Political Humor

[kahunablair]

Since there is a thread about the Daily Show/Colbert Report and JibJab's new cartoon, I figured we could start a general Humor thread.

If you find a comedian's bit or a funny bit of satire about this campaign season share it.

Please note, this isn't meant to be a "Look what McCain/Obama said! I can't believe he said that! That is so stupid it's funny!" thread.

[kahunablair]

Well, apparently the first bit o' funny here is that I can't spell Political in the thread title right.

I'm not sure if every one has already heard these, but I'd figured I'd share.
23/6 has put out some really funny "McCain Voicemails".

First one is to Palin when he picked her as VP:
http://www.236.com/blog/w/michael_weingartner_and_lee_camp/mccains_voice_mail_to_palin_le_8644.php

The second one is to a staff writer for the New York Times:
http://www.236.com/blog/w/michael_weingartner_and_lee_camp/leaked_mccain_voicemail_to_the_8849.php

[rabidbadger]

I check out this site (http://editorialcartoonists.com/index.cfm#top) every sunday morning while watching the political shows.

[kahunablair]

Thanks, Badger. I just bookmarked that.

One of the strips in there is put out by Matt Bors. His strips are normally pretty funny.

http://www.mattbors.com/newstrip.html

[rabidbadger]

bwahahaha. My first career goal was to be an editorial cartoonist. I even won a national award for it in highschool.

[esophagus]

I thought the SNL Debate skits were hilarious.

Number One (http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/politics/video/play.shtml?mea=229112)

Number Two (http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/politics/video/play.shtml?mea=229111)

[kahunablair]

I can't wait to see what SNL comes up with this time around.

bwahahaha. My first career goal was to be an editorial cartoonist. I even won a national award for it in highschool.

I did a few back in high school myself. Even got a few put into some papers. Didn't get an award though, you bastard! ;)

[bigshotprof]

A book just came out from Harvard Press about the effect of late night comedy on politics. It's called "Strange Bedfellows." It draws a good distinction between comedy that uses politics as a setup but doesn't have an agenda, and comedy that is trying to make a point. Might be a good read.

[rabidbadger]

Last Nights SNL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBFk9XC3YLs

[rabidbadger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ijYVyhnn0

[skyz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ijYVyhnn0

Bn7exBrCiUI

OqEHaQ1RbME

[rabidbadger]

I don't know how to love him youtube

OK. THAT was a damn funny response. On several levels. :D

And thanks, I always loved that song, haven't heard it in decades. /filthyhippie

[skyz]

OK. THAT was a damn funny response. On several levels. :D

And thanks, I always loved that song, haven't heard it in decades. /filthyhippie

'i've been changed yes really changed'

study of musical theatre is part of the study of classical music / ignorantidiot :D

[tokenuser]

Last Nights SNLSince the SNL Youtube post was yanked by NBC ... here is a direct link to the NBC website (http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/48cd3b64ddb82bd0/48cd0cf97d529c95/be940ef3).

Should open in a new window.

[rabidbadger]

PLEASE DONT BAN ME...
...cause I read this on twitter and it slayed me despite the despised "c" word, but McCain called his with that in public, so it's "quotable".

Sarah Palin walks into the Oval Office w/ a duck. McCain: "Where'd you get that pig?" "It's a duck, stupid" "I wasn't talking to you, "c-word!"

[rabidbadger]

lots of funny on twitter if you know who to follow...

RECIPE FOR DISASTER:
1 cup McCain
1 pint Palin
Mix 72 tsp. old age w/ inexperience.
Simmer 4 yrs. Let stand.
Serves 300 million poorly.

[rabidbadger]

twitteragain.

"Thank goodness we'll soon have Republicans in the White House to straighten out this Wall Street mess"

[rabidbadger]

oh my god. I think this is real....

http://twitter.com/johnmccain

[comhcinc]

oh my god. I think this is real....

http://twitter.com/johnmccain
JohnMcCain.......hasn't updated yet

........yeah that is real. :D

[rabidbadger]

well he did update his wife in the 70s. haha

[rabidbadger]

I am Trowel Ogre Palin, who are you? (http://politsk.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah_13.html)

[comhcinc]

Chevy General Palin

not bad.

[masherscf]

Loin Falcon Palin

What does that mean?

[rabidbadger]

Loin Falcon Palin

bwahahahaaa

[bigshotprof]

I'm probably alone here, but I thought the SNL opening kind of sucked.

