CBS aired another light and fluffy pro-Obama segment in the second hour of Monday’s Early Show. It was about "The Great Schlep," an effort to get young Jews to visit their grandparents in Florida and urge them to vote Obama. (Video is here.)The effort is led by raunchy comedienne Sarah Silverman, but CBS never let one word slip about Silverman’s trashy Comedy Central show (like the episode where she has a one-night stand with God, and then blows him off in the morning), or the profanity all over the Great Schlep video she narrates. They only played clean parts. That would exclude Silverman saying "vote for McCain, to me you’re a s-t stain," Gore was "f—ed by Florida" in 2000, and Obama is "probably our last hope of ending our country’s reputation as the a--holes of the universe."
UPDATE: CBS Evening News also promoted Silverman's video and the Great Schlep project at the end of Monday night's broadcast -- and also skipped over the profanity and anti-conservative remarks.
On the Great Schlep website, the Silverman video starts with the warning "Viewer Discretion Advised, Contains Expletives." CBS showed Silverman saying, "If you knew that visiting your grandparents could change the world, would you do it? Of course, you would." Then they cut out the very next sentence: "You’d have to be a douche-nozzle not to."
Here’s some more of Silverman’s script:
If Barack Obama doesn’t become the next president of the United States, I’m going to blame the Jews. And I know you’re saying ‘Oh my God, Sarah, I can’t believe you’re saying this. Jews are the most liberal, scrappy, civil-rightsy people there are. Yes, that’s true, but you’re forgettiing a whole large group of Jews who are not that way.
That would be the grandparents.
These are the people who vote in Florida, and the Florida vote can make or break an election. If you don’t think that’s true, why don’t you think back to two elections ago, when a little man named Al Gore got f---ed by Florida.
Silverman then jokes about all the things old Jews and young blacks have in common, like their love of "bling." When she says they have in common "All their friends are dying," the black man leaves. She says to the grandma "that is true in general."
Then she claims that Grandma and Grandpa probably aren’t smart enough to oppose Obama for anything other than his name:
You know why your grandparents don’t like Barack Obama? Because his name sounds scary, his name sounds Muslim, which he’s obviously not. Yes, Barack Hussein Obama: it’s a super-f---ing-sh---y name. But you’d think that somebody named – Manischewitz Guberman might understand that. The name Barack is a Hebrew word. It means lightning, and I would much rather have a president whose name means lightning, than a president named John, whose name means toilet, or a guy who f---s hookers.
She also has a "Fun Facts section where she claims "Barack Obama’s foreign policy is much more stabilizing than John McCain’s and much better for Israel. He wants to protect Social Security. His brisket is beyond. It's beyond. He’s circum-super-cised." (Sized?)
Then there’s the suggestion to not use just facts, but threats. Threaten to not visit the grandparents and hope they last another year. She concludes:
Barack Obama is the goodest person we’ve ever had as a presidential choice. He’s honest and he’s kind. And quite frankly, he's probably our last hope of ending our country’s reputation as the a--holes of the universe. So please go this website, and get your fat Jewish asses on a plane to Florida.
It seems to end, but then she adds:
Go to Obama, gonna visit Grandmama. Vote for McCain, to me you’re a shit stain. I just made that up off the top of my head! Yeah, I’m proud of myself!
The Schlep effort is a project of the Jewish Center for Education and Research, a liberal federal PAC that's worried:
According to recent polls, 60% of Jewish voters support Obama. This 2:1 margin over McCain shows considerably lower levels of support than the 3:1 or even 4:1 Democratic to Republican margins of recent elections. This difference amounts to at least 500,000 votes nationally; tens of thousands in a swing state like Florida. The campaign to discredit Obama in the Jewish community is working.
CBS wasn't the only liberal media outlet to ignore the profanity in the Silverman video.
-- The New York Times article seemed to suggest the video wasn't so vulgar: "With its mix of sarcasm and sincerity, 'The Great Schlep' may come as a surprise to Ms. Silverman’s fans. After all, she is a comedian known for her vulgar music videos."
The Times also noted Silverman proclaimed "I have no religion. But culturally I can’t escape it, I’m very Jewish." Her appeal to older viewers, she said, is "because of my Jewy-ness."
-- The same goes for the Philadelphia Inquirer: "While Silverman is alternately sweet -- giggling at the woman playing her Nana -- and distasteful -- pointing out that African Americans and older Jews are the same because "all their friends are dying" -- the concept is a serious one, Moore said.
-- NPR’s program Day by Day (produced with the liberal website Slate.com) mentioned the Silverman video in passing, with no reference to the dirty stuff.
