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You really do have to marvel at the career of Victoria Jackson. After several years on Saturday Night Live playing the dumb blonde -- talk about typecasting -- she then went on to make a movie with Andrew Dice Clay. For anyone else, that would have been the low point, the bottom of the barrel.
But not for Victoria. She managed to go even lower, now all the way down to spending her time appearing on Trinity Broadcasting Network show about Christian "celebrities" (and yes, the quotation marks are appropriate) and writing barely literate political rants (or delivering them in person on Fox News) calling Obama the antichrist.
Her latest missive is a posting on Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood website (seriously, Breitbart? Are your standards that low?). And it is quite a sight to behold. It's a love letter to Glenn Beck. Seriously.
But I must especially thank you Glenn Beck for your blackboard. I love your blackboard! And your thorough research. Your facts. Your diagrams. Your teaching. Finally, someone is clearly explaining to us, the taxpayers, exactly what is happening inside that mysterious, gigantic, corrupt political system we have. We, the working middle class, have always been afraid of the machine, and I think the politicians/criminals wanted it that way. With their pompous, pious faces and sneaky hands, they have been stealing and lying. We were too busy raising children, working and going to church to have time to research them. Now, finally, one man has done it. Cracked the Code. Exposed the Fraud. Shone the Light on the Basement Rats! Now, the rats are all scurrying around, all nervous. They are calling The Man With The Flashlight names. Mean names. Squeak! Squeak!Glenn Beck, thank you for answering my questions. One day I was wondering who those "czars" were who had slipped into the White House, under the radar...I flipped your show on, and you told me! It's like you read my mind! One day I was wondering what real doctors think of ObamaCare, not the fake doctors Obama rigged for his photo shoot, but real ones. I popped on your show, and there you all were...debating, having a real discussion, like grown ups. Obama's speeches are all fake and they say nothing. Cotton candy for stupid people. But, you Glenn Beck, you are a thinker. Like me. You are unbiased. Like me. You are simply seeking Truth, just like me....
To you heroes, we thank you. We really, really, really love you. You're cool. You're brave. You're smart. And, you tell the truth!
Wait. It actually gets worse:
I took my beautiful fake nails out to my car and drove to the car wash. Hard working, friendly Mexicans made it shiny. I don't know if they were legal or illegal. I love everyone, but I think rules should be followed. Why can't they be legal? Is it difficult? You'll probably explain Amnesty to me tomorrow on TV, because you always know what I'm thinking.
Wow. That's the only word that comes to mind. Wow.
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(Homer Simpson) "hmmmmm... Hard working, friendly Mexicans making it shiny." (/Homer Simpson)
W... T... F?
How does this woman keep from sticking her head in the oven and... oh, wait... that explains it.
Posted by: Skip | October 27, 2009 9:42 AM
Normally I would conclude that someone who said this has no TV and has been living inside a cave for several years, but if she's watching Beck, then she must have a TV. The only other options are willful ignorance or dishonesty.
Posted by: catgirl | October 27, 2009 9:43 AM
This is the point at which the "Poe Hypothesis" is simply inadequate.
This bit:
"After leaving SNL, Victoria appeared on a string of TV series, including ‘The X Files,’ as well as several Christian themed shows like ‘The 700 Club.’ She is also a political activist and was an ardent opponent of President Obama in the 2008 general elections. “Voters in our last election did not base their decision on facts or knowledge,” she wrote on her blog in 2008, “but on hype, emotion, peer pres:sure, and racial fervor. It didn’t help that the liberally biased media blocked Americans access to the truth.” Victoria often appears on ‘The O’Reilly Factor’ and ‘Fox News.’" (Link: http://www.fancast.com/blogs/where-are-they-now/snls-victoria-jackson-where-is-she-now/)
pretty much encapsulates the up-is-down, right-is-left, black-is-white nonsense of the KKKristian reich.
And all of this time I thought she was ACTING like a moron.
Posted by: democommie | October 27, 2009 9:52 AM
Maybe she's angling to be Beck's second wife, if he decides to go the polygamist route. A match made in heaven: dumb and dumberer.
Posted by: wheatdogg | October 27, 2009 9:55 AM
You can't handle the truthiness!!
Posted by: Dan Linehan | October 27, 2009 9:55 AM
I only started hearing Andrew Breitbart's name pop up recently. I realized there was a news aggregator named Breitbart.com given that Matt Drudge frequently links to it but knew only that Mr. Breitbart was a conservative.
Here's his Wikipedia entry. Another conservative with no known credentials except his ability to spoon-feed conservative masses only what they want to consider. I now understand why Mr. Drudge gives him so much play.
