The New Yorker cover depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as fist-bumping terrorists inspired the New York Times to examine the challenge that comedy writers are having in trying to make fun of the Democratic presidential nominee. The comedic line about John McCain is set: He’s old. But Barack Obama’s race and politics complicate the funny factor. Mike Sweeney, the head writer for Conan O’Brien on “Late Night,” is optimistic: “We’re hoping he picks an idiot as vice president.”
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The joke is all the republicans who are running around frantic to post anything at all negative about Obama that they possibly can.
Osama Obama is easy to make fun of. He has virtually zero executive experiences, avoids making controversial commitments when voting (votes present) and his legislative record is practically non-existent.
If clean and articulate were the only attribute for the Presidency, then every motivational speaker out there would surpass Obama in content and in ability as being qualified to gain the office.
Obama is still one of the top two most liberal Senators and he is fooling no one with his flip/flopping dogma.
Either candidate will make for great late nite talk show host materials. I’m sure either will be the brunt and butt of many jokes and satires.
Sadly with the 2 people running I’m beginning to feel that the joke will be on us no matter who wins
Political_mama
Posted July 27, 2008 at 7:15 am | Permalink
The joke is all the republicans who are running around frantic to post anything at all negative about Obama that they possibly can.
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Oh my gosh, no kidding. The more effective Obama proves he can be the more “Conservatives” attack him. They’d rather have someone incompetent in office – but get their way – than do what would be best for our country.
Obama seems to think he can make up all the rules. If you talk about his policies or associations you are engaging in far right smearing. He is an elitist who thinks the sheep are stupid.
………………….jjj, it sounds like you ascribe to the ploicies of the right.
Am I correct?
Obama KNOWS the sheep are stupid! That’s why when his policies and associations are skewed and reported inaccurately he speaks out. Of course the stupid sheep have previously decided who to listen to so don’t hear the corrections. Luckily, those 25percenters are fewer in number.
In the interest of cleaning up the bullsh*t, Factcheck weighs in on some recent presidential ads:
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/a_full_tank_of_nonsense.html
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/the_truth_on_troop_support.html
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/straining_a_point.html
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/mccains_viagra_moment.html
“Hooo ooope!” “Chaaaa aaa aaange!”
:lol:
Well, 9 comments in and nobody’s even come close to disputing the OP’s point, “No easy jokes about Obama – yet.”
Yall who disagree, there’s a reason people don’t laugh at your jokes. Also, don’t quit your day job(s). :D
Obama is an Iranian nuke sympathiser.
Hard to joke about that:
“4) Obama, who rarely shows up for work since his campaign began and misses 89% of Senate votes in the last quarter of 2007, goes out of the way during that last quarter of 2007…despite the overwhelming support for the passed Kyl/Lieberman amendment …to show up in DC, and propose a new resolution on November 1 which would reverse Kyl/Lieberman and “coincidentally”satisfy Hussein Fadallah’s concerns about the US declaring War. To provide cover, Obama claimed he was doing it to constrain President Bush, but the following AP story reveals that he was trying to nullify the Kyl/Lieberman amendment.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama introduced a Senate resolution late Thursday that says President Bush does not have authority to use military force against Iran, the latest move in a debate with presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton about how to respond to that country’s nuclear ambitions.
Clinton’s campaign accused Obama of playing politics instead of taking a leadership role from the outset.
Obama spokesman Bill Burton said the Illinois senator drafted the measure in an effort to “nullify the vote the Senate took to give the president the benefit of the doubt on Iran.”
Burton was referring to an amendment sponsored by Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, that passed 76-22 on Sept. 26 and designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization.
Here’s the official record of the resolution from the Thomas Library of Congress
Notice Obama could not find a SINGLE OTHER SENATOR to COSPONSOR. His resolution of course died.
S.J.RES.23 : A joint resolution clarifying that the use of force against Iran is not authorized by the Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq, any resolution previously adopted, or any other provision of law.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 11/1/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 11/1/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Why would the Senator that is best known for 140+ “present” votes in the Illinois State Senate, and for failing to go out on a political limb on many key issues, go out of his way to introduce a resolution to a US Senate to overturn a resolution that only 37 days earlier that Senate had overwhelmingly passed. It had also passed the House of Representatives one day earlier. What had changed in that 37 days? Obama had already established for the record that had he been present on September 25 he would have voted against the Kyl/Lieberman amendment. There was certainly no significant action by Iran in those 37 days to justify a softening in US posture. But something had happened …publicized outrage from Sheik Mohammad Hussein Fadallah, Hizbullah’s spiritual leader.