-- Washingtonpost.com at least calls Silverman (not the video) "infamously potty-mouthed." It also posted the video, with a "video contains foul language" warning under the screen. They do not quote any of the profane lines.
MRC's Kyle Drennen noted there were four plugs on Monday morning previewing this segment from Dave Price, the show's weatherman:
DAVE PRICE: We're going to follow up on how we spent our weekend. We spent it in Florida, where we've learned that every vote counts and every vote is often, or could be, recounted in a presidential election. We met a new generation of Jewish voter that converged on Florida over the weekend to try and convince an older generation to swing the election, but in a very unique way. What can bring a Jewish grandchild even closer to his grandparents? Well, there's the simka, there's the nosh, and now, there's the great schlep.
SARAH SILVERMAN: I'm making this video to urge you, all of you, to schlep over to Florida and convince your grandparents to vote Obama. It can make the difference.
ARI WALLUCH: The Jewish grandparents here in Florida are a vital constituency and they need to come out strong for Obama so there's no one that the grandparents love any more than their grandchildren.
PRICE: For the last month, that's the message comedian Sarah Silverman has been pitching in this widely watched online video.
SILVERMAN: If you knew that visiting your grandparents could change the world, would you do it? Of course, you would.
PRICE: Taylor Maginheim, one of many schleppers, came all the way from Los Angeles to Florida to talk Obama with his bubbie and zadi, also known as grandparents Sandy and Sid.
SID: I'm not quite sure yet about all the things that have been said by Mr. Obama.
PRICE: But can talking with grandparents be an effective political strategy?
CASEY KLOFSTAD: If you're going to persuade somebody. It's not going to be direct mail, it's not going to be television commercials. It's going to be people interacting with one another face-to-face.
PRICE: Schlepper Ari Kushner from Brooklyn, New York, tried just that with his 80-year-old grandmother Mary.
ARI KUSHNER: We thought about his plan versus McCain's plan. We talked about taxes and I mentioned how great he was actually for Israel.
PRICE: But when that wasn't working, he pulled out all the stops.
KUSHNER: What did seem to be working was the fact that she really wants me to get married, so I realized that if we are in a dead heat and she voted for Obama and Obama wins, I said we would get engaged the next day.
PRICE: Why wouldn't you have just agreed to vote for Obama without forcing him to get married?
MARY: Because something is for something.
PRICE: Where is your girlfriend on all of this?
MARY: She's a beautiful girl.
PRICE: Oh, yes I -- no doubt that she's a beautiful girl.
KUSHNER: She's a beautiful girl.
PRICE: Oh, yes. I know --
MARY: Intelligent.
PRICE: Intelligent.
MARY: He is not easy.
PRICE: So forget the stump speeches and the big crowds. This election may all come down to a one-on-one conversation with a grandson.
SILVERMAN: If they vote for Barack Obama they're going to get another visit this year. If not, let's just hope they stay healthy until next year.
[LOUD LAUGHTER FROM SMITH AND CHEN]
CHEN: That is hilarious. Well, something for something.
PRICE: What's remarkable, guys, is that depending on who you speak to amongst the older Jewish Americans in south Florida, and Palm Beach County as well, some say it's going to be a nail-biter, others say they think it's going to be a landslide in one direction or the other. So it is up for grabs right now. It's a real coin toss.
SMITH: Now aren't your parents down in Florida?
PRICE: They are. They actually head to Florida and spend the winter down there and I do my own campaigning several times a winter, Harry.
SMITH: Several times a winter, indeed.
CBS is quite used to promoting Comedy Central stars from Jon Stewart to Dave Chappelle (although there is no mention of Silverman's show here). Both used to be owned by Viacom, but Viacom and CBS Corporation split, although there is still a looser corporate tie. Silverman also made a splash at the Democratic convention in Denver a few weeks ago at the MoveOn.org party.
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.






















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Florida
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 09:17 ET by allanfI have news for Ms. Silverman. Obama's most faithful supporters are elderly Jewish women in Florida. From my limited sample these women are completely irrational. They "hate" McCain and "despise" Palin.
They could well be the folks in this Howard Stern video.
They "hate" McCain and "despise" Palin.
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 10:28 ET by updoc101Under the circumstances, sounds perfectly rational to me.
What's updoc?
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 10:57 ET by KarmaAnd here all the while, I thought it was Yosemite Sam who was hateful.
Oh, she's so cool and edgy!
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 09:25 ET by SpikerThis is just another one of the Messiah's classy friends out of Hollywood. This is the kind of trash that is running out in droves to vote for him.