Posted by: Michael Heath | October 27, 2009 10:03 AM
Wow, I think the Republican Party just found its next VP candidate.
Posted by: Julie Stahlhut | October 27, 2009 10:04 AM
Maybe she and Breitbart can celbrate potato day together.
Posted by: Naughtius Maximus | October 27, 2009 10:26 AM
Victoria Jackson is part of the "working middle class"?
Posted by: chris | October 27, 2009 10:31 AM
It's like you read my mind!
Ah - speed reading.
She really is so fucking stupid that it's almost beyond comprehension. Have any of you seen her website?
http://www.victoriajackson.com/
If the people at Webster's were looking for an illustration to place next to the definition of "clueless", she'd be among the top contenders.
Posted by: Jeff Eyges | October 27, 2009 10:56 AM
Not onlly better looking than Sarah Palin, but even dumber! The perfect right-wing broad. Plus, she did a movie with Andrew Dice Clay -- don't see why Ed isn't counting that as a mark in her favor.
Posted by: kehrsam | October 27, 2009 10:58 AM
Maybe she is just gathering material for a book. She will call it Gullible, How a Liberal Comedienne Duped The Far Right.
Posted by: Steve | October 27, 2009 11:02 AM
Really, Ed, you didn't need to quote anything beyond that. It already was maximally stupid at that point. Infinity plus infinity is still infinity, after all...
Posted by: James Sweet | October 27, 2009 11:08 AM
Obama's speeches are all fake and they say nothing.
The fact that this is perfectly true makes me want to vomit, as I've now been forced to agree with Victoria Jackson. Truly these are the end times. But this...
Why can't they be legal? Is it difficult?
Just... holy shit.
Posted by: Nobody Important | October 27, 2009 11:35 AM
Victoria also had a bit part in the thoroughly awesome Weird Al Yankovic movie, "UHF". Sadly, she has now become even more annoying than Fran Drescher, who was originally the most horrible actor in that movie.
Posted by: sinned34 | October 27, 2009 11:38 AM
Why do wingnuts randomly capitalize shit mid-sentence?
Posted by: Solly Hofman | October 27, 2009 11:45 AM
Dammit, Jeff, you should've warned us how freakin' LOUD that music on her website is when linking to it. You'll get us all canned.
Posted by: Solly Hofman | October 27, 2009 11:47 AM
You couldn't find a seemingly dumber person to present an idea. It's as if she were hand picked to trash a position and making anyone who agrees with her or her idea look stupid right along with her. Astoundingly vapid.
Her one claim to fame seems to be that she could do hand-stands on fire-hydrants and other similar objects. I think she hit her head a few too many times on the dismount.
Posted by: MikeMa | October 27, 2009 11:51 AM
Maybe they are Big Fans of Winnie The Pooh. A. A. Milne was a Very Good Writer Indeed.
Posted by: pough | October 27, 2009 11:52 AM
At least now we know that she wasn't just playing a dumb blond on SNL.
Posted by: Tilting At Windows | October 27, 2009 11:56 AM
After reading these missives and taking into consideration some of her past behavior, I truly wonder if a schizophrenia diagnosis would not be off the mark.
Posted by: Sadie Morrison | October 27, 2009 12:05 PM
"But, you Glenn Beck, you are a thinker. Like me. You are unbiased. Like me. You are simply seeking Truth, just like me...."
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Posted by: MomTFH | October 27, 2009 12:38 PM
OT -- I am now considering myself extremely fortunate that I was previously unaware of Ms. Jackson -- I watch TV but not SNL -- and hope to return to that ignorance.
But the real insanity of the day comes from the KANSAY CITY STAR. Apparently a group of anti-abortion extremists are trying to run an auction on eBay to raise money for Scott Roeder. My 'quote of the day' is from Dave Leach, who is gathering items -- there is a good chance eBay will nopt permit this, btw.:
but there are other goodies in the auction. Again from Leach:
Now that I've turned your stomach literally and metaphorically...
(h/t Stephen at COGITAMUS)
Posted by: Prup (aka Jim Benton) | October 27, 2009 12:55 PM
Dr. Gene Scott + Evil + Politics = Glenn Beck
Posted by: Jon H | October 27, 2009 12:57 PM
Man, you moonbats are everywhere. Don't you get tired of picking on a single minority, Christians? Get. A. Life. Folks.
