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Mitt Romney is going to release his 2010 and 2011 tax returns. Not to be
outdone, Newt Gingrich is going to release his 1988, 1994, and 2005
wedding vows.
–Conan O'Brien
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"His plan to fix America is for black kids to start cleaning toilets?"
(Daily Show video: Larry Wilmore analyzes Newtspeak.)
"I didn't know there was a black poverty, Jon, I thought it was just poverty. Okay? We can't even be poor as good as you guys?
"Somehow when black people are poor, it's their fault. They're on welfare and lazy. But down in poor white Appalachia, you're not the problem. It's China's fault or India's fault, or all the money we're spending on black people on welfare. I'm sorry- inner-city government subsidy recipients."
But the trophy goes to The Colbert Report, which reveals the true source of Newt's most audacious ideas:
(Colbert Report video: Stephen discovers Newt's true alter ego.)
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Calling Newt Gingrich the GOP's "intellectual" candidate is like saying Moe was the "smart" Stooge.
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"It's gotta be tough [for Republicans] to love America so much, but to
hate almost three-quarters of the people living in it."
-Jon
Stewart
("The Daily Show" assembles yet another brilliant set of hypocrisy-laden clippage.)
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Recent late-night political jokes, from Daniel Kurtzman's Political Humor Blog on About.com.
President Obama is on a bus tour to talk about jobs, and it turns out
the bus was made in Canada. If he were a real American that bus would
have been made in China. USA! USA!
-Conan O'Brien
Obama said the housing market may not pick up again for another year or
longer. On the bright side, President Obama now has nine people
interested in his house.
-Conan O'Brien
Michele Bachmann said that when she is president, gas prices will come
down to less than $2 a gallon. When asked how she'll make that happen,
she said she'll hunt down the CEO of Exxon and stare at him.
-Conan
O'Brien
A new survey has Rick Perry ahead of Mitt Romney by 11 points, and
Michele Bachmann is five points behind him. I think it's going to come
down to who wears the most flag pins.
-Jimmy Kimmel
Perry is an attractive candidate for many conservatives, because he
wants smaller government, to cut national spending, and he knows how to
fire a grenade launcher. He's like the Sarah Palin of politics.
-Jimmy
Kimmel
Rick Perry was once a Democrat. Just once, in college. He was
experimenting.
-Jimmy Kimmel
Donald Trump may be running for president, and why not? He's got that
everyman quality that we can all relate to.
-Jimmy Kimmel
Rick Perry is now the front runner. Of course they're letting him run in
front. Because he's the one with the gun.
-Stephen Colbert
There is no coordination between Colbert Super PAC and the Perry
campaign; that would be wrong and illegal. They are as separate as
church and state under a Perry Administration.
-Stephen Colbert
It's never enough for the media. They're like children: 'Mom, can I get
a Paul Ryan?' 'I just got you a Rick Perry! And you already broke your
Michele Bachmann. And before I get you anything else, where the f**k is
your Ron Paul?'
-Jon Stewart
Mitt Romney said he was in Iowa when he was actually in New Hampshire.
He explained, 'I accidentally mixed up my sea of white people.'
-Conan
O'Brien
The White House sent Vice President Joe Biden to China today. So now we
owe them a trillion dollars AND an apology.
-Conan O'Brien
Newt Gingrich, who came in eighth place in the Iowa Straw Poll, said
he's 'not dead yet.' Then he was invited on 'Dancing With the Stars,'
and he said, 'OK, now I'm dead.'
-Conan O'Brien
A study showed that every hour of TV you watch after the age of 25
shortens your life by 22 minutes. That doesn't sound too bad to me.
You'd probably watch TV with that 22 minutes anyway.
-Jimmy Kimmel
President Obama is touring the country in a bus, because nothing
inspires hope in the economy like the president riding in a bus.
-Jimmy
Kimmel
Republican front-runner Mitt Romney is mocking Obama's bus caravan,
calling it The Magical Misery Tour, which is sort of funny coming from
the President of the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hair Club for Men.
-Jimmy
Kimmel
President Obama's new slogan is: 'I Thought We Could, but It Turns Out
the Other Guys Are Assholes.'
-Jon Stewart
Michele Bachmann won the Iowa Straw Poll. She said she hasn't been this
excited since she won last year's 'Who's Crazier Than Sarah Palin'
contest.'
