Hillary Clinton threatens comedians for making fun of her

[Pointedstick]

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2015/ ... un-of-her/

In what appears to be a first for a serious presidential contender, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is going after five comedians who made fun of the former Secretary of State in standup skits at a popular Hollywood comedy club.

A video of the short performance, which is less than three minutes, is posted on the website of the renowned club, Laugh Factory, and the Clinton campaign has tried to censor it. Besides demanding that the video be taken down, the Clinton campaign has demanded the personal contact information of the performers that appear in the recording. This is no laughing matter for club owner Jamie Masada, a comedy guru who opened Laugh Factory more than three decades ago and has been instrumental in launching the careers of many famous comics. “They threatened me,” Masada told Judicial Watch. “I have received complains before but never a call like this, threatening to put me out of business if I don’t cut the video.”
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Masada told Judicial Watch that, as soon as the video got posted on the Laugh Factory website, he received a phone call from a “prominent” person inside Clinton’s campaign. “He said the video was disgusting and asked who put me up to this,” Masada said. The Clinton staffer, who Masada did not want to identify, also demanded to know the names and phone numbers of the comedians that appear in the video. Masada refused and hung up. He insists that the comedy stage is a sanctuary for freedom of speech no matter who is offended. “Just last night we had (Emmy-award winner) Dana Carvey doing Donald Trump and it was hilarious,” Masada said.

[Libertarian666]

No matter how awful you know she is, somehow she manages to top that.

[I Shrugged]

This campaign promises to be the most interesting one in ages.

[MediumTex]

Hillary's lack of charisma is astonishing.

It's almost like she is mildly autistic and can't even comprehend what charisma is, other than something that her husband uses to get women and win elections.

[rickb]

In what appears to be a first for a serious presidential contender, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is going after five comedians who made fun of the former Secretary of State in standup skits at a popular Hollywood comedy club.

And that's why everyone loves her so much!

Unless the whole thing is made up.

According to Slate, http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/ ... _gets.html :

So I called him. Masada told me that on Nov. 11, he got a call from a man named John—he doesn’t remember the last name—who sounded “distinguished, like an attorney.” John said he represented the Clinton campaign. He asked Masada “who had put him up” to posting the video. In a menacing voice, he told Masada, “This is not good for your business.” John then asked for the email or phone numbers of the five comedians who were featured in the video. “I told him, ‘Eff you,’ and I hung up,” says Masada.

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There are a few possibilities about what might have happened here. Maybe someone from Clinton’s campaign really did think it was a good idea to call a major figure in the world of stand-up comedy and make empty threats over a short video. Maybe the caller was a random, overzealous Hillarybot. Maybe it was a practical joker. Or maybe it was a dirty trickster, who then took steps to send the story ricocheting through conservative media. ?(For what it’s worth, the Clinton camp ?tells me? the call didn't come from them. Judicial Watch tells me they stand by their story.)

[Reub]

"She's easily confused."

[Libertarian666]

The really interesting thing about this, even if it turns out to be a hoax, is that a lot of people believed it without too much difficulty. 

[rickb]

Well, damn.  I will admit that the hoax possibility did occur to me, but I didn't pursue it.

In my experience, things that seem too stupid to be true generally aren't. 

My mother watches a lot of Fox News.  I call her once a week.  She says "oh my God, can you believe ..." (some horseshit Fox has drummed into her head).  I say "no".  We chat a bit.  I spend 5 minutes looking stuff up on the web.  And, lo and behold, it's horseshit.  We've done done this numerous times, and yet (for whatever reason, perhaps she's more senile than I'd care to acknowledge) she STILL watches, and apparently believes, the horseshit Fox spews.  For example (ahem) http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/46224883 ... clips