Eleanor Clift Mourns HBO's 'Veep' Is Caught In a Post-Palin 'Time Warp'
HBO premieres the comedy “Veep” tonight, which Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift wrote up as another pre-baked HBO shot at Sarah Palin: “Veep was in development in 2010 when the aftertaste of the Palin campaign was still lingering, and insider accounts revealed just how unprepared Palin was to step into the presidency, should that be required.”
Sadly, suggests Clift, now the show may undermine women in politics as a whole. “But in the midst of an election cycle where no female is on the short list for vice president, and women’s groups are silent on the subject, Veep seems caught in a time warp.”
"Palin has moved on; she’s now dropping by the Today show. Politicians are fearful of what’s called 'the Palin effect,' shorthand for advancing an attractive female politician too fast and too soon," Clift wrote. "The portrayal of Selina as the veep enhances the Palin effect, and is likely to produce a collective cringe from a generation of women who still wish for Hillary Clinton in the White House.”
Unlike "The West Wing," "Veep" simply "looks back, elevating a Sarah Palin–like figure to the vice presidency with a narrative that relies on one-liners that provoke uneasy laughter and expose the smallness of the veep’s vision."
Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays Selina Meyer, whose party is not revealed, but it doesn’t take long to determine she’s a liberal version of Palin, identified with clean-energy jobs and filibuster reform. The titans of Capitol Hill are wary of this woman crashing their party, and Meyer doesn’t inspire confidence. Ideology aside, she has a high dingbat quotient. Think Elaine from Seinfeld, scattered and a bit bizarre, and a heartbeat from the presidency.
If liberals ever nominated a woman with a "dingbat quotient" for the vice presidency, would liberal journalists ever notice? Or is being liberal mean never having to say you're sorry for being a dingbat?
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Stupidity. . .
Submitted by rickbren on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 1:41pm.
. . .is undeserving of further comment. . .
Eleanor
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 1:45pm.
The 2008 election showcased a very talented, proven woman candidate for VP on one side and a completely unexperienced, man on the other. Each was running for different offices yet women like yourself couldn't see the hand in front of your face for swooning over the first White-Black to be a party's nominee.
You and your harpy sisters have done the damage to women candidates, if in fact any has been done. I'd rather vote for any of 4 or 5 Republican women right now then the men left in the running. They know how to "fight like a girl!"
Not to mention . . .
Submitted by WingletDriver on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 1:54pm.
Joe Biden is now one heartbeat away from being POTUS. BHO was clearly unprepared and undeserving, but Joe Biden . . . WOW!
Seriously need a "LIKE"
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 1:55pm.
Seriously need a "LIKE" button.
"Like"
Submitted by misterbee241 on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 2:03pm.
Like.
dingbat quotient? Doesn't have to be a female
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 1:51pm.
Don't we have a current veep that rates high on that scale?
Dingbat??????????
Submitted by creekrat on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 1:53pm.
Anyone watching our current V P ???
Let's do the Time Warp again
Submitted by CobraMan on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 1:57pm.
"But in the midst of an election cycle where no female is on the short list for vice president, and women’s groups are silent on the subject, Veep seems caught in a time warp."
Geeze, could that be because the Conventions haven;t even been held yet and the candidates, including Obama, haven't reveled just who will be their running mate?
"Veep was in development in 2010 when the aftertaste of the Palin campaign was still lingering, and insider accounts revealed just how unprepared Palin was to step into the presidency, should that be required."
Humm, it's been nearly four years since Palin first ran as VP, and McCain is STILL alive, so what happened to the "one heartbeat away" we kept hearing about? We're at 141 million, 268 thousand heartbeats, and still counting.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
The enemy
Submitted by misterbee241 on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 1:58pm.
goes on and on about the "unpreparedness" of Sarah Palin. Yet not one word has been whispered about that rank fraud Barack Hussein Obama. Pot meet kettle.
What Clift misses is . . .
Submitted by WingletDriver on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 2:08pm.
