Humorless Politics Thread

[fonpr]

Santorum and Huntsman are feeling left out, but I guess there's still time for them




Here's a handy reference for The Idea Man's ideas, as compiled by a Ron Paul supporter

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?329010-Comprehensive-list-of-Newt-Gingrich-positions

09/25/1996 - Introduced H.R. 4170, demanded life-sentence or execution for someone bringing 2 ounces of marijuana across the border.
08/03/2010 - Advocates attacks on Iran & North Korea.
03/09/2011 - He blames his infidelity to multiple wives on his passion for the country.
03/25/2011 - He plans to sign as many as 200 executive orders on his first day as president.
03/27/2011 - He says that America is under attack by atheist Islamists.
10/07/2011 - He said he'd ignore the Supreme Court if need be.

- Supported the National Endowment for the Arts;

Jeez, what a nut.

[cutout]

PolitiChicks: Gays, Muslims & Gay Muslims (Ep 1)

Could have also cross-posted this into the Stuff You Hate thread.

[Sarah]

Waste of time.

[Big Plastic Head]

PolitiChicks: Gays, Muslims & Gay Muslims (Ep 1)

Could have also cross-posted this into the Stuff You Hate thread.

It's an old fashioned Crazy-Off!! Best episode of The View yet!

[nec13]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/16/herman-cain-says-medical-marijuana-regulation-should-be-left-to-the-states_n_1097657.html

Is anyone surprised by this?

Legalized marijuana = huge cash windfall for the pizza industry

I can't blame the Hermanator for looking out for his own best self-interest.

[daveB from Oakland]

I have a feeling that marijuana would only serve to accentuate the terribleness of Godfather's pizza.

PolitiChicks: Gays, Muslims & Gay Muslims (Ep 1)

Got a few minutes in and then had to bail, for the sake of mental self-preservation. Victoria said something about George Soros owning snopes.com, which can be disproven in about three mouse-clicks.

The other ladies are PAINFULLY uncomfortable around Ms. Jackson.

[buffcoat]

Victoria Jackson has always sounded like Kermit T. Frog to me.

There is a reason that there is no conservative alternative to the View.  Just like there's no young person alternative version of The Tonight Show that's exactly like The Tonight Show except with Justin Bieber references.

[Sarah]

Victoria Jackson is a buffoon and an embarrassment, but the dark-haired broad at the left of the screen gave me the most shivers.  Dull stupidity coupled with seething hatred.  She, most of all, talked about "them."  Victoria Jackson is a buffoon; you could run into that dark-haired horror in the grocery store:  she is legion.

[Boogdish]

I didn't realize part of the conservative agenda was getting us to hate women.

[snacoman]

Has anyone seen the GBTV version of The Daily Show?  I've seen a few clips and it feels like a cheap knock off

[fonpr]

"Not all Muslims are terrorists; it's just, all terrorists are Muslims.  It's just the facts"

[Kormod]

Timothy McVeigh was a secret Muslim!

Was Timothy McVeigh Working for Bin Laden & Al Qaeda?

[nec13]

Has anyone seen the GBTV version of The Daily Show?  I've seen a few clips and it feels like a cheap knock off

I just watched some clips of it on the GBTV website. It's almost as bad as that short-lived "comic news program" that aired on Fox News. I believe it was called the "1/2 Hour News Hour."

I don't know why, but conservative humor always seems to be lacking...actual humor.

[buffcoat]

Has anyone seen the GBTV version of The Daily Show?  I've seen a few clips and it feels like a cheap knock off

I just watched some clips of it on the GBTV website. It's almost as bad as that short-lived "comic news program" that aired on Fox News. I believe it was called the "1/2 Hour News Hour."

I don't know why, but conservative humor always seems to be lacking...actual humor.

A comedian who mostly talked about other stuff but occasionally talked about things that conservatives liked might or might not be funny.

American liberalism is a much looser set of beliefs and seems to require substantially less orthodoxy (with a few, very specific areas of serious orthodoxy) than American conservatism.

The trouble is that conservative comedians seem to feel like comedians who are also liberal are actually liberal comedians.  There don't seem to be many (any?) comedians who are also conservative.  Perhaps they feel too persecuted to do just a normal act.

Maybe you could count some of the Blue Collar Comedians in there?  Not my cup of tea, to be sure, but people like them.  That racist puppet guy, too, man. 

What was I saying again?

[fonpr]

What was I saying again?

Something about puppets.