-Conan O'Brien
Tim Pawlenty announced that he's dropping out of the race for president.
Pawlenty said he wants to spend more time with his family because even
they don't know who he is.
-Conan O'Brien
Canada imposed a ban on trade with North Korea. No more hockey highlight
DVDs for Kim Jong Il.
-Conan O'Brien
The NYPD created a new unit that will use social media sites to catch
criminals. Criminal caught on Facebook and Twitter will be arrested,
while criminals caught on MySpace will be told about Facebook.
-Conan
O'Brien
Michelle Bachmann paid $30 each for 6,000 voting tickets in Iowa and got
4,800 votes, so 1,200 people stole her $30. It's funny that someone who
doesn't believe in government handouts paid 6,000 people to vote for her.
-Jimmy
Kimmel
Tim Pawlenty dropped out of the race for president, saying he wants to
spend more time lacking charisma with his family.
-Jimmy Kimmel
Now that Pawlenty is out, the big question is whether Bachmann or Perry
will get his supporter.
-Stephen Colbert
In Iowa in her tent Michele Bachmann had Randy Travis and a petting zoo.
Of course you were only allowed to pet animals of the opposite sex.
-Stephen
Colbert
Michele Bachmann's victory in the straw poll may have had something to
do with her helping her supporters pay for their $30 voting ticket- by
paying for their voting ticket. Bachmann paid $180,000 to hand out 6,000
tickets, and she got 4,800 votes. She got a commanding 80% of the votes
she paid for. I think this proves she can win if she can get 50 million
voters into a field, fill them with barbecue and let their children pet
Randy Travis.
-Stephen Colbert
He's not George Bush on steroids. Rick Perry is what happens if Lex
Luther distilled down George Bush essence in a laboratory and crossed it
with gun powder and semen from the finest thoroughbred in Lubbock, and
then strapped that concoction onto a nuclear missile and shot it into
the f*cking sun! And then, waited, waited, waited, until one day, on the
anniversarry of the Alamo, a solar flare, yada yada yada, Rick Perry!
-Jon
Stewart
If all of Jon Huntsman's supporters met at the Ames, Iowa Quiznos, the
fire marshal would say, 'yeah, that's fine, there are some more seats in
the back.'
-Jon Stewart
Michele Bachmann was asked if she was a submissive wife. She said no,
but her husband is.
-Jay Leno
President Obama will begin a three-state bus tour. I believe the three
states are confusion, delusion, and desperation.
-Jay Leno
The Republicans had their big debate in Iowa. You know who the winner
was? Anyone that didn't watch.
-Jay Leno
Newt Gingrich made a surprise announcement. He's still in the race.
-Jay
Leno
It's the 76th anniversary of Social Security. I mention it because
there's no guarantee that there will be a 77th.
-Jay Leno
General Mills is releasing new lip balms that taste like Cinnamon Toast
Crunch, Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms. Or as Joe Biden put it: 'Nice.
They should make one for Lucky Nuts.'
-Jay Leno
A new survey revealed that being an IT guy is the most hated job in the
country. Or as President Obama put it, 'Wanna bet?'
-Jimmy Fallon
The federal government has a new plan that will let people send texts to
911. Yeah, it's a little frustrating when you try to text 'Burglar!
Please hurry!,' and it auto-corrects to 'Burger, please. Hungry.'
-Jimmy
Fallon
Some political analysts are saying that President Obama is making many
of the same mistakes that President Bush made. Obama said, 'That's
ridiculous, and if you'll excuse me, 'Spongebob' is on.'
-Conan
O'Brien
Nancy Pelosi has named the final members of the committee charged with
reducing the debt. Unfortunately, the committee includes MC Hammer,
Willie Nelson, and Nicholas Cage.
-Conan O'Brien
President Obama took campaign workers out for burgers yesterday and left
a 35 percent tip. Man, that guy is so generous with China's money.
-Jimmy
Fallon
After all the rioting in London this week, officials are worried that it
could mean security problems for the Olympics next year. On the bright
side, the guy running with the torch will just blend right in.
-Jimmy
Fallon
During a call with investors, Rupert Murdoch said that News Corp made
$2.7 billion last year. Murdoch said if investors had any questions,
they should contact him by leaving a message on their own voicemails.
-Jimmy
Fallon
Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman are both Mormon. One of these guys could be
our next president. The other one is Jon Huntsman.
