Analysis of the SNL Palin skits by Tina Fey

Who would have thought that Tina Fey (a white woman) and SNL (a old low-rated comedy show before the Palin skits) would have done more to help Obama than all the power of Oprah, Hollywood and the mainstream media combined. 

 

I (Tina Fey) crown you King Obama

I consider the SNL skits the tipping point in the election. They negated the Palin factor and were REQUIRED to reverse the momentum McCain/Palin had.

I did a brief analysis on the first one which was brilliant satire but as we are hitting SNL Palin skit 4 with Palin’s appearance, and we are sure to have more before the election, it is becoming clear that the SNL factor is something that Obama “required” to win this election. The SNL skits are a nice focal point of the media blitz against Palin which is vast and unprecedented in its bias. The original first skit even gives a shout-out to the media to “grow a pair” and attack Palin which all newspapers by a margin of 4-1 nationally have done. 

There is relatively little satire of Biden and Obama and when they do appear, they are rich with Palin commentary or juxtaposed with Fey playing Palin.

First, lets establish one fact, McCain would have no chance whatsoever without Palin. Media red herrings that suggest McCain should have picked someone else is simply a way of distracting the public from the media smear job on Palin. The media is trying to cover its own tracks at this point because of the absolute intense bias and unprecedented attacks on Palin as the VP candidate. Never before in history has the main stream media revealed its bias in such an extreme manner on a VP candidate. They have succeeded but now they need to cover their tracks or their ass as they back away from the car wreck they created by running Palin off the road in dramatic fashion.

“Oh a different driver would have had a different result etc”, Actually no elected politician in this day and age can survive a media blitzkrieg like the one Palin has been subjected to, it would end most political careers. (But I have a feeling she will be back because the bias is just too blatant, with time I think this woman will be back to “meet the press” in an era of the internet and citizen journalists) It is hard for the average person not to see the smear factor on Palin when compared to Biden’s free pass.  

Palin was by far the best choice for McCain not only because she energizied the Republican base but also for her ability to connect with people if given a chance to speak directly to them through television or on the stump without the media filter. For a brief few weeks she elevated McCain ahead of Obama in the polls, that is an amazing accomplishment against Obama who has 5 times as much money and 4-1 mainstream media endorsement. How is the election even close at all with that massive war chest for Obama and the media doing most of his dirty work by undermining and attacking Palin ? 

Biden with all of his 30 plus years of experience has actually made FAR more speaking misteps in the election than Palin. Imagine the SNL skit if Palin had asked a paralyzed man to stand up at a stump speech ? Imagine the SNL skit if Palin had said Romney or Huckabee would have been a better pick for VP as Biden did in saying Clinton would have been a better pick for VP than him ? Imagine the skit if Palin said McCain will be tested by an international crisis and implied doubt about his ability to handle it ? And that is only what we know about, I assure you given a little experience in politics, that Biden has likely said much more but only friendly ears have heard it and they have chosen to ignore it.  

It is a simple fact and no matter what your politics are, you have to admit the media has pretty much given Biden a free pass in this election. The media bias for Obama has been consistently in place since he won the Primary against Clinton. The election should “always” have been a landslide but it wasn’t and it won’t be because of Palin. Obama will win but that will be due to Fey and the media bias, the election very easily could have flipped if the media and SNL had gone after Biden and ignored Palin or even just ignored the both of them and let them deliver their own message without spin. 

Hmmmm, imagine an election where the media is not allowed to report it and only to present direct interviews and the debates ? Imagine an election where the voter is expected to research themselves the platforms of the candidate instead of having it spun for them by CNN or the media…

Bush is one of the least popular Republican presidents in history but STILL Obama needed a historical stock market collapse AND media bias for him AND unrelenting character attacks on Palin to win. Think about that for a moment, the real question in this election is WHY could Obama not seal the deal long ago and WHY is it even close at all ? A change candidate and different party, it should have a been a reflex election and a landslide, why wasn’t it ?

