Nobyembre 12, 2012

What TV show does Hillary Clinton love?

"Love It or List It"...
... in which a couple who are unhappy with their current residence gets to look at new houses while a decorator rehabs their old place. The plot arc is always the same, and in a way, it’s sort of Clintonesque. The redecorators find termites or a leaky furnace; the house search goes awry. Everybody’s upset! But after a lot of hard work and the final commercial, there’s a happy ending.

31 komento:

Bob Ellison ayon kay ...

Old leftist lady writing about another old leftist lady.

Known Unknown ayon kay ...

My wife loves the show. It's okay. I'm more of a DIY fan where you get to see contractors and such build and solve problems more than the real estate shows.

I've learned to hate House Hunters.

Talk about First World Problems! (even when the couples are relocating to the second or third worlds)

Automatic_Wing ayon kay ...

Yes, very Clintonesque. Just substitute "semen-stained dress" and "perjury" for "termites" and "leaky furnace" and you're there.

ricpic ayon kay ...

Have the Clintons ever, ya know, owned as in paid for the homes they've occupied??

SteveR ayon kay ...

I think all this SOS traveling is overrated. I know we aren't suppose to care about the costs involved, but regardless.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Hillary is going to be 69 in 2016.

They should look for a Fla condo.

Peachy ayon kay ...

Now that we are firmly down the road to socialism - lets all sit back and see where it takes us. It will suck.
But then, at least we have tv.

edutcher ayon kay ...

The Hildabeast also urges us all to tip the restroom attendant.

Noblesse oblige, y'all.

ricpic said...

Have the Clintons ever, ya know, owned as in paid for the homes they've occupied??

To ask the question is to answer it.

Known Unknown ayon kay ...

Favorite HGTV show

edutcher ayon kay ...

Lem said...

Hillary is going to be 69 in 2016.

They should look for a Fla condo.


Willie: "Oooohhh, 69".

Scott ayon kay ...

I'm watching "Love It or List It" right now.

HGTV shows are like old sitcoms, except that they're less challenging. Middle-class people are guided by experts through a mild dilemma, and resolve it in 30 minutes. No stress. Park your mind with the motor idling.

Scott ayon kay ...

Damn, I hate rack focus.

Scott ayon kay ...

Gee, I see a lot of Toronto on HGTV.

Scott ayon kay ...

I need a foot massage. But my partner is in the studio. Damn.

Scott ayon kay ...

We are in the era of Open Concept. If you can't see the flat panel TV in the living room while you're standing by the stove, it's evil.

Scott ayon kay ...

Canadians talk funny.

Scott ayon kay ...

The female lead on "Love It or List It" is named Hilary Farr. Maybe that's why Hillary Clinton digs it.

(Who does the Secretary of State kiss before she goes to bed at night?)

Unknown ayon kay ...

I watched it tonight. So-so.
Nothing to get excited about. Hillary should spend time watching the repo shows. Now there that's what's really happening in America.
Completely realistic.

Chris Althouse Cohen ayon kay ...

Scott said...
The female lead on "Love It or List It" is named Hilary Farr. Maybe that's why Hillary Clinton digs it.


That's a good point. Maybe she watches the show and imagines being Hilary Farr and applying her problem solving skills to something simple and domestic. Maybe that could be "calming."

Scott ayon kay ...

Well Chris, don't you dig other guys named Chris?

It's sort of like driving a particular make and model of a car, say a Subaru Legacy. You can't help noticing other Subaru Legacy cars on the road.

Or something.

But I don't want Hillary Clinton remodeling my kitchen and bathroom.

Or Barack Obama selling me a new house.

somefeller ayon kay ...

Hillary Clinton probably won't run for President in 2016.

But it doesn't matter. In so many ways, we all live in the world created by the Clintons and are their spiritual children. And isn't that lovely?

Chris Althouse Cohen ayon kay ...

If she does run, I think she'll win. Not sure she'll run, but she might.

mccullough ayon kay ...

The Dem nominee in 2016 is going to face headwinds stiffer than McCain faced in 2008. Four more years of $1 trillion annual deficits, 15 percent U-6 unemployment and anemic economic growth will be tough to defend or differentiate yourself on. Toss in the bankruptcy of California and Illinois and it being a Dem could be toxic.

ampersand ayon kay ...

I wudda thunk her fave would have been "Leave it to Beaver"

ALH ayon kay ...

"But after a lot of hard work and the final commercial, there’s a happy ending."

Uh, huh, huh,huh. She said "happy ending".
(in my best Beavis & Butthead voice)

FleetUSA ayon kay ...

If you think about it all the shows on HGTV are a combination of voyeur enjoyment (looking at other peoples homes), DIY, and pre-packaged set-up. By the later I mean, the ooh's and aah's and other comments are all scripted.

Ditto Storage Wars. They can't possibly be filming the real bidding and I wouldn't be surprised if some lockers are "salted" with a goody or two.

Astro ayon kay ...

'Happy ending'...
Yet you never see a cigar on that show.

Astro ayon kay ...

'Happy ending'...
Yet you never see a cigar on that show.

Steve Koch ayon kay ...

The premise of "Love It or List it" does not make sense. If you are going to sell your house, then the mods you do are not specific to your personal tastes but are designed to make your house as easy to sell as possible and generate the best ROI. But that is not what they do on this show, instead they upgrade the house per the very specific, even idiosyncratic requirements of the sellers to try persuade the sellers not to sell. The cost effectiveness of the upgrades wrt the selling process are not considered. That is insane. Obviously in the real world you would get an estimate and very clear specification of the upgrade work before you actually consent to proceed with the upgrade. If you decide to move, you would get an entirely different proposal that was optimized to sell the house and had muuuch less to do with the specific tastes of the seller.

Another problem with the show is that Hillary is an autocratic dumb ass who does not have a clue about how to update a house in a cost effective way. Her favorite expression is "trust me". She inevitably blunders in her design and ends up giving the home owners much less than promised. She is the queen of expensive, unexpected, unnecessary problems.

Steve Koch ayon kay ...
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Pragmatist ayon kay ...

Love Hillary and love the show. It will be interesting what she does with the White House after her and First Dude Bill move in in 2016.

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