides Obama repeatedly attempted to clarify what he meant (whether you believe him or not) but I am yet to hear anything from Hillary on this comment.

[Arawak]

On a serious note, it is hard to imagine a political machine that would pander even more. The simple fact that she seems to have multiple personalities/voices is very disconcerting. I'm so proud/shame on you. I got shot at/I said things that knew not to be the case. It's just so very odd.

[Arawak]

But not dummer than me cuz I can't spell.

[SpoxLogic]

A quick question. Did the AP piece actually say it as Clinton said it. I thought I heard on Tim Russert today, that the AP piece never used the term "white people" in the way Clinton did. It would be interesting to actually see what the AP piece said.

[Mygirl]

I heard Tim say that AP never used the words White people. This does not surprise me because Hillary and her group have been twisting words and lying through the whole campaign.

[sclucie]

Clinton did not make the remark to an AP reporter - she made it during an interview with USA Today. If the statement was incorrect, you would have to figure that the Clinton campaign would demand a clarification - which they did not. Second, I called Alexandria headquarters, and they not only confirmed the statement, they apologized and tried to spin the statement. It was incredibly divisive - for Clinton supporters who were made to look racists, for black Democrats, for people from states like WV who are made to look like hillbillies - it was just flat out stupid and wrong and she should have immediately retracted the statement and explained what she meant.

[sclucie]

It did say the same thing - I also called CLinton headquarters and even the receptionist said that it was simply the wrong choice of words - as well as The NYT, the WSJ and pretty much everybody else in the universe. WHy in the world didn't CLinton simply clarify her remarks? I can't remember a statement with worse racial overtones since the 60's.

But it's not fair to label Clinton supporters - in fact it's dumb. A number of black congresswomen were undeclared last time I looked. I don't think they are considering Clinton because she's black.

[puffhost]

Who is the receptionist now: Hillary or Chelsea?

[rc1900]

Now that Obama has his nomination close to a lock, I look forward to November when Obama and McLame are debating the issues; meanwhile Hill & Bill will be testilying in a Election Fraud case here in CA. Hillary and Bill will need your support. The case is Peter Paul vs Clinton.

[robXdion]

People don't want to believe that. The MSM tries to suppress the story. But when it hits, there'll be some boohoo-ing.

[agandia]

This is how history will recall Hillary... sore loser, playing race cards, and possessing no ethical standards. The SNL bit wasn't funny... it was just a sad, satirical piece on the portrait Hillary has painted of herelf. Sad. Very, very sad.

[anons]

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY!!. it wasn't funny it was just TRUE and that truth is sad. i hope hillary was watching

[hopeforchange]

This is why Hillary's people will vote for Mccain. They might have gone for Obama but he and his supporters are thugs, race baiters, and low lives. You actually think that after calling every supporters of HIllary a racists that they will support Obama-a man who had two racists ministers.

But then again I understand that Axelrod is confident he can win without HIllary 's racists supporters. He does not want or need Hillary's racist supporters.

Should be interesting to see how he pulls it off.

[mairs]

Well good for you. Vote for McCain and put the world and the US in even more turmoil because you were personally miffed by some Obama supporters. That's really smart of you. That's about as narcissistic as one could possibly be.

[sclucie]

Sorry, I'm not a "thug". a "race baiter" or a "low life". And I'm definitely not racist.
Good luck with that John McCain health plan. Just don't plan on losing your job - or changing your job because you will not have a health plan.

[LiberTLover]

The bottom line is whether Hillary's supporters 'will cut off their nose to spite their face' as the saying goes. If they are willing to watch three more ultra conservative judges put on the Supreme Court (as McCain has promised the right wing), the overturning of Roe vs Wade, a draft to generate the approx 600,000 new troops he will need to add to wage wars in Iraq, Iran and Syria (and who knows after that), oil prices continue to skyrocket with more turmoil in the Middle East, more debt to China (must pay for the new wars) to further devalue the dollar and send the economy into a free fall, no help for the vastly increased number of wounded soldiers and vets, and because the actions of the US Govt affects other countries in the world the reputation of the US gets even more negative until we have no Allies at all ... then by all means they should vote for John McCain. (And don't forget going past the tipping point to reverse global warming - you don't think that McCain is actually going to do anything do you? He will flip on that the instant he is in the White House.)
Yes indeed, they will sure teach Obama a lesson!