The Obama bots and blind supporters aside, Obama is not being passionately endorsed by the American people. Despite his victory it will be won on millions who will vote for him while they hold their nose or sigh sadly.

The media and SNL got those votes for him because now to vote for McCain/Palin means you are dumb, it means you aren’t with the cool kids, it means you don’t get the joke of Palin and it means that everyone should laugh at you, just like they laugh at Sarah Palin. That is the bottom line and that is what millions of voters will vote on when voting for Obama.   

Why was Fey and SNL required to win the election for Obama and act as the tipping point?

Well, even with the widespread media bias of the NY Times, CBS, ABC etc they were largely speaking to the converted. The media has been for Obama since he beat Clinton so nothing really changed on that front. What is amazing is that Obama failed in the pre-Palin time frame to build support against a GOP candidate that lacked support within his own party, was 72 years old and should hardly have given him any kind of fight for the white house. The fact that McCain did is really what is amazing.

Now without Palin and the SNL skits, Obama might still have won but I am confident that it would have been much closer. The SNL cheery was needed on top of the media cake to bake this election for Obama and to counter the Palin factor…

Congratulations President Obama but doesn’t it feel a little hollow to beat a 72 year old war vet and a woman this way ? Its kind of like you paid off the ref in the football game, it just doesn’t strike me as fair and I think you could have won without the paid off ref or press and if you couldn’t, well you didn’t deserve to win, that’s democracy…

The new President of the United States is…

Is it too early to do this? I don’t think so…

My fellow Americans I would like to announce the historical win of President Barrack Obama our first African American President (not that race has anything to do with his win of course). Drop the balloons, sound the cheers and hey to everyone else in the world, we may be a lot of things but we sure as heck aren’t racist, shucks, golly gee and my best Sarah Palin wink. We are a more hunky dory America now and we all punted some of those old white guys out the door, yes sir, come on over for tea and croissants Europe : ) Putin why don’t you send a few Russian Bombers over Alaska, we don’t care, not that many people up there anyway and it might keep that Palin chick awake at night, she sure doesn’t need any more beauty sleep…

You know I would be all good with President Obama’s win if it wasn’t SO FRIGGIN ARTIFICIAL AND CONTRIVED. I hate to be popping those celebration balloons before they even fall but man President Obama’s win was so pre-determined that I am 99% certain my prediction is accurate 30 days before the first person votes. How’s that for lame, does this race track still pump up the horses before the gate or what, YAWN.

Man what I wouldn’t give for a real Kennedy/Nixon election, boy I miss those…

Although I will give the McCain team a real nod, Sarah Palin threw the fear of God into every Democrat, canned journalist and liberal bot in America. That poll bump for McCain after she was announced had every Liberal leaner and every mainstream journalist twitching like a epileptic without their medication. They could see very clearly the possibility of a McCain win with her as VP and my they went to work like I have never seen before.

NY Times, Time Magazine, LA Times, ABC, NBC, CBS, Tina Fey gave the shout out to the Liberal media elite, grow a pair and go after her. Researching previous elections, this is a whole new world of media bias, unprecedented, remember she is THE VP CANDIDATE. It really has gone to a new level with her, remember she is just the friggin VP and the mainstream media has gone after her like a pack of wolves on a rabbit. Biden puts his foot in his mouth every other day and has 30+ years of political experience but a working woman and mom, screws up and she is done for and she is ONLY THE VP…  

I’ll admit personally to my own little affection for the woman, crush, I don’t know, just that identification that hmmm maybe there is Democracy in America, a regular person really could be president or at least VP. Not a Harvard lawyer or a Yale Lawyer, not a rich established old money family. I was like wow, maybe it isn’t a lie, maybe every American could aspire to the Presidency if they spoke to the American people directly, even if they were human and made speaking mistakes, even if they weren’t slick lawyers who can spin any question the way they want it with there smooth lawyer talk, even if they didn’t spend years in the political machines hearing the whispers from the special people and shaking the special hands…

