Spotlit Pianos And The Golden Age Of Drama Queenery

Saturday Night Live’s Kate McKinnon, known for her impersonations of Granny Clinton for NBC’s comedy show gave a self-pitying performance of the late Leonard Cohen’s "Hallelujah" last weekend.

The song was a goodbye to many things—to the idea of Hillary as America's first female president, to Cohen who died the day before the election and to McKinnon's portrayal of Clinton. (According to the New York Daily News, Alec Baldwin who portrayed Donald Trump opposite McKinnon hinted he would not continue in that role past Election Day.  He, like all the other snowflakes, believed Granny would win.)

.@nickgillespie @GoRemy @reason I'm half-surprised SNL didn't put McKinnon as Hillary on a crucifix, moaning "forgive them Father"

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) November 16, 2016

.@EKDramatist @nickgillespie I found SNL's maudlin devotional funeral dirge for Hillary hilarious, just not for the reason they intended.

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) November 16, 2016

Let the schadenfreude flourish with this parody of an unintentional parody of “Hallelujah”.

Revenge Of The Deplorables

Liberals turned “economic anxiety” into a meme that belittled anyone who didn’t find their life wonderful.  Their popular culture laughed at them.  The "basket of deplorables" took note.

Trump didn’t just win in small towns, though he galvanized communities there. He surged in the aspirational exurbs where conservatives rule culturally. He also surged in Rust Belt communities that voted for Barack Obama twice. Places like Scranton, PA; Youngstown, OH; Janesville, WI; Orange County, FL; places that have trended Democratic for decades. Even union households voted in high numbers for Trump.

When our betters woke up after Election Night they were left wondering what the hell happened and questioned how it was that their influence wasn’t more convincing to the great unwashed.  Their relentless mockery is exactly what fueled the uprising.

Democrats smugly reassured themselves that a new majority of women, Latinos, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, gays and lesbians, immigrants, and Muslims would be an unstoppable coalition.  Seems they were wrong.  The forgotten man who had been left behind these last eight years became a prairie fire.

@BarbraStreisand pic.twitter.com/CVSdMJ1D3K

— NonSequitur (@mikesta12) November 9, 2016