McCain Campaign Loves the Media — for a Moment

Sorry to be the first, but – code error in that Youtube posting.

I thought the first part was too silly – the idea parody is capturing the essence of the person, not your *idea* of the the essence of a person.

But the “special comment” section? That was spot on, and my wife and I laughed out fannies off.

I thought the McCain skits were helpful to him. He seemed so grumpy, angry and off script for so long this campaign season it was surprising to remember he could be this funny.

The KO spot was hilarious and some what spot on. I have yet to see him try to shape what one of his guests say ala Bill O but the rest of his over the top antics were done a tad bit more over the top and it came off well. But you can’t unring the bell of Tina Fey going rogue with the t shirts. Yeah it was funny for about 5 seconds until you thought about it. The double maverick also, bad move. When it looks like you are going berserker its not good to give it a name to describe it. From that day forward whenever McCain pulls a stunt people will say “he is pulling a double maverick” relegating him to a punchline

Watching football last night, I was presented with several runs of a 60-second ad in which Obama speaks to the camera as if speaking to an audience of adults. I got nothing remotely similar from Mr. McCain, but did get a full does the fear and loathing angle focused on the Reverend Wright.

A youtube parodying Olbermann is the good news for McCain? OK. By the way, you’re doing a poor job of spreading this good news for them. This is how your post looks on my screen…

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Mark Halperin just put Joe Scarborough in his place, Im SHOCKED.

oh yeah, the other McCain ad I saw featured a quote from Biden of uncertain vintage that indicated that a vote for Obama was a vote taunting the terrorists to strike us within the first 6 months. Or something like that. Very ominous. I’m so scared.

I take it back. Halperin wussed out when pressed

Not exactly on topic, but important: Arizona Daily Star editorial endorses Obama: “…the ways of the past, which we believe McCain understands, will not work in this new America. The future requires new tools and new expertise.” Amen.

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/politics/265275

Fixed the embedded video problem. Sorry!

Hmmmm….not sure that link’s going to work for you. I got there, without registering from the pollster.com site. Sorry about that.

Of course the fact that we all know what “whitey tape” means shows that the damage has been done. To true believers, the tape’s apparent non-existence is quite beside the point.

More to the point, the non-existence of the tape is proof that the fix was in in. See Krugman today. But don’t read Billy Kristol. Lala land again. 18 more columns, and counting. I hope he takes a long holiday break.
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Also, the Republican base already seems to be gearing up to regard defeat not as a verdict on conservative policies, but as the result of an evil conspiracy. A recent Democracy Corps poll found that Republicans, by a margin of more than two to one, believe that Mr. McCain is losing “because the mainstream media is biased” rather than “because Americans are tired of George Bush.”
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And Mr. McCain has laid the groundwork for feverish claims that the election was stolen, declaring that the community activist group Acorn — which, as Factcheck.org points out, has never “been found guilty of, or even charged with” causing fraudulent votes to be cast — “is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the fabric of democracy.” Needless to say, the potential voters Acorn tries to register are disproportionately “other folks,” as Mr. Chambliss might put it.
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(Have to say the blockquote formatting is much better than the previous instance of Swampland comments. Now to go insert periods to create paragraph breaks…)

An elder, senior statesman who would like to be President should not act like a Chevy Chase wannabe.

AM – the video still isn’t coming up, at least for me.

If you go to KT’s link for McCain’s star turn, you’ll find the Olberman video beside it.

No embed support here, I think.
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A href=”http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/805561/”>Olberman parody
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It’s funny enough. The imitation could be better.

All in good fun. But it is instructive to remember that Olberman was among the media who pretty much liked McCain, and then became disgusted by his campaign behavior. KO has really been no different in his outrage than Joe Klein – he just says it on the teevee.

I agree with kathy: “I thought the McCain skits were helpful to him.” But never forget that McCain earned the outrage. He chose to run a campaign that inflamed his base every way they could, and divided us at a time of national crisis. He doesn’t get a do-over.

A href=”http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/805561/”>Olberman link
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Preview: a long lost friend. Ah, but I see the bot saved me temporarily from embarrassment.

