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Hillary Clinton's Saturday Night Live History May Be Dodgy, But Her Debate Claims are Not
I was surprised to see Hillary Clinton quoting a Saturday Night Live parody as evidence that the media adulation for her opponent had gotten out of hand.
That's because there's plenty of times in the past that SNL portrayals of Clinton have not been as flattering or advantageous to her current position. Leave aside the raft of Bill Clinton horndog skteches which have filled the show over the past ten years; Obama made one of his most notable media appearanced last year, during a sketch about a Hlloween party at the Clinton home.
One thing she did get right, according to our political fact-checking Web site Politifact: She has been asked the first question at many Democratic debates. We found she was asked the first question in five of the six Democratic debates this year; what remains an open question, is whether that's such a bad thing.
As our site says: "it’s funny that Clinton would complain about getting the first question all the time because it wasn’t too long ago that there were so many Democratic contenders, many were complaining about not getting enough questions. Besides, in a debate format, isn’t it a good thing to go first?"
Check out the 2007 SNL skit about Halloween at the Clinton home:
If they were right last week, does that mean they were right a year ago, too?
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