[rabidbadger]

http://images.salon.com/comics/knig/2008/09/17/knig/story.gif

[xibalba]

http://www.tshirthell.com/shirts/products/a1102/a1102_thumb.jpg

[esophagus]

I am Trowel Ogre Palin, who are you? (http://politsk.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah_13.html)Snowshoe Man Palin.

I bet it says that about all Canadians. :rolleyes:

[esophagus]

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/X/G/2/sarah-pain-monopoly.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/k/G/2/palin-lotsofdogs.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/m/J/2/bullwinkle-assassination.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/c/J/2/sarah-palin-fungible.jpg

[rabidbadger]

"President Palin" as a Disney Movie trailer. (http://rickyvanveen.com/post/51748798/after-hearing-matt-damons-brilliant-comparison-of)

[rabidbadger]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FBXGhy-QmVw/SNu5ok9vxNI/AAAAAAAACBI/IGAHffllNGI/s320/card1816.JPG

[quix]

That's awesome.

[secret-steve-crumbles]

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff99/Bojangles888/092508_samuelson.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff99/Bojangles888/toon042407a.gif
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff99/Bojangles888/toon090208.gif
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff99/Bojangles888/toon110207c.gif

[secret-steve-crumbles]

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff99/Bojangles888/092608_samuelson.jpg

[quix]

The Sheryl Crow one is pretty good.

[rabidbadger]

The last four were pretty funny, from a humor perspective. I "get" the first one, but I don't remember hearing any reference to Obama having second choices about Biden. Just wishful thinking on the cartoonists part, I think.

[secret-steve-crumbles]

Just wishful thinking on the cartoonists part, I think.Doubtful. Pubs think it was great Obama chose him. The guys an idiot. It would be a pub's worst nightmare if he changed his mind and went with Hillary.

[secret-steve-crumbles]

Obviously mine will be Republican, but maybe they will still make someone laugh:

Little Ralphie
A teacher in New York asked her 6th grade class how many of them were Obama fans. Not really knowing what an Obama fan was but wanting to be liked by the teacher, all the kids raised their hands except for Little Ralphie. The teacher asked Little Ralphie why he decided to be different...again.

Little Ralphie said, 'Because I'm not an Obama fan.' The teacher said, 'Why aren't you an Obama fan?' Ralphie said, 'Because I'm a Republican.' The teacher asked Ralphie 'Why are you a Republican?' Little Ralphie answered, 'Well, my Mom's a Republican and my Dad's a Republican, so I'm a Republican.' The teacher asks, 'If your Mom was a moron and your Dad was an idiot, what would that make you?' With a big smile, Little Ralphie replied, 'That would make me an Obama fan.'

Little Susie
Susie had two proud Democratic parents. One day, while showing off their daughter to their neighbor, their neighbor asked the little girl how she was. She replied: "fine!" Her Democratic parents smiled with glee and said to Susie: "Susie, tell our neighbor what you want to be when you grow up." She smiled and said: "I want to be President of the United States!" The neighbor replied: "Oh, that's wonderful, why do you want to be president so bad?" She said: "So I can build all the homeless people houses!" "Wow - what a worthy goal." I told her, "You don't have to wait until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where this homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward a new house."

Since she is only 6, she thought that over for a few seconds. While her Mom glared at me, she looked me straight in the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?"

And I said, "Welcome to the Republican Party."

[rabidbadger]

I liked both of them. The obama one could be replaced by any "fan" sports team, political figure, whatever, but still fun. The second was specific to politics, and quite clever.

[radzack]

tina fey is sarah palin

:)

[alaskalonewolf]

Jus' think, if Sarah ends up being President (of Alaska), Tina could be the stunt double for the talks with Ahmadinejad.
Lol. I'm sooooo glad the race for the White House has went down this way,
I was thinking that we were seriously going to run-out
of decent political humor.

[rabidbadger]

knock knock

who's there?

Obama

Obama who?


knock knock

who's there?

Obama

Obama who?


knock knock

who's there?

Obama

Obama who?


knock knock

who's there?!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

Mc Cain

Mc Cain who?

Orange you glad I didn't say Obama again? :rolleyes:

[esophagus]

Knock Knock.
Who's there?
McCain.
McCain who?

Knock Knock.
Who's there?
McCain.
McCain who?

Knock Knock.
Who's there?
McCain.
McCain who?

Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Obama.
Obama who?
Aren't you glad I didn't say Bush again?

[rabidbadger]

Touche.

Aside: how do I do the ´ above the e?

