Political Humor

I came up with a fun phrase the other night and my friends and I had some fun with it."Instead of calling it the War on Terror, shouldn't we call it the War on Error?"Feel free to add to the list. No debates, just humorous jabs at current political figures.

have you seen office space? if you haven't, you should.we were watching it last night, and there's the part where peter is chewing out his girlfriend for sleeping with someone whose name is lumbergh. he thought it was his boss. so he just keeps bringing the name up saying things like "well at least i didn't sleep with LUMBERGH!" and "say hello to LUMBERGH for me!" in response to whatever she says in her own defense.so i turn to the person i'm watching it with and say "wow, he's like john edwards in vp debate: 'say hello to HALLIBURTON for me!'"(conversely, i guess that makes dick cheney jennifer aniston.)

I thought Tony Blair's heart operation solved the cynic problem. You see - he hadn't the heart to admitt to his failures in parliament, but he has the 3 million pounds for a new house. He re-assures us his operation was "minor". So I sent him a spare heart...as I expect it was a doppelganger of Blair - and the real Tony is dead. So this false prime minister I suspect was ordered to say it, this is the only possible explanation what with his other minor operations having included bombing Iraq. Because there was only two possible things that could have been said;1. It's just a minor operation - aspreviously noted)
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2. He would say it is major surgery - and so we could deduce he'd been flown to Bush's house for smokes and beers and a low down on their next campaign --> Bush says - "I'm pulling out of Aorta". Or atleast - that's what Tony thought he said. No one ever saw the prime minister again, or rather - not the six foot one.

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have you seen office space? if you haven't, you should.

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Great movie, an instant classic.Maybe John Kerry should call his war medals "pieces of flair"?Oh, and use the Superman Penny Scheme to fund the War on Error.And even better, if Bush wins the debate watch Hannity and Colmes afterward to see Sean Hannity's "O" face.

hahaha. that's brilliant, all of it.

Sometimes the best humor is found where it wasn't intended. One of my favorite examples from this political season was Zell Miller's appearance on Hardball after his speech at the Republican Convention. Apparently, Miller was already angry with Chris Matthews over an interview a few nights earlier where Matthews had grilled Michelle Malkin when she tried to indirectly accuse John Kerry of a felony. The entire interview is funny, but the best part comes a few minutes into the piece when Miller challenges Matthews to a duel. That clip has been used in several MSNBC promos since then. I mention it here in case anyone missed it; MSNBC isn't a very popular network.Another great piece of political humor: The Banana Republican Fall Catalog.

For some reason the Zell Miller thing didn't play. To be fair there was a pretty farcical performance when Byrd was being interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on Late Edition regarding Bush violating the constitution. It was so embarassing it went through painful to humorous back to painful to return once again at humor. All he could do is repeat his accusation as Blitzer kept bringing up that the things he mentions were NOT in the constitution.Comedians will always meet their match in zealot politicians.By the way, the Banana Republican was great. I wonder if they accept charging orders to the federal deficit?

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"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)

I heard that on C-SPAN. They run repeats of Blitzer's show, at least on satelite radio, on weekends. It was sad.You might like votergasm.org. It's a unique approach to the problem of voter apathy, to say the least.

so my brother's one of those "special needs" sorts in middle school right now. he's been in and out of various ese programs; nothing works. he's not disabled, he's just a brat.so the latest thing they put him on is a "behaviour plan." so it's plan this and plan that. my mom's commenting on it and points out that it's not really a plan at all, just criticism.i respond with, "oh they must mean 'plan' in the john kerry sense of the word then"(she actually repeated this line to the guidance councelors and whatnot. they didn't think it was that funny)

Fear and Loathing 2004, by Hunter S. Thompson

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"If I had to write ten jokes about potholders, I don't think I could do it. But I could write ten jokes about Catholicism in the next twenty minutes. I guess I'm drawn to religion because I can be provocative without harming something people really care about, like their cars."
-George Meyer, Simpsons writer

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i respond with, "oh they must mean 'plan' in the john kerry sense of the word then"

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I am a Kerry supporter, but I still got a good chuckle from that. Perhaps he needs the "Bush Plan", otherwise known as military school.

oh, i am too. but he's still good joke fodder.

Heheheh... oh yeah.

More humor, this in the style of the JibJab videos. It's every bit as funny.

The Guardian diary recounted this piece on the 27th. It goes back to 1997, when Frank Dobson (aka Dobbo) was secretary for health. Now Dobson has a reputation for telling dirty jokes, and thus:

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Mind you, Dobbo has always been an Atlanticist. A Westminster friend of his recalls the moment the then health secretary was introduced to Hillary Clinton at a Blair reception for her and Bill back in 1997. On being presented to the First Lady, Dobbo noted her interest in health and warned her that a soon-to-be-announced revolutionary drug discovery by British scientists would leave their American counterparts trailing. How interesting, replied Hillary, but what on earth was it? "They've found a way to combine Viagra and Prozac," wheezed Dobbo. "So if you can't get a fuck, you don't give a fuck." A pause. "You must tell my husband about it," drawled a smiling Hillary.

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This message has been edited by contracycle, 10-29-2004 07:45 AM