Clinton Goes after Laugh Factory Comedians for Making Fun of Her

[UK2K]

Like I said, the mindset of 'rights are for all, but only if I agree with them'.

[QUOTE]
In what appears to be a first for a serious presidential contender, Hillary Clinton

[Akrazotile]

Greatest Laugh Factory performance since Kramer :lol

[dunksby]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n083eytJe5g
**** Hillary but that shit is just :facepalm

[Draz]

Wtf is happening in this country?

[Nanners]

"she looks like shes playing linebacker for tj maxx"

:oldlol:

[oh the horror]

Wtf is happening in this country?



I don't know but it's coming from both sides and it's getting out of control. Citizens need to pay attention

[Smook B]

:oldlol:

[Smook B]

https://i.gyazo.com/98a981905f5bf39acbc053e05f8be3d7.png

[poido123]

I really hope that b.tch doesn't get into presidency

[warriorfan]

bagging on a 70 year old woman because of her appearance is pretty low class

[KevinNYC]

Based on absolutely no evidence, I'm going to call bullshit on this.

[KevinNYC]

This is either promotion for the club or the guy was called by someone he knows well.

I don't think the came from the candidate or the top of the campaign. Hillary Clinton has been called much, much worse things. Why would they care about this clip?

[Nick Young]

This is either promotion for the club or the guy was called by someone he knows well.

I don't think the came from the candidate or the top of the campaign. Hillary Clinton has been called much, much worse things. Why would they care about this clip?
lol denial:roll:

[KevinNYC]

Slate wonders the same thing I did. (http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2015/11/hillary_clinton_laugh_factory_this_is_how_your_hil lary_smear_sausage_gets.html) Why would Hillary care about this or even know about this?

Judicial Watch claims the club owner wouldn't say who threatened him, but this is what he tells Slate when they try find out what happened.



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.

How does Masada know that John was actually from the Clinton camp? He doesn’t. “I’m glad I’m not in politics or any of that stuff; you might know more than I do,” he says. “Maybe it was a prank, I have no idea. Was it real? Not real? I have no idea. He didn’t call back, that’s all I can say.” Nor is Masada sure how Judicial Watch even heard about the call. “The way I understand it, it’s because one of the [Laugh Factory] employees told a couple of people,” he says.

[KevinNYC]

based on my extensive investigation, I'm going to say that Dom Irrera made the call.

[Patrick Chewing]

I don't know but it's coming from both sides and it's getting out of control. Citizens need to pay attention


Only the Left seems to be going after Freedom of Speech (case and point) and the right to bear arms.

What's going on in this country is that Liberals have sabotaged it from within.

[DeuceWallaces]

Are conservatives really this stupid and insecure? You troll right wing websites all day, waiting to find some anti-Obama/Hillary article, and it doesn't matter if there's absolutely no proof or corroboration attached to the article? You'll just accept it as truth and start linking it around the web.

Your lack of critical thinking never ceases to amaze.

[UK2K]

Are conservatives really this stupid and insecure? You troll right wing websites all day, waiting to find some anti-Obama/Hillary article, and it doesn't matter if there's absolutely no proof or corroboration attached to the article? You'll just accept it as truth and start linking it around the web.

Your lack of critical thinking never ceases to amaze.

Yes, so stupid and insecure.

Is it really so shocking to believe she tried to do this? Would it surprise you? It wouldn't surprise me.

And you think because Clinton's campaign didn't come out and say, 'yea we did that' then you think its not true. Basically, you are pretending to take the high road by attempting to demean one side when in reality, you have no more basis for your opinion than I do of mine, except I have the club owner's own words while you have... nothing.


“I have received complaints before but never a call like this, threatening to put me out of business if I don’t cut the video,” Masada told Judicial Watch.

The comedy owner also alleges the Clinton staffer demanded the names and phone numbers of all the comedians on the video.

According to Masada, who owns clubs in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Chicago, the Laugh Factory is a safe haven for free speech.

The owner said Saturday Night Live alum Dana Carvey took the stage of one of his clubs this Tuesday to lampoon Republican frontrunner Donald Trump.

“It was hilarious,” said Masada.

So you have your opinion that it didn't happen, with zero evidence to back it up, and I'll have my opinion that it did happen, with the club owner (he owns all of them) saying it did. If the topic of the thread is too upsetting for you to handle, don't click it.

[senelcoolidge]

I don't know how people can vote for Hilary. She's a crook. She's going after comedians..that's just a bad bad sign.