-Stephen Colbert
We need God's forgiveness- or at least China's.
-Stephen Colbert
It has been a crazy week for stocks. First down, then up, then down, and
today they are up again. It's like trying to follow Gary Busey when he's
off his meds.
-Jay Leno
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Recent late-night political jokes, from Daniel Kurtzman's Political Humor Blog on About.com.
Michele Bachmann is kind of like Sarah Palin but without the charisma-
or marksmanship. You know, maybe we should stop telling kids that anyone
can grow up to be president of the United States.
-Jimmy Kimmel
Bachmann didn't know John Wayne Gacy was from her hometown of Waterloo,
Iowa. The town is about the size of the Wayans family.
-Jimmy
Kimmel
The next-most famous person from that town is the guy that grew the
biggest pumpkin at the town fair.
-Jimmy Kimmel
Anthony Weiner is reportedly involved in choosing his successor. The
first question he asked his potential replacements is, 'What's the
difference between 'reply' and 'reply all?'
-Conan O'Brien
Sarah and Bristol Palin made an appearance at a book store. Apparently,
it was 'Bring Your Daughter to a Place You Never Go Day.'
-Conan
O'Brien
Newt Gingrich is entering the hotdog-eating contest at Coney Island. He
hopes to win because he needs the money to pay his Tiffany's bill.
-David
Letterman
The Pope is now on Twitter. The church is really trying to connect with
young people- in a way that doesn't involve hush money.
-David
Letterman
Chris Wallace at Fox News asked Michele Bachmann if she is a flake. I
think that's an insult to the fine folks at Kellogg's.
-David
Letterman
Blagojevich said he was stunned by the verdict. Apparently, he wasn't
paying attention during the trial.
-David Letterman
She announced her presidency from Waterloo- a name synonymous with
victory.
-Stephen Colbert on Michele Bachmann's Iowa campaign
launch
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Recent late-night political jokes, from Daniel Kurtzman's Political Humor Blog on About.com.
Did you see that video where a crying baby is handed to President Obama?
As soon as the president holds the baby it stops crying. Do you know how
rare that is these days; that a politician is handed a baby from a crowd
and it's not his?
-Jay Leno
(YouTube video: Barack Obama, The Baby Whisperer)
That's pretty amazing. The baby stopped crying as soon as the president
held it. Obama should try that with John Boehner.
-Jay Leno
Sarah Palin has canceled the rest of her bus trip around America. She
had to quit before she got to Mount Rushmore and somebody asked her to
name the Presidents.
-Jay Leno
John McCain made his claim that illegal immigrants started the Arizona
wildfires without doing his research. The last time he did that we got
Sarah Palin.
-Jay Leno
It has now been revealed that Newt Gingrich had a second line of credit
at Tiffany's for up to a million dollars. That sounds like a lot until
you remember that Congress has a line of credit with China for up to
$14.3 trillion.
-Jay Leno
More bad news for Newt Gingrich. One week after his campaign staff quit,
his campaign finance team quit. In fact, Newt was going to pull out of
the race, but today the guy who writes his concession speeches quit.
-Jay
Leno
According to new polls, 66 percent of Americans believe the country is
headed in the wrong direction. But the good news is, gas is so expensive
and traffic is so bad that we won't get there for a long time.
-Jay
Leno
Today Sarah Palin canceled her bus tour, reportedly canceling dates in
Iowa, South Carolina, and New Hampshire. When asked why, Palin answered:
'It turns out those places are nowhere near each other.'
-Conan
O'Brien
In a new videotape message, Texas Gov. Rick Perry urges his supporters
to follow him on 'Tweeter.' After hearing about it, John McCain laughed
and said, 'What an idiot! It's 'The Tweeter.'
-Conan O'Brien
Newt Gingrich bragged on his third wife, saying, 'She plays the French
horn.' Then things got awkward when he added, 'If you know what I mean.'
-Conan
O'Brien
Newt Gingrich announced he was running for president. His top advisers
quit, and then his campaign fundraisers all quit. Newt was thinking, 'I
don't need this, I'll just put it all on my Tiffany's credit card.'
-David
Letterman
New Republican Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is fluent in Chinese.
In a short period of time the Republicans have come quite a long way.
The last Republican president wasn't even fluent in English.
-David
Letterman
Bristol Palin released her much-anticipated memoir called 'Not Afraid of
Life: My Journey So Far.' Bristol said that Levi Johnston cheated on her
but then made it up to her by buying designer rain boots. Things are
different up there, I guess.
