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Clinton Goes after Laugh Factory Comedians for Making Fun of Her
Judicial Watch ^

Posted on 11/18/2015 1:10:53 PM PST by amorphous

In what appears to be a first for a serious presidential contender, Hillary Clinton's campaign is going after five comedians who made fun of the former Secretary of State in standup skits at a popular Hollywood comedy club.

A video of the short performance, which is less than three minutes, is posted on the website of the renowned club, Laugh Factory, and the Clinton campaign has tried to censor it. Besides demanding that the video be taken down, the Clinton campaign has demanded the personal contact information of the performers that appear in the recording. This is no laughing matter for club owner Jamie Masada, a comedy guru who opened Laugh Factory more than three decades ago and has been instrumental in launching the careers of many famous comics. "They threatened me," Masada told Judicial Watch. "I have received complains before but never a call like this, threatening to put me out of business if I don't cut the video."

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TOPICS: Extended News; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: clinton; comedians; hillary; laughfactory
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Masada told Judicial Watch that, as soon as the video got posted on the Laugh Factory website, he received a phone call from a "prominent" person inside Clinton’s campaign. "He said the video was disgusting and asked who put me up to this," Masada said. The Clinton staffer, who Masada did not want to identify, also demanded to know the names and phone numbers of the comedians that appear in the video. Masada refused and hung up. He insists that the comedy stage is a sanctuary for freedom of speech no matter who is offended. "Just last night we had (Emmy-award winner) Dana Carvey doing Donald Trump and it was hilarious," Masada said.


The link provided on article to the video hosted on the Laugh Factory's website now returns an error message.

Found this on Youtube.com (Which may be THE video - warning bad language): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n083eytJe5g

1 posted on 11/18/2015 1:10:53 PM PST by amorphous
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To: amorphous

Next thing u know she`ll go after rodeo clowns and film makers.

Oh, wait.


2 posted on 11/18/2015 1:12:13 PM PST by gaijin
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To: amorphous

Nice night club you got there, be a shame if something happened to it...............


3 posted on 11/18/2015 1:13:22 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: amorphous
Clinton Goes after Laugh Factory Comedians for Making Fun of Her>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I can't imagine why!

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4 posted on 11/18/2015 1:13:44 PM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: gaijin

She will put them in jail.
It might cause a terrorist attack like in Benghazi.
Bada Bing


5 posted on 11/18/2015 1:14:00 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: amorphous
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6 posted on 11/18/2015 1:19:43 PM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better and safer America)
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To: amorphous

But she will still vote for Hillary.


7 posted on 11/18/2015 1:20:40 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

It’s only funny if they make fun of conservative women. Like Sarah Palin.


8 posted on 11/18/2015 1:21:23 PM PST by tips up (When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: amorphous

I watched it. It wasn’t funny. It did make me want to grab a few mortars and go riot.


9 posted on 11/18/2015 1:22:53 PM PST by Purdue77 ("I would make the perfect benevolent dictator. Vote for me.")
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To: Vince Ferrer
But she will still vote for Hillary.

I guess it's true you can't fix stupid.

10 posted on 11/18/2015 1:23:07 PM PST by amorphous
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To: amorphous

She’s just mad because she’s been practicing her comedy routine on the stump and the Laugh Factory hasn’t invited her to perform yet. Excerpts from her routine include:

They keep asking me if I wiped my server. Every day they ask. I don’t know what they mean — what, like with a cloth? (Cue the laugh track.)


11 posted on 11/18/2015 1:25:06 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: GOPJ; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; Calpublican; cardinal4; ...
Thanks GOPJ.

12 posted on 11/18/2015 1:33:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: amorphous

You mean Clinton didn’t claim the comedians were sexist by merely opening their mouths? We all know any word spoken in negative fashion towards Hitlary is sexist! /s


13 posted on 11/18/2015 1:33:18 PM PST by zaxtres
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To: amorphous

14 posted on 11/18/2015 1:34:15 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: amorphous

“I have received complaints before but never a call like this, threatening to put me out of business if I don’t cut the video.”

All of America could get such calls during a Hillary regime.

Being a life-long liberal or leftist is no defense - slight deviations are often punished harder than sullen opposition by leftists in power.

Some of the biggest mass graves that the Bolsheviks left in Moscow, were filled with the International socialists who flocked their cause. There would be absolute discipline within the Party - no discussions or opinions. It is not about the ideology, that is only to delude the masses - it is about an absolute dictatorship of the leader on top. Deviant thought or weak loyalty will not be tolerated.


15 posted on 11/18/2015 1:42:44 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: amorphous
Memo to Hillary Clinton:

1. You are a public figure.
2. The Supreme Court ruled several decades ago that parody and satire of public figures are fully protected under First Amendment rights, based on a case against MAD magazine.

In short, you can't shut them up. After all, the comedians on the Left have been putting down Donald Trump and he just shrugs them off....

16 posted on 11/18/2015 1:47:39 PM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: amorphous

Wasn’t much in them.

I thought her SNL skit was worse. It made her out to be a lush — and she was in that skit.


17 posted on 11/18/2015 1:50:06 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Vince Ferrer

Jamie Masada is a dude. Not that that is permanent nowadays!


18 posted on 11/18/2015 1:53:27 PM PST by Alas Babylon! (As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")
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To: amorphous

Tyrants don’t like being mocked.


19 posted on 11/18/2015 1:55:39 PM PST by Slyfox (Will no one rid us of this meddlesome president?)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Is he Pauly Shore`s dad?


20 posted on 11/18/2015 1:55:57 PM PST by gaijin
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