[The Wizard]

maybe's it's just me, but the President is a man that deserves respect.....

[Panerai]

"Grow up Jay, or you're going to lose the people that still do watch you." Not as fast as Bush is loosing those watching him.

[Lunatic Fringe]

A late night talk host makes fun of the President???

[flashbunny]

So was it wrong when he made jokes about clinton?

For pete's sake, get a grip.

[Mr. Mojo]

At least Jay doesn't make fun of Cheney's heart condition anymore. .....not because he now realizes how classless it is, but because Cheney delivered him new material on a platter (shotgun jokes).

[Sundog]

The most damning statistic is the one which identifies about a third of voting Americans as getting most of their news from the late nite comedians.

[coffeebreak]

If Leno was criticizing Bush on immigration, he deserves it. Bush is a national embarrassment; certainly NOT a conservative. But he's got his groupies doesn't he? :)

[dc-zoo]

I don't like it when so-called comedians do it or when so-called Freepers do it.

[DCPatriot]

I especially didn't care for the joke about WEST WING being finished but that we still a show that better identified with our current administration.

My Name Is Earl.

[MinorityRepublican]

Leno bashed Clinton so naturally he bashes Bush now.

But I bet he wished it was 10 years ago. It's a lot easier to come up with jokes on Slick Willy than on Dubya.

[coconutt2000]

It is entirely okay to make fun of the President. There are quite a few jokes about the President, including cartoons of him that I find funny.

Not all of them portray him accurately as a smart, and discerning man, but that doesn't make some of them less funny.

The difference between humor and propaganda however does draw the line in the sand for me. When the line is crossed, I turn the TV off or turn the page. Lampooning the President is fine, but using a comic's stage to push an obvious opposition fabrication or version of the truth is something different entirely.

[hole_n_one]

I turn on Jay at night to go to bed with a laugh..........

When did Leno suddenly become funny?

[Hugin]

I just get bored more than upset. It's the same joke, Bush is dumb. Ha Ha.

It's just not funny.

[Dave S]

but tonight's continued tirade on GWB made me turn him off..... I could not stand another crack from some "entertainer" about how the President of our country, the most important man on earth in many ways

Then dont watch. Leno is an equal opportunity trasher. He trashes the Democrats all the time. To him they are the party that is always capable of clutching defeat from the jaws of victory. They are the party without a plan. They are the party in Washington who is powerless and impotent. He routinely pumels Bill Clinton for popularizing oral sex and for being the father of his country. He is constantly on Hillary, Al Gore, and Kerry.

Frankly your gripes would have more signifignace if you had been complaining about all the Clinton jokes and the Al Gore jokes. Get a grip. What comedians do to politicians today is nothing compared to what other politicians did to them two hundred years ago.

[Uriah_lost]

Couldn't agree more if I tried....

[NOLBRLS]

I hate it when the Treasury Department picks on the poor guy.

Article Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/columnist/article/richricher/4353

According to the U.S. Treasury Department, America's first 42 Presidents, from George Washington (1789) to Bill Clinton (2000), borrowed a combined total of $1.01 trillion from foreign governments and financial institutions. From 2000 to 2006, the Bush White House has borrowed $1.05 trillion alone. Yes, that means we have borrowed in the last 5 years what we had previously borrowed in the first 211 years of our country.

[originalbuckeye]

I used to watch Leno, then I decided that sleep was much more important. Yes, he bashed Clinton, too. But his Clinton jokes were said with a wink and a nod. His Bush jokes are usually more biting. I remember, not too long ago, Leno was being accused of being (horror of horrors) a Conservative. He had to come out and say that he's a liberal so as not to lose too many extra jobs. Conservatives out here have a hard time getting work in the entertainment business. Leno isn't conservative.

[atomicweeder]

Lighten up.

I'm a solid Bush supporter, proudly in the 29%, and I love the jokes.

[Names Ash Housewares]

I lost my sense of humor about a lot of things, not because I am any different. THEY became very mean indeed.

The Bob Hope style jokes about the President are long gone.

Now we have venom dripping from the fangs of comedians.

No thanks.

[opinionator]

I bet you loved it when Clinton was president. You need to grow up.