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Hillary Rodham Clinton (HRC) is having a one hour town hall meeting on the Hallmark Channel this evening, the eve of Super Tuesday, with an extra half hour for internet interaction. It begins at 9:00pm EST.
The hostess? Former ABC News pseudo-journalist and current Clinton endorser Carole Simpson.
The only thing that might be more lovey-dovey (and nauseating) than this arrangement is its description by New York Democrat Representative Anthony D. Weiner.
(Diabetics beware.)
Weiner, another HRC backer, says Hallmark was chosen to “point out that the hallmark of the Clinton campaign is to focus on the substance and the challenges that we have in the four years ahead. To point out that the hallmark of this campaign is using technology to reach voters is to bring them into the process as much as possible, and to point out that the hallmark of this campaign is to make decisions based on who will be ready to govern on Day One.”
Blake Zeff, a HRC campaign spokesman, added, “When you care enough to send the very best: Hallmark.”
No word on if insulin will be provided to those in attendence.
The Hallmark Channel is aptly described by the New York Times as "the cable television network that is best known for sentimental tearjerkers, didactic after-school specials and adaptations of well-loved serial juvenile fiction".
Barack Obama must be egregiously upset that the Oprah Channel is not yet up and running.
—Seton Motley is Director of Communications for the Media Research Center and Contributing Editor for NewsBusters.org.
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Algore's Current TV would be
February 4, 2008 - 17:31 ET by kgAlgore's Current TV would be more appropriate. Why bring lies and rhetoric to the family living room?
Hallmark Channel? Who watches that?
February 4, 2008 - 17:41 ET by Scout FinchI can't figure out why 60 minutes, the er, ladies, on The View, or the Today Show haven't devoted an hour of free time to "report" on this very special "news event" for Hillary.
Who watches the Hallmark
February 4, 2008 - 17:43 ET by Jack BauerWho watches the Hallmark channel?
Greeting card enthusiasts?
And that's still way more than watch Olbermann and MSNBC.
"Greeting card
February 4, 2008 - 18:20 ET by celator"Greeting card enthusiasts?"
ROFL very good.
Liberal's Basic Rule For Discourse: I don't care if you agree with my premises, but I demand that you agree with my conclusions.
They'll probably pre-empt
February 4, 2008 - 19:17 ET by motherbeltThey'll probably pre-empt reruns of "Little House on the Prairie" to show it....
Good luck....a lot of basic cable doesn't even carry the Hallmark Channel, and on the ones that do, most people don't even know it's there (I found out we have it strictly by accident) or can't find it.
Chill Theatre?
February 4, 2008 - 19:30 ET by acumenNo word on if insulin will be provided to those in attendence.
Any word on who's providing the tissues to humanized Hillary?
Dumb question
February 4, 2008 - 19:34 ET by YaegerMeisterDoes Hillary think she is the 'Eli Manning' in the Presidential race or should that honor go to Obama? Time will tell tomorrow!
scared sh--less
February 4, 2008 - 20:50 ET by docbCan you say desparate...wet socks, howling at the moon.
Hallmark?
February 4, 2008 - 20:50 ET by Del DolemonteCarole should ask Hillary what she thinks of some of the other Hallmark Channel programming, specifically their prime time (7-9 PM) show "Walker, Texas Ranger".
Made during the Clinton Administration, this program showed incidents of waterboarding (simulated drowning, when Walker would catch the bad guy next to a pool of water, then throw him in and hold his head under), not to mention torture (Walker dangling a guy out a high rise window by his ankles to get some info). The people from Planet BDS had no problem watching this stuff then, but that's because they were all only 2 years old at the time.
Seriously...
February 4, 2008 - 20:56 ET by heldmywWho in Camp Hillary thought this would be a good and useful thing to do? A self-paid vanity slurpfest the night before Super-Dooper Tuesday? Like we're going to hear something new? Not.
Hillary's penchant for public self-pleasuring is really getting out of hand.
This is trite up there with Edwards' $400 haircuts, but on a global, thermonuclear scale.
BTW: Whatever happened to ol' Silky Pink Sapphire McBreckPony?
Anthony Uncut: - Another
February 4, 2008 - 21:39 ET by skeptic1Anthony Uncut: - Another nauseating encounter with a slimy weiner