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2/7/2017

Sean Spicer (and Donald Trump) Didn’t Like that Saturday Night Live Spoof

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 9:00 am



A worthy leftover from the weekend. That Saturday Night Live spoof of Sean Spicer by Melissa McCarthy got a lot of attention — and not just outside the White House. Sean Spicer told Extra over the weekend that he thought McCarthy’s performance could be dialed back a bit for his taste:

The White House press secretary gave his take on Melissa McCarthy’s impression of him in a surprise “SNL” skit, in which McCarthy poked fun at his tightly wound demeanor in press conferences.

Explaining that he’d first heard about the sketch while leaving church Sunday morning, Spicer said his texts had been blowing up so much he thought there must be a national emergency.

Spicer told “Extra” exclusively he felt the impression was a little exaggerated. His advice was that McCarthy “needs to slow down on the gum chewing; way too many pieces in there.” Though he thought it was a really “funny” show, he felt that McCarthy “could dial back” a bit.

No way! A satirical depiction of a political figure was exaggerated?! This cannot stand!

Anyone with a smidgen of common sense knows you just laugh off something like this — period, full stop. Spicer’s whining is a recipe for Melissa McCarthy to be back at the podium this Saturday night, screaming in a high, reedy voice: “And I understand some people have been making fun of me! That’s fine, you know, but YOU COULD DIAL IT BACK A BIT!!!!” Then she’ll grab the podium and march it at another journalist.

Soon Sean Spicer will be writing all their jokes for them.

A hint of why Spicer isn’t simply laughing it off without reservation can be found in this POLITICO piece (it’s POLITICO, so grab your fistfuls of salt, but it rings true). The detail that’s too good to check: Trump hates the depiction because it was done by a woman:

And the devastating “Saturday Night Live” caricature of Spicer that aired over the weekend — in which a belligerent Spicer was spoofed by a gum-chomping, super soaker-wielding Melissa McCarthy in drag — did not go over well internally at a White House in which looks matter.

More than being lampooned as a press secretary who makes up facts, it was Spicer’s portrayal by a woman that was most problematic in the president’s eyes, according to sources close to him. And the unflattering send-up by a female comedian was not considered helpful for Spicer’s longevity in the grueling, high-profile job in which he has struggled to strike the right balance between representing an administration that considers the media the “opposition party,” and developing a functional relationship with the press.

“Trump doesn’t like his people to look weak,” added a top Trump donor.

It’s bristling at every slight that makes you look weak. But Trump has never quite understood that.

In case you missed the original spoof, here it is in all its grandeur:

[Cross-posted at RedState and The Jury Talks Back.]

103 Responses to “Sean Spicer (and Donald Trump) Didn’t Like that Saturday Night Live Spoof”

  1. Ted Cruz responded to the “tattooed pachuco” drawing of him by saying: “It’s not accurate. I don’t smoke.”

    If I were Spicer, at the next press conference, I’d go out in a fat suit and fat mask and say: “Hi! I’m Melissa McCarthy. I’m filling in for Sean today.”

    There’s some precedent for it. George H.W. Bush would imitate Dana Garvey imitating him.

    nk (dbc370)

  2. But Ted Cruz and George HW Bush had maturity and perspective.

    This is a really funny sketch. I love how Melissa talks with her hands.

    Dustin (ba94b2)

  3. My first thought at the use of drag was that it underscored the female catfighting nature of Trump’s obsession with responding to every perceived slight, no matter how petty. We seem to be in for four years of The Real Housewives of DC.

    NC Mountain Girl (9a39a0)

  4. Another post on the same SNL skit while Tim Kaine is calling for fighting in the streets and Katy Tur says Trump is going to start murdering journalists? Oh wait, that’s because SNL will not send anybody out there this weekend to ridicule THOSE idiotic statements.

    And we have different ideas on what constitutes “whining” and “grandeur”.

    harkin (afc7a6)

  5. McCarthy would make a better “Spanky”

    Neo (d1c681)

  6. After his first press conference I said Spicer had to go. He doesn’t make the correct appearance, he’s not in command of the room, he didn’t give enough consideration to his physical appearance given that he’s got video cameras on him the whole time, his voice is not suited for the job, and his lack of patience in listening and responding makes him look like the bad guy.

