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Politico: 'Will SNL Take Down Trump?'
NewsBusters ^ | September 29, 2016 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 09/29/2016 12:28:11 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

Do you know what the real purpose of NBC's Saturday Night Live is? If you thought comedy, you would be wrong according to Politico. No, the main purpose of SNL is to act in a completely partisan manner in order to TAKE DOWN TRUMP. Got that?

As Politico on Thursday makes clear, Saturday Night Live will be going after Donald Trump leading into the election starting with this weekend's episode. To make sure of this, politically unhinged Alec Baldwin will be portraying Trump. Perhaps Darrell Hammond is not partisan enough and plays it for that old fashioned thing called laughs. Politico takes us down the road of flat out partisanship in Will 'Saturday Night Live' take down Trump?

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; snl
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To: PJ-Comix
Politico: "Will SNL Take Down Trump?"

Me: "Does anybody watch SNL anymore?"

21 posted on 09/29/2016 12:39:58 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Proud Member Of The "Basket Of Deplorables")
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To: PJ-Comix

Do People still watch SNL?

No real people, only the born losers with no jobs, still living at home with Mommy/Daddy, and believing that Illiarily will help them, are the late night shows like SNL watchers.

They can stay up late every night, because they don’t have a job requiring a good night’s sleep!

Most don’t have the energy to register to vote, and then they will not vote because it will be a task!


22 posted on 09/29/2016 12:41:24 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (In a time of universal deceit - teIlling the truth is a revolutionary act! George Orwell)
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To: PJ-Comix

I suspect Trump is entirely too well-known to Palinize him on SNL. He’s already his own self-caricature, and it doesn’t seem to hurt him.


23 posted on 09/29/2016 12:41:47 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: PJ-Comix

He should buy ads on it, the kind that counter the content of the show.


24 posted on 09/29/2016 12:42:19 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: PJ-Comix
Hey, SNLers, how about a "Pantsuit Tee"? Hillary offers clothing for her emasculated male? voters/supporters/TDSers/NeverTrumpers, who watch SNL!

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/09/29/hey-how-about-pantsuit-tee-hillary-selling-clothing-for-emasculated-man.html

25 posted on 09/29/2016 12:43:11 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (In a time of universal deceit - teIlling the truth is a revolutionary act! George Orwell)
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To: ColdOne
Every time there is an SNL thread here on Free Republic, people are quick to respond as you did, basically a variation on "nobody's watched that show in decades."

Wishful thinking. SNL is actually more watched today than it was in the so-called "golden years" of Belushi, Radner and Aykroyd. Millions of people have it as an app on their mobile devices and clips from the show go viral on social media.

One can quibble about whether the show is as funny as it was back when but it is an indisputable fact that is more watched today.

I don't think that SNL has the ability to "Palinize" Trump as they did with Sarah. Trump is a known commodity and people expect him to be the object of the kind of satire that SNL does. Trump's a good sport about it too. He's hosted the show a couple of times and I wouldn't be surprised if he made another live appearance on the show before the election.

26 posted on 09/29/2016 12:43:30 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (It is a wise man who rules by the polls but it is a fool who is ruled by them)
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To: dragonblustar
Only in the mind of a liberal.

Yup... I once saw an article that had listed "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central as a top news source for liberals.

If SNL can influence someone politically, that person is so stupid he already votes democrat.

27 posted on 09/29/2016 12:44:09 PM PDT by GregoTX
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To: PJ-Comix

I do thank SNL for allowing Trump to host and Alec Baldwin for allowing Palin on The Match Game.


28 posted on 09/29/2016 12:44:10 PM PDT by Mozilla (Truth Is Stranger than Fiction.)
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To: PJ-Comix

None of their 83 viewers were even considering voting for Trump anyway. SNL has long been a sad pathetic echo of their former iterations.


29 posted on 09/29/2016 12:45:30 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Hillary Clinton is a felon. As yet unindicted, but a felon nonetheless ))))
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To: Leep

I do miss Floyd and Earl, lol and Count Floyd as well. Liked how it dealt with both American and Canadian subject material.


30 posted on 09/29/2016 12:46:00 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: SamAdams76

I agree with you about them not being able to Palinizne Trump. Sadly my hubby still watches SNL.


31 posted on 09/29/2016 12:49:07 PM PDT by ColdOne ((poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Hillary Clinton.....will stick a shiv into our freedom!)
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To: PJ-Comix

Trump has been a target of SNL for over 20 years. Nothing new.


32 posted on 09/29/2016 12:49:29 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Bill and Hillary for ADX Supermax!)
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To: PJ-Comix
Do you know what the real purpose of NBC's Saturday Night Live is? If you thought comedy, you would be wrong according to Politico everyone who has seen an episode in the last 15 years.

Fixed.

33 posted on 09/29/2016 12:50:04 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain
I think Kate McKinnon will be just as brutal on Hillary.

Chevy Chase didn't take down Gerald Ford, and this year's cast will not take down Trump.

34 posted on 09/29/2016 12:51:48 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Ray76

Not for the Dem prime target—Millennials!


35 posted on 09/29/2016 12:57:52 PM PDT by MHT (,`)
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To: PJ-Comix

SNL might have some effect on the election, but first they’ll have to hurry their lefty asses up and attract considerably more than their current 2,655 viewers.


36 posted on 09/29/2016 12:59:41 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: PJ-Comix
It's too late for SNL to impact this election. They'll only come off as bullies while disregarding the intelligence of their audience.

Everybody with half a brain already knows Hillary is a lying sack and sick dog, while Trump is a very compelling option.

37 posted on 09/29/2016 1:04:06 PM PDT by HangUpNow
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To: RegulatorCountry
Also, Trump probably knows ALL the production staff and cast members of Saturday Night Live, given Trump's New York City residency (the cast and crew of the show obviously lives in the New York metropolitan area). In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he makes a surprise appearance on the show within the next few weeks, of all things.
38 posted on 09/29/2016 1:04:20 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: Ray76

They are actually brutal to Hillary as well. But I am sure that will change


39 posted on 09/29/2016 1:05:46 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: PJ-Comix
I haven't watched this sad, agenda-driven jape, this allegedly unrecognizable ghost of its former self since Murray and Belushi left.

Lorne Michaels is a Kommie.

40 posted on 09/29/2016 1:08:29 PM PDT by Gargantua ("President Trump... nice ring to it..." ;^)
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