[mikebrownuconn]

Yikes!
I understand that everyone is riled up and passionate about this Democratic primary. Feelings have gotten hurt and people will ultimately be dissapointed.
As an Obama supporter, it is easy for me to say this now, but the truth is that as a Democrat I would feel absolutely morally obligated to vote Democrat regardless in November, if only to spite John McCain.
I like to think that this whole process has been good for the party and for democracy, because we have registered so many new voters and seen so much enthusiasm. Hopefully the most scorned amongst us will either reconsider before November or just stay home. PLEASE! For the sake of our shared future, vote FOR Democratic values, not out of resentment or spite.

[c1ee]

All i read was "WAAA WAAAA WAAAA"

[KMan1]

I agree it was sad and embarrassing.

[cam737]

I agree that it is sad, but Hillary has caricatured herself. Isn't that the truth.

[riverhouse]

Hillary has become the psycho ex-wife from hell.

[OMauriceS]

Hilary Clinton "mispoke" again! Lighten up everyone!
Does she deserve our forgiveness over her "white votes" mispeak?
Let's see! Only if she drops her bullshit about Barak's "Bitter" mispeak!
The fact is: In the heat of competition, politicians sometimes do not
always say things in a diplomatic manner.
Note: Have we seen any evidence of Obama trying to win political points on what many people
consider as her recent "racist" gaffe?
Who acts more more presidential? Who believes in lifting people up...rather than tearing them down?
Isn't this the type of President America deserve?

[globality]

This would be funny if it wasn't so true

[ebanks84]

Yep. That's why I couldn't even laugh!

[AbbieXHoffman]

One last question and it's a serious non-confrontational one. Have we moved beyond all forms of reporting in any form on demographics?

Should the AP which Clinton quoted, not report demographics because it's racists?

Should the Gallop poll and others not report that Obama has the same demographics as Kerry and Gore with white voters because it's racist?

Should CNN and other news networks who do the same when reporting that Obama garnishes 9x% of the AA vote stop that because it's racist?

Should all applications that ask for demographics such as age, race and gender be eliminated because they are racist?

Should employers stop using quotas because it's racist?

I am serisouly wondering if this is what this is all saying and this is where we are ready to head as a country.

[ebanks84]

It looks like we've already been there. It's just coming out from under the covers. Since there was never any need to quote those particulars, why would they do it. All other presidents have been white men. No polls were necessary really. But now, they have polls for everything, including the kitchen sink. I just don't care about polls so they don't mean anything to me.

[Gatling]

Show me where "hard working" is a demographic, and I will agree.

[ToddG]

I don't think the reporting by the AP was at all racist. And Clinton's rhetoric around those results hasn't been racist so much as race bating. She changed her wording specifically around working class Americans to try to scare people into remembering that by the way, Barack is black.

The measure of electibility that seems to be forgotten in all this is that Obama has more votes than she does among both whites and blacks. On top of that he has much lower negatives and that is a great argument of why he is more electable. Obama didn't win all of those states just by winning the black vote. He has outcampaigned her and if she had even a sliver of class, she would bow out.

SNL wasn't that funny, but it was spot on in it's portrayal of her lack of caring about the American people. If she cared about us, she would step asside and help the eventual nominee win in the general. However, she would rather drag Obama down so Grampy wins in 08' so she can run again in '12 and in the meantime, saddle us with yet another Supreme court justice so far to the right that we will continue to see our civil rights disappear bit by bit.

[biggie]

I have no problem with the statement she made. It is based on real people who vote so it is a good barometer of what may happen ion the fall. Where i find offensive is the "hard working whites" is everyone else not hard working or is this code for those lazy blacks don't matter in the fall. I do believe the Democrat party does take the black voter for granted and that is the black voter fault for not voting Republican more.
Sometime Hillary will say or do anything to win and her comment reflect that she is ruthless in her desire to be the nominee I will give her that. I wish Obama would be more ruthless but he can't. America as great as she is will allow him to run as long as he does not seem anger or mean spirited. But if you really look at the Wright scandal you will see the seed that was planted and why he will not win. It's not about experiences or to liberal thats is all BS it is the hint that lurking under that cool calm facade is an anger black man that is now president of the USA and that scares a lot of working class high school educated white people.

