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Segami

(14,923 posts)
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 04:23 PM Jul 2014

LOL!! - Another BAD DAY For Republicans As President Obama Is NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY






I Love The Smell Of Republican Heads Exploding In The Morning.......It Smells Like........Victory!!...




President Obama is such a fail. First he wins a Nobel Peace Prize and now he’s been nominated for an Emmy for the interview he did with comedian Zach Galifianakis on his Web series “Between Two Ferns”. This is proof that the entire world hates Republicans. That web based Funny or Die clip has been nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program category. Really, Republicans deserve the credit for this Emmy nod (which is good since they can’t credit Obama for anything except blaming him for things they did), because if they hadn’t been fear-mongering about Obamacare in the first place, the President never would have had to take such extreme measures to get the word out.



But Republicans told Americans that Obama was going to kill their babies with death panels and the government was taking over their medical decisions. In contrast, to show you their idea of American freedom, Republicans have successfully fought to let your boss/faceless corporations with an agenda make your medical decisions. That’ll show Obama! So Obama did an interview with comedian Zach Galifianakis on his Web series “Between Two Ferns” and together, using satire and wit, they increased views to Healthcare.Gov by 40%. The President and Zach Galifianakis have some stiff Emmy competition, facing off against a Super Bowl halftime clip and a Parks and Rec mini episode. (Vice President Joe Biden was on Parks and Rec, by the way, and the show pays obvious homage to Hillary Clinton as a role model for female politicians). The Right wing will be beside themselves over this, after all, they went nuts over his mere appearance in the show, as they feel he should not be mentioning the law in public or something:



"...During Fox & Friends, Elizabeth Hasselbeck said, “Some would argue that it’s inappropriate for the president of the United States to be advertising a law, an insurance plan.” This was after co-host Brian Kilmeade stated it was inappropriate for the President to be sitting down for a fake interview that was really a comedy skit. This is really rich. Somehow, Hasselbeck feels that President Obama should not be saying anything positive about the current health care law or encouraging people to sign up for health insurance..."


Right wing media declared the Emmy nominated President “desperate”:

"...The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon, both conservative news hustlers, got columns up right away declaring how awful and agenda-driven the interview was. Laura Ingraham, Katie Pavlich and Martha MacCallum, all Fox News personalities, took to Twitter and made sure to advance the narrative of the day that this was a very, very bad thing that the President did..."


Oh, yes. Everything Obama touches is such a glitch fail. Why can’t he be more like former President Bush? Republicans sided with the Taliban when Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, so there’s really no telling how this Emmy nod about a show he did to help get the word out about affordable healthcare will impact them. Brace yourselves.





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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/07/10/obamacare-fail-president-obama-nominated-emmy.html


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LOL!! - Another BAD DAY For Republicans As President Obama Is NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY (Original Post) Segami Jul 2014 OP
Don't forget, he won two Grammies, too. MohRokTah Jul 2014 #1
I'm sure his mantle Segami Jul 2014 #2
Those two have more talent than all the people that work/ever worked for Foxnews. Rex Jul 2014 #3
Talent is not a requirement to work at Faux. lpbk2713 Jul 2014 #8
And to deep throat Roger Ailes without laughing. alfredo Jul 2014 #11
It will be sweet when he wins, too RockaFowler Jul 2014 #4
I bet Zack is flying high too! thanks Segami! Cha Jul 2014 #5
It's the IN-attention to detail that makes the Ferns so hilarious rocktivity Jul 2014 #21
Wow, rocktivity.. that's an Excellent synopsis of what Between Two Ferns is Cha Jul 2014 #22
I just saw it again.. it's Hilarious! No wonder they got an Emmy nom.. not Cha Jul 2014 #23
Recommended. H2O Man Jul 2014 #6
An Emmy nomnation?!?! Jenoch Jul 2014 #7
That was my first thought too, but Funny Or Die has a show that airs on the TeeVee as well. n/t cui bono Jul 2014 #14
Did the part with the president appear on broadcast television? Jenoch Jul 2014 #15
No idea. I don't have cable. n/t cui bono Jul 2014 #26
Very cool malaise Jul 2014 #9
I loved that interview, it was very funny and a brilliant decision to... Spazito Jul 2014 #10
I'd also nominate him for an Aunt Emmy tomm2thumbs Jul 2014 #12
KnR! sheshe2 Jul 2014 #13
But republicans hate Hollywood! americannightmare Jul 2014 #16
Definitely on a roll! deaniac21 Jul 2014 #17
Who... Jamaal510 Jul 2014 #18
Biden versus Obama, huh? I hope neither is the jealous type rocktivity Jul 2014 #19
Just a guy of the people AlbertCat Jul 2014 #20
K&R red dog 1 Jul 2014 #24
Loved it...... a kennedy Jul 2014 #25
Gee, where's the DU 'we hate Obama' brigade? Ineeda Jul 2014 #27
 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
1. Don't forget, he won two Grammies, too.
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 04:27 PM
Jul 2014