    Part of the problem in the way WH briefings take place is that there are no microphones on the press members asking questions. Most of the time you can’t even hear what they ask. So when its a moronic question, or a “gotcha” question, that isn’t picked up by folks watching at home as a reason for why Spicer gives the answer he does. Oftentimes the only way you understand the question is from the context of the answer.

    I didn’t think Joe Lockhart was very good either. One of the best in recent history was Mike McCurry. Ari Fliesher was good and Dana Perino was good.

    Trump needed to hire Laura Ingraham. While she’s combative, she maintains her composure while doing so, and she’s smart on policy. Now she’s eyeing a Senate run in Virginia and probably wouldn’t take the job.

    But Spicer is Preibus’ guy, his background is in consulting and PR, and he’s not suited to being before the cameras. Not everybody is, but the Press Secretary job demands someone who is.

    shipwreckedcrew (56b591)

  7. What made Chevy Chase and Dana Garvey funny was that they were comedians first and actors second. They had an instinct for what was funny and knew how to direct themselves for pace and emphasis. Alec Baldwin does not have that at all. He’s just reading a script and relying entirely on the sense of humor of his writers and whatever direction he gets. Melissa McCarthy had energy but that’s about it — she was also just following a script.

    nk (dbc370)

  8. I don’t think anyone could do better than Spicer. Remember, he’s working for a boss who is telling him what to communicate. The reason he seems shrill, defensive, and dishonest is a reflection of the administration.

    They have too many excellent questions they cannot answer. Hell, I still want to see the tax returns and see Trump divest. I want to see the swamp drained. I want a country where all people are treated equally.

    What on earth should Spicer say to that?

    Ari Fliesher was good and Dana Perino was good.

    Yes, they were the best. They reflected a humble administration that wanted to be honest with the American people and get us through some extremely challenging times. They took more heat than most in a tough job, but the real reason they succeeded was because George W Bush was a fundamentally decent leader.

    Dustin (ba94b2)

  9. TL;DR Overacting, by itself, is not comedy.

    nk (dbc370)

  10. Never let them see you sweat. Never.

    C Jass (57ef7b)

  11. 6-Shipwrecked said:
    Trump needed to hire Laura Ingraham. While she’s combative, she maintains her composure while doing so, and she’s smart on policy.

    I’ve listened to L Ingraham for a long time on radio and she more often than not can be woefully unprepared for the liberal lies that are thrown at her in interviews. plus she’s apt to be very shrill.

    I’d place Katrina Pierson way above either Spicer or Ingraham. She had a great batting average before and after the election and she almost always had the facts and kept composed.

    harkin (afc7a6)

  12. Reagan had virulent detractors, too, and terrible things said about him. But he just smiled and said “There you go again!”, or ignored it. Most people liked Reagan as a person, even folks who disagreed with him on some issues.

    Trump is just an assh0le and generally unliked even by people who agree with him on some issues. This could be a problem.

    Kevin M (25bbee)

  13. The US just finished 8 years of a thin-skinned celebrity with daddy issues. Please don’t tell me it double-dipped.

    JP (f1742c)

  14. Morning Joe called this out as ‘fake news’… or was it? Can a fake news briefing be fake news when it is reported as news or is it that circular ‘ban banter’ thingy Melissa– or was it Sean– was talking about– or is that reporting on? Chew it over. But oh, not to worry– CNN, the famed “Cable News Network” will get to the bottom of this with their hard hitting investigative series, ‘The History Of Comedy’ won’t they. ‘This… is CNN.’