[AbbieXHoffman]

Wow--you REALLY think it was code for AA's are lazy?

The Clinton's have been civil rights fighters for years and I really didn't take it that way at all and I am biracial and I pick up on a lot of subliminals--- but I respectfully don't buy this one.

I think she was trying, not eloquently, to say that these people work hard just to make ends meet and want a someone who shows them they understands that and will fight for them. I also think that since Obama has just about every AA vote, the only blue collar workers that are still voting for her are white.

It's all just a hot mess.

[Insideout143]

Yep. I guess I'm a hardly working white for Obama.

[TheAdviceWeAllNeed]

The AP Story never quoted white people, hard working people, Clinton did, and she exposed her deep thoughts sorry if she is challenged.

[soundfury]

The MSM has turned the Democratic Party against itself. Why? They're controlled by corporate giants who always vote Republican.

Time to unite around Barack Obama and teach them a lesson.

[ofbbg]

Yeah - like NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, CBS, ABC, WaPo, NYT and LAT.

Right On!!

[ginnypoo]

If they are pushing Obama, then it makes more sense to thwart them by voting Hillary...it seems you want to oppose them by going for the hoice tey are pushing..how does thatthart them to cooerate withwat they want us to do...it makes more sense to vote Hilary since she is the one they are against the most.

[stringer]

Pre-Wright I would have agreed with you. But I'm sorry whatever the media gave Obama they more than took away from him during that almost 2 month long anti-Obama show the Reverend literally every second tirade.

This campaign, in terms of elections which started in January, has been going on for 5 months. They've definitely been unfair to Hillary. But 2 of those months were nothing but non-stop Reverend Wright. I wouldn't exactly say they were "going easy" on Obama during those times.

[bubbainca]

... and I suppose the primary Obama won was one long sideshow. It's not about deciphering who the corporate giants want nominated and doing the exact opposite.... it's about going by what the voters want.

[The5thW]

The correct designation of her voters is missed here every day: Rush Limbaugh listeners entrapped into the massive vote fraud perpetrated with the help of Corporate Media and the Clintons.

[ginnypoo]

I'm a grandma in the NW that wants healthcare for my grandsons....I have no connection to any of those people, just ike most of Hillary supporters, so it is very insulting for you to just lump me with Rush et al and discount my views. This is the mindset/mentality keeping us from joining wth Obama supporters....as long as the insults continue, you only hurt Obama, by making us convinced we can never support you.

[metys]

Unfortunately, just as you're not representative of all Hillary's supporters, people in Obama camp that generalizes and says that all Hillary's supporters are racists aren't the only people in Obama's camp.
And btw, are you voting for someone or not based on his supporters ? that doesn't sounds like a very serious argument. This is not a game. You said you care avout your grandsons healthcare ... If Obama is the nominee, do you seriously think McCain is going to offer them something vs Obama ?

It's this haste to vote for someone that will go agaisnt people's interests that's so troubling.

[TKI]

I can see why you would feel offended, and am sorry; but Hillary is just too obvious, and some think that you should have been able to see that, if you looked harder. On the question of healthcare, or any other issue, for that matter, we can make progress not by locking horns, but by recognizing and harnessing and coming together in the areas we share in common.

[sclucie]

I'm a grandma too - and I care deeply about my grandchildren and my daughter. I have never, in my lifetime been called the names I've been called by Hillary supporters - or been attacked in the same manner. I works both ways - and Clinton's comments on May 8 were the most divisive comments I have heard from a politician since Nixon on tape - and I lived 15 years in South Carolina.

It works both ways.