Liberals have a hierarchy of victims who they protect. Top of the list are Blacks, then gays, then Hispanics, then women, then unions. Clift's causes need to be more than just women if she wants to get any love from the modern liberal. Palin's "unforgivable sin" is that she went against the #1 liberal victim.
Money trumps all of these, which is why Bill Maher gets to be such a twit. Also, any chance to bash Christians, especially Catholics, cannot be passed up.
If you think about liberals this way, it would explain why Black-on-Black or Black-on-anybody else crime is unnoticed. But George Zimmerman is a "White-Hispanic" who must be crucified on the modernist, progressive altar; why Ann Romney and Sarah Palin are open to derision from liberal, elite, White men, but Michelle Obama cannot be properly criticized for her blatant hypocrisy.
When as Hillary fired?
Submitted by CobraMan on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 2:13pm.
"likely to produce a collective cringe from a generation of women who still wish for Hillary Clinton in the White House."
Did Hillary get fired from her post as Secretary of State? The last time I looked, that was a White House position.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Somebody believes that Bite-me is prepared to be President?
Submitted by OhioHistorian on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 2:28pm.
LOL! Palin had more executive experience than Obama and Biden combined! These people are so far in the pocket of President Zero that it is humorous.
Thomas Alva Edison
➚Joe Bite Me
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 2:52pm.
It's a bit circuitous, but Joe Biden says black kids are stupider than white kids, so the black kids' parents vote for Joe Biden.
I really don't know how to comment further.
Well, Cool...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 8:39pm.
you could add that it ['black kids are stupider than white kids"] was neither what Biden said nor what he intended to say. But since you've never make that distinction in the past, I doubt you will make it now.
Jer
Absolutely no way on God's green earth, Jer, that you ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 9:29pm.
can prove that Joe Biden never said 'black kids are stupider than white kids'; nor can you state with certainty what he 'intended' to say.
Biden is one of the dumbest of the dim bulbs in politics - not that is a distinction with any noticeable amount of difference reference most politicos.
MD
Absolutely no way on God's green earth, Matthew, that you...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 11:00pm.
have a clue what statement by Biden both Cool and I have in mind, because...
a.) our exchange at NB concerning Biden's remark occurred well before your arrival and well before the site redesign which expunged archived comments, and
b.) there is no way on God's green earth that you have researched or will research the issue yourself.
You may *get* a clue if someone performs the research for you.
Jer
➚OK, Jer
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 11:11pm.
All he did was make an excuse for Washington DC school failure, compared to Iowa because DC has more black kids than Iowa.
What you can't deny was that he asserted the problem with DC test scores is black kids.
Flail to your heart's content. He said. He meant it.
Come on, Jer. Deny Biden identified the black population of DC as the factor.
I didn't deny it when we had this discussion years ago, so
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 12:23am.
why should I deny it now. IT IS A STATISTICAL AND AN EMPIRICAL REALITY which Biden recognized.
That does not mean, however, blacks are "stupider" than white kids, nor is that what Biden claimed. There are many reasons--sociological, historical, cultural, attitudinal, economic--which can account for and/or contribute to the generally lower test scores by black kids. "Stupider" is your word, not Biden's.
Jer
➚What are you saying, Jer
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 9:55am.
Are you saying it's "smarter" (in an African American sort of way), to underachieve?
Are you saying the comment by Biden would have received the same sort of understanding if it had come from Sarah Palin instead of Joe Biden?
I think your response would be "no" on both counts.
And you're not going to convince me the liberal attitude toward advancement of African Americans isn't due to their strongly held belief in evolutionary thought.
It's a condescending, patronizing, self-serving benevolence that gives them a feel-good glow about their form of racism.
So, jump in there, link boy, and provide me with ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 11:16pm.
inarguable proof that Biden NEVER said what you say he didn't say.
What's that, barrister?
You say you can't prove a negative?
Then don't be so damn quick to make an issue of same.
And until, research guru, you provide another link showing exactly how you can prove what Biden MEANT to say - refer to my previous statement.