    “You dirt bags have been in third place for five years.” – Ron Burgundy [Will Farrell] ‘Anchorman – The Legend Of Ron Burgundy’ 2004

    DCSCA (797bc0)

  15. Tony snow, was the best, mcclellan whose pop had some crazy theories about lbj was the nadir, perino was possible

    Ingraham is very good, but even she fell for the silly up pantomine

    narciso (d1f714)

  16. Dana “What Cuban Missile Crisis” Perino? Ding-dong… Avon calling.

    “Is that in the valley?” – Cher Hororwitz [Alicia Silverstone] ‘Clueless’ 1995

    DCSCA (797bc0)

  17. C J Cregg was pretty good, too.

    Kevin M (25bbee)

  18. @Dustin: see Trump divest.

    No one has ever explained how this is even possible, incidentally. It’s not a Trump issue, it’s a brand-identified-with-an-individual issue, and it applies equally well to Oprah.

    Gabriel Hanna (64d4e1)

  19. All the important issues… trust Patterico!

    Colonel Haiku (13f927)

  20. Laura I. would’ve been a great pick. Conway, too. Spicer’s okay, certainly an improvement over Earnest… for what that is worth.

    Colonel Haiku (13f927)

  21. Killings by Putin: unimportant. Rioting by leftists: most important story of all time.

    Patterico (5890f2)

  22. I knew I could count on the Colonel for the sort of partisan bullshit I outlined in the post on Steve King!

    Patterico (5890f2)

  23. It’s “important” to the Colonel only if it helps Trump. Note that on the other thread Putin’s killings are to be treated as less important than some nondeadly riots. Ace says so!

    Patterico (5890f2)

  24. Yep, UC officials share what their game plan was at Berkeley, California legislature appears to be ready to lock horns with the Feds (among many other issues) and we get treated to another dose of unfunny SNL.

    Something is happening, but you appear not to know – or care – what it is. Do you, Mr. Prosecutor? Personal loathing will only get you so far.

    Colonel Haiku (13f927)

  25. Granted, it’s not CNN, but…

    “VIDEO: NBC Anchor Andrea Mitchell Caught Lying Again.

    You’re gonna need a longer videotape.”

    https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/256715/

    Colonel Haiku (13f927)

  26. But it’s your site, different taste, certainly less filling.

    Colonel Haiku (13f927)

  27. @Patterico:Killings by Putin: unimportant. Rioting by leftists: most important story of all time.

    Do you think the Colonel would agree with your characterization of what he said?

    At any rate, what leftists are willing to do after losing an election has much more serious consequences for our civil liberties than anything Putin could do. Putin is thug in a faraway country, and he’s a problem for the people who live their and their neighbors. Leftists refusing to accept a free and fair election, and resorting to direct action and jackbooted thuggery against other Americans, affects us right here.

    That is not intended to say that you should have written about one and not the other. Just saying that the Colonel’s estimate of the relative importance of the two is not necessarily partisan.

    Gabriel Hanna (64d4e1)

  28. I’ll shut up now. I don’t like being negative, so it’s best to just shut my trap.

    Colonel Haiku (13f927)

  29. You are far more eloquent than I, Gabriel. But yes, that about sums it up.

    Colonel Haiku (13f927)

  30. I’m not exactly press secretary material, but it seems like the obvious thing to do would have been to bring a super soaker to the next briefing, make a “don’t make me use this” joke at the beginning, laugh it off, and put it behind you.

    matt d (d4aa6f)

  31. “Putin is thug in a faraway country, and he’s a problem for the people who live their and their neighbors.”

    – Gabriel Hanna

    You guys can’t think of any alarming reason that a person like Trump, in Trump’s position, might be keen on normalizing the executive behavior of a person like Vladimir Putin?

    Leviticus (efada1)

  32. It’s not about what Putin himself can do. It’s about what Trump can do, here, in America, if he convinces his army of flying monkeys that Putin’s behavior is normal executive behavior.

    Leviticus (efada1)

  33. 33 – LMAO. You be loan yourself

    Shipwreckedcrew (ed9208)

  34. Huh?

    Leviticus (efada1)

  35. Oh noes… madcow-style pearl-clutching on the way to the camp.

    Colonel Haiku (f1711c)

  36. Beclown

    Shipwreckedcrew (ed9208)

  37. I’m assuming you probably meant “beclown.” That’s okay. The last thing I would expect a federal prosecutor to be concerned about is executive overreach.

