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Ellen Drops in on Clinton Event
February 25, 2008 8:41 PM
ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: Ellen Degeneres appeared via satellite at presidential contender Sen. Hillary Clinton's low-dollar fundraiser in Washington DC, surprising the audience, and perhaps giving Clinton a boost at a time when all of the endorsements and momentum seems to be swinging towards her rival Barack Obama. Clinton was reciting her stump speech to a very young and energetic audience– when the screen behind Clinton turned into a feed of Ellen interrupting and saying she had a few questions.
Watch the VIDEO HERE.
"I have said I have a problem with glitter" Ellen said, "It should be banned. It doesn’t warn you, there’s glitter on your fingers, there's glitter everywhere, you open the card you open the wrapping paper, will you put a ban on glitter?"
Clinton suggested a "ban glitter for anyone over twelve." Ellen applauded Clinton's ability to put forth solutions – which put a big smile on Senator Clinton's face.
"What needs to happen to change the momentum?" Ellen asked. Clinton responded, perhaps making a small gaffe or an intended point saying "well were going win Ohio and Michigan!!" Clinton realized her mistake (or was it?) saying "wait, Ohio and Texas…I already won Michigan!" Ellen asked if it was a really important thing now – Clinton sarcastically remarked "I think it ranks right up there with banning glitter."
Ellen referenced the Saturday Night Live skit which illustrated Obama getting lighter media scrutiny than Clinton. ‘"Do you think you are given a harder time than Barack because you are a woman.?" Clinton, clearly agreeing said "Well, nobody has ever asked me if I want an extra pillow during a debate."
"What can you supporters do for you," Ellen asked, to which Clinton responded that she needed money and volunteers. Clinton invited Ellen to Texas…and Ellen wasn’t sure "I don’t know if they would let me out of my job, but Id love to go…maybe ill just do this ill interrupt everywhere you go."
Ellen closed by saying "help her raise those funds - that would be a great help as well."
Ellen aside, Sen. Obama, D-Ill., has a big time talkshow surrogate of his own - Oprah Winfrey.
Instead of Barack verses Hillary at the next debate, perhaps the talk show powerhouses could duke-it-out for their respective candidates? There's a sure way to have the highested rated debate in history.
February 25, 2008 in Bush, George W. | Permalink | User Comments (46)
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Is it me or do others also see so much of what Hillary does seems like a page right out of the Obama playbook only mangled in its execution? Did I need to know the Ellen-Hillary show can be so banal? It's like that song about "anything I can do you can do better" where she doesn't get that she reversed it.
Posted by: SE Croft | Feb 25, 2008 8:53:47 PM
I really enjoy Ellen. I am SOOOO glad she is supporting Hillary
Posted by: Lindy | Feb 25, 2008 9:07:07 PM
SE Croft,
Don't you Obamaphiles get it? Everything she does is wrong, according to you, and everything he does is right. I'd like to do a study on this campaign, blinding the comments to a panel of the press. I bet a thousand bucks that if the speaker was identified as Hillary (even if it wasn't), they would denigrate the remarks, but if identifed as Obama (even if Hillary), they would cheer them. It is absolutely disgusting to see how this woman has been treated in this campaign. Women everywhere should be outraged.
Posted by: jo | Feb 25, 2008 9:27:04 PM
Hillary is so FAKE, Phony, and Mean it's unbelievable.
I remember Ellen crying about a Dog and we found out she had done it on a taped show - and it was contrived.
Birds of a Feather.....
Posted by: THEBIGWOODS | Feb 25, 2008 9:37:34 PM
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I am so honored, Absolutely HONORED to be sitting next to Barack Obama -- 48 hrs later - SHAME ON you Barack Obama!
Look for Hillary to Cry again on Primary day or Eve again. She's done it in four different states so far and always on the day or the eve of the Primary.
The woman has taken insincerity to a new level!
So No to Dirty Politics and cheap lies!
Posted by: THEBIGWOODS | Feb 25, 2008 9:40:46 PM
I wish more celebrities would get out there and campaign for Hillary! Thanks Ellen!!!
Posted by: mjcaway | Feb 25, 2008 10:06:01 PM
Enough with the dirty politics that Mrs. Clinton is playing. She has lost any respect that I had for her. And I continue to be amazed at the racist things that her supporters are willing to say. Is this where our country is going? Is this the Democratic party? I am so ashamed that Hillary Clinton and her most rabid supporters claim to be members of the Democratic party that I love.
It is past time for Hillary to apologize to our party and to our nation and then to quit the primary while there is still a chance that we can begin to respect her again.
Posted by: Dennis | Feb 25, 2008 10:23:04 PM
When SNL had the skid that Brian Williams told DNC debaters that they don't matter because the media only was looking at Hillary, I didn't hear her or any of you Hil supporters cry foul. Talking about double standards. Since this is the theme for Hil supporters now, then ask yourself why you didn't have problem when Hillary was the favorite!
And ask yourself again, how did she go from the favorite to the America's most unwanted?
Exit gracefully, Hillary, if you treasure this party. Otherwise, you are proving the suspicions about you and your husband - you care about no one, no party, no country, but yourself.
Posted by: Jen | Feb 25, 2008 10:25:52 PM
God bless you, Ellen! I am so glad of you and all the people who are supporting Hillary. We've had enough of the Obama media bias. Hillary '08!
Posted by: Jodi | Feb 25, 2008 10:45:41 PM
YaaaaY! I'm really glad that Ellen is a Clinton supporter. Unlike Oprah who hits you over the head with how smart she is (????), Ellen has authentic charm - she doesn't pretend to be anything other than who she is. How refreshing.
Please everybody, contact SNL's network and let them know how mad you are that they removed Tina Fey's piece and complain about their biased coverage. I mean - Tim Russert's infomercial on Sunday for Obama - how slanted can they be!
