Oy Fey Tina’s riff miffs McCain camp

[True_Blue]

Source: The Boston Herald

Perhaps White House wannabes John and Cindy McCain shouldn’t watch television or appear on it!

Because the Arizona senator’s camp is steaming over Tina Fey’s impersonation of GOP veep candidate Sarah Palin on the most-watched season premiere of “Saturday Night Live,” and Mrs. McCain is miffed over the couple’s treatment on “The View.”

“The portrait was very dismissive of the substance of Sarah Palin, and so in that sense, they were defining Hillary Clinton (played by Amy Poehler) as very substantive and Sarah Palin as totally superficial,” former Hewlett Packard chairwoman Carly Fiorina, now a McCain adviser, told MSNBC.

“I think that continues the line of argument that is disrespectful in the extreme, and yes, I would say sexist,” Fiorina fumed.



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[Hissyspit]

1. Yes, Carly. You figured it out. That's exactly what they were doing.

I wonder why, hunh?

“The portrait was very dismissive of the substance of Sarah Palin, and so in that sense, they were defining Hillary Clinton (played by Amy Poehler) as very substantive and Sarah Palin as totally superficial,” former Hewlett Packard chairwoman Carly Fiorina, now a McCain adviser, told MSNBC.

[jbnow]

19. My aunt said it wasn't like a parody, it was showing

Palin like she really is and that it is the campaign that is the joke.

Oh my white, very Catholic aunt, past republican and LOVES Obama. The first campaign she has followed closely and she gets so intense. I think sh wanted to beat up Clinton, McCain and now Palin. She gets angry over every distortion or smear of Obama.

I give that background to note she didn't say about SNL showing real Palin as just a comment, it was an intense assertion. At least she wasn't mad... she has used the f word many times this season and I had never heard her swear at all.
It is pretty funny but we better make sure Obama wins just for her mental health. (And oh yes, for the health of our nation)

[Hissyspit]

24. My line after I saw it was that Fey was on stage acting out a satire.

And Palin, when she goes on stage, acts like a satire.

Thus the verisimilitude of Fey's mimicry.

[tavalon]

34. Wow, that is the exact quote my one of my partners used

I'm really enjoying that he has recently gotten so obsessed with politics, it's a fun new thing we have to share. If you see him here, jmondine, he has less than 100 posts but he is a spitfire, I swear!

[marshall]

52. Paraphrasing Poehler's Hillary: "They need to grow a pair!"

You don't see Hillary and her camp griping about the skit--and Hillary was raked over the coals every bit as much as Sarah Palin. McCain and his cronies need to just relax and have a good laugh.

[Union Thug]

2. Sexist? These guys are desperate and I'm feeling a little embarrassed for them. n/t

[quiet.american]

3. Quit yer whining, McCain-ians! What happened to your "pit bull" B.S.?

All bark and no bite, eh?

[True_Blue]

6. I think it's more like

all bite and no bark.

[quiet.american]

13. Between the bark and the bite, all we're hearing lately is whimpering! nt

But I'm not complaining!

GOBAMA, GO!

GO, JOE, GO!

:)

[tavalon]

35. I think I would prefer GOBIDEN!

I did a doubletake when I saw that - I thought you were saying GO JOE LIEBERMAN!

[dgibby]

17. Now I get it!

No wonder Phil Gramm called us a bunch of whiners. Hanging out with republicans, it's all he ever hears!:rofl:

[tavalon]

36. Hah! Good one!

[MadMaddie]

4. Boo..hoo..hoo

No one can say anthing against Palin cause she is going to get her feelings hurt. Boo...Hoo...Hoo...

Sarah Palin has to be protected from sexism cause the Republicans believe sexism exists...boo...hoo..hoo...

The more the complain the more Tina Fey needs to mock her. Every damn Saturday until the Election.

I don't recall Hillary whining when she was parodied!!

[tavalon]

38. Actually, I bet she laughed a lot this last Saturday!

The portrayal of her was very funny and very positive. I loved the line where Tina said that all one has to do to be President is to want it and the person portraying Clinton said that obviously her problem was that she DIDN'T WANT IT enough. I almost peed my pants.

[yardwork]

57. Hillary is tough as nails. Palin is a lightweight who can dish it out...

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Didn't I just read that ms fiorina is now on the McSame shit-list???

She said that the barracuda was not qualified to run a big corporation..and for that matter, neither was McSame...

But they have what it takes to run the country?????????:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Lasher]

25. How would Fiorina know?

She's not, and that's a matter of record.

[DAMANgoldberg]

29. Ms Fiorina ran one of the best tech companies in the ground...

Hewlett-Packard, with the horrible Compaq merger that didn't make sense then, and still doesn't (I had tech friends who did many yrs at HP in CA and ID). The board sent her packing with about $20M after blowing up "The HP Way"! At least Meg Whitman had a clue.