Try and get your head around the following - I was referring to what YOU said, in YOUR post - TODAY -, regarding Biden. It had nothing to do with what transpired between you and Cool Arrow at some distant remove. I sincerely believe that it was as impossible then as it is now for you to read minds.
I know you consider yourself an omniscient being reference your ability to corral any and all info necessary to showcase YOUR side of the debate; and while you no doubt impress yourself no end with such talent - I refer you to my tag line.
MD
Hehehe*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 11:20pm.
*snicker*
➚In context
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 11:30pm.
Here's a link to Biden's statement.
It's Biden basking in the glow of the soft bigotry of low expectations toward African Americans.
Not likely Jer would admit such a statement from Romney would have been quite the resonating soundbite throughout the campaign.
And what is it about my repeated acknowledgement
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 2:05am.
that libs have long been far too eager to fling the race card that makes such an admission unlikely?
Jer
A straw man argument, son...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 12:05am.
My assertion wasn't that Biden has never uttered those words in his life, but that the particular statement by Biden which I was reasonably certain Cool had in mind [the same one which has been the subject of several of his previous posts about Biden and blacks] was different from Cool's characterization of it--in the wording and the context and the reasonable inferences therefrom.
Put away the thesaurus for awhile and sharpen your polemics.
Jer
Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 12:20am.
Polemics?
Ain't got none. Penicillin works wonders.
You should consider picking some up when you go out for that thesaurus.
MD
Don't worry, Matthew...I'll give you two-weeks advance notice
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 12:43am.
of any plans to visit you so you'll have ample time to rent a U-Haul and transport your massive collection of thesauri, dictionaries, vocabulary tomes, etomological papers, reference books, and your treasured biography of Dr. Peter Roget to a suitable storage facility.
Jer
Jer ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 1:31am.
I take it I should hang on to my comic books.
:o)
MD
and place them on the night stand
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 1:42am.
in the guest bedroom, please.
Jer
Comic Books?
Submitted by texastommy on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 7:54am.
At last, we now know the source of your opinions .....
Lord...
Submitted by gmonsen on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 2:55pm.
Isn't Clift one ugly, nasty piece o work?
More Money Wasted By Liberals.
Submitted by Free Stinker on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 4:23pm.
Yes, "Sarah Palin is stupid". Funny how they intentionally forget the Palin e-mail dump. They thought they would find all sorts of proof of Palin's stupidity & corruption, but once they realized those emails showed a thoughtful, capable executive running her state for the betterment of it's citizens, the subject was were quickly forgotten.
I recall reading that SDI was part of a plan by Reagan to bankrupt the Soviet Union, and of course it worked. I keep wondering if Sarah Palin has been trying to make Liberals bankrupt their agitprop operations by appearing to run for President in 2012, then backing out after they spent all this money on unnecessary hit jobs.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
The future of women in
Submitted by redfish on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 7:38pm.
The future of women in politics doesn't depend on the public perception of a single candidate or a single character on a TV show. Stop worrying about it.
Boom.
Submitted by balboa on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 8:20pm.
Boom.
Probably should tell that to
Submitted by NC Cop on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 9:40pm.
Probably should tell that to Eleanor, huh?
Ms. Clift has a very small prospective on life
Submitted by John21 on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 8:38am.
Ms. Clift has a very small prospective on life. When you are discussing someone as limited as Eleanor Clift what else can you expect. She has a very limited intelligence and no idea what is happening outside her very small dimension. She lives in a extreme far left liberal world that only has a very, very small interaction with reality. She has no credibility but likes to pretend that people still listen to her (it is good for her ego).
"a collective cringe from a
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 11:32am.
"a collective cringe from a generation of women who still wish for Hillary Clinton in the White House.”
Because if ever a woman epitomized coming from nowhere, starting at the bottom as a small-town mayor, with no powerful insider connections based on her husband's success, and no media boosters... it's HILLARY CLINTON.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
➚ Beside the point
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 11:47am.
Democrat women chunked Hillary under the bus in order to follow the handsome black man (with the inordinately big ears). I'm thinking "SHALLOW!"
Oh, the swoons, as the chiseled pecs glistened in the Hawaiian sun.