    Leviticus (efada1)

  38. How about you address the point? Do you disagree that Trump is attempting to normalize Putin’s behavior? Do you disagree that the normalization of Putin’s behavior would be a cause for concern?

    Or is this another one of those areas where I shouldn’t challenge you, because something something you do this all the time etc?

    Leviticus (efada1)

  39. President Mr Donald should really have chosen a press secretary who not only has experience in front of the camera, but experience in debating people in front of the camera.
    Spicer is more of a behind-the-scenes guy, and it shows.

    Cruz Supporter (102c9a)

  40. I was watching the rerun of Norm McDonald doing the correspondence dinner during the Clinton second term.

    Get this. Norm never mentions cigars, interns, or blue dresses.

    OUTRAGEOUS!

    papertiger (c8116c)

  41. No mention of Vince Foster.

    Just an Andrea Mitchell joke. Special note from Bob Dole. A dig at Clinton getting a good parking spot, then off.

    ARG!

    papertiger (c8116c)

  42. Gabriel Hanna- “Do you think the Colonel would agree with your characterization of what he said?”

    I can’t think any rational-thinking person would.

    We have a media, academia and a large portion of our citizenry willing to commit/condone smears, double standards and violence against anyone who disagrees with them and their anti-freedom statist world view but SNL must be repeatedly praised for shining a light on Trump & Co’s thin skin.

    This Is getting surreal.

    Harkin (662f8d)

  43. Wait. You’re saying my sense of outrage is selective, off point, and a decade or two late?

    papertiger (c8116c)

  44. maybe.

    When squinting through bifocals.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  45. No one has ever explained how this is even possible, incidentally. It’s not a Trump issue, it’s a brand-identified-with-an-individual issue, and it applies equally well to Oprah.

    Gabriel Hanna

    You’re wrong. A lot of people have explained how it’s ‘even possible’. It’s something every other president did. This isn’t like the tax returns where they did it out of respect for democracy. They did it because the constitution commands it.

    If you ‘can’t’ do what the constitution requires you to do to be president, then you aren’t eligible for the office. But that argument has always been an obnoxious troll.

    Sell your company. Done. Yes, if you are stupid and don’t do it in a timely fashion, you lose some money. I don’t think Trump will starve. What’s more important to Trump, the constitution or his money?

    —-

    SWC, I am glad you don’t think ‘it could happen here’. I’m sure you and I would fight to keep it that way. Yet those very protestors that sham-hack Ace of Spades has pointed out, the ones who do get violent, they prove that it could happen here. There are a whole lot of partisans who would get bloody over very little. There are a whole lot more partisans who would shrug and say it’s a shame, but hey, binary choice… at least it’s not the other side doing it.

    Certain behavior in world leaders must be condemned. Trump’s comments about Putin are probably not actually as thought out as Leviticus may think they were. Trump may just be afraid of Putin and unable to criticize him, and have no further long term goal in mind.

    And yet didn’t Trump advocate for riots during the primary? Hasn’t he called for changes in libel law so he can sue his critics? Didn’t he threaten to use the IRS against his critics?

    We’re fortunate to have this polite place to muse on politics, and there’s nothing beclowning about taking a sober look at what Trump’s comments could lead to.

    Dustin (ba94b2)

  46. It was just Mccarthy yelling and screaming. Not funny at all. I’ve seen some great, nuanced Bill Clinton impersonation and others that just treated him as a depraved dolt. Satire won’t work if there’s not even a modicum of respect for the subject.

    lee (55777a)

  47. Re: Trump and other divest. Gabriel Hanna (64d4e1) — 2/7/2017 @ 11:42 am

    No one has ever explained how this is even possible, incidentally.

    It’s not just the brand. It’s the process of selling. One of Trump’s nominees (Secretary of the Army) ran into trouble because he tried to divest, which created greater and more important issues than his holding on to Eastern Airlines (now a 6-plane airline that bought the name) would have been and he withdrew his nomination. Selling one of his companies would have destroyed it. The issue was minor – small government contracts.