[eridani]

43. As a scientific instrument user, I'm delighted that they spun off Agilent

--before Ms. Carly ran HP into the ground. Agilent's doing fine.

[nickyt]

7. Steam on, motherfuckers!! Haw haw! And I read here earlier tonight that ole

Carly's been "disapppeared" by McLame 'cause he's furious about her "can't run a corporation" remarks!!

Rave on, motherfuckers!!!

Damn, the more pissed off he gets, the giddier I get! Lovin' it!

[tavalon]

39. I feel like it's the Thanksgiving Day of shadenfreude

I'm stuffed! But I still want more!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

8. Wonder if they'll get Will Ferrell and Tina Fey together as...

Pretzeldent Shit-for-Brains and Mooselini.

The sexism charge is total phucking bullshit. Dan Quayle was busted on for being a lightweight -- was that sexist? Indiana-ist?

[BrklynLiberal]

9. There is a link to another great article at your link..

It took a comic to make Palin ‘transparent’
Is Tina Fey just a pawn of that vast, left wing media elite? God, I hope so, because she is one helluva funny pawn.

In the space of just a few minutes Saturday night, Fey was able to accomplish what The Times, The Post, most of the cable networks and a legion of befuddled pundits have been unable to do over these past three weeks:
De-construct Sarah Palin.

Becoming the Snow Princess (opposite Amy Poehler’s Hillary Clinton), Fey brilliantly conveyed the spirit of what Will Rogers proved more than a half century ago. Namely: the best way to expose an absurd political situation is with humor.

<snip>

You know Tina hit a nerve when that humorless doyenne and McCain mouthpiece, former CEO Carly Fiorina, whined that Fey was being “dismissive” of Sarah by trying to suggest Hillary had more substance.

<snip>

more at...
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/columnists/view/2008_09_17_It_took_a_comic_to_make_Palin_%E2%80%98transparent%E2%80%99/

[MrModerate]

10. They can't even avoid lying about comedy sketches, fer crissakes!

Palin was played as ditzy predator and Clinton as an angry harridan. It was indisputably equal-time snarking.

The fact that Palin *is* superficial and Clinton *is* substantial -- and that Fiorina said so -- tells us more about Fiorina than it does about how "fair" it all was. (And why today's news is that Fiorina is not going to be giving so many interviews going forward.)

[Old and In the Way]

11. Fey absolutely nailed Palin's character.

I think you could substitute Fey at a Palin rally and no one would be the wiser. That's why it's so brutally honest. There's no 'there', there.

[MrsBrady]

12. the McCain camp is sexist for picking an unqualified female to run on the ticket

it's a slap in the face to all of the more experienced women in the party.
(not that i like them, but you know what i mean)

they don't care about equality. they are using her for their gain...and she's game.
They picked her BECAUSE she is female, not because she is qualified.
That insults the rest of us women. AND Palin is letting herself be a hoar for the Right.

Where were the cries for sexism when Hillary was being raked through the coals?
PUUUUUllllllllleeeeese. Didn't matter what Hillary did, it was always the wrong thing or never good enough. Sound familiar? Reminds me of a crappy boss I once had. and he was a PIG.

That, my friends, is sexist. *sigh*

[Old and In the Way]

18. I can only imagine what Hutchinson, Collins, and Snowe must think.

All 3 have the experience and capacity to be McCain's VP. Instead, they go with an 'empty vessel'. Why? Because she is politically correct - she's got no record that would outrage the Radical Right. If I'm a moderate Republican woman...I'm truly insulted.

But they may have the last laugh yet. I really think this Palin choice is going to end in a spectacular bust for John McCain.

[tavalon]

40. No, actually, they went with her because she is pretty and can talk well

How sexist is that?!

[tbyg52]

48. Word. nt

[2Design]

49. they pick her because she is right wing extreme, loves guns, and hates gays n/t

[Mz Pip]

14. "I can see Russia from my house!"

It's not that that line came out of nowhere. Seems the McCain campaign touted that as proof of foreign policy experience.

It was superficial when they used it and it's still superficial. That's the point.

[Fridays Child]

15. Carly Fiorina must be Palin's designated whiner because she certainly can't do the whining, herself.

"I say this with all due respect to Hillary Clinton . . . but when I hear a statement . . . coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or you know maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think you know that doesn’t do us any good – women in politics, women in general wanting to progress this country." -Sarah Palin, March 2008

What losers--Palin and Fiorina both.

[cui bono]

16. Well Fiorina is an idiot.

So said Paul Begala on Hardball today.

:rofl:

Why do Republicans hate the truth?

[Connonym]

23. because the truth has a liberal bias?

[99th_Monkey]

20. Damn those new-fangled TVs anyway. What do they know?

Guess I showed them by inventing the blackberry. ~John McCain

[Old and In the Way]

21. I'd pay big money to see Fey do a presser as Sarah Palin.

Seriously, wouldn't that be something? Do it before Sarah does one herself. Do real Q&A...I'm betting Tina could answer the questions better than Palin could. It would be the best political theater ever done.