Maybe America isn’t ruled by a invisible power elite that meets in Colorado and Texas and controls both parties (kidding, what’s a joke, without a conspiracy reference : )

The real race was in the Democratic Primary. Hillary vs Obama, thats when the undeniable historical presidency was up for grabs but lets face it the “powers that be” decided it was time to not just flip over the coin and show the  DNC side, they had to have a guaranteed ”historical candidate” (a woman or a african american). Its the same coin folks (DNC on one side, GOP on the other) but lets keep doing that slight of hand. I doubt we will ever again see in our lifetimes a ticket that does not include at least one woman or a minority ever again in America. (Hey I predict the Mexican American VP candidate once the millions of illegal Mexicans are legalized and it will be on the Republican ticket in 2012 or 2016 – any takers?) 

Lets face facts here, the Republicans threw this election like Mike Tyson hitting the mat KO’d after Mickey Mouse tapped him on the chin with his mouse tail in the first 10 seconds. Meanwhile he was opening his eye a little just to make sure that everyone bought it, it was pretty obvious though. The GOP hates John McCain, that guy really doesn’t play ball with the power brokers, lets face it and his own party hates him. Imagine the landslide election if McCain did not pick Palin and had some other old white guy, any old white guy? 

I think there was genuine fear though because Palin proved to be connecting better than they imagined with the people, if the media had not edited her interviews and targeted her with such savage preciseness it very well could have flipped the election. The main stream media took care of business though and that call came from Texas/Colorado and said “hey there, don’t like these polls, intensify on Palin…” Established billion dollar media conglomerate “But, she is only the VP, are you sure ?” – Yes call Tina Fey… 

Obama runs his high brow campaign and lets the main stream media do the dirty work for him…

One Example: Katie Couric pins down Palin by asking her what newspapers or newspaper magazines she reads. To the average person this seems like a simple and innocent question but you will never hear it asked of any other politican and I’ll tell you why.

Politicians don’t read any newspapers or media, they have a researcher who reads all of them each day and creates what they call clips or news briefs. That person is usually up at 3 or 4 in the morning and creating a briefing for the politician each day and they often read the brief to them over breakfast, takes about 10 minutes. Why ? Because the media is biased, all politicians know it so they don’t even read it. 

Now Palin is still a real person and has trouble answering that question but even the best politician would in trying to side step it, so she looks absolutely incompetent which was exactly the intent of Couric and what she wanted to capture on film.

A lawyer will get you by only asking you a question he knows the answer to but a journalist will get you by asking you a question they know you can not answer. I am hoping 2008 is their last hurrah as the internet continues to increase in ability and people continue to tune into media blogs and citizen journalists which cut the spin out and pull back the so-called “unbiased media” curtain.

I also in my sleep dream about a third party in America, like I dreamed about Ron Paul winning the Republican ticket. I dream about democracy in America, I also dream of Jeanie but whatever… 

Congratulations President Barrack Obama, forgive me, but many a lawyer has gone to Washington and you know, I just don’t care, you’re going to be a fall guy President overseeing one of the hardest economic periods in American history, America is going to blame you for everything, even if they stub their toe. Somewhere in America in 2010, on the way to the couch to watch TV, Owwww, my toe, that damn Obama if I didn’t have health care I would be walking more carefully and wouldn’t have stubbed my toe.

Just watch, President Obama, you also are going to realize that you can’t really do anything unless you have a two term presidency which you are not going to have, sorry. So all of your good intentions, all of your good policies, all of your “real” change, well it is all going to get flushed in 2012…

Oh you will get a few things through but certainly not the important ones…

So I kind of feel sorry for Mr. President Barrack Obama. I think the best thing would have been for McCain to win 2008 so that the GOP brand name would take the marketing hit it deserves on their brand name, after all they are responsible for the issues to a large degree. 