    He was going to sell Eastern Airlines, or exchange it for another airline.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/us/politics/vincent-viola-withdraws-army-secretary-trump.html?_r=0

    Then there was the person who was going to sell something to a Chinese government connected entity.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/us/politics/anthony-scaramucci-china-trump-administration.html

    The only way to sell something impartially is to go public, but that has its own issues.

    The other day the New York Times ran an editorial on Trump’s conflicts that had all the talking points including the supposed violation of the contract for the lease of the gotel in Washington and the emoluments clause

    The contract is not violated – it prohibits someone holding an office in the federal government from gaining an interest in the hotel – it does not prohibit someone who already has an interest from accepting an office.

    An emolument is a fixed periodical payment or privilege with nothing required in return. A one time payment would be a present.

    Sammy Finkelman (03c829)

  48. Memo to Sean.
    Subject: How Do You Top Moose-Lamb?

    Shudda walked out to the Tuesday WH briefing, placed a Super Soaker in silence on the podium– and begun.

    “… and our President will knot be de-turd.” – Sean Spicer [Melissa McCarthy] SNL
    _____

    Trump isn’t pissed it was a woman; he’s ticked she was only a one or two at best– not a ten.

    “In jest, there is truth.” – ‘King Lear’ – William Shakespeare

    DCSCA (797bc0)

  49. Pretty sure that the precedent to accuse the President of a crime you have to convince the House of Representatives to file charges.

    Your work is cut out for you, Dustin. Best get busy.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  50. At what point do all these #neverTrumpers from the election who became the #trumpsnotmypresident after he was elected who are now rioting and burning flags wearing masks an carrying sticks finally become #traitors?

    Rev. Hoagie® (785e38)

  51. It would have been funnier if Melissa’s way-hotter sister had done the impersonation of Spicer.

    Cruz Supporter (102c9a)

  52. ==We’re fortunate to have this polite place to muse on politics, and there’s nothing beclowning about taking a sober look==

    You can have a “polite place to muse”, and an “army of flying monkeys” place but not both at the same time.

    elissa (35540e)

  53. cousin

    elissa (35540e)

  54. Is that Mary .Mccarthy, that would be unpossible,

    narciso (d1f714)

  55. Oh, Jenny’s her cousin? Wow, all this time I thought they were sisters! (LOL)

    Cruz Supporter (102c9a)

  56. “”The virtue of Trump, the amazing thing about him,” Horowitz said. “And as I say in my book, Big Agenda, he’s transforming the Republican Party and America. And in the process, he doesn’t back down. Trump has gotten no honeymoon,” he observed. “According to Gallup, the average honeymoon for an incoming president is seven months. Trump didn’t get seven seconds. It’s been a constant war against him.”

    When [Tucker] Carlson asked what the most important part of Trump’s agenda was, David Horowitz replied that it was that Trump was not intimidated. “The seminal moment in the campaign came in the second debate when Trump faced the cameras, with Hillary on stage, and said, you have to understand Hillary has tremendous hate in her heart. So does the Democratic Party have hatred in their hearts for Republicans. And it’s all come out now. You just see it. Every night. Maxine Waters is calling for the impeachment of Trump and he hasn’t been in office for two weeks. But Trump is unintimidated and people don’t realize how important that is.”

    https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/265726/david-horowitz-tucker-carlson-dems-cant-intimidate-daniel-greenfield

    Colonel Haiku (f1711c)

  57. There’s much more, watch the video at the link. No obnoxious, fat wannabe comediennes though.

    Colonel Haiku (f1711c)

  58. Took years for congress to bring charges against Andrew Johnson, and the Democrats had just lost a war. A real honest shooting war.

    So you’ve got no chance.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  59. You know whose the big loser is on this Jenny McCarthy skit?