So you think voters will flee Obama based on a Keith Olbermann parody? Why else should the McCain camp be gleeful over this? They’re way too desperate to care about Olbermann. Or am I taking this too seriously?

http://www.political-buzz.com/

Last try:
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Olberman link”>Olberman video
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Boy, I do miss that preview guy. He was a good and trusted friend.

Just because I agree with a lot of Olbermann’s politics, it does not prevent me from thinking he is a self-absorbed clown.

Olberman link
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Fourth time the charm?

Yes, Matt, you are taking this too seriously.

The funny thing is while KO is definitely over the top he isnt CLOSE to being in Sean Hannity territory but who is the exclusive FoxNews interviewer of the McCain-Palin ticket. SNL can’t even parody Hannity because you just can’t do over the top any more than he actually is. McCain just holds grudges against anyone who criticizes him. Ill bet he NEVER gives the NYTimes another interview unless its Bill Kristol doing it.

“It’s hardly a “whitey” tape or early November surprise but it might be the most gratifying piece of news the McCain campaign has received in the past 24 hours.”
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AMC,
I truly do not understand this statement. Please clarify. Does the McCain camp feel some how vindicated because SNL did a skit?
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I thought Ben did a good job with the parody of Keith. It was over the top, but it was supposed to be. McCain was funny, but than again he does the self depreciation well, always has. Tina of course hit out of the park as usual. Cindy was kinda of stiff each time she was shown (even at the end of the show) they should have given her a speaking line because that smiling and standing silent crap does not work for me.

My mother is eighty-five and lives in rural Missouri. She surprised me with her common sense approach to politics. She is voting for Obama………….

http://thefiresidepost.com/2008/11/02/old-women-talk-politics/

AMC Nice to see you back from the Bunny Ranch. Hopefully you will now have enough dollars to attend one of the two election night venues.

The KO skit was way over the top and beautiful all at the same time. I’ve heard KO loves the piece. And why shouldn’t he, it drives even more people to his show to check out the carzy man with the grey hair and striped pimp suits. Oh crap it just dawned on me… KO is your pimp. No wonder you are featuring him.

Bet Billo has to be spitting nails at this point as he realizes that SNL’s facination with KO will only increase KO’s viewership.

@sgw – Agreed. Olbermann is pompous; Hannity is evil.

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The trouble with parodying Olberman is the show itself is mostly snarky parody of Fox news. The dead serious Special Comments are ripe (and that part is the funniest part, because there is no snark there, just the deadly serious intellectual Keith Olberman.).
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gunny, I thought Cindy was fine parodying the use of game show models.
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McCain’s camp’s interest in this stems directly from their running a national media campaign at the expense of everything else that makes up a successful campaign. Obsessed with the daily news cycle, deeply concerned with how this is playing with the Village. Also, the campaign staff desperately needs a scapegoat. For now, the media. But once this is over, I expect you’ll see McCain blamed for being, as someone said early on, a AA ballplayer called up to the majors before he was ready. The rookie errors are legion.

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You do know that Bill O wants to launch a federal investigation to find out why KO is beating him in the 25-50 male demographic. I will say this again. FoxNews can thank GWB for their high ratings. They were nobodies before Bush came along but because they p!mped so hard for him. They are going to be on the outside looking in now and KO and Maddow are going to PWN Bill O and Hannity for the next 4 years. Nobody will want to hear them ranting every night about the sitting president nor will any Dems go on their shows and let them get away with the crap they have been able to get away with under the “patriotism” banner of Bush. Thats why they are so scared and thats why they all just redid their contracts because they know the tide is turning and in a year or two they might be out of gas.

pourme
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Between Hannity and Kilmeade on Fox and Friends I cant decide which one has the bigger Napoleon complex. I long for the day when someone just punches either one of them during taping of the show. Kilmead was such a “richard” when Jeanine Garafolo was on the show but she totally PWNED him and showed herself to be WAY more informed than he is. Hannity is seriously a mental midget and nobody ever calls him on that. He can’t argue a subject at all. Thats why they have the weakest dem leaning guests they can find. But that pool will dry up after tuesday and he will be left arguing with himself.