[KevinNYC]

Is it really so shocking to believe she tried to do this? Would it surprise you? It wouldn't surprise me.
That's kind of the whole point. You're giving credence to an implausible story because of your views of the subject.

That Clinton or her campaign would bother with this nonsense is a highly, highly implausible scenario for the following reasons.

A. She and they are currently very busy.
B. A big part of what they are busy with is her public image
C. This means it should be obvious to anyone working with her that making a bunch of empty threats is incredibly stupid and would backfire and be a massive, massive shot in her own foot.
D. She is a lawyer after all and would know that as a public figure there's absolutely nothing she could do about comedians joking about her.
E. Did you see the clip? Lesbian jokes? Are they rerunning a 20 year old Rush Limbaugh show? Pantsuit jokes? That's some fresh edgy stuff. Where's the last place I heard a pantsuit joke. (https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton)
F. Clinton is going sue/threaten/harass over these jokes? There must have been a helluva lawsuit that ex-FBI guy said decorated the White House Christmas tree with **** rings and crack pipes. Don't remember that lawsuit? How about the one against Jerry Falwell for distributing video claiming Vince Foster was murdered and the Clintons did it? Or this video that exposes how Clinton ran the State Department as a pornographic and criminal enterprise? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvxUuAl85ho&index=2&list=PLEsQEqKHzTspLOakAw_NJhKlb7e95dT7G) Or any of thousands of other anti-Hillary videos?

So I don't think your critical thinking skills were in perfect working order here.
you have no more basis for your opinion than I do of mine, except I have the club owner's own words while you have... nothing.

So you have your opinion that it didn't happen, with zero evidence to back it up, and I'll have my opinion that it did happen, with the club owner (he owns all of them) saying it did.
If you read the Slate article I posted to, the club owner doesn't actually know if he was called by the Clinton campaign. He says a guy named John called and he sounded like a lawyer. So he could be telling the truth and the Clinton campaign could be telling the truth when they say it wasn't them.

You know if something blows up in the news and people start getting death threats? And most of them are from like 4channers who have no intention of killing someone but just want to vent. I think this is the more genteel version of that. Some Clinton fan saw something he didn't like and threatened the guy. The reason I believe that is no political pro* would waste a second on this because it would just result in a Streisand Effect ****up of massive proportions and bring down a shitton of negative publicity.

*no sober political pro

[Nick Young]

That's kind of the whole point. You're giving credence to an implausible story because of your views of the subject.

That Clinton or her campaign would bother with this nonsense is a highly, highly implausible scenario for the following reasons.

A. She and they are currently very busy.
B. A big part of what they are busy with is her public image
C. This means it should be obvious to anyone working with her that making a bunch of empty threats is incredibly stupid and would backfire and be a massive, massive shot in her own foot.
D. She is a lawyer after all and would know that as a public figure there's absolutely nothing she could do about comedians joking about her.
E. Did you see the clip? Lesbian jokes? Are they rerunning a 20 year old Rush Limbaugh show? Pantsuit jokes? That's some fresh edgy stuff. Where's the last place I heard a pantsuit joke. (https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton)
F. Clinton is going sue/threaten/harass over these jokes? There must have been a helluva lawsuit that ex-FBI guy said decorated the White House Christmas tree with **** rings and crack pipes. Don't remember that lawsuit? How about the one against Jerry Falwell for distributing video claiming Vince Foster was murdered and the Clintons did it? Or this video that exposes how Clinton ran the State Department as a pornographic and criminal enterprise? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvxUuAl85ho&index=2&list=PLEsQEqKHzTspLOakAw_NJhKlb7e95dT7G) Or any of thousands of other anti-Hillary videos?

So I don't think your critical thinking skills were in perfect working order here.
If you read the Slate article I posted to, the club owner doesn't actually know if he was called by the Clinton campaign. He says a guy named John called and he sounded like a lawyer. So he could be telling the truth and the Clinton campaign could be telling the truth when they say it wasn't them.

You know if something blows up in the news and people start getting death threats? And most of them are from like 4channers who have no intention of killing someone but just want to vent. I think this is the more genteel version of that. Some Clinton fan saw something he didn't like and threatened the guy. The reason I believe that is no political pro* would waste a second on this because it would just result in a Streisand Effect ****up of massive proportions and bring down a shitton of negative publicity.

*no sober political pro
Your girl is a totalitarian. This story fits right in line with her voting for the Patriot Act, and the rest of her voting record.

