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It must be the woman in you that brings out the man in me

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More than being lampooned as a press secretary who makes up facts, it was Spicer’s portrayal by a woman that was most problematic in the president’s eyes, according to sources close to him. And the unflattering send-up by a female comedian was not considered helpful for Spicer’s longevity in the grueling, high-profile job, where he has struggled to strike the right balance between representing an administration that considers the media the “opposition party,” and developing a functional relationship with the press.

“Trump doesn’t like his people to look weak,” added a top Trump donor.

Trump’s uncharacteristic Twitter silence over the weekend about the “Saturday Night Live” sketch was seen internally as a sign of how uncomfortable it made the White House feel. Sources said the caricature of Spicer by McCarthy struck a nerve and was upsetting to the press secretary and to his allies, who immediately saw how damaging it could be in Trumpworld.

Ha ha, you fucking Low T neo-Nazis.

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  5. 5.

    lamh36

    @mattyglesias

    Matthew Yglesias Retweeted laura olin
    This means SNL needs to get a woman to play Trump, obviously.

    YASSS…Calling Rosie O’Donnell or Meryl Streep

  6. 6.

    Trentrunner

    Since Alec Baldwin is hosting this week’s SNL, I predict a BUNCH of Trumps, including Trumps played by Rosie O’Donnell and Meryl Streep.

    It should be sublime.

  8. 8.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Sources said the caricature of Spicer by McCarthy struck a nerve and was upsetting to the press secretary and to his allies, who immediately saw how damaging it could be in Trumpworld.

    I remember when Linda Tripp said she enjoyed John Goodman’s portrayal of her, even though she thought it went a little too far. Goodman showed up the next Saturday and turned it up a couple of notches. I wonder if McCarthy could turn up that Spicer at all, but I’d bet that she’ll be back.

  9. 9.

    amk

    Trump doesn’t like his people to look weak

    Has he taken a look at hisself? or president bannon? or his press handling bumbler?

  13. 13.

    seaboogie

    @lamh36: someone tweeted to digby to get Rosie O’Donnell to play Bannon – and Streep has already impersonated Donald Trump…

  15. 15.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @lamh36: I call for a Trump off!

    And in this case, the top person is cast member Kate McKinnon, now in her sixth season. The recent Emmy winner elevated the character of Hillary Clinton throughout the campaign and has emerged as one of SNL’s most compelling talents. She is a seriously outlandish comedian who is perfectly positioned to take on the season’s most important role: Donald Trump.

    Before they brought Baldwin, Darrell Hammond played Trump in IIRC a sketch about the GOP debates. Standing perfectly still, he imitated Trump’s posture and sneer so perfectly I quite literally laughed out loud.

  19. 19.

    lollipopguild

    Nothing quite like announcing your weak/soft spots to the general public. Football Coach=Do not run up the middle on our defence we are very weak there.

  20. 20.

    zhena gogolia

    We just watched the McCarthy bit again. It’s hilarious! I love when she picks up the podium and rushes the WSJ reporter with it.

  22. 22.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @seaboogie:

    someone tweeted to digby to get Rosie O’Donnell to play Bannon

    Ohplz ohplz ohplz ohplz ohplz ohplz ohplz ohplz ohplz ohplz ohplz oh plz ohplz ohplz

  23. 23.

    satby

    Not even three weeks and their shamblastic administration is being mocked worldwide. Deservedly mocked, and it’s killing them.
    More, please!

  31. 31.

    amk

    @satby: Yup. I can imagine the anti-american forces gleefully licking their lips at the sheer incompetence and the every day blunders of the supposedly world’s only superpower.

  32. 32.

    Renie

    rosie just tweeted she is willing to go on SNL and play either trump or bannon. OMG he will flip out

  33. 33.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    I hope Reince Preibus becomes famous enough to be nationally mocked for his adenoidal sniveling

  34. 34.

    Thoughtful David

    @amk:
    You can bet they are. The leadership in China is not at all stupid, and you can bet they’re moving fast and hard to take advantage of this.

  35. 35.

    p.a.

    but a woman playing tRump on network tv is problematic: he should be played topless in diapers, a rattle in one hand, a pacifier in the other.