@sgw – Because Hannity’s whole schtick is fueled by hate and opposition, an Obama win will usher in a golden period for Hannity in terms of ratings and ubiquity. Rush became Rush because of Bill Clinton. An Obama win, in many ways, is great news for right wing talk radio.

Loved the KO sketch. Used to regularly watch MSNBC at night, until they were totally taken over by fervent partisans. Can’t watch FoxNews for the same reason. I long for true fairness and balance.

Note to CNN: Lots of middle ground is available for the taking.

sgw said: “KO and Maddow are going to PWN Bill O and Hannity for the next 4 years.”
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I doubt that. The Faux/Palin base is going to be, if anything, more rabid now. Always insecure and paranoid, the last few weeks of the McCain campaign has given them plenty to obsess about (black people stole the election, etc.) and Faux will be happy to oblige. Plus, there will be all the anti-dem stories to flog.
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But I am looking forward to (fingers crossed, knocking on wood) KO and Maddow taking on the Obama administration over policy. Anyone who doubts they will hasn’t been paying attention. They will be sympathetic only so far as the administration performs.
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jay said, about McSame: “Obsessed with the daily news cycle, deeply concerned with how this is playing with the Village.” Speaking of the Village, perhaps they are somewhat less important now that there are new voices out there. RM has a great respect for the blogosphere as a source of merit-based, peer-reviewed information, and TPM just released their numbers for October:

Absolute Unique Visitors: 3.12 million
Visits: 15.29 million
Page Views: 30.99 million.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/242086.php

@sgwhiteinfla

The funniest part of Scarborough was when egomaniac Joe declared that he was worried that Obama was an egomaniac. Buchanan (who is playing an appointed role, according to a little blip on the Chris Mathews show couple of weeks ago, chimed in with agreement about Obama’s arrogance. Barnacle and Mika couldn’t see the connection that Scarborough was making.

I think Scarborough is often full of it. I also believe that all the players behind the desk are playing assigned roles. Scarborough may just be trying to enrage Liberals and Progressives with Buchanan added in for spice. I doubt if Scarborough actually believes much of what he says.

I would have loved the KO sketch a lot more, if Ben Affleck had spoken slower and louder. I realize he was doing an impression, but I can always understand KO perfectly, and I had to watch the sketch twice to catch everything.

That said, the outrage over the cat (Miss Precious Perfect) was HILARIOUS!

sgwhiteinfla

The funniest part of Scarborough was when egomaniac Joe declared that he was worried that Obama was an egomaniac. Buchanan, who is playing an appointed role, according to a little blip on the Chris Mathews show couple of weeks ago, chimed in with agreement about Obama’s arrogance. Barnacle and Mika couldn’t see the connection that Scarborough was making.

I think Scarborough is often full of it. I also believe that all the players behind the desk are playing assigned roles. Scarborough may just be trying to enrage Liberals and Progressives with Buchanan added in for spice. I doubt if Scarborough actually believes much of what he says.

testing. The same comment is being held in moderation.

pc said: “An Obama win, in many ways, is great news for right wing talk radio.” I’m sure that is true, but Obama is utterly not Clinton. The Big Dawg’s personal characteristics were always evident, and were easy fodder for the haters. If Obama behaves as President as he has campaigned, which I have zero reason to doubt, respect for him as a person will simply continue to grow. And it is already remarkably high.
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From Gallup: “Obama’s favorable rating is 62% — the highest that any presidential candidate has registered in Gallup’s final pre-election polls going back to 1992.”
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/11/53—42.html
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And a Sully Obamacon:

“Part of the Obamacon phenomenon is certainly a rejection of McCain. But this is missing something. Some pro-lifers, for example, are beginning to embrace the idea that the best way to reduce abortions is to flood society with life-positive options, including more money for low-income health care. This has especially taken hold among Catholic pro-lifers as opposed to evangelicals because there is a deep and strong tradition for social welfare in the Catholic world.