    Dirk Baldwin (or whatever his name is). A Presidential impression so forgettable it’s erased 12 seasons of 30 Rock from the collective memory.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  60. You can have a “polite place to muse”, and an “army of flying monkeys” place but not both at the same time.

    elissa

    Ok thanks for sharing

    Dustin (ba94b2)

  61. Yeah. I don’t know what she was on about there either, Dustin. if it’s any consolation.

    (Probably means we’re the monkey.)

    papertiger (c8116c)

  62. At what point do all these #neverTrumpers from the election who became the #trumpsnotmypresident after he was elected who are now rioting and burning flags wearing masks an carrying sticks finally become #traitors?

    Rev. Hoagie

    The ones rioting are criminals. Everything else you described is protected by our Constitution. If you’re looking for traitors, look for the ones who wish to criminalize constitutional rights.

    Rioting, however, is totally unacceptable. We’re fortunate to have a peaceful ways to express how despicable we find Trump or any other politician, and we should use those peaceful ways. Rioting plays into Trump’s hands.

    “I think we’ll win before getting to the convention, but I can tell you, if we didn’t and if we’re 20 votes short or if we’re 100 short and we’re at 1,100 and somebody else is at 500 or 400, because we’re way ahead of everybody, I don’t think you can say that we don’t get it automatically. I think it would be — I think you’d have riots,” Trump told CNN’s “New Day.”

    Hell, Trump seems to think his fans are rioters.

    Dustin (ba94b2)

  63. Ask Leviticus about the army of flying monkeys. He’ll know.

    elissa (35540e)

  64. You can tell that Trump fans aren’t rioting because no arrests.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  65. . A Presidential impression so forgettable it’s erased 12 seasons of 30 Rock from the collective memory.

    papertiger (

    LOL

    I’ve never watched that show. The only movie Alec Baldwin was great in was Team America. Though he portrayed a great prick in glengarry glen ross, of course.

    Baldwin’s Trump act is a ‘meh’ at best. Trump is just too over the top to really do a subtle satire of, I guess.

    Dustin (ba94b2)

  66. For clarification; Dirk Baldwin is the overweight wheezing older brother of that guy from the Hunt for Red October.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  67. You can tell that Trump fans aren’t rioting because no arrests.

    papertiger

    I think you’re quite right.

    Ask Leviticus about the army of flying monkeys. He’ll know.

    elissa

    Oh, this was an attempt to be clever by referencing obscure stuff. Thanks again!

    Dustin (ba94b2)

  68. You wouldn’t have remembered without the prompt.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  69. Protesting is what violent left wingers do when they’re smashing windows, setting fires, and hurting people.
    Rioting is what Christian grandmothers do when they meekly pray outside abortion clinics.

    Cruz Supporter (102c9a)

  70. I’m not sure that technically one can call a comment posted on this very thread (#33) obscure. Especially since it was what prompted the beclowning reply comment.–but ymmv.

    elissa (35540e)

  71. Alec Baldwin was quite good in Mamet’s glengarry glen ross, The Hunt for Red October, Miami Blues, and The Cooler, among many others.

    Cruz Supporter (102c9a)

  72. Red October too obscure?

    Better known for his Schweddy Balls.

    Ring any bells?

    papertiger (c8116c)

  73. Ingraham sounds good,

    I still want Mark Steyn.

    I don’t tweet, but maybe someone ought to do a #Steynoffthelineandintothewh,
    But shorter and catchier

    Make it pay for view and decrease the nation debt.

    MD in Philly (f9371b)

  74. Way to bury the lede, Patterico, and way to miss the point, everyone else:

    More than being lampooned as a press secretary who makes up facts, it was Spicer’s portrayal by a woman that was most problematic in the president’s eyes, according to sources close to him.

    This is a gilt-edged, signed-with-a-golden-Sharpie-on-Trump-letterhead invitation to dump the excruciatingly awful Alec Baldwin and bring in, oh, I dunno, Roseanne Barr? Janeane Garofalo? Joy Behar? Rosie O’Donnell? maybe even Melissa McCarthy? to play Trump until he’s impeached.

    Oops, it looks like Rosie is already auditioning for the role of Steve Bannon…

    Rounding out the cast of deplorables, I’m gonna go with Ellen Degeneres as Reince Preibus, Adam Sandler as Kellyanne Conway and Caitlyn Jenner as Melania Trump.

