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That line is a quote from the amazing Lily Tomlin’s one woman show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. One of the best shows I’ve ever been luck enough to experience in person,
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In the article posted by @CongenitalOptimist they point out that the commercials were ubiquitous. That certainly contributed to the mocking, as the fatigue over them was real.
SAVE also took heavy flack for the “development porn” of showing starving kids in miserable conditions in the early commercials. It became quite a child and poverty exploitation issue and led to the industry adopting stricter rules on the use of images of children and people who have very little power to withhold consent. None of that was Ms, Struther’s fault or responsibility, of course. Not all NGOs abide by these rules, but the more reputable organizations did.
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The thought to put her in a kitchen must’ve begun and ended with a bunch of white men who thought “that’ll be traditional, right?”. And the kitchen really feels like a set.
In other responses, I recommend you check out the Spanish language one. It’s 5 minutes of just standard, boilerplate, Republican buzzwords. I found it slightly hilarious with the speaker talking about uncontrolled immigrants, in Spanish, while being an immigrant from Cuba herself.
There was almost no mention of the speech before it, as if it was written a week ago and forgotten about.
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Came for this reference, thank you. I can’t bear to listen to the whole thing, but I am glad that people remember that word salad.
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“Stepford Wife” was my wife’s first description of her, too. Like she was an android giving a pre-programmed oration.
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Did anyone else see this with their They Live sunglasses on?
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Perhaps a Wall of Voodoo fan?
Nahhh.
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That story she told about the 12 year old girl that she implied happened in the US at the border recently in Joe Biden’s America…
Nope, it happened in 2004 in George Bush’s America except it was Mexico.
It’s still a horrific story and we should be doing something about human trafficking which Kattie never told us what their plan is.
But, of course she lied.
This guy’s breaks it all down if you don’t mind Twitter or TikTok.
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I remember commentary at the time saying that Jindal looked like a middle schooler wearing his father’s suit.
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I was totally baffled by her story about the woman being raped. It’s horrific, but what was her point? That that woman shouldn’t have been trying to get to the U.S., because women will be raped by traffickers? That if she’d stayed in her native country, she’d have been safe from rape? That somehow Biden’s border policy is responsible for that woman’s terrible experience? I’m serious – what point was she trying to make with that story?
ETA:
Also, the way she expended a lot of crocodile tears about Laken Riley makes me want to immediately ask her for her opinion of Sandy Hook, Parkland, and Uvalde. Hypocrite.
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I have no idea what the point is, but my guess is a form of bullshit “they were better off in their previous horrible situation.”
It’s the same flavor of racism that gave us “slavery wasn’t so bad, at least slaves were fed, housed, and taught useful skills.”
“See, if Biden hadn’t opened the borders, she wouldn’t have left her home country and gotten raped,” as if she would have left her country if it was a utopian paradise.
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Not only a typical woman but a Senator!
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Aside from her stellar comment about “the orange butthole,” the ending of that article reminded me of this insight into Moreno. It stuck with me since I first heard it, because it’s something that doesn’t often occur to women with privilege.
Britt’s messaging and GOP policies also highlight a lot of differences in the experiences of women in the US. The choice to be a “traditional soccer mom” is not an option for women who have to work. So that old canard that working/powerful women are undermining the family, traditional values, and attempting to claim something they haven’t earned is a lot of bs.
Working women have always been necessary in communities of color. When economic downturns cause White families to need two incomes to make ends meet (or basic survival needs of women who don’t get financial support from a man must be met), this is suddenly presented as a problem. 
What we need to see are more reminders for women (aside from the issue of abortion) how GOP these outdated policies will affect them.
Britt’s message could be the starting point for a series of reminders about the bad old days of the…1970s. Instead of a video where a cop comes to the door to arrest a woman for having an abortion, show her unable to open a bank account or lease an apartment without a man’s signature. Show her on the job being harassed with no option for recourse and earning much less than male peers, while the man in her life controls everything she earns. She’ll file for divorce, only to be denied because women can’t initiate that process.
They could also show an older woman who has fulfilled “traditional” roles being divorced by her husband after she’s raised his children and worked as an unpaid housekeeper for decades. He gets custody of the kids by default unless he chooses to grant it to his ex. She gets no alimony or child support. Another scenario is that he just drops dead with no insurance. Either way, she has no work experience or Social Security contributions, and is expected to handle childcare and enter the workforce. I’m sure there are plenty of GOP pols who could be shown as real-life examples of this, as well as how they’ve been working hard to ensure these “values” become the way of life for all Americans.
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when there are mass shootings we’re told not to “politicize” it, this however is somehow totally appropriate. 
and, unlike mass shootings and unregulated guns - this one murder doesn’t speak to any broader reality
of course, any frame that looks at crime as an important metric ignores all the critical contributions of immigrants and the lives they’ve saved
Nearly one-quarter of a million—236,000—undocumented immigrants are working in a health care provision role, from 15,000 registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, to 19,000 lab and diagnostic technicians, to 139,000 home health aides, nursing assistants, and personal care aides. But beyond that, another 188,000 undocumented immigrants are working as custodians, food servers, and administrative workers to keep hospitals, nursing homes, and labs functioning.
or, another example:
Each year, thousands of immigrants work as wildland firefighters, plying the trade at a time when extreme weather is producing larger and more destructive fires in the West
tables. flipped.
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Did anyone else see this with their They Live sunglasses on?
Needs less skin to be visually and thematically accurate.
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Good point, but the tracking/animating involved would not be worth the effort 
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I’m pretty sure the strategy here is to traumatize rape victims and sympathetic people in order to manipulate them and keep them more vulnerable to the propaganda. That or it turned the scriptwriters on so much they wanted to give everyone the details.
So freaking gross.
That rebuttal was nothing but a volley of emotional abuse and transparent propaganda. Like I laughed at her godawful delivery but it’s terrifying to witness. Meanwhile, Biden impressed the crap out of me personally and I can’t be the only one.
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Why so angry and shouty? And what kind of drugs did his Derp State handlers energize him with?
/s 
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