  39. 39.

    laura

    Can’t wait for the midnight “I SHALL NOT BE MOCKED” Scrotus tweet.
    Then let the mocking begin and turn it up to 11!

  45. 45.

    jl

    The GOP will trudge ahead. They are nuts, murderous nuts.

    rump’s Obamacare replacement may come long after Congress pulls the plug on it
    Ethan Wolff-Mann

    ” While Trump may now be on the side of slower, more deliberate legislation (probably not by choice), Speaker Paul Ryan has said Congress is still poised to go ahead with the reconciliation bill that will defund the ACA, sending Obamacare into a death spiral, as the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Larry Levitt and others have noted. ”

    ..
    [ Even Tom ‘The Roseville Racer’ McClintock can figure out this is a bad idea: ]

    “We’d better be sure that we’re prepared to live with the market we’ve created,” said Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA.). “That’s going to be called Trumpcare. Republicans will own that lock, stock and barrel, and we’ll be judged in the election less than two years away.”

    https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trumps-obamacare-replacement-may-come-long-after-congress-pulls-the-plug-on-it-211808398.html

    Emphases added.
    I like the ring of ‘Trumpcare’.

  46. 46.

    Anne Laurie

  54. 54.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @lamh36:

    Bill O’Reilly’s interview with President Trump before the Super Bowl averaged 12.2M viewers. Obama in 2009: 21.9M.

    Lord…Trump is so obsessed with Obama, how much would this stick in his craw?

    I really hope nobody is so thoughtless as to tweet this information out. It would be rude and hurtful to the President. I’m not on Twitter myself, but I know many of you are, so I implore you as a kind and loving human being, for the love of God do NOT tweet-share these statistics.

  56. 56.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Philip RuckerVerified account
    ‏@ PhilipRucker
    Trump: “[Obama] likes me.”
    O’Reilly: “How do you know?”
    Trump: “I can feel it. That’s what I do in life. It’s called, like, I understand.”

    It’s called, like, I understand.

  57. 57.

    Shana

    @amk: Posted this in the last post just as it was dying: March 15th – send postcards to Trump at the White House telling him why you object to his policies. #TheIdesofTrump. Even if only a million people do it, it makes it harder for him to say it’s not an organic movement.

  59. 59.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @amk:

    President Trump is livid people are calling […] to protest his policies and conduct.

    Get used to it, cupcake.

  60. 60.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Cathleen Decker ‏@ cathleendecker 3h3 hours ago
    Per @CNN, included in the list of attacks that Trump says were not covered much were the Paris nightclub, Nice, Brussels and San Bernardino

  67. 67.

    efgoldman

    @jl:

    Even Tom ‘The Roseville Racer’ McClintock can figure out this is a bad idea

    Was he the coward who was just chased out of his own town hall by opponents?
    Nothing scares incumbents in DC as much as losing primaries and/or general elections. Some of the RWNJs are smart enough to recognize a real threat when it’s screaming in their faces. Apparently nobody in Janesville Wisconsin gives a shit. but one of the things that was scariest in ’93 was when Tom Foley, the speaker of the house, lost his bid for re-election, on top of the Newtniks taking over the house.

  70. 70.

    jl

    @Anne Laurie: Atrios isn’t joking.

    White House rattled by McCarthy’s spoof of Spicer
    Politico link
    http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer-234715

    I don;’t why I should be surpirse. Atrios said he wasn’t joking. But stil…
    What a sad and dangerous raft of infantile fools in the WH now.

    But, that reminds me to go watch the Spicer sketch again.
    And, they are gone now, but I think Zero Mostel or Jonathan Winters would have done wonderful Trumps. Trump really missed his time. Sad.

  71. 71.

    efgoldman

    @amk:

    Trump is livid people are calling #MaraLago #WinterWhiteHouse at (561) 832-2600 to protest his policies and conduct.

    Oh, poor woodgie-boo….

  73. 73.

    ArchPundit

    What’s great is Spicer is totally suffering from Stochholm Syndrome. Anyone not would be looking for a way out of the fucking asylum, but he’s so stuck in it, he thinks being fired by Trump would be a bad thing. In reality, it’s the only hope Spicer has any chance of having any dignity later in life..