5) Obama meets privately with Hizbullah’s spiritual leader’s friend, Imam Hassan Qazwini, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of America
May 14 08 Obama meets privately with America’s top Imam. Obama could easily have invited him to take part in an already scheduled meeting with 20 other local leaders. Obama declined; instead Obama requested a private meeting with the Imam. The same Imam also confers in private with Hezbollah’s notorious spiritual leader, Sheik Mohammad Hussein Fadallah
Imam Hassan Qazwini the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of America – Dearborn Michigan, the largest Mosque in North America met yesterday Wednesday May 14, 2008 with Senator Barack Obama the Democratic presidential candidate. The private meeting between the two took place at Macomb Community College – Michigan. In this meeting Imam Qazwini and Senator Obama discussed the upcoming presidential election, the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East and the War in Iraq.
Furthermore, in the end of the meeting Imam Qazwini offered a copy of his newly released book ‘American Crescent’ (see cover at right) to senator Obama. Imam Qazwini also invited Senator Obama to visit the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn. Source
The photo showing the Imam meeting Obama was published in the Detroit Free Press. Additionally, Imam Qazwini is close to Sheik Mohammad Hussein Fadallah (Photo Source: Debbie Schussel.com)”
http://obamawtf.blogspot.com/2008/07/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-obamas.html
Hey, Hillary could pull off being the “Senator from New York” —
It looks like Obama wants to be the “Senator from Iran”!
Franklin is once again trying to throw that radical Muslim mud onto Obama hoping it will stick.
GWB and the entire Bush family are cozy with the Saudis (which is where most of the 9/11 hijackers came from) and I don’t see any Republicans worried about that relationship.
If this meeting was so secretive, then how is it you seem to have all the facts? I am more concerned about the fact the Iraqi prime minister Maliki personally went to Iran to reassure them of their safety from the US. And Maliki did this right under Bush’s nose after we have spent billions of dollars “liberating” their country and what thanks do we get? But rather than be upset about this, Bush and Republicans want to spend even more billions of dollars in Iraq and for what gain?
So, Franklin, if you’re so worried about Iran getting nukes, you might want to pressure your boy Bush into asking Iraqi’s prime minister why he is so loyal to Iran. I don’t trust Iraq or Iran. The only power they have over us is the oil. When the US becomes independent of the Middle East oil, that is when the US will once again become the superpower we once were.
BTW, if Iran is such an evil of axis, then why does GWB allow the US to export goods to them? Does profit come before loyalty to one’s country?
Mom,
You’ve still failed to provide any link or source where Maliki stated he would protect Iran from the U.S.
Al Maliki did not say he would “protect” Iran, he said that the US would not be allowed to launch a strike on Iran from Iraqi bases.
My sister reported seeing a bumper sticker that went something like: “Sure, Obama sounds good, but is the country really ready for a president with a brain?”
Now, I found that really funny. YMMV.
I will admit, my idea: “O’Bama for president, ’cause we haven’t had an Irish-American President since Kennedy” is pretty lame.
Oh, and by the way…
WOULD you all please TRY to stay ON TOPIC?
“Regular” (who sleeps with a night light) is back.
Will he tell us more about his bowel movements?
Depends.
“That was Barack Obama, he just tripped off a chair, he’s getting ready to speak,” Huckabee said. “Somebody aimed a gun at him and he dove for the floor.”
