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How to make fun of Obama: Tips for those who find it too hard to joke about the Democratic candidate
LA Times ^ | July 18, 2008 | Joel Stein

Posted on 07/19/2008 7:11:19 AM PDT by hripka

I believe comedic change is possible. Since the New Yorker dropped a bum joke on its cover this week, comedians have appeared on every news outlet to whine about how hard it is to make fun of Barack Obama. Really? They have an arsenal of jokes to use against a 71-year-old ex-POW cancer survivor and Obama is too touchy a subject?

I'm here to help. I called some comedian friends to compile a guide to making fun of Obama. The consensus is there's not yet one standout attribute to pound away on (McCain is old! Clinton cheats on his wife! Bush is stupid! Al Gore is a robot! John Kerry makes me feel inexplicably sad inside!), but there are areas to explore. If we just work a little harder, and sacrifice a little bit, we can achieve greatness. We are the immature jerks we have been waiting for.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; comedy; election; obama; obamaisajoke
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1 posted on 07/19/2008 7:11:19 AM PDT by hripka
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To: hripka

I don’t make fun of Obama. I make fun of those who believe in him.


2 posted on 07/19/2008 7:13:05 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Tony's work will live on = it's up to us to see it through)
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To: hripka

His real name is Stanley Toot.


3 posted on 07/19/2008 7:13:25 AM PDT by usmcobra (I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
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To: hripka

Nuts.


4 posted on 07/19/2008 7:14:58 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running. FREE LAZAMATAZ)
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To: hripka

http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/

http://www.obamaformessiah.com/

The Advertising Slogan Generator - Obama
http://thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi?word=obama


5 posted on 07/19/2008 7:17:29 AM PDT by hripka (There are a lot of smart people out there in FReeperLand)
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To: hripka; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Larry Lucido; Diplomat; ..
Re: He's effete. He's well-dressed. He eats arugula -- which he buys at Whole Foods. He mocks those who use guns. He is, as we mentioned, quite thin. He may only be half-black, but he's three-quarters gay.

Now that's... funny

And probably... so true!

6 posted on 07/19/2008 7:29:06 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: All

Ok...here’s one for you, stop me if you’ve heard it before:
“What’s the difference between Obama and a flaming piece of lying, America-hating dog $hit...Answer: Not one damn bit of difference....hahahahahahahah....get it? It’s funny cause it’s true....hahahahahahahahahahah


7 posted on 07/19/2008 7:30:43 AM PDT by Maverick68 (w)
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To: usmcobra

Obama is concerned that only one American citizen in a TV commercial is flatulent in three languages... he thinks everyone should be.


8 posted on 07/19/2008 7:31:21 AM PDT by Lucky Dog
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To: hripka


9 posted on 07/19/2008 7:34:10 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (McRINO needs reach across the aisle to Conservatives for a CHANGE! Dang him!!!)
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To: hripka
I don't find anything very funny about Obama. It's kind of like making jokes about Pol Pot.

I rather agree with this poster on the article:

I am a Latino Democrat who will vote for McCain, where Obama stands on immigration, national healthcare and the war, is not very funny.
Submitted by: ELA guy

10 posted on 07/19/2008 7:34:15 AM PDT by JimSEA (Kaffur and proud of it.)
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To: hripka


11 posted on 07/19/2008 7:34:31 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (McRINO needs reach across the aisle to Conservatives for a CHANGE! Dang him!!!)
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To: hripka

The would-be comics are lying. Obama gives plenty of material for jokes but the jokesters aren’t stupid: they are worried their car might be keyed, their house might be firebombed or worse. Obama is a joke but he and Michelle can’t take it.


12 posted on 07/19/2008 7:35:36 AM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things)
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To: Conspiracy Guy


13 posted on 07/19/2008 7:37:15 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (McRINO needs reach across the aisle to Conservatives for a CHANGE! Dang him!!!)
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To: hripka

How many Harvard graduates does it take to change a light bulb?

One. He grasps it tightly and the world revolves around him.


14 posted on 07/19/2008 7:37:33 AM PDT by vietvet67
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To: Lucky Dog

He’s Count Chocula in disguies.


15 posted on 07/19/2008 7:39:15 AM PDT by CyberSpartacus
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To: MeekOneGOP

The hips and thighs are too narrow to accurately portray Mrs. William Jefferson Clinton


16 posted on 07/19/2008 7:39:43 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running. FREE LAZAMATAZ)
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To: Bender2

He may only be half-black, but he's three-quarters gay.

But he looks so fabulous in a dress!

17 posted on 07/19/2008 7:40:07 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words". ~ St. Francis of Assisi)
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To: Lucky Dog

Will his helmet have ear holes??


18 posted on 07/19/2008 7:40:48 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: hripka

Screw the humorless, overly sensitive, unqualified, empty-suited leftist jerkwad and all his brain dead idiot followers!


19 posted on 07/19/2008 7:41:08 AM PDT by RedCobra (s)
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To: hripka

It’s not hard for them to make fun of Obumuh.

THEY ARE JUST COWARDS!

They built up their audiences with left-wing whack job college kids and 60s dinosaurs, lauding their bravery for “speaking truth to power” all along the way. Now these hacks cant afford to PO their “base”, because once their gone, because they dared to mock the most holy BHO, they are finished. No more glowing articles in the rags, no more awards, no more show.


20 posted on 07/19/2008 7:42:04 AM PDT by VanDeKoik (USA: Ticking off lesser nations since 1776. Now in our 232 year of business!)
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