Slog - Comments on Clinton on The Daily Show

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:05:41 -0800

i am looking forward to her concession.

that great lakes accent is really hard to take.

Comment by really?

really? — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:15:48 -0800

I'm looking forward to Eli not insulting HRC anymore. That'll be nice.

Comment by sprizee

sprizee — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:16:25 -0800

Well, that was a missed opportunity if I ever saw one. I thought he might actually ask some questions on the issues, or take her to task on the 3AM ad. John, you disappoint me.

Comment by bma

bma — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:34:29 -0800

This was painful to watch. Even McCain seems more comfortable talking to Jon Stewart.

Comment by Aislinn

Aislinn — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:34:41 -0800

I honestly enjoyed it. After watching it last night, I thought, "Well done." She showed her human side, her sense of humor, and acknowledged the Daily Show as a great way to reach young people.

@3: Seriously? They made fun of that ad earlier in the episode, minutes before her interview. I'm POSITIVE that, as a condition of her appearing, he wasn't allowed to "take her to task." That would be rather counterproductive to, you know, campaigning. It's nothing to be disappointed in him for.

Comment by josh

josh — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:44:27 -0800

Both did well, but neither party was well served by the satellite delay between New York and Austin.

Comment by Julie

Julie — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:46:07 -0800

I saw it last night and thought it was a shame she wasn't there in person (obviously she wasn't going to go to NYC the night before Texas and Ohio...). The satellite made it really hard to get a sense of how much of the awkwardness was her vs. the time delay.

I must say, the couple of times that Obama has been on TDS, I don't think he's done much better. The first time I saw him on the show, I was really excited, but, he just came across as sort of wooden and boring. Again, maybe the satellite issue...

I usually enjoy McCain's appearances though (of course, a few years ago they were more enjoyable.).

Comment by Queen_of_Sleaze

Queen_of_Sleaze — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:50:05 -0800

That interview had me a yawnin' in the first two minutes. And flipping the channel within five.

If that's Hillary "showing her human side" I'm starting to wonder if she's half cyborg... Which would actually make her more likeable in my opinion. Fuck a woman or a black guy... I want a robot for President! Wheeee!

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:54:31 -0800

He tends not to insult his guests when they're on the show, so this was a smart move on her part.

She'll make a great US Supreme Court Justice!

Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale

Lloyd Clydesdale — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:59:09 -0800

Re Gun toting robots. UAVs are just the beginning of what's in store for miniaturized military weaponry and us.

Think nano. Bee-sized flying weapons and reconaissance. And nano "fish-bots" swimming the ocean is large numbers.

Interestingly, game planning is already serious conversation for when (in a war scenario) one side's bots kill the other's. From military.com:

"But the conundrum remains of how one side in a shooting war will respond if its unmanned combat vehicles are defeated by those of its opponent, while it still maintains the will to resist. Humans will surely then be back in the loop, making decisions in the heat of action and shedding blood. Future nano-combat might serve only as a trip-wire, or a curtain-raiser, to a more conventional war between manned vehicles. Aviation enthusiasts should note that this would seem to apply to aerial combat as much as to undersea combat!"

Comment by Cato

Cato — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:10:24 -0800

I liked how Clinton had zombies in the background, they sat so perfectly still as to provide evidence that the walking dead feel that she still has a chance.

Nice job Zombies!!

Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale

Lloyd Clydesdale — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:24:22 -0800

Oops - this isn't The Morning News!

Comment by infrequent

infrequent — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:24:52 -0800

yeah -- i'm not sure how much i expect the daily show to take someone to task. but actually, stewart seems to do it quite often.

I'm POSITIVE that, as a condition of her appearing, he wasn't allowed to "take her to task."

i would think it was lame for a news show -- even a fake one -- to agree to this for any guest. but i'm willing to accept the fact that i might be terribly naive when it comes to these matters.

Comment by Satan's Penis

Satan's Penis — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:38:50 -0800

It's 3 AM on March 5, 2008. I just saw Erica C. Barnett madly stomping down Pine Street, near Broadway. Evidently, she's taking the big, bad bitch-slapping that Hillary Clinton just got from Darkie Toothpaste, er, I mean, Barack Obama really hard. She looked a lot like this:

http://wirelessdigest.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/exorcist.jpg

Comment by cardboard cutouts

cardboard cutouts — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:42:52 -0800

I seriously thought that was a picture of her supporters behind her for a minute there, until I saw that kid move.

Comment by unPC

unPC — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:12:03 -0800

Only a minority of poll respondents want Clinton to stay in the even if she only wins OH or TX today, not both.

twice as many want her to stay in the race.

conclusion:
the broader public does not carry the kind of hatred you see on Slog every day. the borader public is relatively calm about the fact that ther eis an electoral contest going on. they don't get freaked out about it.

And another fact derived from math:
many who support Obama like Clinton, too, and agree she should stay in. Mathematical fact there.

Comment by Emma

Emma — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:29:01 -0800

It was unfortunate that they couldn't pipe in Jon's audio to her audience, they couldn't hear her and so had no idea what was happening. I thought she was great otherwise.

SNL was great too--she's going to win both!

Comment by Todd

Todd — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:25:28 -0800

She's always swaying her head around, it drives me nuts.