{"id":1326,"date":"2009-07-08T11:05:54","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T18:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2009-07-08T11:07:47","modified_gmt":"2009-07-08T18:07:47","slug":"snl-faceoff-victoria-jackson-vs-al-franken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1326","title":{"rendered":"SNL Faceoff: Victoria Jackson vs. Al Franken"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Breitbart’s Big Hollywood is providing us with an intimate look into what has become of a couple of former Saturday Night Live cast members and how their paths have diverged.<\/p>\n

First we have Al Franken who holds a degree from Harvard in political science. And while he ended up pursuing a career in comedy, he often featured political content in his work, hosted a radio show on Air America, and authored several books. In short, he was never too far from his academic focus or from the public debate over important issues that faced our nation.<\/p>\n

Then there is Victoria Jackson. Jackson is a graduate of Palm Beach Atlantic University, a faith-based institution, where she received a degree in theater. She achieved star status by reciting poetry while doing handstands and portraying an array of ditzy blonds.<\/p>\n

Franken went on to become a United States senator. Jackson went on to appearances on Pat Robertson’s 700 Club and a reality TV show for overweight celebrities (Celebrity Fit Club).<\/p>\n

Now we can see an example of Jackson’s unique insight<\/a> into public affairs and political discourse in an article written for Breitbart’s Big Hollywood. Amongst her revelations are accusations that “Obama legally kills babies and now he can legally kill Grandmas!”<\/em> She continues…<\/p>\n

“Hitler did this. He killed the weak, the sick, the old, and babies and races\/religions he didn’t like. Hitler also controlled the media. (Where’s the public debate between scientists on ‘Climate Change\/Global Warming?’) Hitler had the VW bug invented as the state car. What will O’s nationalized car be? So… kill off the weak. That’s the plan. Tax the workers to death. Erase the middle class. Sounds like the evil governments we studied in high school long ago. The evil governments were : kings, oligarchies, facist, socialist, and communist. Now it’s called the Obama Administration. Sounds like candy or a rock band.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jackson is just another in the lengthening list of Tea Baggers who compare Obama to Hitler. But she does so in a distinctly demented tone that disparages Volkswagons, puts climate change deniers on equal footing with peer-reviewed scientists, and seems to think that the Democrats’ proposals to rollback tax cuts for the rich is somehow going to harm workers and the middle class.<\/p>\n

To top it off, Jackson relates a tale wherein she harangues the proprietor of gift shop in Burbank with her paranoid delusions. She is surprised that the store’s owner and employees are less than anxious to jump on to her crazy train. After failing repeatedly to get a rise out these poor folks, she writes that she drove away thinking “Ignorance is Bliss.”<\/em><\/p>\n

She oughta know.<\/p>\n

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