Posted by: Chappy | October 27, 2009 12:57 PM
Ok, Chappy, let's do this slowly. Studies show the percentage of US citizens who identify themselves as Christian is around 76%. Now 76 is bigger than 50 - you still with me? In order for a group to be considered a minority, they have to make up less than 50% of the population. Anything getting through? I didn't think so.
Posted by: Taz | October 27, 2009 1:12 PM
Chappy: At worst that's a tu quoque.
Posted by: Modusoperandi | October 27, 2009 1:12 PM
Chappy:
For you, becoming a dumb fuck, would be an upgrade.
Posted by: democommie | October 27, 2009 1:20 PM
Democommie:
There is, at least, one too many commas, there.
Posted by: Modusoperandi | October 27, 2009 1:23 PM
Christians are a minority?! How did I miss that poll? Woo hoo! It's been a long time coming, but at last the happy day is here...
Wait a sec, I just checked and they're still at around 78% of the population and 90% of elected officials here in the US. Well, crap. Chappy got my hopes up for a minute there.
Posted by: TSFN | October 27, 2009 1:24 PM
Whoa, when did Christians become a minority in America? Also, since when do Beck and Jackson represent all American Christians? It seems to me that you are the one picking on Christians if you think they're all as dumb and dishonest as these two.
Posted by: catgirl | October 27, 2009 1:25 PM
Dammit, Jeff, you should've warned us how freakin' LOUD that music on her website is when linking to it. You'll get us all canned.
Oh, sorry! I didn't have the RealPlayer plug-in installed in Firefox, so I didn't know.
Posted by: Jeff Eyges | October 27, 2009 1:26 PM
But she made a movie with Weird Al Yankovic, so it makes up for it.
Posted by: Steve Reuland | October 27, 2009 1:29 PM
So....... SNL gave the left a man is able to draw a map of the US from memory and hold a rational discussion with insane teabagger nut jobs on healthcare while defusing "teh carzy" they are spouting and prepping a bill that would stop the government from paying companies that do fun things like cover up for rapists. SNL also gave the right someone so monumentally stupid they make Bush-the-younger and Caribou Barbie seem like someone you could have an intelligent chat with. Have i got that right?
Were they in the show at the same time? I am sorry but i not well versed in the show... If they were i imagine the backstage discussion was amazing.
Posted by: shane | October 27, 2009 1:34 PM
@catgirl @31...
You don't understand, Beck Jackson and Chappy are the only real christians in America. It is a true scottsman thing.
Posted by: shane | October 27, 2009 1:37 PM
Chappy@25: If Victoria Jackson is a true representative of Christianity, I am converting to anything else. Immediately, if not sooner.
Posted by: Shay | October 27, 2009 2:22 PM
They can have Victoria Jackson.
We get Julia Sweeney. We win.
Posted by: Siamang | October 27, 2009 2:36 PM
Solly@16,
It's a holdover from the original German.
(Apologies in advance to any and all German readers. I just couldn't help making the dumb joke. And to everyone else for vaguely Godwinning the thread.)
Posted by: Paul W. | October 27, 2009 2:52 PM
Posted by: llewelly | October 27, 2009 3:00 PM
Glenn Beck provides political commentary for people who don't know what good commentary sounds like.
He's the Dane Cook of political commentary.
Posted by: Eric | October 27, 2009 3:20 PM
Oh, sorry! I didn't have the RealPlayer plug-in installed in Firefox, so I didn't know.
In that case, I'm sorry I pointed it out, as the music is horribly annoying. And I happened to click on it at a time when my headphones were on the fritz--had to make a special trip to replace them mid-day, just to be able to purge Victoria's music from my head with any random selection of iTunes...
Posted by: Solly Hofman | October 27, 2009 3:28 PM
It's a holdover from the original German.
(Apologies in advance to any and all German readers. I just couldn't help making the dumb joke. And to everyone else for vaguely Godwinning the thread.)
Nah--it's not Godwinning; besides, a variation on it was already out there. Think it was Molly Ivins who wrote after the '92 GOP convention: "Many did not care for Buchanan's speech; it probably sounded better in the original German."
Posted by: Solly Hofman | October 27, 2009 3:31 PM
Speaking of random capitalizations and punctuation, does "Kaye," Grogan still "write?"
Posted by: Solly Hofman | October 27, 2009 3:33 PM
#9 "Victoria Jackson is part of the "working middle class"?"
Yes. The problem is that she forgot the hyphen. It's "working-middle class", as in the class of people whose midsections are working, as evidenced by the volume of shit she can produce.
#11 "Not onlly better looking than Sarah Palin, but even dumber!"