Obama embodies this type of thinking to his soul. I think, and I could be projecting here a bit, that the reason for the size of the Obamacon phenomenon is that some conservatives in the libertarian, realist, and religious categories are acting on the sense that Obama is one of them. It’s not about any one policy. It’s that when they hear him talk, they recognize their own kind of thinking. He is reasoned, thoughtful, temperate, ethical. While they may worry about this policy or that, they have a gut feeling that they trust him to be making the decisions.”
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/11/understanding-1.html

I long for true fairness and balance.
Note to CNN: Lots of middle ground is available for the taking.
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I’d prefer real disagreement between well-informed articulate people. The problem isn’t the polarization. It’s the moronic level of the content, which is made worse by using operatives as analysts. There are plenty of non-partisan people in the media and academia, and also people who have partisan opinions but can actually reason their positions through.

KO loved it too. McCain’s disdain for Olbermann is a lot more worrisome than Olbermann himself (the stuff he said at the Al Smith dinner was a little, uhm, out there). Sure, Obama rags on Fox News, but I think we all know that’s a pretty legitimate point to make. KO is harmless though. He’s all about bravado, and he knows that, and all his viewers (including me) know that.

I have no really used Swampland since the new format. Two benign comments are being held in moderation for no reason.
I’ll return when the format changes

@jay – Totally agree, but KO doesn’t help much there. He may have had a shot at it, but he’s been “leaning caricature” for months, and I’m calling it “solid clown” now. The smart partisans are mostly online.

wvng,
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If we are talking Hannity on the radio where other wingnuts like him can call in and be sympathetic then yeah he will do fine. But FoxNews is going to d!e on the vine at least when it comes to Hannity and Bill O. The ratings are already bearing that out. Criticizing the president is one thing. Calling him names on a personal level is something quite different. And remember that FoxNews has had unprecedented access to GWB operatives so that they seemed to be scooping other news sources and they always were able to promote the administration. When Obama freezes them out like he has the last two weeks their ratings are going to drop like a rock. Go back and look at the ratings KO got when he interviewed Obama a couple of weeks ago and then look at the ratings Maddow got from her interview last week. Now imagine that they both have access to people in the Obama administration while Hannity is stuck with Dick Morris and Bill O is stuck with Karl Rove. Just watch how the ratings change in the coming months. Ill bet by January of next year if Obama wins Fox News will be second in all demographics according to ratings.

jay: “I’d prefer real disagreement between well-informed articulate people. The problem isn’t the polarization. etc” I see Maddow as a place where what you seek will happen. in fact, she is clear that she intends to do exactly that.

wvng,
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If we are talking Hannity on the radio where other wingnuts like him can call in and be sympathetic then yeah he will do fine. But FoxNews is going to d!e on the vine at least when it comes to Hannity and Bill O. The ratings are already bearing that out. Criticizing the president is one thing. Calling him names on a personal level is something quite different. And remember that FoxNews has had unprecedented access to GWB operatives so that they seemed to be scooping other news sources and they always were able to promote the administration. When Obama freezes them out like he has the last two weeks their ratings are going to drop like a rock. Go back and look at the ratings KO got when he interviewed Obama a couple of weeks ago and then look at the ratings Maddow got from her interview last week. Now imagine that they both have access to people in the Obama administration while Hannity is stuck with D!ck Morris and Bill O is stuck with Karl Rove. Just watch how the ratings change in the coming months. Ill bet by January of next year if Obama wins Fox News will be second in all demographics according to ratings.

the Faux/Palin base is going to be, if anything, more rabid now
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One of the remarkable thing about Fox’s numbers (and Limbaugh’s) is how LONG people have the programming on. OTOH, the under 45 demo is just going to get worse and worse for them.
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And, yes, even though it looks as if Obama is as much a poster child for probity as Fitzpatrick (pace drawdropping Spitzer-like developments), he’s still black. And that will leave them foaming.

pourme,
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KO is over the top yes. But he also makes very salient points and is not JUST a hack. If you watch him on any given day you may see him rant about a McCain failing OR you might see him discuss the complexities of the relative calm in Iraq and how it might fall apart with informed people who have inside information. I have yet to feel informed after watching an episode of Hannity and Colmes. So I see KO as informed entertainment with just a pinch of hackery which I wouldnt watch every night but I would probably watch about 3 days a week. Hannity at this point is just unwatchable. besides there shouldnt be quite as much for Olberman to rant about if Obama wins.

