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March 4, 2008

Tonight

by AltHippo @ 11:39 am. Filed under Life in D.C., 2008 Elections

In just a moment I’m going to put on my DC Drinking Liberally hat and put out the final notice before our primary watch party this evening. While my role in the mechanism of the vast left-wing conspiracy in our fair city is small, it’s still a role I take seriously. I’ll just say this: if you’re reading this, and you’re left-leaning, and you live in DC, you should by all means come to the 17th Street Cafe, starting at 6:30pm tonight. Trust me, like Christmas, New Year’s, the Superbowl, or a Jim Jarmusch marathon, you don’t want to experience these historic events by yourself.

That said, I’d like to put on my pop culture/political hat. As Josh Marshall puts it: (my emphasis)

But I think the real story is a very effective working of the refs on the part of the Clinton campaign. Going back more than a week the Clinton campaign has made a concerted and aggressive push arguing that they’ve been the victim of systematically negative press coverage while Obama has gotten a free ride. Whether or not you agree with that claim there’s little doubt that the effort has paid off big dividends.

On this point I’d like to bring up the Saturday Night Live portrayal of the Clinton/Obama race. The writers there appear to be pushing a similar argument. While it’s tempting to write this off as just good clean fun, I’d like to point out that comedians are people, too. Highly competitive people. That hate to see their candidates lose. SNL is not the cultural force it was when Chevy Chase did his bumbling Ford impression, but I still say: watch out.

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