    Dave (711345)

  75. R.I.P. Richard Hatch, star (he played Apollo) of the original Battlestar Galactica tv series

    Icy (906a36)

  76. Naw . Schweddy Balls was Alec’s definitive work. That’ll be remembered forever.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  77. #73 papertiger, our friend Dustin’s right that The Hunt for Red October was an obscure film.
    Although I think the fact that it coincidentally had the same title as a novel by Tom Clancy helped raise its profile enough to overcome the obstacle of having no-names such as Sean Connery and James Earl Jones among the leads. (LOL)

    Cruz Supporter (102c9a)

  78. Those pesky unnamed sources…

    Colonel Haiku (f1711c)

  79. #flyingmonkeythread

    Colonel Haiku (f1711c)

  80. Alec Baldwin did some fine work early in his career.

    She’s Having A Baby
    Married To The Mob
    Talk Radio
    Working Girl
    Miami Blues (the dinner scene with AB, Fred Ward & Jennifer Jason Leigh is one of my favorites)

    The Hunt For Red October
    The Marrying Man

    Really a shame that sometime in the 90s he changed and just started mailing it in.

    “Schwetty balls” was funny once or twice.

    Harkin (662f8d)

  81. “Fake, unnamed sources but rings true”

    — Ran Lather

    Colonel Haiku (f1711c)

  82. Where do I sign?

    https://youtu.be/SESI19h4wDo

    Colonel Haiku (f1711c)

  83. @Dustin:A lot of people have explained how it’s ‘even possible’.

    They’ve been wrong.

    It’s something every other president did.

    Not a single other president ever did what you are calling on Trump to do. You may BELIEVE that happened, but your belief is false, based on your ignorance.

    If you ‘can’t’ do what the constitution requires you to do to be president

    Show me the text. Because it is not in there.

    Gabriel Hanna (64d4e1)

  84. Funny that the courts had no issues with Carter not permitting Iranians into the country for a specific period of time, or, more recently, Obama doing the same with Iraqis for a number of months.

    Colonel Haiku (f1711c)

  85. Funny that the courts had no issues with Carter not permitting Iranians into the country for a specific period of time, or, more recently, Obama doing the same with Iraqis for a number of months.

    Debunked long ago:

    http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/30/sorry-mr-president-the-obama-administration-did-nothing-similar-to-your-immigration-ban/

    Also, the courts did review Carter’s orders, and at least one of them was overturned for a period of time.

    Dave (711345)

  86. Sorry to hear about Richard Hatch.

    God speed, Apollo.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  87. Truth.

    I just wanted the excuse to say schweddy balls in context.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  88. “As a result of the Kentucky case, the State Department stopped processing Iraq refugees for six months in 2011, federal officials told ABC News – even for many who had heroically helped U.S. forces as interpreters and intelligence assets.”

    http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-qaeda-kentucky-us-dozens-terrorists-country-refugees/story?id=20931131

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  89. When Baldwin played a nice guy in beetlejuice in red october, that was acting

    narciso (d1f714)

  90. “While progressive outlets are exploding with outrage and assertions of Republican xenophobia are rampant after Donald Trump’s proposal that Muslim immigrants should temporarily not be allowed into the country, Daniel Greenfield of FrontpageMag has reminded people of an uncomfortable historical fact.

    Jimmy Carter froze immigration from the Muslim-majority nation of Iran after the 1979 hostage crisis.

    Immediately after the U.S. Embassy in Tehran was overrun in 1979, Carter issued an executive order that all Iranian students in the U.S. had to report to immigration officials within thirty days. Out of a population of over 50,000, there were 15,000 Iranians who were ejected from the country.

    An Appeals Court decision upheld the President’s authority for the action, in part saying this:

    “The present controversy involving Iranian students in the United States lies in the field of our country’s foreign affairs and implicates matters over which the president has direct constitutional authority.”

    More directly related to the current situation referred to by Trump’s idea, a concurring opinion in the decision made this point:

    “Distinctions on the basis of nationality may be drawn in the immigration field by the Congress or the executive. So long as such distinctions are not wholly irrational, they must be sustained.”