[bigshotprof]

Knock, Knock.
Who's there?
Barracuda.
Barracuda who?
Yogi Berra coulda talked more coherently than either McCain or Palin.

[rabidbadger]

knock knock
who's not there?
Bush, he's in Crawford Tx

[rabidbadger]

I say we call a spade a spade, and just call them all McQuaylin.

[guytheninja]

I say we call a spade a spade, and just call them all McQuaylin.

Don't let Mcdonalds in on this joke okay badger ;).

[tokenuser]

Touche.

Aside: how do I do the ´ above the e?
,
e

?

[rabidbadger]

What? I always order Two all quayle patties, secular sauce, lettu$$e, cheesy politics, on and on, and a "says me!" seeded bun in the oven.

[guytheninja]

What? I always order Two all quayle patties, secular sauce, lettu$$e, cheesy politics, on and on, and a "says me!" seeded bun in the oven.

That statement sums up US politics for the last 200 years.

Also, I've heard that New Zealand politics is similar.... Their motto is
"The beehive (capitol building) is like a mushroom factory. They keep you in the dark and the feed you S***."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_(building)

[rabidbadger]

I may be wrong, but I heard that in Canberra, Australia, the govenment is under ground, under a park, so the "people" can walk all over them. Token and others may correct me. Read that ages ago.

[tokenuser]

I may be wrong, but I heard that in Canberra, Australia, the govenment is under ground, under a park, so the "people" can walk all over them. Token and others may correct me. Read that ages ago.THat was the local joke :)

http://soundaffects.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/canberra-parliament-house.jpg

Old Parliament House in the foreground. Was only ever intended to be temporary.

New Parliament House in the background. Built under a hill. Public parkland on top. One of the worlds most unique and beautiful buildings inside and out.

The current PM is Labour Party, which, by US thinking makes him a liberal ... but thats a small l liberal, because a big l Liberal is actually the name of the conservative party (think Republican, without the neo-cons ... we get them too, but they are minor parties and not one of the majors). We also have the Democrats. They are the centralist party - will never govern, but held the balance of power. To paraphrase the former party leader - Don Chipp, they are there to "keep the bastards honest". Yes. They are the guys I voted for. Unfortunately the political landscape has changed, with people voting for the two major parties, and they are all but defunct as a party now. The funny thing is, I was a Democratic Republican - a democrat who supported the Australian Republican (ie secede from the Queen) movement.

[guytheninja]

They are the centralist party - will never govern, but held the balance of power. To paraphrase the former party leader - Don Chipp, they are there to "keep the bastards honest". Yes. They are the guys I voted for. Unfortunately the political landscape has changed, with people voting for the two major parties, and they are all but defunct as a party now.

How unfortunate, the Democratic Republicans violated the first rule of politics....

1. It is frustratingly impossible to "keep the bastards honest" in government.

It has been approached by various, world-famous deep thinkers in philosophy of politics. It is indeed a conundrum that may never be solved.

[rabidbadger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiYmjDzSg3o

[tokenuser]

How unfortunate, the Democratic Republicans violated the first rule of politics....

1. It is frustratingly impossible to "keep the bastards honest" in government.

It has been approached by various, world-famous deep thinkers in philosophy of politics. It is indeed a conundrum that may never be solved.The Democrats were definately a conundrum, thats for sure. As a political party it is an interesting place to be ... never having enough seats to rule, but taking enough seats that there will be no clear majority in the other parties. It means that whoever gets elected, these guys have the ability to veto anything extreme. It was a true moderate party. The only real policy issue they had was a commitment to balancing the government, and to ensure that the policies are environmentally sound (a mantle since taken up by the Australian Green Party - yes, a political party dedicated to environmental issues).

[bigshotprof]

THat was the local joke :)

http://soundaffects.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/canberra-parliament-house.jpg

Old Parliament House in the foreground. Was only ever intended to be temporary.

New Parliament House in the background. Built under a hill. Public parkland on top. One of the worlds most unique and beautiful buildings inside and out.

The current PM is Labour Party, which, by US thinking makes him a liberal ... but thats a small l liberal, because a big l Liberal is actually the name of the conservative party (think Republican, without the neo-cons ... we get them too, but they are minor parties and not one of the majors). We also have the Democrats. They are the centralist party - will never govern, but held the balance of power. To paraphrase the former party leader - Don Chipp, they are there to "keep the bastards honest". Yes. They are the guys I voted for. Unfortunately the political landscape has changed, with people voting for the two major parties, and they are all but defunct as a party now. The funny thing is, I was a Democratic Republican - a democrat who supported the Australian Republican (ie secede from the Queen) movement.