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Yes, and you could say that KO has paved the way for a more moderately toned, more thoughtful voice. Maddow also has more experience at this stuff than KO does, which shows. And it’s not coincidence that she is looking to the blogosphere for some of that more articulate, informed commentary.

sgw – you may be right. One would hope, but then one would have hoped that such a venture could never have gotten off the ground. That rw radio personalities Limbaugh would have been canned for serially atrocious behavior. But they all remain welcome into polite society.

jay: “And it’s not coincidence that she is looking to the blogosphere for some of that more articulate, informed commentary.”

Yep. I sent Steve Benen a note the minute Maddow got her show, suggesting he practice “lookin good” in addition to just sounding good. What did it take, one week, for him to have his first spot?

@sgw – Agreed, but I worry the trendline for KO is sublime -> ridiculous, as evidenced by NIGHTLY “special comments” now.

wvng
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I think WingNut radio will always survive because there isnt a lot of alternatives when it comes to talk radio and for a lot of people its a guilty pleasure to hear Rush’s rants. And for a lot of people its a way to anonymously endorse their bigoted views without ever being exposed. But I just think that TV is such a different medium than radio and thats probably why Rush has never had a TV show even though his radio show is so highly rated. There are things Hannity says and can say on his radio show or that he can allow guests to say that just won’t fly on TV. Don’t forget that Hannity got into trouble because one of his frequent call in guests and one time friend was Hal from Bergen. Hal from Bergen ended up being neo nazi Hal Turner who is a self proclaimed racist. But you can get away with that on radio. But on TV that would have k!illed Hannity’s career but if Obama is elected he will pretty much be left with the Hal from Bergen’s of the world.

Jayack @ 37
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The loss of preview–I feel a haiku contest coming on.

KO may have found that he’s jumped the shark.
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In general, though, there is going to be some flailing about among folks on the left. There are people with some clear paths–Glenn and Jane are going to be working on their Accountability project, which dovetails with DK’s better democrats theme and plans. (Watch out, Steny Hoyer. You’re top of the list.) And Glenn has never really been a partisan.
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TPM is going to be interesting, because I’m sure many people inaccurately view Josh as a liberal, and not a muckraking journalist. In general, it will be interesting to see what being in power does to the left commentariat.

Speaking of Faux, here’s John Cole yesterday, “I am watching CBS Sunday Morning, and they are interviewing O’Reilly, and he said ‘The meanness of our discourse upsets me.’ I almost dropped my damned coffee.”
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Steve Benen has more thoughts on this here:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_11/015491.php

Self awareness is not a notable characteristic of the RW.

“KO may have found that he’s jumped the shark.” True. But he is also smart enough, and probably self-aware enough, to forge a different path. You have to admit, for this interval, it has been remarkably cathartic to have a voice on the TeeVee saying what we all felt needed to be said.

It’s pretty simple, actually. We just swap out who we’re wiretapping and torturing. Takes about a second and you’re good to go.

On Safari, the code is super screwed.

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Jay, does this seem familiar:

I ate your You Tube
Forgive me. It was juicy
And tart on my tongue.

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My “You Tube” not found.

Yglesias highlights another post election issue, one that digby and atrios have been flogging for some time:
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“Starting Wednesday I think we can expect a boom market for op-eds and television commentary darkly warning that if Democrats take advantage of winning the election to implement the agenda they outlined during the campaign, they’ll be punished, punished, punished at the polls. And not just from Republicans, but from loathesome creatures like Bob Kerrey and now Doug Schoen.”
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/11/what_to_fear.php

And speaking of atrios, another media problem:

“The very liberal MSNBC is currently giving me Mike Barnicle, Peggy Noonan, and Mike Murphy.”
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2008_11_02_archive.html#5672670894860596861

Back when Limbaugh started during the Bush administration, his side was in the catbird seat, so most of his items were more-amused-than-outraged takes on out-of-power lefty constituent groups: environmentalists, feminists, civil rights activists, etc.

Olbermann’s side is now in power, so although his show was already more about derision than outrage, he (and all the left leaning satirists: Stewart, Maher, Colbert) will have to regroup. It’s hard to see how there won’t be fewer of those stentorian “special comments”, which I agree are usually the least effective parts of the show.