http://shop.cafepress.com/anti-barack-obama?cmp=KNC-G-content-antiobama
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/barackobama/ig/Barack-Obama-Cartoons/
“After a quick meet-and-greet with King Abdullah, Obama was off to Israel, where he made a quick stop at the manger in Bethlehem where he was born.” –Jon Stewart, on Barack Obama’s Middle East trip
“The other day the plane that Barack Obama was on had some mechanical difficulties and was forced to land. Well, the National Transportation Safety Board did an inspection on the plane, and you know what they found? The bolts on the plane were fine, but apparently Jesse Jackson had taken some of the nuts off.” –Jay Leno
“Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton campaigned for the first time together in Unity, New Hampshire, today. Isn’t that cute? Unity, New Hampshire. For real. Their tour goes from Unity to Tolerate, Rhode Island; and Getting on My Nerves, Virginia; and then Crazy Makeup Sex, California.” –Jimmy Kimmel
“Barack Obama was speaking to a Jewish group, and he told them that his name Barack is the same as the Jewish word ‘baruch,’ which means one who’s blessed. That’s what he said, yeah. Obama had a harder time explaining his middle name, Hussein. Things got quiet there.” –Conan O’Brien
The “O” Files – Audio
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=27716
The jokes may not be easy, but they are plentiful! I could bring more…
Q. What do Obama and Osama have in common?
A. They both have friends who bombed the Pentagon.
Q. Why doesn’t Barack drink Pepsi?
A. He thinks that things go better with coke.
Q. Why wouldn’t Barack salute the American flag?
A. It was ours.
Q. Why did Obama change his name from Barry to Barack?
A. He thought Barry sounded too American.
Q: What do you get when you cross a crooked politician with a crooked lawyer?
A: Barack Obama.
http://barackobamajokes.googlepages.com/
“Obama is an Iranian nuke sympathiser.”
Bullsh*t. There is nothing in the measure sponsored that indicates that Obama is a “Iranian nuke sympathizer”.
But then again, bullsh*t is what you do.
As for Regular’s Q & A.
Re: Regular
DNFTT
Q. Does Obama consider himself half-black or half-white?
A. Obama only considers himself half-white when he comes to Kansas to visit relatives.
Q. Is it true that Obama is a Madrassa trained Muslim?
A. Get back with me later, I can’t interrupt his prayer as he’s kneeling and bowing to the east.
Q. Who will Obama pick as Vice President?
A. No one knows for sure, but it is rumored they will have to know how to fist pump.
In between lame softball broadsides and the mean-spirited “humor” that’s only “funny” to archrighties, there are some decent jokes at Linda’s link.
I particularly liked this one:
Like any experienced Chicago politician, Obama would go the cemetery to register voters. One night he came across a grave so old and worn that he couldn’t make out the name on the tombstone. The staffer holding the flashlight got impatient and suggested they just move on to the next plot. Obama angrily exclaimed, “This person has a much right to vote as anyone else here!”
Regular
Posted July 27, 2008 at 12:51 pm | Permalink
Mom,
You’ve still failed to provide any link or source where Maliki stated he would protect Iran from the U.S.
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Can you not Google? I found several sources when researching for true facts, not just those facts you want to believe given by King Rush or whoever you listen to on talk radio. I’ll give you one though since you are unable or unwilling to even try to Google. – Try Voices of America. Just Google al Maliki visit with Iran June 2008 and see how many media sources covered the story.
For being such a knowledgable political hack you seem to think you are, I would think you would already know this but maybe I have you confused with someone that truly cares about his country?
And don’t try skating around the word ‘protect’. Iraqi’s prime minister went personally to Iran to assure them that Iraq will not let the US harm them from their bases – in my book, is that not the same as protecting our sworn enemy, Iran, from us? If not, then what do you call it? At the least, it is betrayal to us after we have spent billions on their country and now they want us out – isn’t that enough proof for you that Iraq and Iran cannot be trusted?
I know this thread is suppose to be about Obama and jokes, but………..I think Franklin’s post is a bit of a joke itself.
Franklin
Posted July 27, 2008 at 11:22am
“4) Obama, who rarely shows up for work since his campaign began and misses 89% of Senate votes in the last quarter of 2007….”
McCain does not have a stellar voting record during this campaign. Look at both their voting record for the 1st quarter of ‘08. And if memory serves me, McCain didn’t vote on the FISA bill.
Obama
2007-Q1 126 3 2.4% ?
2007-Q2 112 20 17.9%
?2007-Q3 119 67 56.3% ?
2007-Q4 85 76 89.4% ?
2008-Q1 12 8 66.7%
McCain
2007-Q1 126 42 33.3%
?2007-Q2 112 81 72.3% ?
2007-Q3 119 59 49.6% ?
2007-Q4 85 65 76.5% ?
2008-Q1 12 10 83.3%
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