"The Ultimate Last Final Showdown": Super Tuesday was highly anticipated but it turned out to mean almost nothing in matters of being a deciding factor. Apparently, this Tuesday is what's truly important. We'll finally get to see the results of the extreme passive-aggressiveness of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's back-and-forths. Seriously, they're one step away from leaving bitter Post-It notes. I should also note that I chose that tiny mariachi photo to accompany this post before I even watched this episode, because I thought it was hilarious. Everyone should have a tiny mariachi buddy. John McCain, on the other hand, has been working hard on wooing the media with BBQ. He's good, McCain. He's finger-lickin' good.Hillary Clinton has been airing some slightly eerie-looking ads, but they're not too original. I thought they were going to bring up how Barack Obama has been using virtually the very same ad, with identical stock footage, but I guess not.
The night's guest was Senator Hillary Clinton, speaking via satellite. She seemed to be locked in a room with a crowd of really, really bored, silent automatons that happened to represent different ethnicities. I kept expecting one of them to leap into action, but I was disappointed. Speaking of disappointed, I was expecting an in-studio interview, and the satellite delay made the conversation flow really slowly and awkwardly. Despite the fact that she didn't say much that we haven't heard already, I think Clinton did well with the time she was given and even managed to work in a few jokes here and there.
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3-04-2008 @ 9:02AM
Bailey said...
"I know, Jon. It's really quite pathetic."
Really, I'm not going to vote for her, and I'm not excited about the idea of her being our President, but she's pulled out a few stops, here. Hell, if we're all laughing at her, why not make it on purpose?
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3-04-2008 @ 9:40AM
Argus said...
What the hell was with that uplink? I've seen interviews between NA and Syria go faster.
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3-04-2008 @ 12:29PM
chgosaint said...
Just as I predicted... this was a lovefest for Hillary that lasted for multiple segments. I actually lost respect for Jon Stewart because it was so obvious that he new he was doing a infomercial for Clinton, Inc. Never before have I seen a sattelite link with a guest on that show... have you?
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3-04-2008 @ 1:43PM
Annie said...
I think Jon was pretty good with keeping it fair. It wasn't all lovey-dovey. Plus, if he got really hardcore and provoked an argument, it would have been EXTRA awkward with that delay.
And this is not the first time they've done a satellite interview. It's rare, but it has happened.
3-04-2008 @ 1:52PM
Meg said...
I think that, for the most part, Jon stays pretty respectful with all of his guests, unless he has reason to really, really dislike and distrust them. He's like this with John McCain too... I mean, it's the Daily Show, not CNN. He asked her real questions, but it's not his job to try to "stump" her or something.
3-04-2008 @ 12:31PM
Andrew said...
"I thought they were going to bring up how Barack Obama has been using virtually the very same ad, with identical stock footage, but I guess not. "
The reason it's so similar and uses the same footage is it was specifically created as a response to Hillary's ad.
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3-04-2008 @ 11:39PM
Bash said...
Hm. I think the interview was cuddly too but the reason for that is that although Hillary has voted for the war and can be held to that and Obama hasn't voted for anything and could also be held to THAT, McCain can be directly asked whether he is totally nuts running around in Baghdad wearing a bulletproof vest surrounded by 100 military personnell and secret service, calling the place "safe" because Dubjah says so.
So yes, McCain gets attacked more when he is on the Daily Show because he's a 70 year old guy who wants to be president and not the first half-black nor the first woman candidate. There's a significant difference. AND Hillary got her share of ridicule in the parts of the show before the interview namely the ridiculous ad (which Bill Maher already had on this show on Friday but that's HBO and Comedy Central is not that premium so you could count it as "not on free TV" or something like that).
Anyway... sure there were no curveballs in the interview and of course it was a little lovey dovey but that's ok because SHE gets attacked from all sides at the moment and Obama doesn't. At the moment she has two superdelegates for one Obama has which makes this a 50/50 race (still) and she rightfully pointed out that Bill Clinton fought for his candidacy until way into April.
I think it's ok to say "I won't vote for her" because she represents the Clinton dynasty and after two Bushes and one Clinton another Clinton could be bad. And like she said - it would be even possible to have a bipartisan government next year because she wants to tackle the issues and be "american" again (which I guess was a way to pick up more undiceded voters who currently think about voting republican).
On the other hand Obama is just as clean a slate as Bush was and we all know where that lead. So there are reasons not to vote for him either. And McCain is just really really old... that's a good reason not to vote for him.
So from a german perspective (yes I am from germany) I can simply tell you that it doesn't hurt to have a woman as the most powerful political person in your country. We have our first female chancellor for over two years now and we now have our first balanced budget since the german reunification in 1990. Not that bad if you ask me. America is heading towards a recession, so I strongly suggest the Democrats this time around. Iraq, Katrina, 9/11, Afghanistan, Bin Laden etc. etc... I think it's time for a radical chance so that you folks can visit foreign countries again without having to tell people you're from canada ;-)
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3-05-2008 @ 2:17AM
Brent McKee said...
Hillary's "3 a.m. in the White House" ad is essentially the same as Lyndon Johnson's "Daisy" ad against Goldwater and effective for exactly the same reason. If you're going to steal, steal from the old masters.
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3-07-2008 @ 7:23PM
SK said...
No it isn't. You know it isn't.