I would disagree with the first part. It's appropriate that Jackson's on TBN; they need to keep a spare handy in case Jan Crouch turns to dust.
Posted by: jpf | October 27, 2009 3:37 PM
modusoperandi:
Sorry, my bad. I usually forget to put the close parentheses in where it belongs and the extra commas, semicolons and ampersands are just my way of trying to even things out.
Posted by: democommie | October 27, 2009 3:56 PM
There was once a segment on SNL's Weekend Update during her tenure where Jackson started her usually ditzy schtick and then suddenly sighed and pulled off a wig to reveal brunette hair. She then began speaking in a less nasally, lower-pitched voice and said something along the lines of not being able to pull off the dumb blonde act anymore. It was really an amazing and unexpected transformation and for years I wondered which Jackson was real.
Now I know. It was the dumb one.
Posted by: Savagemutt | October 27, 2009 4:11 PM
I just want to thank everyone in these comments for not making snide remarks about Jackson's looks. Other than one about her being prettier than Sarah Palin, which I took as an indictment of the GOP more than anything, she has been attacked for her idiotic views and general stupidity, and not called a bitch, slut, or any other sexist term. I can't imagine these kind of comments on a right-wing post about a lefty woman. Go lefties!
Posted by: Abby Spice | October 27, 2009 6:46 PM
Oops, left out something--other than the one about her being prettier than SP, etc etc, she has neither been called a bitch, slut, etc, OR had any remarks made about her looks, positive or negative. It's not okay to talk about how hot a chick is, either (in the context of criticizing her political views), and clearly we know that.
Posted by: Abby Spice | October 27, 2009 6:48 PM
...don't mention that she looks more and more like Winston Churchill every year...don't mention that she looks more and more like Winston Churchill every year...don't mention that she looks more and more like Winston Churchill every year...
Posted by: Modusoperandi | October 27, 2009 6:53 PM
Squeak, squeak indeed!
Posted by: twincats | October 27, 2009 7:07 PM
Tidbits from the Victoria Jackson thing:
1. Are we really so annoyed that an SNL vet turned out to be a right-wing dumbass? Why is that? Do we have some reason to expect that all funny people turn out to be smart liberals or really good actors in strange ways?
2. Am I revising my Victoria Jackson memories to make her seem not funny? She used to be funny, and she was pretty hot in a ditzy and not afraid of it kind of way.
3. Can we assemble an All-Nation team of former TV second-listers turned wingnuts-au-terrible? Sonny Bono (barkbrain), then his wife; the guy who played the guy on Love Boat, Vicky Jackson, Chuck Norris, etc.
4. She's getting a lot fat. That has little to do with her political perspectives; after all, she's not Lynn Nofziger. So I won't mention it, or Winston Churchill.
5. If she had never been on SNL she would just be another strident wingnut...
oh, I'm confused.
ice9
Posted by: ice9 | October 27, 2009 8:17 PM
If she hadn't been on SNL she wouldn't be visible.
Posted by: democommie | October 27, 2009 9:33 PM
As far as her being prettier than Sarah Palin, she's really in the same category of "how can I even notice your body when your brain's clearly silicone?"
Posted by: Azkyroth | October 27, 2009 9:34 PM
shane@34,
According to Wikipedia, Victoria Jackson was on SNL from 86-92. Al Franken had two stints on SNL, 1975-80, and 85-95. So, Al might have written some of Victoria Jackson's material. Ya never know.
Posted by: JeffConn | October 27, 2009 11:41 PM
Since Obama started force-feeding their aborted babies to schoolchildren for hot lunch programs, remember?
Posted by: Leni | October 28, 2009 3:02 AM
@shane:
'teabagger nut jobs'
Nice choice of words! :)
Posted by: stoat100 | October 28, 2009 11:04 AM
Spoof. Even disregarding all context, it's not even trying to be subtle. Add in the consideration that this is a woman who made her living for a number of years pretending to be a very earnest dimwit... c'mon. Seriously, how do you read that last quote without having a giant "sarcasm" klaxon going off in your head?
Posted by: Raka | October 28, 2009 5:57 PM
Raka:
Kurt Vonnegut wrote a convincing story about such a thing happening, "Mother Night". I remain unconvinced that Victoria Jackson is up to anything of that sort.
Posted by: democommie | October 28, 2009 9:52 PM
It must be sarcasm. Or are we being "Poe'd"? I have no idea who VJ is, but it must be sarcasm. Please let it be sarcasm, or satire, or anything but a serious response.
Posted by: Daniel J. Andrews | November 8, 2009 11:21 PM