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Sunday Morning News

Political Comic Kate Clinton Shares Her Take on Election 2000

Aired November 12, 2000 - 9:54 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: All right, a third anchor has joined us. No, she's not really an anchor. She is -- you could probably do a few news stories, though, I guess.

KATE CLINTON, POLITICAL COMEDIAN: Oh, sure, yes.

O'BRIEN: Yes, Kate Clinton is an observer of things political.

CLINTON: Yes.

O'BRIEN: And she views things from a comedic point of view.

CLINTON: Yes.

DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: As I understand...

O'BRIEN: Nice to have you back on the program.

KAGAN: As I understand it, you're looking at this like this is all a kindergarten class. You think the public should take a nap, and the candidates need to go and time out.

CLINTON: I think people should take it -- just ramp it down, America, a little bit. You know, I think we're -- we could take Sunday off, you know.

KAGAN: But we can't.

CLINTON: I know.

KAGAN: We're here.

O'BRIEN: And here we are.

CLINTON: Yes, I mean, I think we should take that 15-hour Olympic rule, you know, and just, like, have the elections, and then 15 hours, it would be, like, noon the next day, you could tell people what happened. I think the pressure on you guys is incredible.

O'BRIEN: So move everything to Australia, and we'll have a little time lag...

CLINTON: Yes, (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

O'BRIEN: ... and there you go.

CLINTON: Yes, but, I mean, I think it's a -- really quite an exciting time too. I mean, it's -- we could say it's a crisis or it's really an opportunity for people to really realize that their vote counts, and I think that's why, you know, the -- all this recounting and counting is very important, because people have to know that their vote does count.

O'BRIEN: Yes. Well, it's also an opportunity, I think, you could look at it as a potential crisis. I see it as a validation of the whole system thus far. It seems to be working despite the political pressures. The system goes on.

CLINTON: I think it's really exciting, you know, and I think that for a man who says, Trust the people, trust the people. You know, and I hope that Gore -- a lot of times Democrats don't know how to take their own side in a fight, so I think that he -- I hope that he just hangs in there and lets the process work itself out.

KAGAN: And how do you think a time-out would help both of these men and America?

CLINTON: I like the football thing. I thought that was good. Today is a day of football. We could just take our minds off, because a lot of times when you take your mind off something and then bring it back, you have a clear...

KAGAN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE), OK.

CLINTON: Yes, yes.

O'BRIEN: But as far as someone who is involved in the comedy business, is this funny yet, or is it too serious?

CLINTON: Well, it's both. I mean, I think humorists can handle the weight of serious. So, you know, it's -- there are funny elements. It was the changing of the color of Florida on a nightly basis. Don't ever have a dinner party on election night. I'm just going to tell you that right now.

KAGAN: Conversation.

CLINTON: Oh, it was terrible. I could have served Kibbles and Bits, you know, (UNINTELLIGIBLE) just like...

KAGAN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

CLINTON: ... hoovering. It was as friend's birthday, so we had a party, and there we were, all just hoovering down.

KAGAN: And sitting in front of the television watching everything change.

CLINTON: (UNINTELLIGIBLE), Florida's blue, no, Florida's red.

O'BRIEN: Is it blue? It's red, it's yellow, I don't know... KAGAN: Hanging in there, kind of a pink, and...

O'BRIEN: I thought it was interesting that all the networks had the same color scheme.

CLINTON: I do too, I do too. And...

O'BRIEN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE), get together on that? I don't -- I was not privy to these meetings.

KAGAN: No memo.

O'BRIEN: Yes, I missed the (UNINTELLIGIBLE). But it's remarkable, it's a little piece of history. And I guess it takes time, though, before it truly becomes grist for -- well, we'll see, we'll see Leno this week and see what he's saying.

CLINTON: Yes, and I -- you know, I think that there have been wonderful, wonderful moments, the more people got tired on the news that night. It was -- people were babbling. Dan Rather said some unbelievably wonderful things, you know, "Nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of wreckers." Let him have a nap.

KAGAN: Well, at this point we can all use a nap.

CLINTON: Yes.

KAGAN: Thank you very much.

O'BRIEN: We could use a book of Dan Ratherisms. All right. Thank you, Kate Clinton, always a pleasure.

KAGAN: Thank you for stopping by.

CLINTON: Pleasure.

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