  74. 74.

    PhoenixRising

    @efgoldman:

    Was he the coward who was just chased out of his own town hall by opponents?

    No, he was chased to his car by a very floofy golden retriever who wanted to lick everyone. He was surrounded by his constituents, who came to tell him they like being able to go to the doctor. The video was…revealing.

  77. 77.

    jl

    @efgoldman: From what I read, that only mob that actually chased McClintock was what an eye witness termed an ‘older lady’ and her poodle.

    Politicking is dangerous. Maybe the Roseville Rampage will make the list of suppressed terrorist attacks.

  78. 78.

    ArchPundit

    @efgoldman:

    This is essential. Call all of his properties and make reservations and then cancel them in time not to be charged. They make staffing decisions a week out and you can cancel reservations within a few days so they’ll be staffed up for nothing and have fewer rooms to sell. We know he is overleveraged so destroy his business and make him open his books in bankruptcy. Also, it will drive him even crazier. He thinks being President is going to make him money and probably help get him out of heavy debt. Our job is to make sure that doesn’t happen.

  81. 81.

    efgoldman

    @Mnemosyne:

    he was chased out of a townhall by his own constituents.

    That’s what I meant – can’t you tell?
    Although I got the clear impression that they were both – constituents and opponents.

  83. 83.

    PhoenixRising

    I am actually a bit concerned by this. This White House is full of whiny, spoiled children with thin skins who don’t understand what a lie is. And that doesn’t reflect well on Trump’s judgment. But having actual power in the hands of someone who’s as ignorant, easily led and deeply prejudiced as Donald is…the vulnerabilities are staggering to contemplate.

  84. 84.

    efgoldman

    @ArchPundit:

    They make staffing decisions a week out

    That’s the only problem – aren’t they likely to be minimum wage, and as often as not, immigrants?
    Sometimes collateral damage matters.

  86. 86.

    jl

    @PhoenixRising: ” I am actually a bit concerned by this. ”

    Just ‘a bit’? I am very worried. Those nitwits could start a war and get a lot people blown up, including us.

  88. 88.

    Aleta

    In three weeks, Tr has birthed over a million new trolls.
    Come to think of it, a good sketch of Tr giving birth, to anything, would bother him no end.

  89. 89.

    amk

    how many kicks to their collective teeth will it take for the new yawk times for them to stop kissing this ass’s ugly ass and his ‘family’s’?

  95. 95.

    ArchPundit

    @efgoldman: Some, but if they have scheduled folks to work, they either have to pay them or start to lose them to other resorts that don’t cut their hours. Any boycott hits the workers too. In this case, it’s worth it to me.

  96. 96.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Aleta:

    Come to think of it, a good sketch of Tr giving birth, to anything, would bother him no end.

    Even the concept of that bothers the fuck out of me.

  98. 98.

    PhoenixRising

    @jl: the dog was buff-colored and had fur, not curly hair. Not a violent thug, a paid protestor sent by Soros. See also: Chemtrails. Jet fuel can’t melt steel.

  99. 99.

    Anne Laurie

    @jl:

    And, they are gone now, but I think Zero Mostel or Jonathan Winters would have done wonderful Trumps. Trump really missed his time. Sad.

    Trump’s entire campaign was a resentful old white dude’s 1980s reimagination of the 1950s. The farce to Reagan’s tragedy!

  100. 100.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    The HillVerified account
    ‏@ thehill
    Spicer says the NYT “made up stories” about Trump: “I don’t think the president owns a bathrobe”

    I wonder if Spicer’s just not good at his job, or if he was told to say that Trump owns no bathrobe

  104. 104.

    ArchPundit

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    They released the list of terrorist attacks that didn’t get any attention. They included the nightclub attack in Orlando and the Paris attack. Yep, no coverage on either of those like the network anchors going to report on location.

