Getting the last laugh

The Washington Times ^ | October 8, 2007 | Suzanne Fields

[vietvet67]

Are we meant to elect the comedian-in-chief, or what? The a-hah! moment of insight has morphed into the ha-ha moment of interpretation. We've advanced from obsession with Hillary's cleavage to revulsion at her cackle. She once told reporters traveling with her, "You guys keep telling me to lighten up and be fun." She thought we were aching for a laugh track.

Bill Clinton goes on and on with Tim Russert on "Meet the Press" about what a great one-liner his wife delivered in a Democratic debate. "I thought that the moment was great," he said. "I thought it was the defining moment of the debate." Bill's defining moments are not necessarily the moments the rest of us relish.

Rudy Giuliani's comedy routine with a cell phone and his wife as straight woman is no better. We could update a famous line as first delivered by Molly to Fibber McGee in the classic radio show of the '40s: "'taint funny, Giuliani." Fred Thompson is berated on the front page of the New York Times for not lighting sparks: "He told no jokes." The poor guy. He not only got no laughs, he had to beg for polite applause.

Politics is always about performance, and never more than now, with the media, redefined, stretching across air waves, television networks and the Internet. But do we really need politicians to activate our funny bones? If so, we could dispense with public-opinion polls and install a laugh-o-meter on the telly and let the best joke win.

Everybody likes a good joke told well, and if it reflects spontaneous real wit, all the better. But Hillary and Rudy are canned, a guy and a doll condescending to the voter with a short attention span.

[cgbg]

Hillary is a walking bad joke.

:-(

[Darkwolf377]

We've advanced from obsession with Hillary's cleavage to revulsion at her cackle.

The only time I see anything about her cackle is in articles in which writers complain about people writing about her cackle.

[elcid1970]

Cackle, cankle; tomayto, tomahto...

Making Her Thighness likable? Putting lipstick on a pig is more convincing.

;^)

[backhoe]

For more than you ever wished to know about The Lady MacBeth of Little Rock, click the picture:

Hillary Clinton- archives, comments, and opposition research:

[Coldwater Creek]

Thanks, I never go to a Hildabeast thread, I must have had a senior moment. Won’ take that chance again!

[Rockiette]

I’ll tell you what is really funny - Clinton’s hiring of a convicted FELON. How arrogant can you get, Mrs. Clinton, you are the biggest joke in politics. Sandy Burglar joins the criminal Clinton campaign. Boy, what great judgment, just what America needs to lead the free world, we are never out of shock and awe when it comes to the annointed, appointed Mrs. Clinton.

[backhoe]