And for Democrats, it still isn’t too late to vote for McCain, now that you have had a look through the looking glass…

P.S. Hillary Clinton for President 2012…

2 terms guaranteed…

Palin (debate winner) puts the press on Biden

I have Palin as the winner against Biden in the debate. Not because I have a laundry list of fact checking points, not because I graded her against Biden’s command of the issues vs hers but for the simple reason that she has been attacked and is under much more pressure from the mainstream media than he is. I’ll admit it, it may be a lame reason to support her ticket but I am coming clean on the issue.

There is a part of me, I admit it, that really wants Palin to win although most rational parts of my brain scream out in protest. I have to admit that in my heart I want her to win. I want her to win because she has been so strongly attacked and undermined by the mainstream media. I’m rooting for her, for her challenges as a modern woman, for the unbelievable challenge put on her to stand up and in 5 weeks step in front of hundreds of millions and debate complex issues. I cheer for her and I feel nervous in my stomach for her, like before the start of last nights debate. Yes, I cheered for Bambi in the Disney movie and always dread the moment in the film when he loses his mom…

I want her to win because I am tired of having the New York Times, Times Magazine, ABC, CBS and NBC “TELL” me that she should not win. Tell me that she is a mentally incompetent woman. I am tired of the attacks on her and yes Matt Damon, it may be a Disney movie but it is one where I am cheering for the hollywood ending and yes Tina Fey I enjoy your satire but I am wondering now, how many more are coming. The first one was great, the second still good but if I see a third on SNL I will be wondering if your bank account has any recent deposits of cheques with Obama’s signature on it… 

If this election was just McCain against Obama, I wouldn’t vote. It is that simple. It isn’t that anything Obama has said is utterly offensive to me as much as it is another smug smart lawyer going to be President and yawn, I have seen that movie a dozen times before and didn’t like it. Oh yeah 24 was an Ok TV series but seriously, The Disney movie of Palin, I haven’t seen before and I do like it so far, the smart lawyer goes to Washington but oh now he is black, yawn, whatever…

I guess it will be good for Blacks in America and American culture and yes, that is nice and I guess we need the changes he advocates but really I already know that politicans are nothing more than the figure heads of power. The mouth pieces. The talking heads. They do not come up with the policy, they are the salesmen. They do not define America they personify it. They are largely hollow people who allow the real power brokers to put in their minds their visions of the future. No one person can have an expert command of all the political issues of the nation, the best any one person can do is bullshit very well… Again the humanity of Palin and because she can NOT do this as well, is in looking glass style drawing me to her ticket…

I know the election is likely already decided, in the upper ecehelons somewhere I get the feeling that the powers of America have decided  and the conversation went. “Ok, we let you steal election 2000 with Bush, you owe us, election 2008 is ours with our black president which is just more important than the woman’s vote. The other power is like yeah but just you remember we can steal an election just as easy as you but it is your turn I guess, we don’t really like McCain anyway. So it probably is a done deal but oh I would like to see Palin win just because I would love to see the fits of the NY Times editorial board.

I will miss her and I know she will not be back. There is a part of me that will cling to the hope of her winning right up until election day but with such unrestrained main stream media attacks I can’t see her winning and lets face it, McCain is simply too old and he is being handily dealt with by Obama in the debates. Standing Obama and McCain on the same stage and letting them talk is a clear signal. I don’t like Obama and his slick smooth lawyer talk and I dread having to listen to him for the next 4 years but compared to McCain he clearly outshines him…

I think about a real serious candidate for the Republican ticket, like Guilani who likely would have won NY state with Palin and I can just see it, it is just so close but with McCain. 2 more debates but if the old war horse does not put up some serious pep it is all over…

Hillraisers head for McCain Mountains

As the Obama team does spin control on the latest defections, I personally see it as an indication of a wave that is going to build to November. Both John Coale and Lynn Forester de Rothschild are serious Democrats. Fundraising over 100,000.00 each for the lost cause of Hillary Clinton.

