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>As long as trashing the POTUS isn't seen as diminishment of all US status, I think it's funny. But it's hardly unique: it's a rollicking good time at the moment with celebrities leapfrogging each other competing for the best Trump roast. IMHO they need to pace themselves. Apart from using up all the insults- eventually fatigue sets in, the novelty wears off and it becomes decidedly uncool to still guffaw about Trump.The clip is about Sean Spicer and his attitude in recent press conferences. I think it's funny. It seems to be a very popular clip on youtube (over 440K views, 1,445 likes vs. 163 dislikes). I also think that any possible diminishment to the US status would be the serious/real stuff, not the humor about it.
It is also interesting how people react to humor; Sean Spicer: "I thought there was either a national emergency or something really funny happened, and it turns out it was that clip from Saturday Night Live... I think Melissa McCarthy needs to slow down on the gum chewing," he said. "She put way too many pieces in there."
I liked his reaction, too.
>Here's a left-field suggestion: the likes of SNL think they're riling Trump, so they double down. Perhaps they forget Oscar Wilde's “There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Currently Trump fills thoughts for much of the day.
And people are so twisted up on the snipes that important issues can be submerged in the furor AND the public cannot tell whether each round of criticism is valid or just another partisan roast. Certainly the public is not as dumb as some would like: for example, while the shrieking about "Muslim bans" goes on, a 10K response opinion poll suggests that the majority of US people can tell that it's not a "Muslim Ban" but a temporary stay on travel from known dangerous nations, to ensure good procedures are in place.SNL is not an exclusive left wing outfit: In an interview today Lorne Michaels said that "Republicans are easier for us than Democrats,... Democrats tend to take it personally; Republicans think it's funny." He also defended having Trump host SNL a few months ago.
I agree that, and I am concerned about "important issues that are submerged in the furor..." (well put). However, I don't know what is louder; the voices calling it a "Muslim ban" or the reaction to those voices (which is what the satire is about in the clip)
In the meantime, as fewer and fewer call it a "Muslim ban", there are lawsuits piling up against the travel ban.
>Here's what a realtor acquaintance in Texas asked me yesterday: how come there's been no leak to say that the 90 days is too long? Which leads to: who came up with the 90 days? Her view is that Homeland Security and/or DoD came up with the 90 days, which either is leaked to the MSM who conceal it because it doesn't suit the narrative, or isn't leaked in the first place because only bad stuff about Trump gets leaked by the traitorous lefty leakers. Her words.
If she is right then you have to give Trump the benefit of the doubt, since the MSM is reduced to imagining faulty process leading to the order rather than the usual juicy leaks. As an example, Washington Post published a juicy story about conflict between Bannon and Homeland Security Secretary Kelly over the order, based on anonymous sources... and then had to retract it. Here's what Kelly said: "Every paragraph, every sentence, every word, every space, every comma, every period is wrong. It was a fantasy story... This reporter, whoever he is, got it so wrong; that’s assuming he’s not making it up." The White House limited itself to "patently false, made-up story" and called it "unbelievably unprofessional" of the Washington Post not to seek White House comment before publishing such a damaging story. I just realized that you updated your post. I have not read the WaPo story, but if Kellyann is right, then I'm glad that her criticism works and that they retracted it.
>/ Edit / - sometimes the best slaps are the simplest. Currently going viral, a description of the MSM: "those CNNTS"Is that the expression of the anti-media bias?
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