[joe973]

someone mentioned "When 90% of the black voters voted for Barack Obama how in the hell do you call HIllary Clinton's supporters racist and not Obama's." We should also note that over the past several decades 90% of the black voters voted for the Democratic party! my point is no matter what you think about the black vote it is deeply entrenched with the DNC; had Clinton won they undoubtedly would have voted for her regardless of her race. The fact that Obama is on the brink of making history, especially considering the controversial racial past of the United states, is arguably a compelling argument for black voters. Therefore, it is necessary to place the black vote in a historical context before highlighting any racially biased component. and opinions should be nuance with the fact that black voters historically vote in block for democrats.
Based on this argument if Republican was a race, you could arguably consider the black vote as being a racist one; however if you vote democrat: there's nothing wrong with that!

[robXdion]

They need someone to blame and it's convenient to blame blacks. Nevermind she and Bill insulted them on several occasions.

[MadeInAmerica]

I was a Hillary supporter from the beginning. I'm a black female over 40 and it was just automatic that I was going to vote for a Clinton (as it was with 65% of us at that time). Then Barack won Iowa and I sat up and took notice. I began to pay close attention to both candidates. I watched and read everything. The two of them were so close on political issues that it was hard to immediately form a solid opinion. From there I began to observe how they conducted themselves as individuals and the more I studied their (and thier surrogate's) behavior, the more I began to lose respect for Bill and Hillary Clinton. I felt as if I had been dupped by the Clinton's for all these years.
Just how many slaps in the face was I supposed to take before I said f*** the Clintons?

[kesiac]

On January 18 the New York Times wrote an article "Southern Blacks Are Split on Clinton vs. Obama ". The black vote was split. Soon after Bill made his comments downplaying Obama's win in S Carolina, saying even Jesse Jackson won there. Then (what did it for me) was when Hillary said Obama wasnt a muslim that she knew of. Oh, and Ferraro's comments about him being black was an advantage, because we all know black men have an advantage in this country. This is how she lost the black vote.

[AbbieXHoffman]

I agree thats how she lost the black vote but I don't agree that Bill or Ferraros comments were racists at all and I am biracial if that says anything.

I believe that the media and Obama supporters (I am not blaming Obama himself) were dying to call Bill and Ferraro racist for two reasons.

1. They absolutely had to get the AA vote away from Clinton. The only way to do that was to call Bill or Hillary racists. But even Jackson himself say that Bill's comments weren't racist and since Obama has 9x% of black vote, it kind of a fair statement.

2. They had to also get females away from Clinton. So they went after a feminist icon to them--Ferraro. Ferraro NEVER said his race was the ONLY reason he was where he was and Obama agreed with her.

"Obama acknowledges, with no small irony, that he benefits from his race. If he were white, he once bluntly noted, he would simply be one of nine freshmen senators, almost certainly without a multimillion-dollar book deal and a shred of celebrity. Or would he have been elected at all?"
http://obama.senate.gov/news/050626-when_it_comes_to_race_obama_ma/

If this race baiting didn't happen (and please believe me that I am not blaming Obama himself at all for this or the people on this post, but the media and many of his supporters) Clinton would have been the nominee in Feb.

[jefft1]

Please,please -'Why can't we all just get along'? Laughable,flower-child, cliche, nauseating? Not at all. From Rush hating ,painkiller popping ,hyperbolic spewing of 'operation chaos' to Politico esque bloggers to Washington Post and beyond -there's no end to the clash and crash from the most vitriolic haters to the hated!! but underscoring everything ;when you filter down all the elements of sediment of our society in this fevered moment there is only one truth--only one: We are as a collective conciousness scared to death of the black man--even when he is elegant, uber intellectual ,instinctively hard wired with spot on judgement, a born leader. We would sooner bring him down to the lowest common denominator, elevate a brilliant,capable but ego maniacal woman ,spew venom at an aging POW ,patriot. Is this how we face the unknown, how we resist uncertainty ?We have to come together, all of us unite, get past our revulsions,bias and fear and embrace what is gonna be--pure and simple: A black man is running for the highest office in the land and behind our worst demons in the tiniest part of our subconcious behind walls of defense, he is the one. We created him--all of us--we created Bush, we created Hitler-- evolution is to make mistakes,learn, make more mistakes and learn .The only thing we have to fear is--fear itself!
Let's recognize this and really work hard to all get along and embrace what is already in the works.