That's a parliament? I thought it was a Qatar Mobile Station.

[tokenuser]

That's a parliament? I thought it was a Qatar Mobile Station.Most of it is underground ... waiting for the bomb to hit. Its what you get for being a staunch US ally these days ... a target on your back.

[guytheninja]

Most of it is underground ... waiting for the bomb to hit. Its what you get for being a staunch US ally these days ... a target on your back.

Yea, but wasn't that a tactic used against the USSR?

[rabidbadger]

White people for Obama
(http://www.thiscountryisf-cked.com/obama/)

[rabidbadger]

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r163/InsultComicDog/betty-white.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxL7MKsGoPo&e

[comhcinc]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/consumerist/2008/10/101008-006-CEOcomic494.gif

[rabidbadger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCZcrK6J9Xk

[guytheninja]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ijYVyhnn0

Shame, shame, Rabid.... Political singing is a crime against all of humanity. :D:D

[rabidbadger]

for some reason I think this belongs on Blackfox, but what the hey.

Cleese on Palin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMyNk8J1c8g

[rabidbadger]

Instant classic. (http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/marriage-at-sta.html)

[rabidbadger]

This is hilarious (http://palinaspresident.com/), Roll over everything, click on everything and click twice or more times on somestuff (ie: the door). It is supposed to be updated daily til election day, too.

[rabidbadger]

Obama makes funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5SWQJWm6Tg

[guytheninja]

I think Howard Stern is scary as well. :D

[rabidbadger]

Howard Stern- Clueless Obama Voters In Harlem

This is scary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM2xHggg7Uk

That is scary, but it was just 3 out of how many that didn't answer like that? If you reversed it in Appalachia the results would most probably be similar. People are stupid all over.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/2949696109_e793ed7d76.jpg

[rabidbadger]

http://www.drawger.com/zinasaunders/images/Frankenstein-McCain.jpg

[rabidbadger]

you weren't, but howard sure was.

[rabidbadger]

Well, we did just see the snippet out of it out of context, so I won't judge further. And it is in the humor thread, and it is kinda funny like Leno's man on the street stuff is.

[rabidbadger]

I've seen the bill2law one and the preamble one lately, but I aint seen this one since I was a kid, and I still new every word of it after 30+ years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofYmhlclqr4

[rabidbadger]

Oh god, oh god, oh god. (http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1884590) bwahahahaaa.

[esophagus]

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/o/M/2/obama-official-act.jpg

[esophagus]

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/j/z/1/obama_superman_awesome.jpg

[rabidbadger]

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/j/z/1/obama_superman_awesome.jpg


Loved it. Stole it. tweeted it. :D

[esophagus]

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-john-mccain-obama-arab.jpg

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-george-bush-approval-rating-congress2.jpg

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-barack-obama-john-mccain-understand-over-here.jpg

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-ron-paul-crowd-supporters-mainstream-media.jpg

[esophagus]

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/political-pictures-abraham-lincoln-inexperienced-illinois-senator.jpg

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/political-pictures-sarah-palin-family-russia-background.jpg

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/political-pictures-dick-cheney-guns-dont-kill-people.jpg

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/political-pictures-rnc-child-left-behind-mavrick.jpg

0298mCqdBOw

[esophagus]

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/political-pictures-olympics-volleyball-george-bush-iraq2.jpg

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/political-pictures-george-bush-fist-bump-obama-showed-me.jpg

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/political-pictures-al-gore-omg-did-you-pollute.jpg

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/political-pictures-barack-obama-american-enough-everyone.jpg

[rabidbadger]

http://slicedbreadtwo.com/images/uploads/COLMKBTWL.gif

[esophagus]

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/10/20/128690346943174490.jpg

[rabidbadger]

Definitely one of the best Obama impersonator, better than any pro I've seen. And funny too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBCa8naA_-Y

[comhcinc]

i love this song and charles durning really hams it up. really no matter what said you are on i think the sums up most people's feelings about politicians

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mNDHTfdn1A

[rabidbadger]

totally uncalled for, but absolutely hillarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqV3AXjqP0w

[esophagus]

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/10/22/128692125587331413.jpg

[a63]

check this


http://www.break.com/index/unbelievable-mccain-vs-obama-dance-off.html

[alaskalonewolf]

I saw this mashup and laughed my ass off...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG_rIBEjgvA

[tokenuser]

Deja vu ... I just paused last night's Colbert I had recorded to watch this.

