Fey just responded to what "those who support Hillary's opponent" call her pretty often-- a bitch.....
Although, personally, I think, since so many who "support Hillary's opponent" think she's a bitch anyway, Tina may as well have brought up more 'nonsense' like 'righteously' supporting Hillary's right to defend herself against lies.
Or do we all REALLY think she's going to "force people to buy healthcare they can't afford"... but that wouldn't have been very funny for a comedy show would it... I don't find it very funny anyway.

Good thing I'm a bitch though, because I have no problems defending Hillary with my own brand of 'nonsense'.

Oh, I see. For you and a few other folks here, the "cult" and "cultist" thing is okay because you're "fearless."

Got it.

River103, why did this post deserve a 1?

You are an odd bird.

But funny!

I wholeheartedly agree!

What about RI, VT, WY, MS, NC, OR, MT and SD?

Hard to claim the momentum by winning less than half of the contests left.

That would leave the final count 35 wins for Obama to 18 for Hillary, maybe you can get FL and MI to count to get her to 20.  

ah mercy, I'm female. And I wasn't in the least offended. Tina Fey called herself a bitch too and Amy P. Remember. Bitches get things done. I thought it was not only funny, but at our house we stood up and cheered. The biases for this election have just been stupid. Ones too old? Ones too religious? Ones too  stong a woman? And ones, I kid you not I heard this, ones not black enough? I. Don't. Care. I care what they are going to do about Iraq, taxes, the economy, the housing market, social security, the environment, and healthcare. That's what I want to know about them. NOW. Before they get into office. The fact of their age, race, religion, or their gender just doesn't factor into it for me. In fact, I thought the whole thing did what Sen. Clinton's campaign folks haven't been able to do. Ms. Tina Fey maded the fact that Sen. Clinton was called a bitch, down right appealing. Ms. Clinton should hire Ms. Fey, not be offended by her. Bravo Tina.

What?  Where the hell did that come from?  You're an idiot.  I was stating that endorsing her by calling her a bitch is not the way to woo undecided voters.  Grow up, man.  I wasn't attacking you or Hillary Clinton.  I was attacking Tina Fey for a foolish endorsement.  I think that calling Hillary a bitch doesn't shed the most favorable light on her, and it can only hurt her with undecided voters.  But you want to paint me as a woman-fearing misogynist.  Get a life.  Completely uncalled for.  

This kind of lie is what Clinton was referring to yesterday. And, it is shameful that a Democrat would use lies about Universal Health Care, to attack another Democrat. UHC is supposed to be a Democratic issue. Obama's lies are exactly what the Republicans would use against Clinton.

About the most awkward and unfunny opening bit they ever put on SNL.  The Obama guy was awful, or maybe that was the point.  Switched the channel in the middle of it.

Hillary did NOT support NAFTA.  And plans to correct it when she is preident.

Obama also lied about her HealthCare plan.  HE mandates that parents join.  SHE makes it possible for everyone to join with subsidies.

I'm getting sick of all Obama's LIES.

" current support for a healthcare plan that will hunt you down to enforce that you pay for it."

Hmmmm, so you want to be an irresponsible deadbeat who refuses to contribute even a small amount that is well within your means toward your civic responsibility to be insured, (with up to 100% subsidy from taxpayers if you are low income) and you can continue to be an unaffordable burden to your community who will have to pay for all your emergency room visits when you get sick or injured? Driving up all the costs for people working two jobs to pay for their health insurance, greatly inflated because of your irresponsibility? There are at least 7 million people with incomes over $75,000.00 per year who are doing that right now, and they raise costs for the rest of us by over $900.00 a year. Those with the means to pay and who simply refuse to are the only ones who would be affected by the mandate.

Where is your sense of civic responsibility? Do you want to opt out of paying for your fire department and public schools as well? No more of that awful foreign aid, let all those people in other countries get it together for themselves. And get rid of that Medicaid and Medicare and Social Security, why should you contribute a share toward something you may not get back from? Let those poor, sick, disabled and old people just die in the street if they cannot work. Heck, why not just opt out of paying any taxes at all, it should be everyone for himself, right?

That's what that really is saying, and you will be happy to know the Cato Institute will back you up 100% in your Obama style attacks on universal health care.

The real deal is that taxes and other contributions toward the public good are the "price of civilization" (I forget who coined this phrase, it was originally something about "Taxes are the price of civilization"). In much of the world in the best quality health care systems the only way universal health care has been established is by mandating that everyone have it. Everyone must be in the risk pool, or it cannot be affordable to all - that is the only effective way to bring down costs. Sharing the burden and being part of the solution requires contributing your share, if you want to have a sustainable safety net there for yourself when you need it.

Obama's plan will never bring down costs without a mandate, and cannot work. It is economic nonsense, and he knows it, but has cowardly ducked out of doing the right thing. I question his integrity.

when you find some class.

What did you do the last few months? Spread venom and hatred against Hillary? Ever tried to stop the lies against Hillary? Or you propagated them yourself?

Do you see a hypocrite in the mirror every morning?

This was a pretty spot-on and very funny comedy bit, but I wouldn't chalk this up to an endorsement of Hillary.

Have you watched 30 Rock?  I'm pretty sure Fey is an Obama supporter who is annoyed with the sexism surrounding Hillary.