One thing the explosion of political humor has shown is that a “pox on both houses” editorial policy is not possible. To make funny you have to have a POV at least as a starting point. So I wouldn’t expect Stewart or Maher, let alone Olbermann, to turn their guns on the incoming Dems. Hopefully the impending Dem hegemony will produce genuinely funny right-leaning satirists (like the writers of “Thank You For Smoking”; definitely not like the creators of “Half Hour Comedy Hour” or “An American Carol”).

kth: “Hopefully the impending Dem hegemony will produce genuinely funny right-leaning satirists (like the writers of “Thank You For Smoking”; definitely not like the creators of “Half Hour Comedy Hour” or “An American Carol”).”

Comedy requires you to be self aware. The problem with the wingers is that they are walking self-parodies and can’t see it.

Speaking of wingers, a friend heard the once funny Dennis Miller on his radio show the other day. He had been a reliable Obama basher, until very recently. Then he went to an Obama rally to see what the fuss was all about, watched an elderly black woman beside him as Obama spoke, and suddenly understood. On his radio show he was cutting off the haters. That is a good sign.

Fred Barnes thinks early voting is tearing our country apart as are old poor people who want to vote lol I wish I was joking.
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wvng,
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Dennis Miller changed his tune? When? He was on Bill O within the last week still beating the Obama is a terroist drum. Or did you mean your friend changed HIS tune?

sginfla, the gist of that Barnes rant seemed to be that voters who don’t have some other place to be on Election Day (i.e., poor old people, not important people like Fred Barnes) have an obligation to wait until Election Day so every October Surprise attack ad has maximal impact. I’m just wondering if Barnes felt this strongly about early voting in 2004, when the Dem was vainly trying to close the gap.

sgw, my friend said Miller had changed HIS tune. That Miller was cutting off the haters and liars. My friend was quite surprised.

[...] I reached Olbermann by email this morning to ask him about how it felt to be the McCain campaign’s ray of sunshine. He responded: SNL and my Football Night In America show share adjoining studios, so upon my [...]

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If thats true then I am floored because Miller has been as venemous as Sean Hannity the last few months. Of course he might be pulling a farce just to jump on the gravy train. I would have to see him on Bill O singing a new tune which I highly doubt will happen. He might just dissappear like Carly Fiorina.

I thought the McCain spot was funny and Fey was great, as usual. I just didn’t think the Olbermann spot was all that good. I mean, here is a guy who is absolutely ripe for parody, but the piece fell kin of flat. I could only understand about half of what Ben A was saying because his attempts to impersonate Olbermann’s voice were so strained he mumbled. Could have been great–wish I could have actually understood it. Also wish Keith would tone it down and go back to the original brand. “Special” comments cease to be special when they are coming at you nearly every night and there is just so much outrage an audience can endure before they are irredeemably fatigued.

Just saw Dennis Miller on one of the talk shows late last week. If he’s changed his spots, it must have been an overnight miracle. He’s still a tool as far as I can tell.

The Miller bit would have been last Friday. Again, this is second hand info, but my friend was quite clear about what he heard.
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Hope springs eternal.

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[...] Time’s Ana Marie Cox on Grandpa Goodfart and SNL: True, observers (including Karen!) seem to agree that McCain performed well on SNL the other night, but what really tickled the McCain campaign wasn’t the senator’s comic stylings, but rather this devestating Keith Olbermann parody, that is in fact best summed up by the show’s one line description: “Keith Olbermann is indignant and his cat is innocent.” [...]

“I thought the McCain spot was funny and Fey was great, as usual. I just didn’t think the Olbermann spot was all that good. I mean, here is a guy who is absolutely ripe for parody, but the piece fell kin of flat. I could only understand about half of what Ben A was saying because his attempts to impersonate Olbermann’s voice were so strained he mumbled.”

Agreed. Affleck needs to stick with his strength, whatever that is. Fey has been the only real comic talent on SNL for a long, long time.

I agree with mickeymusing. It was boring and I gave up on it. Unfortunately, probably the only one who could really imitate Olbermann is probably Keith Olbermann.

Hmm. Why don’t they get him on SNL and have him do his own send up?

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