Go Hillary.
Posted by: . | Feb 25, 2008 10:48:40 PM
The Hillary bashing started the day Bill Clinton took office as President. How dare Hillary have a brain and not be content to sit in the background and bake cookies! The right wing radio talk show hosts set out to destroy her and to this day have not let up. Unfortunately their propaganda repeated often enough infects the rest of the population. You now see the media and the Obama fanatics using the same tactics. Don't dare be a woman who is strong with a mind of your own or you may be the next one they go after. The Dixie Chicks dared to speak out and they tried to destroy them. Did they go after any men who spoke out against the war? It's time women banded together!! Thank you Ellen for standing for Hillary. People have questioned if Oprah is a traitor to women and I say YES!!!
Posted by: Firefighter | Feb 25, 2008 11:18:00 PM
I like Ellen. I saw her on stage in D.C. about 15 years ago. Very funny show. Unfortunately she's backing the wrong candidate in this one.
Posted by: Paul | Feb 25, 2008 11:19:10 PM
I think some of you folks must be in a room with too little ventilation. When you begin to think that Hillary Clinton is anyone's victim, it is time to open the doors and windows and breathe some clean air.
Hillary as a victim is about as likely as Bill being a celebate.
Do none of you people actually remember the '90s?
These blogs prove the point. Division, distrust, blatant hatred of those not on "our side"....The "let's get them before they get us mentality"....ah, the Clinton years.
Boy, I sure am excited to recapture that wonderful period of history....NOT!
All you do with this hate is split the party and leave it wide open for McCain. At this point, if Obama doesn't get the nod, I will turn away from three decades of democrat voting and give the old guy a try. He may be quirky, but it sure beats the alternative.
Posted by: Chip | Feb 25, 2008 11:30:39 PM
Actually, Firefighter, if you want a woman with a head on her shoulders, we've literally got millions in the USA. And very few of them got duped by George Bush into authorizing a useless war that killed 4000 american kids, maimed 60,000 and wasted 500 billion dollars for nothing. Nope. Hillary ain't nothing special, and the fact that she can be so easily fooled by George Bush is beyond frightening. That's like getting tricked a squirrel. Embarrassing.
Posted by: Kansas Jack | Feb 25, 2008 11:36:41 PM
Let's get back to critical thinking people and stop listening to all teh rhetoric and hype.
Look at these two candidates as two people who are applying for a job. Look at their experience and qualifications. Because this is not just any job, these people are running for the job that influences the world and the lives of every one of us. This is not a game.
Posted by: Kristin | Feb 25, 2008 11:41:20 PM
Thank you, Ellen!
Go Tina Fey! SNL got it right last night. The media has been hypnotized by Obama. And I'm not sure why. I've seen him speak. Have we all become drones who cannot think freely? Are we looking to have our souls saved? Sounds like Obama belongs in evalgelism, not in the White House.
Posted by: John | Feb 25, 2008 11:43:28 PM
Did Ellen cry about a dog again? Yet another self absorbed person who doesn't cry at the suffering of others but only when they are down.
Posted by: Max McGloin | Feb 26, 2008 12:15:58 AM
Chip, it appears as though you one on your shoulder. Backing one's candidate is not hate, it's called support. Making an argument is rhetoric, which Senator Obama has done quite well by the way. If someone makes rhetorical statements about the legitimacy of Mr. Obama's candidacy it is not hate towards him. I just do not agree with him making a move for the presidency with so little experience. Hate is leaving your political party of thirty years because a woman is running for the nomination. Sexism is hate and it appears alive and well with the Obamites.
As for the Clinton years, they were good. Yes, they were filled with some political turmoil and more than undesirable Lewinksi headlines, but beneath the veil of the Clinton Haters vs. the Clinton Lovers' War were good times. The economy was in good shape. There were no major military conflicts that drove us to war. The poor had a voice. I would hate to think that you would have rather lived through the Bush years over the Clinton ones. If you want to leave the party, go right ahead. Guess what, I'm not a Democrat so your threat is truly idle. I'm an independent voter who backs CLINTON.
And Kansas Jack, Hillary was not the only one fooled. One senator cannot authorize a war and one senator cannot withdraw an army. Two thirds of Congress was fooled, which means that two thirds of our government is inadequate to run the country in your opinion. She and the rest were fooled by CIA reports, not George Bush. Why don't you concentrate on the rest and leave the best candidate still in the race alone so she can do what she does best, get things done.
Posted by: Adrian | Feb 26, 2008 12:22:34 AM
I am not sexist as I am a woman and I certainly don't think backing a candidate needs to turn into an ugly free for all with a win at any cost mentality. That is not support. I was around in the 90's and it was a fight constantly between both sides of the aisle....As to experience, what does she have except being the First Lady and some years in the Senate? There is nothing in that which makes her any more prepared than Senator Obama except perhaps knowing what fork to use for different dinner courses. If experience were the deciding factor, it still comes back to the undeniable fact that she voted to give George Bush the power to go to war without reading the damn document and then refuses to say she made a mistake. It didn't matter if Bush lied or not, she should have had the sense to know not to give the idiot the power to invade Iraq. You can't get past that fact. As to leaving the democratic party...I didn't say that. I said I would vote for McCain. Then vote my state dems. Trust me, a lot of Obama dems will do the same.
Posted by: Chip | Feb 26, 2008 1:37:40 AM
Way to go Ellen! You are a strong, smart woman and you believe that Hillary will lead our country in a better direction. I couldn;t agree more.
I am impressed by Hillary's experience and toughness - she will roll up her sleeves and get things done.
Posted by: MAB | Feb 26, 2008 1:41:38 AM
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