    It is important to note that there is no precedent for a religious litmus test, just a national one.

    Carter’s second action, five months after the hostages were taken, was to announce formal sanctions against Iran. In addition to closing government offices, prohibiting exports from the U.S. into Iran, and seizing domestic Iranian assets, any entry by Iranian citizens into the U.S. was stopped.”

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/ijr.com/2015/12/489202-remember-back-when-jimmy-carter-forbade-immigration-from-iran-and-expelled-and-immigrants-from-iran-and-expelled/amp/

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  91. So they had a bit of a problem with Carter. I remember all of the demonstrations, invective and rioting in the streets of America at the time. No… wait.

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  92. This was a stellar piece of comedy– but quite rare for SNL of late.

    It speaks volumes to the weakness of SNL these days that it needs to take advantage of ‘breaks’ for award shows and holidays- for time to work up ‘better material’ – something other late night comedy shows seem to be capable of turning around in a day or two. But by far the most glaring weakness- and rationale to put Lorne Michaels out to pasture- is the desperate move by producers to go outside the hired ensemble cast– which is apparently too lame to carry off these topical ‘impersonations’– and hire more experienced talents for characterizations– Alec Baldwin, Melissa McCarthy… even Larry David, just to name three.

    DCSCA (797bc0)

  93. To those who think Vlad Putin and Trump and SNL are of paramount importance and college rioters are a joke:

    http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/02/the_blood_libels_of_the_left.html

    Harkin (662f8d)

  94. In terms of proximate threat, volodya has tires to venezurla through Cuba, and the former has ties to hezbollah

    narciso (d1f714)

  95. Senate Theater tonight.

    Snapping turtle! McConnell takes bait; turns what would have been forgettable floor speech into national news by shutting down Senator Warren w/’Rule 19′ over reading text of Coretta Scott King letter opposing Sessions nomination for a Federal judgeship in ’86.

    DCSCA (797bc0)

  96. A fraud reading a letter that a plagiarist and killer read 30 years,ago,
    A Soviet agent of influencr

    narciso (5765cf)

  97. A fraud reading a letter that a plagiarist and killer read 30 years,ago,
    A Soviet agent of influencr

    Who did Coretta Scott King kill?

    Also, Soviets and Russians are our best friends now. Try to keep up.

    Dave (711345)

  98. Do you think the Colonel would agree with your characterization of what he said?

    Frankly, Gabriel, I no longer care. He is openly snide and rude to me constantly.

    At any rate, what leftists are willing to do after losing an election has much more serious consequences for our civil liberties than anything Putin could do. Putin is thug in a faraway country, and he’s a problem for the people who live their and their neighbors. Leftists refusing to accept a free and fair election, and resorting to direct action and jackbooted thuggery against other Americans, affects us right here.

    That is not intended to say that you should have written about one and not the other. Just saying that the Colonel’s estimate of the relative importance of the two is not necessarily partisan.

    More like, it is partisan, because that’s who he is, but that doesn’t mean that a decent argument can’t be made in support of the importance of Berkeley, and you just did.

    But with him, the pattern is simple: help Trump good, hurt Trump bad therefore insult Patterico. Carried out with robotic consistency and a snide tone every time. Straight out of the partisan playbook I cited recently.

    Patterico (115b1f)

  99. If someone treats me with a fundamental lack of respect at all times, then to the extent I acknowledge them I’ll show them the same.

    Patterico (115b1f)

  100. Not only was that argument made by Mr. Hanna, it was also offered by Harkin. There’s much at stake, and little recognition of it. But perhaps those who say it doesn’t really matter are correct. I choose to go with my gut instincts

    But no more snide or snark from me to you… your site, your rules. Perhaps some day I’ll see the wisdom of your ways and better understand your compulsion.

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  101. @98/99. Dag’nabbit, what wuz McConnell thinkin’?!

    “Besides, us Southern boys have to stick together now, don’t we….” – Maj. Reisman [Lee Marvin] ‘The Dirty Dozen’ 1967

    DCSCA (797bc0)


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