I'm not more than a few years older than the classy Ms. Silverman and I'm disgusted with this generation.
another foul mouthed, unfunny uncelebrity
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 09:34 ET by theduck6they keep ramming these losers down our throats.
GO SEE An American Carol! It gores all the appropriate oxen.
When liberals are disgusting, it's funny to the MSM
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 09:39 ET by c5thenWhen conservatives are disgusting, it's dangerous and life threatening. "Double standard" doesn't even beging to describe it.
Differentiating themselves
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 09:51 ET by KC MulvilleIn his heyday, Robin Williams was wild, quick, sharp, and usually very funny. But pale imitators came along, and all they could manufacture was wildness. They weren't very funny. Years ago, before she became a plastic pin cushion, Joan Rivers would go on the Carson show and say the most insulting things about people - which, at the time, was funny. She was followed by a generation of imitators whose only shtick was insult. They weren't very funny, either. Just because you're willing to say things that other people aren't doesn't make you funny. Anyone can insult.
This video came out a little while ago, prompting a response from Jackie Mason, who was funnier in his sleep than Silverman will ever be. I don't have the link for that video, but if you come across it, it's worth viewing.
Huh?
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 10:26 ET by SRPwrdThis would be like me voting for a president that was part of a party that hated Switzerland(I'm part Swiss), why would I ever do that?
Gore got fucked?
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 11:22 ET by MrltavernShe is representative of all of the rest of the self hating Jews in the media who believe Obama is a Lontzman sent from God when in fact, they're too stupid to realize that his very presence in the White House will probably get another 6 million Jews exterminated.
But that's their journey.
I would like to remind this twit that AL GORE and his campaign were having people from New York, NJ Connecticut voting in Florida also, so they had people voting 2x and sometimes 3x.
That's why Gore finally conceded. He did not want to bring it to the Supreme court and risk that he would've been exposed for fraud.
Mr.L
I can't stand this woman.
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 11:29 ET by islero47I can't stand this woman. The most tolerable work of hers I have seen was in School of Rock. Even then, I found her so grating that I knew she played the part of bitchy girlfriend all too well. She's not funny. Or all that pretty. I remember seeing someone's Maxim in the breakroom at work with her on the cover. Not hot at all. You know how some girls are cute until they start talking? For her, not even that. Her abrasive personality seeps through her skin like self-produced anti-Maybelline.
Maybe she's born with it... Maybe it's Silverman
Silverman
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 11:43 ET by GOPG8RI have a great sense of humor. I can laugh at liberals making fun of conservatives - when they are actually FUNNY doing it. I saw "The Great Schlepp" weeks ago ... there is NOTHING funny about it. Nothing. It was completely racist. There was NOTHING factual about what she was saying about the policies of either candidate and like yeah, Obama is REALLY the best choice for Israel. Uh, not so much. She lost me as a fan. Probably forever. Can't believe news organizations are actually highlighting something that came from "Funny or Die". They are really stretching it now to say anything positive about Obama.
Let's talk about hate baby
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 12:52 ET by Tom in NCWe all know you libs would eat the corn out of Obama's sh*t and beg for more, but to say that the only reason to visit your elderly grandparents in Florida is to beg them to vote for Obama stinks of disrespect and then to say if they don't vote for him "then let's just hope they stay healthy until next year" makes you the number one sh*it stained as*hole on the planet, B*TCH!!!
Tom... Tell us how you
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 12:55 ET by Clear thinkerTom...
Tell us how you really feel.
;-)
Why Obama Scares The Crap Out Of Me
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Comedy Central, aka "Commie Central"
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 13:38 ET by Mary Louise TurnerFor years, I've referred to Comedy Central as "Commie Central", with all the left-leaning "comedians" polluting its airwaves: Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, etc. Can someone name for me a conservative comic on that channel?
Obama Propaganda
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 13:39 ET by Captain KirockYahoo news has also picked up this garbage and is pushing it as news.
Humor From Hell
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 20:34 ET by stratmanSarah Silverman is the strawberry crack whore of comedy. She'll do anything and anybody for her crack fix - a laugh.
This delightful, well adjusted young lady had a TV show in which she licked her dog's genitals to see what they tasted like.
Hillarious, no?
Is there anything else one needs to know about her?
Ever?
OMG strat... Are you
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 20:38 ET by bigtimerOMG strat...
Are you kidding me...I know you're not...I take it back, and I don't need a link...I completely trust you.
Boy, I bet her grandparents are just real proud of that little fact.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
I know you didn't ask, but
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 23:04 ET by stratmanI know you didn't ask, but I thought I would post a link:
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/46311fc87b.
Didn't laugh, but, I did chuckle at her "just desserts" at the end.