Saturday, May 5, 2012

Political humor

  • EAST LANSING — For the last 19 years, Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political, talk can go on American television.
  • (The Oakland Press)
  • The skit underscored not only a new phase in the campaign, but in political comedy with humor goldmine of the crowded GOP debates and general jockeying for attention among the Republicans now officially shuttered.
  • (NBC Chicago)
  • Starting among a receptive audience in the tents of Sana'a's Change Square, political humor now features on national television stations.
  • (Yemen Times)
  • But sarcasm is dangerous. It's more corrosive than nonsarcastic political humor, which sometimes can make even your opponents laugh. (Think of Ronald Reagan, who said he was going to dress up as Mondale's economic plan for Halloween.
  • (Hotair.com)
  • When Americans try political humor, it is usually to take shots at one side or another of the political spectrum. Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Bill Maher are unreconstructed lefties who rarely if ever find the humor in their own side.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Still, political humor at the dinner has almost always been Washington safe—more dependent on name-dropping ("Do I see Rahm Emanuel over there?") than transgressive conceits.
  • (The Plank on TNR.com)
  • His humor is a perfect combination of wry and dry." Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) Her Twitter feed is essential reading for political humor buffs. And she's just as funny in person.
  • (Businessweek)
  • the subject of political humor. Drew Musings, for example, has created a poster of a cute puppy with the caption, Romney 2012: Id rather ride with Mitt than be eaten by Obama. Right Wing News has offered a couple of campaign buttons.
  • (YAHOO!)

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