The Equal Time Rule is still in effect…but it contains holes big enough to drive a Presidential motorcade through:
Equal-time rule - Wikipedia.
I doubt it. I don’t think Donald and Lorne are friends any more.
Who said anything about friends? Having an infamous figure like Trump on your show would presumably drive up ratings, though I wonder how many cast member would refuse to show.
This isn’t about ratings, it’s about ego - if Lorne Michaels doesn’t like someone, that person won’t be on his show. Period. SNL is his fiefdom and he is its absolute ruler, and if the network has a problem they can take a long walk off the top of 30 Rock. At this point, it’s not like he needs the extra money.
People who have a lot of money rarely know when to stop scrambling after it, but I take your point.
Plus, while he’d be hilarious, it wouldn’t be because he actually delivered any funny scripted lines. It would be because of the absolute train wreck Trump “trying to be funny” would become. Could you imagine Trump trying to stay on script in his current addled state? Could you imagine the cast trying to keep up with doing improv around whatever weird shit just come out of his mouth?
Didn’t Trump host SNL early in his 2016 campaign? I seem to remember complaining about the “equal time” thing back then, and was told it didn’t apply to SNL for some reason.
The more he rants about the “failing New York Times” and how SNL has gone down the tubes, Trump just betrays how much these and other New York institutions mean to him. He can camp out in Mar a Lago and play Floridian, but he has always measured himself by how he’s treated by New York society and media.
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Nikki Haley wants a Secret Service detail. Surprised it’s taken her this long to ask.
Maybe she wasn’t getting threats till she did well enough in the primaries and started going after you know who.
Leopards, faces, you know the drill.
That could work. She should be dressed in a _______ ________ suit. Base it on the “------Baby” balloon.
Then walk out and whine and moan about the 2020 election–maybe to the tune of I Did it My Way.
(It would certainly make headlines. But of course Haley will never stick it to the MAGA folks that blatantly. She still hopes to win their votes.)
In the Nevada primary, Haley finished a distant second to “none of the above.” It was a weird situation, as Trump wasn’t on the ballot and Nevada Republicans will actually award their delegates in a caucus on Thursday. But no politician wants to see that headline.
NIKKI HALEY: SECOND TO NONE!
Just to note: I understand the intent of the title update, but the use of the phrase “Not Trump please” made me laugh.
On Haley: the RNC who are running low on cash both nationally and locally would very much like Haley to drop out so they can focus on fundraising and spending toward the general election. I doubt she will heed this request unless coerced by carrot and/or stick, at least not before the SC primary.
You’d think the party of “What’s in it for meeee?” would understand the need for a bribe, here.
The RNC would want her to bribe them to let her stay in the race.
Nikki Haley: Nobody Can Beat Her !
I’m sure they understand bribery.
I’m guessing that the giganto-donors who are supporting Haley have made it clear to the RNC that they are all-in on defeating Trump.
Bribing Haley to drop out won’t make those donors suddenly believe that a Trump presidency is in their interest. On the contrary, they know that since he knows they’re working against him, he will delight in revenging himself on them if he gets the power. They can’t go back to him. Their dice are cast.
Haley isn’t the RNC’s problem—the donors are.