How easy is it to be Stewart and Colbert at the moment? They must be editting pretty heavily to keep their shows to 30 mins.

[alaskalonewolf]

Deja vu ... must be editting pretty heavily to keep their shows to 30 mins. Yeah, but that's why they're so damn good.
I'm taping all of them. Humor of this quality is like
getting a chance to watch Halley's Comet. Savor it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMH34quGWU4

...hopefully they'll make a movie out of this like 'W'.

[rabidbadger]

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2008/10/23/palinclothes2.jpg

[alaskalonewolf]

http://www.countermilitary.org/PoliticalCartoons/militarycartoon.jpg

[rabidbadger]

From the City named Obama, Japan. Can anyone translate it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRB2wFhXIPs

[rabidbadger]

http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoons/RallT/2008/RallT20081025_low.jpg

[rabidbadger]

http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoons/PettJ/2008/PettJ20081024_low.jpg

[rabidbadger]

palin in a nutshell, emphasis on nut.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXRcFQowXwQ

[rabidbadger]

for all hallows eve.

http://www.moltz.net/~john/images/struggle.jpg

[esophagus]

"Hello. I'm calling for John McCain and the RNC because you need to know that Barack Obama has not accepted Joe the Plumber's friend request on Facebook. We know he's logged on, because we saw he changed his status on Monday. On Tuesday, he joined the group Art Historians Are Saucy. But he still won't accept Joe the Plumber's friend request. He knows it's Joe. Joe uses the screen shot of the two of them together as his profile picture. That's not a uniter. That's the same old liberal-elite politics as usual."

[therage800]

From the City named Obama, Japan. Can anyone translate it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRB2wFhXIPs

Oh now who could possibly translate that?! ;)
Oh fine, here you go:

Romaji:

LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!
LALA LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!
OBAMA IS BEAUTIFUL WORLD!

tooku hirogaru umi to mabushii　taiyou hamaru de
ikoku amerika no mirai utsuhidhiteru mitai ne　

kaigan zoi wo aruku keba abureru　abureru egao ni deautte
omou wa jiyu no kunito　tsunagaru ga aoi aoi kara

kitto daremo ga negatteru　kono heiwa ga kieneyou ni
rekishi aru minato no gai ga　kawarane you ni

LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!
LALA LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!
OBAMA IS BEAUTIFUL WORLD!

ukabu umibe hen no hanabi　moeru kokoro no honoosa
nitamono do oshide egakou　kibou to uiu namae no fune wo

kitto daremo ga wakatteru　sono aoku sumunda hitomi wa
rekishi wo meri kaeteshimau yume wa fukuramu　

LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!
LALA LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!
OBAMA IS BEAUTIFUL WORLD!
OBAMA IS NO1!

O-B-A-MA OBAMA! O-B-A-MA OBAMA!
(byuuteifuru!)

LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!
LALA LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!
OBAMA IS BEAUTIFUL WORLD!
OBAMA IS NO1!



English translation:

LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!*
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!*
LALA LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!*
OBAMA IS BEAUTIFUL WORLD!*

Far away across the Sea
The sun shines down on America

The coast can overflow with smiling faces
Connected by the same blue blue sky

Surly everyone desires this peace
Will last through history from coast to coast

LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!
LALA LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!
OBAMA IS BEAUTIFUL WORLD!

The fireworks in my heart are set ablaze and fire off along the coast
And we will make a ship called Obama

And surly everyone can see
we can repaint this history

LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!*
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!*
LALA LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!*
OBAMA IS BEAUTIFUL WORLD!*
OBAMA IS NO1!*

O-B-A-MA OBAMA! O-B-A-MA OBAMA!*
(beautiful!!)**

LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!*
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!*
LALA LA-LA-LA-LA-LA OBAMA!*
OBAMA IS BEAUTIFUL WORLD!*
OBAMA IS NO1!*


*said in English
**said in English with Japanese phonetics

[alaskalonewolf]

After last night, I thought this would be an appropriate primer
for the next party, coming up on November 5th...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_M0VN90nTI


...or maybe just a gratuitous Jermey Piven spot for the people
attending one of the many PCU's out there.

[bigshotprof]

"Hello. I'm calling for John McCain and the RNC because you need to know that Barack Obama has not accepted Joe the Plumber's friend request on Facebook. We know he's logged on, because we saw he changed his status on Monday. On Tuesday, he joined the group Art Historians Are Saucy. But he still won't accept Joe the Plumber's friend request. He knows it's Joe. Joe uses the screen shot of the two of them together as his profile picture. That's not a uniter. That's the same old liberal-elite politics as usual."

