I've appreciated politicians previously appearing on comedy shows like Matzav Hauma (State of the Nation) or others and having a good laugh.
The difference between Tzippi Livni's appearance this past Motzei Shabbos on Matzav HaUma and appearances by other politicians in the past (that I have seen or am aware of), is that the other politicians I have seen all have a good laugh and poke fun at themselves and their own party (mostly). Livni spent her time poking fun at, and bad mouthing, other politicians and not herself.
It was distasteful, to say the least, but I don't think it was horrible. It is election season, and while she spoke with a potty-mouth, the setting was one that almost allowed such behavior. Some might see her as not-statesman-like now, but that's the risk she took. It really did not bother me as much as some of the reactions I saw from politicians.
The one point that I think should hurt her is nothing she said against Bibi or Bennet, though it probably will, but something else she said. She called the Palestinians idiots.
With her having been chief of negotiations, she was in a position to know exactly what was going on. If her idea of diplomacy is to call the Palestinians idiots for not yet making peace on her terms, and then expect them to sit with her in good faith at a future date, she's got another think coming. I'd be surprised if this specific statement she made does not come back to haunt her at some point in the future, sooner or later.
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