Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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McCain Jokes OK. Obama Jokes "Off-Limits" ...
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Posted by:
Matt Lewis at
9:07 AM
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Apparently, it's okay for late night shows to joke about McCain. But Obama is "off-limits".
In today's NYT, Stephen Colbert did have this to say about the controversy regarding the cover of The New Yorker:
Mr. Colbert said in a telephone interview that a running joke on his show has been that Mr. Obama is a “secret Muslim”; the New Yorker cover, he said, was consistent with that. “It’s a completely valid satirical point to make — and it’s perfectly valid for Obama not to like it,” he said. He can get away with it, though, because he is essentially playing a "character" on his show ...
The NYT piece also makes the point that Obama's VP pick is likely to take the brunt of the jokes -- since they can't (or won't) touch Obama, directly.
No wonder everyone is telling Obama they don't want to be picked -- there's a good chance that whoever Obama picks will essentially be "Dan Quayled" ...
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Hey has any seen the magic trick that obama acn do?
He is walking down the street and "POOF" he turns into a socialist. |
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Hey has any seen the magic trick that obama acn do?
He is walking down the street and "POOF" he turns into a socialist. |
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You have a blog entry which speculates about whether "its ok" to tell jokes about Obama and McCain. Your blog entry eludes to an article which analyzes the response to a cover of a magazine which was an ironic parody of a mischaracterization of the Obamas.
First, there was no joke about Obama in it. The joke was about the idiots who buy and sell the rumor mongering ABOUT Obama.
Second, the media speculation and railing all over the New Yorker is where most of the outrage. Obama's comments on it amounted "I've seen worse."
Third, there's plenty of comedy about Obama that gets applauded. JibJab did an actually funny thing with Obama.
What shouldn't be allowed is hate-mongering and in large part that is what the conservative media has done with Obama. The preponderance of half-truths and lies about him are what's offensive, not the cover as far as I'm concerned.
I think people need to be a little more focused on what was parodied and a little less on the parody. |
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against America?
Would he make Christianity Illegal?? I believe he would as a Farakan supporter and Reverend Wright protege'. And "former"(teehee) muslim. |
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Who says we can't make fun of No-bama? That dumbo eared muslim has it coming. I guess he's showin' his true muslim colors now. Taking offense to joking that is done at his expense while perfectly ok with jokes at someon elses expense.
Sound familiar??? Muslims hate the jokes about muhamed pokin' a pig but Chritianity is fair game for degradation.(and illegal to be christian in the mid east) I can see where he's going. He'll impose muslim law against all he doesn't like and jail all opponents. All the while it'll be open season on the American way of life. |
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Of course they poke equal fun at everybody, but this is great!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adc3MSS5Ydc |
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McCain
we see mccain in the white house, with large RV's on the white house lawn ..
cindy mccain wearing hot pants. mccain is outside shooting pidgeons .. inside the white house, the entire place is trashed and dirty ...
guns hanging off the walls. country music blaring in loud speakers.. yee haaaa.
mccain wearing a nascar jersey ... pushes the red button to nuke iran after drinking some moonshine...
hows that for parody |
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The late night comedy writers are dumber than I thought, if they can't come up with a funny angle on Obama. How about The Fresh Prince of Privilege. (Courtesy of Maureen Dowd). You could also throw in a little Chuck Barris Gong Show routine: The Prince of Privilege, the Sultan of Smugness, the Wizzard of Wiseass.
Or how about the prissy, liberal elitist bowling a 38. He went out afterwards and drowned his sorrows in a bottle of chardonay.
Apprently Obama is anal retentive. His family has no pets, a sure sign of a neat freak. He could be the Anal Retentive Presidential Candidate. Think Dan Akroyd doing the Anal Retentive chef on Saturday Night Live.
Emperor Obama. His vassals have to kiss his ring as they enter the room, and genuflect in front of his presidential seal. He is going to give his acceptance speech in the Coliseum.
Obama the messiah. He is deciding whether to feed the multitudes at his accpetance speech, with a loaf of bread and a fish.
The there are the classic Obama sayings. "We are here to honor our fallen heroes. Many of whose faces I see here today". "10,000 people were killed in Kansas". "We don't have military translators in Afghanistan because they are all in Iraq". I have been to almost all the states. 57. I have one more to go. My handlers won't let me go to Alaska and Hawaii".
If the late night writers can't come up with jokes they are either not trying, or they are stupid. |
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While I would love to believe that Obama really did make a mistake about the number of states, I think he was making a joke that failed.
It is along the lines of someone joking about putting in 25 hr days.
His foreign policy, now there's something truly hilarious. |
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can't ya just feel th looooove? Hahaha! |
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Your the only joke here. Everything you say is a joke. Why are you even here? Are you some sort of glutton? or just mentally disadvantaged?
Shhhh...don't speak, just go away (please).
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...putting Obama in the White House and make it an MTV Cribs parody? All of a sudden Obama gets all "gangsta"...fridge full of 40's, puts in a shark tank, "pimped out" the oval office with club lights, velvet, and maybe a stripper pole or something. Flying to the Bahamas on Air Force One with Jay-Z...