The Grammy for Best Spoken Word for his reading of Dreams of My Father in 2005 and then The Grammy for Best Spken Word for his reading of The Audacity of Hope in 2008.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
3. Those two have more talent than all the people that work/ever worked for Foxnews.
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 04:31 PM
Jul 2014

FUCK SOXNEWS!

rocktivity

(44,576 posts)
21. It's the IN-attention to detail that makes the Ferns so hilarious
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 05:54 PM
Jul 2014

Last edited Fri Aug 5, 2022, 08:02 PM - Edit history (18)

It's not just Zach Galifianakis's brain-dead questions and absence of charisma -- it's his greasy hair, scruffy clothes, flushed complexion, slouching, wrinkled script (from which he has to read the president's name). There's no eye contact with either his guests or his camera angles, and he pouts like a spoiled toddler when checkmated. Add the crap production values that were the hallmark of no-budget, pre-cable public access TV (including an elevator music theme song), garnish with the irony that the guests are from the top rather than the bottom of the ladder where public access TV guests traditionally came from, and Between Two Ferns can't help but be a living monument to unprofessional media.




Put another way, my sister once told me that Patrica "Hyacinth Bucket" Routledge of Keeping Up Appearances "really is a very good singer in real life." I said, "You wasted your breath telling me that -- you HAVE TO be a really good singer to sing as BADLY as she does as WELL as she does!"




rocktivity

Cha

(297,190 posts)
22. Wow, rocktivity.. that's an Excellent synopsis of what Between Two Ferns is
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 09:03 PM
Jul 2014

about.. thank you! And, mahalo for the clips, too!

Spazito

(50,326 posts)
10. I loved that interview, it was very funny and a brilliant decision to...
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 06:01 PM
Jul 2014

do it, raising the profile about Obamacare and the website. I really hope they win!

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
12. I'd also nominate him for an Aunt Emmy
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 06:20 PM
Jul 2014



For having to put up with all the GOP flying monkeys sent to the Congress to undermine his ability to function in the White House

americannightmare

(322 posts)
16. But republicans hate Hollywood!
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 01:21 PM
Jul 2014

They'll watch TV all day and night, and pay a thousand dollars a year for cable TV, but they hate Hollywood.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
18. Who...
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 01:42 PM
Jul 2014

"...During Fox & Friends, Elizabeth Hasselbeck said, “Some would argue that it’s inappropriate for the president of the United States to be advertising a law, an insurance plan.”

...is she talking about here? C'mon, Liz. Name names!

rocktivity

(44,576 posts)
19. Biden versus Obama, huh? I hope neither is the jealous type
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 04:28 PM
Jul 2014

Last edited Fri Jul 11, 2014, 05:04 PM - Edit history (1)

Still, it's an honor just to be nominated, LOL!!!


rocktivity

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
20. Just a guy of the people
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 05:38 PM
Jul 2014

Repugs want a prez you can "sit down and have a beer with"

Then we get a GOP prez who is a smug frat-boy dumb bunny who does't want to sit down with any of you low-lifes.



Meanwhile..... Dem prez's win awards..... for being on hip shows.

red dog 1

(27,797 posts)
24. K&R
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 09:16 PM
Jul 2014

My favorite part:

GALIFIANAKIS: "What's it like to be the last black President?"

OBAMA: "What's it like for this to be the last time you ever talk to a President?"

Ineeda

(3,626 posts)
27. Gee, where's the DU 'we hate Obama' brigade?
Sat Jul 12, 2014, 02:19 PM
Jul 2014

to crap on this thread?

The episode was excellent. I'd love to see him win just to have heads explode.

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