Live from New York: Hillary to appear on "Saturday Night Live" (HILLARY SUPPORTERS GROUP)
Live from New York… It’s Hillary Clinton!
Hillary Rodham Clinton is scheduled to appear on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, the latest — and highest stakes — appearance of her current push to show her funny, personable side as the campaign heads into the critical first Democratic debate and she faces headwinds in Iowa and New Hampshire and a potential challenge from Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
In a top-secret appearance that her campaign would not confirm, Mrs. Clinton will meet her comedic counterpart, Kate McKinnon, who has portrayed the former first lady to effusive praise as the latest “SNL” member to don a blonde wig and attempt to bring to life the character of Mrs. Clinton....
In the proposed skit, Mrs. Clinton would likely poke fun at herself for attempting to be appear more authentic while carefully plotting her path to the presidency. Ms. McKinnon, an unabashed Clinton supporter, told The Times’s Maureen Dowd that Mrs. Clinton is “a staunch, passionate lady and in our culture, unfortunately, there’s something funny about that.”...
The appearance this Saturday, which one source cautioned could change if anything urgent came up on the campaign at the last minute, comes after Mrs. Clinton’s recent stints on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and “Lenny” a newsletter founded by the comedian and actress Lena Dunham....
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/10/01/hillary-clinton-saturday-night-live/ via NYTimes
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