It's funny you mention that, because in the last episode of SNL before the writers strike, they were making fun of the media for "being in the tank" for Hillary Clinton.  They had Brian Williams talking about Hillary being the candidate the media has chosen to win, etc. etc.  So take last night with a grain of salt...

I think people are reading too much into the comedy bits here.

Thank you Walt.  Somebody in this thread with a brain.  This is a sketch comedy show.  That was not an endorsement.  I guess people are looking for anything positive out there for Hillary these days that they'll take something where someone calls her a bitch.  Not even Howard Wolfson would try that spin.

correction:

The word used was hysterical.  The point remains.

Context is everything.

This was clearly a female empowerment, claim a slur as our own moment, which is something that members of minority/underpowered groups do all of the time.  

So it's not a double standard.  The single standard is the context in which the word is used, not the word itself.

Sexism Card?

LOL OH NO.

Every old stereotype has been resurected in this presidential campaign. Every one. Ageism. John McCain is too old. Biases against religion? You were paying attention to the critisism of Huckabee and Romney. I kept looking for comments about Huckabee's tax reform. Had trouble finding it for all the stuff about his religion. Oh and I heard of a quote from the LDS church. Seems they had no idea that folks had such problems with their religion. That would be Mitt Romney. As for race. Well let's face it. There are going to be folks who won't be voting Obama because is is black. Or not black enough. I've heard that too. And now gender. Yep. They aren't calling Sen.Clinton a bitch because she is a man.

Now me. I just don't care about their age, religion, race, or sex. Me. I care about health care, taxes, climate change, social security and Iraq. Anybody out there remember Iraq.

Funny. Just look age,religion,race, and gender.

I thought we stopped this nonsence with the Civil Rights Act. Or the Age discrimination Act 1975.

Oh and get real. I'm a woman. If I get riled up about the stupidity of this election cycle, NO ONE pats me on the back and says atta girl. Heck no. They wannna know if it's my time of the month.

No matter who I vote for, I'm glad to take back the word "bitch".

"The Bitch is Back"

As an "uppity woman" from the South.

I kind of like it.

Think that's gonna be my blog her at MyDD.

Yes, and the word can also have non-gender related definitions.  

Even if the person had intended the offensive meaning (and that is not established) a response of How Dare You (twice) and immediate accusations of failure to grasp sexism by someone who could find racism and general huffiness only serve to strengthen the stereotype.  Calm inquiry into whether the person understood the offensiveness followed by either repudiation or education would be more effective.

Also, if the sexism card becomes a tool of convenience (a way to change the subject) then the moral high ground is lost.

btw, the word that was used was hysterical, not female hysteria.  So  the wiki definition isn't so relevant.

I guess you and the others are free to assume that he meant female hysteria, but that is an assumption.

So again I say, they should have calmly asked and found out what he meant instead of going apeshit and reinforcing the stereotype.

Even if he did mean what they thought, freaking out about it is harming the cause.  Staying calm and dismissing him proves he is wrong in his stereotyping at least where this exchange is involved.

Uncle Wiggly,

I am enjoying your blog entry on this subject very much. It is quite a joy to see so many people involved in the voting process. Passion for life and passion for the future  of our country. They are causing me to question my views. To really look at what is important in the upcoming presidential election. It is really a great thing. I love free speech because it makes us stronge as a country. And I believe, that it also promotes stability. We all want to be heard and to have our views considered. Thank goodness we live in a country  where that can still be done.

Thanks.

I'm totally bummed too!  I saw much of the episode but fell asleep before Tina Fey's commentary.  Damn that nyquil.

I was kinda hoping that they would bring back the "Where's my stuff" girl from the 92 Clinton campaign, a flash forward would be hilarious.. especially if she was still looking for her "stuff"...

YOUTube removed all the links.

I think you've got this exactly right: This was very funny, very spot-on political satire, with a lot of truth to it, but shouldn't really be taken as an explicit political endorsement.

"Yesterday on a radio station (1150am) in southern Ca they had a story ob Obama doing rock cocaine and recieving oral sex from a guy 9 years ago. "

Obama will be swift boated by the right the same way Hillary Clinton has been for 20 years. It will get much worse, and it is frightening to behold. They will stop at nothing. So much for "unity" and post-racial and post-gender politics. I believe it will be hideous, what they will do to him.

The Republicans need to protect themselves against being held accountable for all the many criminal offenses and abuses of our national government and budget they have been enjoying for the past 8 years. They will do anything to defeat Obama, should he win the nomination. They must protect themselves from prosecution, and they will fight to the end to save themselves.

While I detest Obama's politics and tactics, I would put my own life on the line to protect him from unfair attacks and slime. I will always do the same for Hillary Clinton. When Obama supporters slime her it particularly rankles me, to see them act as shills for the right.

I think many of the Obama supporters are still very young and inexperienced, and do not realize the right wing slime she has been subjected to, and they have bought the line that she is "polarizing" because she has been slimed by the right for so long. Someday it will be Obama in that position, with people saying, "Where there is smoke there must be fire, at least some of the slime must be true." That's how swift boating works. They will stop at nothing, and nothing is too low for them to stoop to. They will manufacture witnesses and events too ugly to think about.

It takes both parties to want "unity" and cooperation, you cannot achieve it with only one side participating, and it is forgone that the right will go after Obama like sharks. People who haven't lived through the demolition of character they are capable of may be stunned to watch it. Perhaps only then will some of them understand how unfair their attacks on Hillary Clinton have been, when it happens to their candidate.

This post saddens me.