  108. 108.

    laura

    @PhoenixRising: The video was truly a thing of beauty as Tom McClintock was called to task by both Dems and Reps -but mostly Dems and was not up to the task.
    He’s odious and insolent unless your a donor.
    Like Brave Sir Robin, he ran, he ran so far away. The video shows a beady-eyed rodent scuttling behind a police officer making for the exits. Poor rodent faced a larger crowd who couldn’t get inside.
    McClintock’s whole reason for being is to privatize everything. Everything. Can’t eliminate the Commons fast enough, yet does not care to be called out and to account on it.

  118. 118.

    efgoldman

    @Mnemosyne:

    Trump is wandering the White House in the nude, then?

    Because Spicer and Bannonazi apparently sleep in their suits and ties, maybe he thinks that Mango Malignancy does, too.

  119. 119.

    Chet Murthy

    @ArchPundit: Whoa, while I -completely- approve of the sentiment, lemme just note (what others have said elsewhere): do you REALLY want to give your credit-card #s to a company run by a KNOWN GRIFTER? Only bad things can come of this. I mean …. sure, maybe you watch your CC bills for a few months, and then he stuffs in a charge later?

    I’m sorry, I -so- wanna do this, but if I were to do so, I’d make SURE to use a single-use credit-card #.

  120. 120.

    hilts

    Trump doesn’t like his people to look weak

    how much would this stick in his craw?

    Maybe, if SNL and others can maintain this intense level of mockery, it will push Trump into nervous breakdown territory and ratfuckers Ryan and McConnell will have to force the Orange Menace to step down.

  123. 123.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    “Trump doesn’t like his people to look weak,”

    Weak = effeminite

    The guy is in another age.

  125. 125.

    efgoldman

    @PhoenixRising:

    I’m scared the First Peach is about to glass Mogadishu because his feelings are hurt.

    He’d have to find it on a map, and know where and what it is, first.

  127. 127.

    Cacti

    Spicer’s only real responsibility is to make shit up on the fly.

    He seems sufficiently unethical that it shouldn’t bother his mental health.

  130. 130.

    seaboogie

    @Anne Laurie: Second tweet I’ve seen (including digby’s) for Margo Martindale as Bannon. She’s an amazing actress – I’ll watch whatever she is in. Rosie would get under Trump’s skin in so many ways, but Margo could probably stick the shiv in better, if it’s well written.

  134. 134.

    Applejinx

    Jesus Christ, I’ve lived to see it.

    Snark and mockery became legitimate tools of the revolution. I was so sure it was just useless blogwankery.

    Arise, flying monkeys! Arise and do battle, the most powerful man in the world might have to face… sarcasm!

    (dinsdaaaaale!)

  135. 135.

    Spaniel

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    This discussion bothers me. Here is a bully who likes to bad mouth folks, to the public no less, and then think the person getting pummeled likes it. Trump’s Might is Right seems to put a blind spot in his thinking.

  136. 136.

    LAC

    @Applejinx: and what is your tried and true method? Trot out the old time tested ” here’s my oh so liberal resume and now let me tell you how you will fail unless you allow the brogressives to show you the way: angry blogging at Starbucks!!”

    Thanks….

  137. 137.

    J R in WV

    @amk:

    Phone operator: “Hello, Trump Mar-a-Lago, how may I help you?”

    Caller: “Yes, is Mr Donald John Trump still there today?”

    Po: “I’m so sorry, I can neither confirm nor deny anything like that…”

    C: “Oh, no offense taken, I understand perfectly. Could you please take a message for him in either case?”

    Po: “Of course, this IS the Trump Mar-a-Lago, after all”

    Caller: “Well, Iam calling on behalf of the Russian Imperial Security Service, and we want to thank Mr Trump for the wonderful job he is doing for the Russian Empire. On behalf of Tsar-er, Prime, uh, er, President Vladimir Vladimirovitch Putin, tell Premier Trump – uh, President Trump that “You are doing a fine job so far! Keep up the good work and you will go down in Russian History as a Hero of the Russian Soviet Union!”

    Phone operator: “Well, I’ll be sure to get the message to him as soon as we can! Thanks for calling the Trump Mar-a-Lago Resort! Can I book you a suite for a stay at our wonderful club?”

    Caller: “No thanks, the air fare from here would break my budget!”

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