Hee! Hee! Good!

[rabidbadger]

On a similar vein, is this real? Palin gets punked by canadian radio.
QT audio (http://www.tindeck.com/audio/filestore/w/wwdo-SarahPalin.mp3)

[esophagus]

Hee! Hee! Good!"Hello. I'm calling for John McCain and the RNC because you need to know that Barack Obama doesn't use his turn signal when he merges onto a freeway. I mean, seriously, who the hell does this guy think he is? He just goes. It's not even like he attempts to fit in. And I'm not talking lone-wolf maverick style, either. I mean, this is the kind of driving that gets people killed. Much like the bombs of Bill Ayers that could have killed countless Americans. That's not change, my friends. That's the same old Washington politics as usual."

[rabidbadger]

you are soooooo cracking me up right now.

[alaskalonewolf]

Holy crapola... she DID fall for it. omfg.... dude, I'm wondering if I could pull this off.
I could do Putin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin) pretty convincingly. Amazing how many foreign leaders are gonna' call her.

[rabidbadger]

I'd be Putin it in Palin. Er, If I was straight, and er, If bouffants and Myopia were my Thang.

[therage800]

From the City named Obama, Japan. Can anyone translate it?


Oh come on Badger... Not even a, "Thanks for translating"?

[rabidbadger]

dude. you did awesome . Thans so much. I'll never hear the song again the same way!





but then again, I'll never hear the song again.







;)

[tokenuser]

It may be a McCain ad but its pretty funny.

http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Multimedia/Player.aspx?guid=779c7d13-7d76-47a5-a4cd-e928e8f1f1d6I would love to see someone go through nd re-edit that with Matrix footage.

[rabidbadger]

http://thisfuckingelection.com/

[rabidbadger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQvw8rvcQxg

[comhcinc]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/cat_girl25/november-4-2008.jpg

[bigshotprof]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/cat_girl25/november-4-2008.jpg

It's about time we had a dark-haired President!

[rabidbadger]

Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nation_finally_shitty_enough_to?utm_source=onion_r ss_daily)

[masherscf]

Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nation_finally_shitty_enough_to?utm_source=onion_r ss_daily)


Now, that was some funny reading. Thanks.

[xibalba]

To think we could have had this. :D
http://www.dxibalba.com/iwasbored.jpg

[therage800]

Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nation_finally_shitty_enough_to?utm_source=onion_r ss_daily)

More editorials should be written like that. Would probably boost political interest.

[alaskalonewolf]

Thankfully militant republicans remained rather peaceful.
I guess they were too preoccupied stock-piling the bibles
and guns into the various places they buried a connex to
do much rioting. Besides it's very PC these days to admit
'how far we've come' as a country, and to fade away in
a most graceful fasion... hopeful the next administration
will be just as fugged-up as the last one. It's a win-win.

...and did I mention that I'm just glad I live in the woods.

[rabidbadger]

A good over view of this weeks political cartoons.
(http://bobgeiger.blogspot.com/2008/11/saturday-cartoons_08.html)

[tokenuser]

To think we could have had this. :D
http://www.dxibalba.com/iwasbored.jpgIt just occured to me that that would make Hank the "First Dude".

[rabidbadger]

newest rules.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHu4p-yb0pc&feature=PlayList&p=5BCFBF9803106C06&index=0

http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoons/HallE/2008/HallE20081105_low.jpg

http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoons/KeefeM/2008/KeefeM20081107_low.jpg

[esophagus]

EcvQGeDqKHg

[rabidbadger]

hilarious. how do they do that so quick? that's a lot of work, writing animating encoding, uploading, getting the word out. awesome.

[alaskalonewolf]

http://skreened.com/product-image/w250h350f2ss1ab18/kjutkarefcxfajbgoric/image.png

Hahahaaa

[rabidbadger]

http://skreened.com/product-image/w250h350f2ss1ab18/kjutkarefcxfajbgoric/image.png

Hahahaaa

As Palins running mate, maybe?

[alaskalonewolf]

Hilary Clinton is such as copy-cat....

http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/fairey_obama.jpg

...and no, I doubt Palin will do much more than be governor of a rather
ignored State, way off the map, up where the polar bears quiety eat dinner.

[bigshotprof]

Hilary Clinton is such as copy-cat....


...and no, I doubt Palin will do much more than be governor of a rather
ignored State, way off the map, up where the polar bears quiety eat dinner.