[UK2K]

That's kind of the whole point. You're giving credence to an implausible story because of your views of the subject.

That Clinton or her campaign would bother with this nonsense is a highly, highly implausible scenario for the following reasons.

A. She and they are currently very busy.
B. A big part of what they are busy with is her public image
C. This means it should be obvious to anyone working with her that making a bunch of empty threats is incredibly stupid and would backfire and be a massive, massive shot in her own foot.
D. She is a lawyer after all and would know that as a public figure there's absolutely nothing she could do about comedians joking about her.
E. Did you see the clip? Lesbian jokes? Are they rerunning a 20 year old Rush Limbaugh show? Pantsuit jokes? That's some fresh edgy stuff. Where's the last place I heard a pantsuit joke. (https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton)
F. Clinton is going sue/threaten/harass over these jokes? There must have been a helluva lawsuit that ex-FBI guy said decorated the White House Christmas tree with **** rings and crack pipes. Don't remember that lawsuit? How about the one against Jerry Falwell for distributing video claiming Vince Foster was murdered and the Clintons did it? Or this video that exposes how Clinton ran the State Department as a pornographic and criminal enterprise? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvxUuAl85ho&index=2&list=PLEsQEqKHzTspLOakAw_NJhKlb7e95dT7G) Or any of thousands of other anti-Hillary videos?

So I don't think your critical thinking skills were in perfect working order here.
If you read the Slate article I posted to, the club owner doesn't actually know if he was called by the Clinton campaign. He says a guy named John called and he sounded like a lawyer. So he could be telling the truth and the Clinton campaign could be telling the truth when they say it wasn't them.

You know if something blows up in the news and people start getting death threats? And most of them are from like 4channers who have no intention of killing someone but just want to vent. I think this is the more genteel version of that. Some Clinton fan saw something he didn't like and threatened the guy. The reason I believe that is no political pro* would waste a second on this because it would just result in a Streisand Effect ****up of massive proportions and bring down a shitton of negative publicity.

*no sober political pro

And that's why it is plausible.

Don't believe it if you don't want to, nobody is forcing you. I just highly doubt the club owner made the story up out of thin air.

Maybe it wasn't the Hillary campaign? Maybe it was. Either way, don't pretend like it's out of the question something like this would have happened.

And btw, your Slate article didn't say shit other than what he already said. I read the article. Here's their opinion on the matter:


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.)*​​

AKA, we don't know if it was true or not, but we will write an article attempting to paint it as a made up event. That's what that paragraph says.

And why do you care what jokes are made? If you don't like it, don't laugh. I thought it was hilarious.

[KevinNYC]

And that's why it is plausible. Um, no. That's why it's implausible.
If you're the Clinton team, your candidate is up and cruising, all you need to do is keep the ship pointed in the right direction and you're going to be the nominee. You're in Don't **** Up mode. It would be really stupid to make a thin-skinned ****up.

The idea that a Laugh Factory clip is going to affect her public image is, well, laughable. You know what I meant about the Streisand Effect, right? If Clinton didn't want people to see that clip, her threatening the club owner would only make the clip blow up.
Don't believe it if you don't want to, nobody is forcing you. I just highly doubt the club owner made the story up out of thin air. I don't think the club owner is lying either. But the club owner admits he has no idea who called him. "John somebody...sounded like a lawyer." That's the point of the Slate story. They called tried to confirm the facts. That's a standard follow-up story in journalism and what they found is there's really no evidence beyond he said/her campaign said.

Put it another way, if a guy showed up at the club and screamed "Hillary Clinton says hello!" and threw a rock through his window. Does that mean the guy worked for the Clinton campaign? That's pretty much where we are at.


Maybe it wasn't the Hillary campaign? Maybe it was. Either way, don't pretend like it's out of the question something like this would have happened. And why do you care what jokes are made? If you don't like it, don't laugh. I thought it was hilarious.My point was the jokes were completely harmless. Jokes that were told so often that Hillary Clinton has a similar joke on her own damn twitter profile. There's zero chance they would affect her image one way or the other. Much, much worse has been said about her, so why the fuss? Like of the other thousand things said about her just in the past month, this is THE ONE. This is the one that must be stopped?

That's why it's out of the question. It's an extraordinary claim with out much evidence and it relies on a cartoonish idea of how a political campaign that has a 92% chance of winning the nomination (http://www.predictwise.com/politics/2016president) and a 59% chance of winning the White House behaves.

There's pretty much zero chance Clinton or her top people directed someone to go after the Laugh Factory.