Tina Fey gets things done on SNL

Is she awesome or what?

That Hillary rant absolutely killed.

I couldn't agree with you more scribe. NO ONE does Weekend Update like Tina Fey! I'm a little disappointed in myself though, I forgot to set the DVR. :(

I was able to catch it at work, where I was the ONLY one in the room laughing. I laughed out loud anyway.

I especially like some of the comments I read on the SNL website from the people who are upset she went "political". Like that has never happened before on a comedy sketch show.....

You have to love Tina Fey being politically savvy for all the right reasons, not to mention (although I will) she openly endorsed Clinton!

  Though I'm a little disappointed that they didn't refernce 30 Rock at all, the rest of it was fantastic, and, might I add... THE TIE!!!  Oh... the tie.

((sigh)) 

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Dear god, Tina Fey in a shirt and tie...someone get photos of that so I can make it my computer wallpaper.

Ellen Page hosts on March 1st! :D

The only SNL I have ever watched is the one with Drew Barrymore and Amy where they are the girl from Little Miss Sunshine and Dakota Fanning... hehe 

the hilary rant is the greatest thing I've ever seen.  Tina rocks!

Vote for someone because they are a certain gender or color?  What happened to voting for the best candidate based on what she or he can do for our country?  I mean to vote for Hillary just because she is female is stupid.  To vote for Obama because he is black is stupid.  To vote for a candidate because a celebrity endorses them is stupid and mindless.  Oh and in case you're wondering I'm voting for Obama.

Why are so many otherwise-intelligent people endorsing Clinton over Obama? Is it really just attachment politics like newjhk13 suggests or is there something terribly, awfully obvious I've missed? Obama's policies are better, he seems to have more integrity, his ideas are fresher, so what's with the endorsements?

Has anybody seen the HRC Q&A with these two candidates? Clinton basically says, sorry, you just need to keep waiting at the back of the bus. At least Obama seems to be willing to move a little further, even though he acknowledges that such a stance is politically problematic for him.

I'm a big, ol' lezzie and I'm voting for the person I think will improve my situation, not for the person who has more in common with me. Go Barack!

Well, it was bound to happen eventually....Scribe and I disagree. It's a sad, sad day in America.

I love Tina Fey (esp. in that tie--wow), but I didn't think the SNL return was that funny. It was like every other episode of SNL pre-strike--funny at some points, not funny at others and funny until they draw the sketch out for way too long at other points (the opening debate sketch, in particular). I imagine SNL writers are hampered considerably by The Colbert Report and The Daily Show, who get the material (and usually the jokes) before they do.

As for supporting Hillary Clinton, I don't and I think the whole notion that I should support Hillary because she's a woman makes about as much sense as saying that black people should support Barack Obama because he's black--that is, none at all. Moreover, what should black women do? Vote their race or their gender? C'mon, now...support the candidate who represents the issues you care about and the Democrats best chance of taking back the White House...identity politics are so old school.

Now, when I get this response (this may be your only chance to vote for a woman for president in your lifetime), I wonder where people have been. There was a woman who ran for president in 2004 (Carol Moseley Braun)--sans Gloria Steinem, not many feminists jumped on that train--and, even if Sen. Clinton doesn't win the nomination, there's a good possibility that there will still be a woman on the ballot: Kathleen Sebelius, perhaps, as Obama's VP, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, perhaps, as McCain's VP and/or Cynthia McKinney as the presidential nominee of the Green Party.

Sidenote: You didn't mention him, but what about Mike Huckabee? Regardless of what you think about his politics (and I loathe most of them), Huckabee's an affable guy and his comedic sensability has been one of the highlights of having to watch the Republican debates. Maybe he'll be able to parlay his extended stay on the national stage into a SNL hosting gig...I mean, SNL writers can't let the story about him using a popcorn popper to make fried squirrel in his college dorm room go unmocked, can they?

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"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." - Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan

I've always loved Tina Fey, but that Hillary rant was the best thing EVER!! I'm so glad you posted it, because it made my day. (I totally forgot she was on SNL Saturday night.)

It's weird because I kind of thought she was for Obama, just because Liz Lemon mentions him so much on 30 Rock. Of course, the SNL anchor woman is also just another persona, not Tina herself, but since she delivered the speech with such gusto, I'm going to assume she agreed with it.

I'm a number of contradictions, as many of my generation are:  a bone-deep FesbianLeminist (sorry, late 70's joke),  a Republican who first voted for Nixon but hasn't voted for a Republican for president since, an ethnic Native American and a Jew by choice. 

