Sep 17th, 2008 | Mccain survey

Was the Fey/Poehler skit on SNL "sexist" as McCain's team says?


John McCain's advisor Carly Fiorina has told MSNBC: ’“The portrait was very dismissive of the substance of Sarah Palin, and so in that sense, they were defining Hillary Clinton as very substantive, and Sarah Palin as totally superficial.  I think that continues the line of argument that is disrespectful in the extreme, and yes I would say sexist.”



Was the Fey/Poehler skit on SNL sexist as McCains team says?


102 votes, 362 views , 4 comments
 
 
Poll tags:Mccain, Sexism, Snl, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live, Sarah Palin, Tina Fey As Sarah Palin, Comedy, Television, Funny, Celebrities, Politics, Election 08, Vice President, President

 
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Histrionics
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Virginia, United States

posted Sep 17th, 2008 at 21:33 CDT

...But didn't Palin herself say it was "dead-on"? I may not have heard her correctly, though.

Philgtaylor
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Australia

posted Sep 17th, 2008 at 20:40 CDT

If it was a couple of guys dressing in drag and saying "we should all be at home doing the cleaning" then that would be sexist, just like somebody doing an impression of Obama dressing up in blackface and eating watermelon would be racist. They have not been sexist.

Djkindagardin
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Rhode Island, United States

posted Sep 17th, 2008 at 20:21 CDT

sexist is in what way? haha. like the poll says it's just comedy.This is a surprise to hear from the less politically correct party.I wonder what the writer of the skit or Tina Fey and Amy Poehler would say in reaction as they are both long time cast members of SNL which has, as far as I know gone it's entire life squeeky clean in this respect.

Ang
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Texas, United States

posted Sep 17th, 2008 at 17:52 CDT

I like McCain/Palin, but I think that was a bad call on their part. It's SNL.....making fun of politicians, celebs, the world, etc. is what they've done for decades.

 
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