Lynn Forester de Rothschild CNN Link

It is not that these defections in themselves are going to bring thousands of people along with them, as much as they must be sending a ominous message to the DNC. If these prominent party members are flipping, the individual thought process is likely the same with hundreds of thousands of other DNC members.

47 days to go and a virtual tie in key states, someone tell me how the Democrats are going to recover ?Obamania is last years fashion and Palin Power is all the political hipsters are talking about. I would hate to be a Democratic strategist because they just had a political tactical meltdown equivalent to Waterloo and seem paralyzed and unsure of even how to conduct the rest of the campaign…

Democracy – the Cynics

The bottom of the barrel, for me, far worse than Dembots or Republicanbots is the person who doesn’t vote. The person who has given up on politics altogether. And about 40% of Americans didn’t even bother to do just that, only about 55% voted in Election 2004.

It upsets me because millions died for the Democracy we have, millions of not only Americans but soldiers from all over the world. To me voting is about respect for them, acknowledging the political system that they died for, although far from perfect, it is still better than any other political structure in the world. Voting is a duty, a responsibility and an acknowledgment of the cause of Democracy itself. If there is only one time to vote each 4 years it is the Presidential election. 

Those who have given up in frustration over the Democrats and Republicans have third party candidates to choose from. There is always a choice. It is a small amount of time taken on election day to pull a lever, to cast a ballot and it should be out of respect for the millions who have died for you to have the freedom to do just that. 

“But it doesn’t matter!” the cynic responds, “nothing changes, there are no real choices.”

Why should I vote when right behind me is someone who is going to cancel my vote by voting for Sarah Palin because they like her eye glasses!” How ridiculous is that in canceling my vote which is a result of hundreds of hours of my own time carefully reading the policies of each side, analyzing them and making an informed vote on what I think is best for America. Why should I vote when this happens ?

The answer is that voting is not about you. When I vote it is not about me, in fact it has very little to do with me. I make the decision of course but I long ago realized like many others that who the President of the United States is or is not will have very little impact on my life. Maybe a little tiny bit but certainly not a lot. I will get up in the morning on Nov 5, 2008 no matter who is President, and I will still work, I will pay my bills, I will pray my family has good health, I will pursue my dream, I will pursue my happiness and every once in awhile I may stop and even realize that I am happy for a brief moment. 

I do not vote to pick someone to change my life or improve it dramatically, no ultimately, I think that is up to me and always has been but I do vote out of respect of those who have died for me to do so. To me election day is about freedom to pick our leaders who in my view are not much more than the personification of our nation to the rest of the world. I also do not think the American people have ever gotten it wrong. Even election 2000.

Many people forget how hollowed out and stiff Al Gore was compared to George Bush in Election 2000. This is of course long before his famous film. Many people forget that George Bush with all his numerous flaws and gaffes won votes largely because he listened to certain groups of Americans and spoke for them. Now we may not like those groups or be a part of them, Christians, the NRA, Pro-Life advocates but what did Gore do ? He essentially ran a safe campaign free of any blatant gaffes, aside from that claim to invent the internet. He didn’t take risks and I think he rightly lost for running such a bland campaign and America rightly decided that George Bush, although flawed, was still more of a representative of our nation than Al Gore because he was not as bland. America is a lot of things but it is not a bland nation.

Who you vote for and why is your business and you have the freedom to not even vote but that to me is the only wrong decision. Millions of young men fought and died for our right to vote along with our other freedoms. 

Those who are cynical of our democracy do nothing but dishonor them. Democracy requires the participation of the people and again the more cynical you are, the more I think you are obligated to get involved and to make a difference. Sarah Palin may say a lot of things in this election but the one message that should ressonate loudest to everyone is her political story of entering politics in 1992 at the PTA level and rising to national VP Candidate in 16 years and she is no ivy league graduate.

That can only happen in America and it could happen to you as well. So before you become cynical about politics and say you won’t even vote, take a look at this and ask yourself why you couldn’t do the same thing as her ?