NBC's '30 Rock' Suggests Republicans Like to Torture Whales for Fun

January 11th, 2008 4:54 PM

NBC’s "30 Rock" has always been a left-leaning show and manages to insert a joke or negative generalizations at the expense of Republicans into many episodes. Thursday night's episode was no different.

When conservative GE executive Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) and his liberal Congresswoman girlfriend, Celeste Cunningham (Edie Falco) blow off a day of work; Cunningham misses an important vote on a bill to "legalize recreational whale torture."

This might seem like a harmless little joke attributable to either party; however, it is a clear reference to Republicans in the next scene as it cuts to C-SPAN live on the floor of the House with the caption "Lott-Specter passes by one vote."

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The show constantly tries to depict Republicans as cruel and what better way to do so than by suggesting Republican Senators Trent Lott and Arlen Specter like to torture whales for fun?