I predict that Palin will soon be the junior senator from Alaska.

[alaskalonewolf]

I sure hope not...

BTW, I saw these and thought you'd get a chuckle or two out of 'em...

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/V/F/2/brokeback-obama.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/w/A/2/obama_jedi_knight.jpg

http://www.arnab.ca/site/wp-content/obama_borat_parody.jpg

...the hilariousness of some people's warped humor.

[tokenuser]

Apparently Obama is a huge geek - collects comics (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/article3401168.ece), loves scifi.
I suspect he'd get a kick out of the Jedi one :)

[rabidbadger]

http://static.crooksandliars.com/files/uploads/2008/11/obama%20install%20undo_3b2f0.jpg

[alaskalonewolf]

...and meanwhile, the rest of the kids, did a bit of spring cleaning and went back to business as usual in the woods...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyaFGCZ1XVg

[rabidbadger]

Bwahhahahahaha! Back to the real world! Er, WoWorld, whatever...

[rabidbadger]

http://www.caglecartoons.com/images/preview/%7B663b8123-63fc-4436-8a9c-c5ac411dbe17%7D.gif

[alaskalonewolf]

Nice. Pretty much sums up the week though...

[rabidbadger]

Whata shocker!

http://www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com/uploaded_images/Dubya-768227.jpg

[bigshotprof]

Whata shocker!

http://www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com/uploaded_images/Dubya-768227.jpg

The Bush White House learns to count to three!

[alaskalonewolf]

...meanwhile, and just emerging from the quick change in the nearest phone booth...

http://www.akook.com/images/obama_clean.jpg

...and maybe we could even get that DC slash Marvel crossover I've been
yearning for since I was a little boy...

http://www.dccomics.com/mad/media/downloads/fanaticfour_poster.jpg

[rabidbadger]

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/11/20/gaymarriage.jpg

[esophagus]

Ha. I love GraphJam. They posted a (non-political) graph of mine (http://graphjam.com/2008/11/05/song-chart-memes-leave-your-friends-behind/#more-10174) once.

[rabidbadger]

THAT was pretty friggen hillarious

[tokenuser]

Since we are on political humour ... and slipping a Rick Roll in would be inappropriate, I hope that the incoming administration do adhere to certain levels of statistical levity.

http://thesisprocrastination.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/song-graph-rick-astley.jpg

[alaskalonewolf]

...now THAT was funny.

[tokenuser]

Yes, we can't.

c4IRoOG0pNQ

[rabidbadger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkmIQDrqmqM&feature=related

[rabidbadger]

This really shouldn't be funny, it's badgerbadgerbadger snake all over again.

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Somalia/

[xibalba]

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6060/1223606442504li1.gif

[rabidbadger]

Africa? Where's Africa?

http://www.demonbaby.com/pics/americanworld.gif

[esophagus]

http://marriedtothesea.com/110108/fill-in-the-right-one.gif

[esophagus]

http://www.marriedtothesea.com/100808/option-three.gif

[alaskalonewolf]

I must say, I did see this one coming...

http://api.ning.com/files/Ze9LoO5c5zSusB4X11wt--l30f8Bb7FkxBm8FvSZsmqxGLoWJPjro01y6uG2898GqKfEFGtd q8hPS9BFxgAV3Na97789yzrm/canusmell.jpg

...and then I saw this, which was also rather amusing:

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/political-pictures-george-bush-jr-sr-russia-georgia.jpg

[rabidbadger]

Oliver Stone's new movie "P"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdeU-rTzfKA

[alaskalonewolf]

Yeah, and I'll miss the girls (http://www.youtube.com/v/xlJ3jTV-tr0)...

[rabidbadger]

Girls? What are girls?

[rabidbadger]

Oh, those smooth creatures with the curves and the holes. And the attitude. Gotcha.

[rabidbadger]

/mysiongony

[alaskalonewolf]

Don't feel bad. I'm sure there's someone out there for you...

http://www.njweedman.com/bush_badass.jpg

...apparently, it seems, there's someone for everyone,
and with the advent of human cloning, probably more than one,
sorry, this one's a classic picture I found after a lengthy search,
and I couldn't resist throwing it out here for you to shred me.

[alaskalonewolf]

That was awesome.

[secret-steve-crumbles]

LOL! Saw this on the way to the mall the other day. Took the snap with my cell.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff99/Bojangles888/03152009223.jpg

[rabidbadger]

http://www.cagle.com/working/090307/keefe.jpg

[rabidbadger]

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/s/c/2/GOP-think-tank.jpg

[xibalba]

http://forthardknox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/4rde04.jpg

[secret-steve-crumbles]

*urkel*Damn I remember that show. Good old TGIF.

