Despite the McCain camp's cry that Obama is sunning himself while voters suffer from an economic squeeze, the timing of this vacation should prove to be a great benefit perhaps both intentionally and unintentionally.
1 - The opening of the Olympics started at the same time so there's adquate headline news to fill the spot that they'd normally be looking to cover with Obama gaffes or something of the sort.
2 - A recent poll by the Pew research Center found that 48% of voters say that there is too much Obama coverage. On the surface, this may sound like a really bad thing. In fact, the conservatives are salivating over this because they, of course, interpret/characterize this information as 48% of voters are sick of Obama.
John McCain seeks to reclaim the "Maverick" mantle imperiled by his embrace of failed Bush policies and the demands for party orthodoxy from the GOP base.
One day after John McCain offered up his wife for a biker nudie contest in South Dakota, his campaign has released a second "celebrity ad" mocking Barack Obama.
Naturally, this begs the question as to whether the senior Senator from Arizona (He will turn 72 soon) either "forgot" that he hosted Saturday Night Live twice (May, 17 of this year and 2002) or is so delusional that it falls under the ubiqituous category of IOKIYAR .
Voiceover: There exists a parallel universe, where our earthly events are duplicated. But, they are duplicated backwards, for it is a reflection. Our earth is a sphere, so the parallel earth is, of course, a cube. This is: The Bizarro World. So, while this exchange would be taking place on earth..
[ cut to two women talking ]
Woman #1: Oh, I'm cold! Turn up the heat! And have the maid clean up the house! It's a mess!
Woman #2: Oh, that's a good idea. We ought to throw out this trash, too.. but first, I'd like a glass of water.
Voiceover: The following exchange would be taking place in the Bizarro World:
Woman #1: Oh, I'm cold! Turn up the air conditioning! And have the maid dirty up the house!
Woman #2: Good idea! And throw away all these diamonds! But first, me thirsty. Me want a glass of nice, dry sand.
This morning, long-time Saturday Night Live writer Jim Downey was on MSNBC and was asked which candidate was funniest. He immediately said Obama. Then he explained that when interacting with Obama, he's just "a cool guy." Then after an explanation of the others he re-iterated, Obama's the funniest. Here's the clip:
Why is this relevant? Because the presidency is a large degree about personality and communications ability. If people actually want to turn on TV to see their president speak -- and if people on Capitol Hill want to bask in the presence of presidential coolness -- that's relevant to getting the job done.
I know that in this era of impending unity, we're supposed to throw in the obligatory, "But Clinton's personable and funny too." Nope...not the way Obama is. Obama has a gift of communicative ability and coolness that she simply doesn't have.
**First let me say that if this has already been done or if it's not allowed (per the diary guidlines) just let me know and I'll delete.**
So with all the bickering back and forth on both sides, I thought it would be cool if we could just take a quick break and laugh. Theres been alot of funny videos/paradies/clips this primary season and I just wanted to relive some of them. More after the jump...
In a funny call for unity SNL has jumped into the 2008 election again. Last week they made headlines with the very funny (so long as you weren’t a Clinton supporter) piece about Clinton. While this weeks is lighter, she still end up at the short end of the stick on this one. Very funny and worth a few minutes of your time.
Background knowledge for this spot..... The NBA is currently running spots where top players from each playoff match-up are set in spit-screen reciting the same script. The spots are mostly airing during NBA games so if you haven’t caught one, you might be in the dark on this. The NBA spots are based on there can only be one champion in the end.
I hear -- and see -- rumblings and signs indicating Hillary may be considering unlocking her jaws off the Presidential nomination she presumed was hers. Did the SNL skit finally get through to her when no one else could?
This is the nonsense currently being sold by the MSM, that since white Democrats prefer Hillary Clinton over Obama, these same voters will either stay home or vote for John McCain en masse. Quatsch! Balderdash! What a steaming load!
I heard it from NPR spokeswhore Cokie Roberts this morning on my way to work. It's all over the media. Before long, people will start believing it, right? Well, I don't believe it.
The following is a clip of last night's introduction. It was especially cathartic after having to squirm through Hillary's pimping of SNL during the debate. I think the lesson for Hillary on this one is: don't pimp SNL.
Seven and a half years ago, Saturday Night Live ran a 2-part skit depicting what the country might be like under a George W. Bush or Al Gore (respectively) administration.
I've seen the Gore skit (in which he takes on the persona of a strict science teacher, personally berating everyone in the U.S. for not paying attention to their textbooks) show up in numerous places (YouTube, etc), but until today I've never been able to find the other clip--the one depicting life under a GWB presidency.
SNL has apparently decided to open the floodgates on their entire(?) archive of political-related skits. Below the jump, I present to you the creepiest, most prescient 3 minutes I've seen in some time:
I hope the writers over at SNL take notice of the Disgrace that was the "debate" last night. They were helpful to Hillary, suggesting that the press had been too soft on Obama. Now let's see if/how they parody this debate. I found this link on the SNL site to send messages to SNL Producer Marci Klein:
http://www.nbc.com/...
I sent the following message:
I just witnessed a 90 minute sh!t sandwich that ABC News had the gall to title a "debate". It was 52 minutes of tabloid journalism, hosted by a former Clinton administration official. The media seems to be doing all it can to insure the Democratic primary continues past PA. It's great TeeVee after all. Please be fair and parody this Obama-hit-job farce of a "debate" this Saturday.
Thanks
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I don't know how many people watch Bill Maher. I do, being a full-time heathen and part-time misanthrope limits the number of media folk I can count among my own, and Bill is close enough.
Can't say his show is usually all that funny though. However last night, a potentially large viral video emerges. I won't spoil the ending.
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