Or maybe "Spring Break" at the White House, with screaming teens and Carson Daly...
Maybe, Obama gets elected and sworn in...unzips himself and its ROSS PEROT! "Fooled you people cuz it's easy to do...can...i..finish"
Compare him, like people do, with Jesus in a funny (hopefully respectful) way. Cool and relaxed he solves the problem in the Capitol with just a healing touch...people passing out, etc. He can call it his new health care plan.
Play up the "distractions" statement he seems to make about....everything:
"Sir, Iran just fired a nuclear warhead at Israel..."
"See, thats what I'm talking about...these...distractions"
"Sir, your on fire"
"...more distractions"
Okay so I'm no comedy writer...but the point is it can't be that hard.
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Nothing funny about Obama? No niche? Have these people forgotten how to do their job?
The man has the LEAST experience of anyone ever nominated to be a POTUS candidate! He's one of the YOUNGEST ever to be in such a remarkable position. Based on those two facts alone, and not a single policy issue, I can think of lots of baby jokes, freshmen jokes, child-parent jokes... Shute, they could even double up and do one where baby Barry sits on old man Mccain's lap and listens to stories from the "good old days"/tells him what he wants for Christmas... C'mon, there are plenty of good youthful exuberance jokes out there just waiting to be told... Or, is ageism only funny if we are making fun of "old" people?
No, the problem really is that the MSM is afraid of upsetting their precious Nielson viewers, who they think are all in the tank for the beloved BHO. Like the (linked) article said, "It's okay to laugh at the guy..." To bad the American public has been pressured into thinking that even the slightest chuckle over something Obama said or did makes you racist. |
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Come on, for the last few years all there has been on all the major TV channels news and commerisls were all sorts of jabs at President Bush! Recently, one of Obama's supporters had the gall to blast Sen. McCains' military service.
Now when something comes out in political cartoon that is pointing to Obama's background this man goes ballistic!!! I say, two things, first, Mr. Obama should have been more careful in his earlier public career and his earlier dealing. These things always come out for everyone to see, secondly, I believe that Mr. Obama should stop wanting it both ways, you can't take stabs at people and don't expect nothing to come off it!! If you can't take the heat in the kitchen-get out!! |
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I'm sure Obama will change that. He already tried to modify it. The man oozes chutzpah from every pore. I have a suggestion for the new Presidential Seal: A golden calf with big ears and Soddomites bowing before it. We can always change it back if the majority are stupid enough to vote in this thin-skinned, academically sheltered, graft-taking politician. If he can't stand the heat, he should bow out of the election and let someone with fortitude represent the Democratic Party. All their convention will need are 3 rings and a lion tamer. The party is already a circus. |
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When is a radical not a radical?
When the New York Times profiles Obama!
McLame is his own walking joke. Except the jokes on us! |
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When is a radical not a radical?
When he's Obama!
Why did Obama cross the road?
To pretend he's a centrist!
Why does Obama wear Red White And Blue suspenders?
To get UAW members to think he's not going to make their jobs go away!
How many Obama's does it take to screw in a eco-friendly mercury-filled light bulb?
Three
One to write a bestselling book so he can afford it
One to tell the servant in his mansion which lamp to put it in and,
One to call the haz-mat team if that dumb illegal alien servant drops it on the floor!
You see!
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How about "I don't want my child punished with a baby?", Jerusalem should stay united, Jerusalem should be divided (the next day), I am for the DC gun ban, its constitutional(Feb), I agree with supreme courts decision, Public financing keeps corruption out, I am opting out of public financing, I won't wear the flag pin, wearing the flag pin, exploiting children on TV, 20 year connections to crazy pastors (he has said in his book both were his mentors) Connections to William Ayers, no drilling, no coal, no nuclear power, no natural gas, TAX THE OIL COMPANIES! End the war immediately, wait to see what the generals think. I can go on and on. Why don't these Hollywood types get honest, they want BHO elected! What a bunch of pandering phonies. |
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Another inaccuate interpretation of a simple news story. Joking about Obama is not "off limits" as the TH headline writer says. If you bother to read the story, the conclusion is there isn't a lot about the man that comedy writers have found funny.
His ears, yes, but that's not much to go on. Racial stuff is avoided by broadcast TV but not on cable. But don't worry, he'll get his due some day.
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NObama thinks we have 57 states! What does it say when the guy isn't familiar with his own country? C'mon, of course you can make fun of Nobama. He has made plenty of gaffes in fact there are blogs and websites dedicated to it. I think the point is that the liberal media and comics in their bias don't want to make fun of him. Which is good for NObama because the guy is obviously thin skinned and can't take a joke.
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is it was not the Weekly Stanard or National Review cover. Because if conservatives did that, we would be treated as Danish Cartoonists at an Al Qaeda convention.
In a wierd way, McCain benefits from the jokes. Barack Obama does not want to be treated with kid gloves. Some self decpreciation is a good thing for a candidate. |
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