[rabidbadger]

http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoons/PettJ/2009/PettJ20090313_low.jpg

[secret-steve-crumbles]

..http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff99/Bojangles888/obama_truck_l.jpg

[masherscf]

..http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff99/Bojangles888/obama_truck_l.jpg


Living near New Paltz, you see a lot more obnoxious stuff written on cars from the other side of the political spectrum. I think they're equal opportunity annoyers.

[rabidbadger]

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/5/d/2/limbaugh-hope-wpcbe090303.jpg

[tokenuser]

I'm not sure its humour ... but I love the analogy:

The Republicans are like an arsonist who complains that the fire department is wasting water.

[Source (http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/25/begala.gop/index.html)]

[secret-steve-crumbles]

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/5/d/2/limbaugh-hope-wpcbe090303.jpgDo they have one that says:

"Democrats: Hope for socialism."

I love how the left think that his hope for socialism to fail is bad, yet they claim they aren't socialists. Awesome.

[rabidbadger]

I think this one should end this thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLsKt4O4Yw8

[secret-steve-crumbles]

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l83/evhslr/NJW%204/4mdah.jpg

[rabidbadger]

http://www.cagle.com/working/090904/benson.gif

[guytheninja]

http://forthardknox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/4rde04.jpg

OUCH!!! You know, Obama needs to do something about this economy or he will be blamed for it. It may not be directly his fault, but bad economies can cost a presidential election.

[rabidbadger]

Er, 3 1/2 years left. He still has to fix 2 wars, torture, DOMA, and tons of other shit, too. Time will tell.

[phatlip]

OUCH!!! You know, Obama needs to do something about this economy or he will be blamed for it. It may not be directly his fault, but bad economies can cost a presidential election.

He's definitely only been president less than a year and the economy is already starting to slowly recover.

[quantumblink]

...the economy is already starting to slowly recover.

What indicators are you using for this assessment?

[phatlip]

What indicators are you using for this assessment?

I just grabbed this off Google Finance real quick. Look at April 09 and then watch as the graph increases.

The economy is far more complex than that, but it's a sign that perhaps the worst is over and that we're on our way back on our feet.

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7950/picture7lg.png

[tokenuser]

I work in a niche software market - applications for financial service professionals (investments and insurance). I can only judge the economy by our business, but we went from a sharp decline to a leveling out, and now slow and steady inquiry about our software and an increased number of RFP responses for me to complete.

Its not scientific, but insurance and investment companies are starting to spend money again (no, these were not companies covered by the TARP program).

Are we out of the weeds? No ... but the economy is coming out of its stalled position, and now is trying to overcome inertia to get moving again.

http://www.americanprogress.org/cartoons/2008/09/img/092208_big.jpg

As the economy slowed, people stopped spending and started saving. And now they are looking at investing again, but still not spending. Finally people are starting to live a more fiscally responsible lifestyle ... but I did like this cartoon, since tis is a thread for political humour thought it was fitting.

[rabidbadger]

From 1982, the pendulum has swung back.

http://www.caracarn.com/bc/000421.gif

[secret-steve-crumbles]

.43534543543

[phatlip]

.43534543543

Haha

:D

[tokenuser]

.43534543543Yeah - I can't figure that one out either.

[secret-steve-crumbles]

Yeah - I can't figure that one out either.After Yasir Arafat and Carter both winning one, I think I'd turn down the award if ever offered to me. You know, for most awesome internet blogger ever.

[tokenuser]

After Yasir Arafat and Carter both winning one, I think I'd turn down the award if ever offered to me. You know, for most awesome internet blogger ever.I don't think the award was deserved - esp after 10days in office (at the point of voting for the award). I think the committee gave it to him as a "you've got a lot to do, don't fuck it up" award.

Personally, Clinton and Bush (GHW - the competent Bush) should have been given a nod. Despite coming from different political spectrums they have been working together on a lot of humanitarian projects in the middle east, asia, and africa.

[quantumblink]

After Yasir Arafat and Carter both winning one, I think I'd turn down the award if ever offered to me. You know, for most awesome internet blogger ever.

You forgot the truly undeserved.....AL GORE

:eek:

[rabidbadger]

http://www.topatoco.com/graphics/00000001/goat-protobama.png

[alaskalonewolf]

http://911review.org/img/America18.sized.jpg

Now THAT is funny.