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July 15, 2008
Comedy Establishment Deems the Obamessiah Too Perfect to Laugh At
Posted by Dave Blount at July 15, 2008 11:26 AM
If the liberal elite is able to install its Affirmative Action post turtle in the White House, liberty, security, and our economic well-being won't be the only casualties. Humor will take a hit too.
Mike Barry, who has been writing political jokes for late-night comics like Johnny Carson and David Letterman since LBJ was in office, explains why nobody on TV cracks jokes about Obama:
The thing is, he's not buffoonish in any way. He's not a comical figure.
Adds Jimmy Kimmel of ABC's late-night Jimmy Kimmel Live adds:
You can't joke about him because […] he's so polished, he doesn't seem to have any flaws.
Unless there's no teleprompter handy…
Via Political Party Poop, here's something that might give TV scripters a few ideas:
But to moonbats, laughing at the Obamessiah constitutes blasphemy, which just isn't funny. Conservatives would get one thing out of this sacred absurdity being handed the Presidency: a monopoly on humor.