John Stewert, Steve Colbert....what are you waiting for? Book Fey as the Sarah Palin stand-in....think of the ratings that'll get you!

[opihimoimoi]

22. A SERIES would be STUPENDOUS

Com on, ya gatta series consider this ...

[MidwestTransplant]

26. Sexist? So Hillary is a dude?

[dkf]

27. lol!

[dkf]

28. It wasn't sexist...it was compare and contrast!

Geez.

[dkf]

30. bubble-headed governor? BWAHAHAHA.

"Even though a far more “maverick” version of John McCain once got pretty wild and crazy as an SNL host, I don’t think he’s welcoming the prospect of six or seven more weeks of Tina Fey spoofing his very favorite bubble-headed governor in the whole world."

OMG, her hair is a perfect metaphor for her character.

[eshfemme]

42. Oh geez... John McCain as the crazy creepy stalker husband seemed to be another truth to fiction

He was so fucking creepy, it wasn't even funny. And now, in his campaign, he's creepier and he's not even trying to act creepy.

Oh god, I just shudder when I think of him saying "my friends" and then trying to smile. :scared:

[onehandle]

31. Palin isn't substantive enough to wipe Hillary's ass. nt

[curious one]

32. The SNL opener was the best political ad I have seen in this election. It displaye how stupid Palin

is in contrast to Hillary. It was a wake up call to those women who wanted to vote for McLame/Phalin ticket.

[tavalon]

41. I've actually come to believe that this superficial pick wasn't done to skim off women,

but to bring the fundy whackadoos back on board and perhaps a randy male or two. It certainly seemed to revive ol' McCain!

[tavalon]

33. Sexist to portray one female as sustantive and one as not substantive

is sexist. Um, I think not, and I get a vote as I am vaginally endowed.

[The Animator]

37. Perhaps the Real Hillary Clinton should try to book an event with Fey

On account of her having to cancel an event because she really was being setup to appear with Palin without her knowledge.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3493999

Especially if she did it on the same day as the original event. They could have a field day lampooning Palin, and at the same time take the spotlight away from Palin. It would force the media to divide it's coverage.

If not, Palin, no doubt would be fed the spin, that whinny Hillary chickened out and was afraid to confront the great moose hunting super hockey mom. The media will gorge itself on all her cute little quips, and spend the next week or to regurgitating it all.

Instead, Hillary could throw a simultaneous event. Have Fay come on as Palin, have a big laugh.

Fay "Hillary? What are you doing here? You were supposed to go to the other event... ya know.. girl to girl.. Equals?"

Hillary "We are sooo not equal... "
"..and you're not getting my supporters. They're smarter than you think."

Fay "We'll see about that! I'll get you my pretty and all your supporters too!"

[C_U_L8R]

44. "Ask this one about Dinosaurs !!!"

Oh I wish the media would borrow Hillary's pair

[terrya]

45. Wow, those SNL people can't get anything past that genius, can they?

Carly figured out their secret agenda!

[MiniMe]

46. Reminders of Dan Quayle taking on Murphy Brown

They are upset because it got coverage everywhere, it was free advertising for the Obama campaign. I'm hoping that Tina Fey does at least 1 sketch every week for them. This is the character of her career if she keeps it up.

[KharmaTrain]

47. And Of All The People To Put Out Their On Economics

This lady's economic record was a disaster...that's why she's got all this free time to play politics with Camp Gramps. Fiorina was only there cause she had the body parts...and that the game now is that it's double OK for a repugnican woman to yell sexism because well, they're women, too.

Carly's problem was she had moments of "truthiness"...like her saying that both Gramps and Palin weren't quaified to run a company (she failed to mention that neither was she)...all while Camp Gramps fumbled a key issue in this election and fumbled badly.

I wouldn't feel sorry for Carly...I see punditry in her future...another teevee talking head.

[ColoradoMagician]

50. You won't be seeing Carly Fiorina anymore

Yesterday she said that Palin didn't have the experience to run a company.

Later in the day, in another interview, she was trying to correct that statement. During that interview she said that McCain also did not have the experience to run a company.

Bye, bye Carly. You don't seem to know much about marketing.

[dorkulon]

51. If Palin were a man the press would have murdered him by now

These phony misogyny charges are making me sick. But they are succeeding in intimidating the press.

[ProfessorGAC]

53. Hey Carly. Isn't There Another Company You Could Ruin or Something?

People act like she is the wise business and industry adviser to the McCain camp. She was a DISASTER at HP.
The Professor

[hatrack]

54. She's a Hockey Mom! She's a Pit Bull! She's So TUFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!

But she can't handle Tina Fey, huh?

Gosh. What a shocker.

[deutsey]

55. McCain was a POW! He didn't have satire when he was a POW...

:eyes:

[Lucky 13]

56. Tina Fey is so sexist!!

:eyes:

no one's buying this shit are they?