Hillary Clinton and the B Word
By Kevin Holtsberry Posted in 2008 | 2008 Democratic Primary | 2008 Presidential Campaign | Hillary Clinton — Comments (5) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
UPDATE: YouTube removed video at the request of NBC. You can watch it here.
Tina Fey seemed to endorse Hillary last night on her return to SNL. She claimed that Hillary is a b*itch but that's good because they "get things done." Fey then proclaims that it is "not too late Texas and Ohio" and that "b*itch is the new black." Is this the depth of modern feminism?
Here is the clip:
This seems to match Hillary new persona (see Moe's Red Hot for example).
What do you think? Does a stunt like this help or hurt Hillary? Or does no one care about what happens on SNL anymore?
It seems to me that if you think like Fey you are already in Hillary's camp and this argument is unlikely to work. If you aren't open to this sort of feminist unity call then why would Tina Fey change your mind.
In all probability, it is just someone on TV taking themselves a little too seriously. I can't see it having any impact on actual voters.
First posted at the Stop Her Now blog.
I think it's a sign the Obama bubble is beginning to burst. He and his followers are starting to become the butt of jokes. Obama will soon realize that the Presidency is not won with "hope" and "change" alone.
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This will help because--believe it or not--there are probably a lot of voters who like Hillary's positions and debate performances better than Obama's, but think that she's "not cool". (The media loves Obama.) Tina Fey made it "cool" to support Hillary again--"B*tch is the new black."
However, if Hillary should lose the Democratic nomination, Tina Fey--like many Hillary supporters--would probably support John McCain, not Barack Obama. On an episode of "30 Rock", Tina Fey's character on the show admitted to her boyfriend that her "secret shame" is that, "I tell my friends that I'll vote for Barack Obama, but I'll probably vote for John McCain." Her character does this because she wants to appear "cool" to her friends, but she's also worried about real issues such as national security. I can tell you from first hand knowledge that her sentiment is true regarding a lot of Hillary supporters--they will vote for McCain over Obama if Obama is the Democratic nominee. I refer to this as the "Tina Fey Effect".
I don't know what kind of following Tina Fey has, but given how much of the Democratic race rests upon emotions and feelings, I think you make a good point here that those on the fence may be pulled by the zeitgeist of the moment (a bit oxymoronic, I agree) - and insofar as Tina may change the emotional dynamics, that shift (more than her endorsement per se) could have help create a signficant counter-wave. Especially as other intangibles seem to be turning against Obama over the past few days.
A little over a week before we get to hear from the next set of voters...
...and I sure don't want to try to plumb the minds of Democratic voters, since if their minds were decipherable, they'd be Republicans. :)
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