But my support for Clinton over Obama has to do with a lot of things other than her being a woman, which is just the icing on the cake.  Obama talks a good game, no argument, and has some good ideas.  But his record indicates someone hesitant to take action if he's not sure it's going to be what people want him to do.  His voting record is shameful - I'd rather have someone running this country who is willing to take action in an effort to do the right thing than someone hamstrung by their own indecision or vaccilating over what the public wants.

"Never explain, never complain." - Katherine Hepburn

That first video with the "I can do it" made me laugh loads i wish i had that as my ringtone

Tinas Fey is AWESOME

Though MAD TV is a billion times better in ever way.... I actually liked this episode of SNL. w00t Tina!

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I missesd the beggining of the Snl sketch but i caught the 'women's news' section and i couldn't help LMAO. when i heard the 'biches get things done' and 'bitch is the new black' i thought instant classic.

On the political front, i might regret saying this, but as an outside looking in i can't help but wonder if Obama is going to be the right choice. Not to say that either he or Clinton aren't great in their own right or that he can't get the job done, i just wonder if this Obama adoration is going to last. You hear all this stuff about his message of hope and that 'feeling' he incites and how he's a breath of fresh air, but is that really going to last? Is that going to win an election? When it comes down to the general election are people going to say hey that was a nice idea but time for the real work and we need someone with experience and vote for old guy McCain? There's all this support from young voters now, it's like a fad or something and as fads go they don't last that long? Are the young voters really going to go out and vote in a general election or will they have moved on to something new? Is his speeches and message like a popular song you love and listen to constantly until a month later you're over it? Is Obama just interesting because he's new and then he's gonna get boring? All this occured to me because there was this news item about the so called 'Obama girl' who didn't vote and then you have all the celebrity support and the 'yes we can' video but if i remember correctly there was a whole celebrity rock the vote campaign and did it really work?

 Not to say there aren't people who are genuine supporters and that they won't go out and vote, but will that be enough to win?

It irks me how the identity politics question only ever gets posed to women. Men never get asked, “Are you voting for your candidate because you share the same sexual organs?” Only women get accused of and admonished for voting with their lady bits. Look, clearly women have no problem voting for people of the opposite gender, we’ve been doing it for 88 years (that being the amount of time we’ve been allowed to vote, compared to men who’ve had the ballot all 200+ years of our nation’s existence.) To deny that identity gets rolled up into our political choices is ridiculous, just as it is ridiculous to say that that's all we base our votes on.

p.s. Tina Fey with the axe cracks me up ever time I see it. I love that it's pink.

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I like Clinton and Obama. For me, gender is the tie breaker. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I will happily vote for either Democratic nominee in the presidential election. But if I have the chance to cast my ballot for a woman, I will feel...frankly, FUCKING AWESOME!

*edit* And, Tina Fey is a living doll! (That's something my mother would say! :D)

*another edit* And, "living doll"...that's kind of creepy! :o

The women who vote for Hillary are not casting a ballot JUST because she is a woman.  That IS an added bonus, however ;-)  And GASP, SHOCK AND DISBELIEF...This SNL was not any funnier than episodes during the writer's strike?!  Tina Fey is one of THE BEST female comedian/writers we have.  Give the woman a little credit and well deserved respect.  This SNL had Tina Fey...it WAS BETTER!!!

saturday was the forst time i've watched snl in forever all because of tina fey. it just hasn't been the same since she left. i was kind of hoping that she would do all of weekend update and kick out seth meyers lol

Went to see Hillary speak at GW University tonight. She was so amazing! I've lived in DC most of my life and I can't remember ever I feeling excited, even starstruck, by a politician. Anyways she definately mentioned Saturday Night Live in her speech. And as if it couldn't get any better, Ellen showed up doing a live broadcast!! She and Hillary discussed the evils of glitter. It was too funny. I'm trying to get the word out, if you didn't already plan to watch Ellen tomorrow, try to catch it. I promise it will be worth it to see the lighter side of our Hillary.

Taste the Rainbow

here's a bit higher quality version of the pic:

you can find the rest here:

http://community.livejournal.com/fey_daily/20722.html#cutid1

Probably the greatest day of my life. My best friend had tickets and I went with her. Tina was hilarious, obviously. And 1000 times hotter in real life. I'm sorry if I sound like I'm bragging, but I was just so happy, SNL is my favorite show and I LOVE Tina. There was a moment in between scenes where she was just waiting around, and she just turned to my friend and I and just said "Hi".

I nearly wet myself.

Tina Fey= Goddess.