here. just because i m a woman doesn t mean i m going to go easy on you people. i m going to go easy on you people because my brain is smaller. i feel very lucky to be here. last year s host joel mchale, proved that speaking at this dinner is an amazing opportunity that can take you from starring in a show on nbc all the way to starring in that same show but on yahoo. i took amtrak here. it was way more luxurious than i thought. did you know that they have massage seats available on those trains? all you need to do is sit in front of joe biden. those hands don t get tired, somehow. i hope everyone enjoyed dinner. we tried to get pizza to cater the event, but they heard a rumor barney frank might be
cecily, gladly welcome you to this podium. [ cheers and applause ] okay. feels right to have a woman follow president obama, doesn t it? good evening. i m cecily strong. you may know me from saturday night live or as the ethnically ambiguous girl from every college brochure. i m sort of a mash-up of all the people in hillary clinton s announcement video. i m also the first straight woman to host this in 20 years so we finally made it, straight people. where my heterosexuals at? no, i do need to say something here. just because i m a woman doesn t
cecily, gladly welcome you to this podium. [ cheers and applause ] okay. feels right to have a woman follow president obama, doesn t it? good evening. i m cecily strong. you may know me from saturday night live or as the ethnically ambiguous girl from every college brochure. i m sort of a mash-up of all the people in hillary clinton s announcement video. i m also the first straight woman to host this in 20 years so we finally made it, straight people. where my heterosexuals at? no, i do need to say something here. just because i m a woman doesn t
elites for about 50 years now. and so sometimes you have candidates that can that can really plug into that resentment and close the deal. sarah palin could never do it. there never was the follow-through, and she just didn t have the discipline to become the transitional transformational candidate that she had the possibility of being on that speech in 2008. i think you just can t stand for resentment. you have to stand for something else. if we can only be as pure in this category as democrats who never use class warfare, never use resentment and never use rage. that s not what you said. you can t ever stand for it alone. or saying the same thing, we re agreeing right now. i think you re on steroids. just because i m a woman doesn t mean i can say something critical of sarah palin, too. i ll survive. coming up, paul krugman, republican congresswoman marsha