Liberal Comics Fearing Obama Administration

newsmax ^ | 11/11/08 | 2008 Reuters

[onlylewis]

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's historic victory does not bode well for comedians who have thrived on jokes about President George W. Bush, experts say.

Obama, who was backed by many Hollywood figures, will be inaugurated on January 20 as the United States' first black president against a backdrop of a global financial crisis and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Whether because he was the favorite of left-leaning comics, the historic nature of his election or that so far he has made few gaffes, comedians are finding little to joke about so far.

[MrB]

Any criticism/sarcasm/ridicule of 0bama will be prosecuted as a hate crime.

The Devil cannot abide scorn.

[A_perfect_lady]

May they all starve.

[Boiling Pots]

Insulting Mohammed the founder of Islam is pretty much verboten anywhere in the West.

Look for the same treatment for Hussein...any “dissing” is “heresy.”

[massgopguy]

Lese Majeste will not be tolerated.

[svxdave]

While these comedians are looking for ways to make jokes about an incoming President who claims to have visited 58 states, they could certainly follow Joe Biden around for a few hours.

[oblomov]

Maybe they can tell jokes about Emmanuel Goldstein. When they finish the jokes, they can project an image of Goldstein on the wall, so everyone can scream at it for a couple minutes.

[Dilbert San Diego]

This made me laugh. What the heck are the stand up comics, people like Jon Stewart, people like Bill Maher, Letterman, etc. going to joke about then?

Their political humor will have to change. What a tragedy.

[Howie]

I have been wondering if one of his names IS Mohammed and is the reason they are hiding his birth certificate.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Few gaffs???

LOL!

[angcat]

I guess we won't see any comics of Obama as a monkey the way they portrayed President Bush?

[DouglasKC]

or that so far he has made few gaffes

Oh please. He's made plenty of gaffes. It's just that nobody dares to bring them up.

[Piquaboy]

Gee! that is to bad. What was comment number one? Did the devil remove it?

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Poor things. I feel sorry for them. They can NOT criticize the Messiah in any way, or risk being called racist. That’s true. If they want to criticize someone of color, they have to pick on conservatives, like they did, cruelly, with Condi Rice and Clarence Thomas.
They will get over it. They will find some conservative to pick on, make fun of, and trash, especially as we get closer to the elections of 2012.

[LearnsFromMistakes]

I have heard a couple folks make comments like this - he is too perfect.

A quick search on you-tube should give them PLENTY of stuff to make fun of...or, like they did with W, just make stuff up...

[MayflowerMadam]

Maybe Hussein will start a special gulag just for them. One unfavorable joke, and they’re banished.

[erman]

When they finish the jokes, they can project an image of Goldstein on the wall, so everyone can scream at it for a couple minutes.

...that was double plus good...

[HIDEK6]

"He is an earnest, intelligent person trying to rescue a country in crisis and that's not all that hilarious."

Jeez, not this shit again.

[RetiredArmy]

Even the morning sports shows on ESPN are ramming Obama nation down your throat. I had to turn it off this a.m. Of course, there was the celebrated Tiger Woods slobbering over the Obama election. I am not a golf fan, and not much of a Woods fan, this reinforces why I wasn't. I hope he hits a triple bogey the rest of his life. Hey Tiger, that was a white woman you married. If you are so into the black thing, why didn't you marry a black woman. Oh, right, your daddy didn't marry a black woman either did he.

[evets]