-Jimmy Kimmel
President Obama will be in New York tomorrow night for a fundraiser at
the Broadway musical 'Sister Act.' Meanwhile, Sarah Palin will be in
town to do some hunting at 'The Lion King.'
-Jimmy Fallon
New York Gov. Andy Cuomo will hold a special election on September 13 to
replace Anthony Weiner. Cuomo said, 'Anyone interested in the job should
e-mail me at... actually, you'd just better call.'
-Jimmy Fallon
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John Lithgow performs Newt Gingrich's latest press release.
Really.
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I've always found the hallmark of an honest conversation is one that begins with "If you quote me directly using videotape of my comments, in context- you're lying."
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Recent late-night political jokes, from Daniel Kurtzman's Political Humor Blog on About.com.
Newt Gingrich is running for President. Every six months we'd have a
different First Lady. Newt's slogan is, 'At least I'm not Trump.'
-Jay
Leno
Bristol Palin just announced she had corrective surgery on her mouth.
It's being called the right procedure on the wrong Palin.
-Conan
O'Brien
President Obama's approval rating has hit 60 percent, its highest in two
years. So he can pretty much count on reelection if he can just kill bin
Laden two more times in the next 12 months.
-Conan O'Brien
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver might be splitting up. Arnold's
friends say he is doing everything he can to win his wife back. He just
burned every single copy of 'Jingle All the Way.'
-Conan O'Brien
Donald Trump says he uses Head & Shoulders on his hair. As a result,
Head & Shoulders is suing Donald Trump for slander.
-Conan
O'Brien
Newt Gingrich announced that he's running for president on Twitter and
Facebook. I think his concession speech will be on YouTube.
-David
Letterman
Bristol Palin said she had corrective surgery to fix her jaw, not
cosmetic surgery. She must have gone to the same surgeon who corrected
Victoria Beckham's breasts.
-Jimmy Kimmel
A TSA screener in Kansas City is facing criticism for giving a pat-down
to an 8-month-old baby. You don't pat down a baby! You stick him in a
tray and run him through the X-ray machine.
-Jimmy Fallon
The White House announced that the $50 million reward for Osama bin
Laden's whereabouts won't be going to anyone. Then China was like,
'Wanna bet?'
-Jimmy Fallon
Gaddafi hasn't been seen since April 30. Are you thinking what I'm
thinking? Nose job.
-Jimmy Fallon
I don't know if you've ever tasted Godfather's Pizza, but if he can keep
that place from going bankrupt, he is an economic genius.
-Stephen
Colbert on GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain
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Excerpts from Saturday Night Live's Seth Meyers killer routine at the White House correspondents dinner:
Just look at the options the Republicans are kicking around: Palin, Huckabee, Gingrich, Trump... that doesn't sound like a field of candidates, it sounds like season 13 of Dancing With The Stars. And not the stars, the dancers.
Both Rand Paul and Ron Paul have been talking about a run in 2012, so they have something in common with my father and I, which is we're also not going to get elected President.
Tim Pawlenty makes Al Gore look like RuPaul.
Donald Trump has been saying he will run for President as a Republican, which is surprising, since I just assumed he was running as a joke.
Donald Trump often appears on Fox, which is ironic, because a fox often appears on Donald Trump's head.
Gary Busey said recently that Donald Trump would make a great President. Of course he said the same thing about an old, rusty bird cage he found.
Donald Trump owns the Miss USA Pageant, which is great for Republicans because it will streamline their search for a Vice President.
Donald Trump said recently he has a great relationship with "the blacks", though unless the Blacks are a family of white people, I bet he's mistaken.
President Obama showed his "birth video," the opening sequence from Disney's The Lion King, where the lion cub Simba is anointed and held aloft by Rafiki the mandrill. "Oh well," Obama said, "Back to square one." The President then added, "I wanted to make clear to the Fox News table, that was a joke. That was not my real birth video. That was a children's cartoon. Call Disney if you don't believe me. They have the original 'long form' version."
Underscoring the inherent lunacy of Trump's candidacy, Obama referred to the former's decision to fire Gary Busey from Celebrity Apprentice. "These are the types of decisions that would keep me up at night. Well handled, sir."
What makes his performance even more remarkable is the knowledge that as the dinner was being held, the noose was tightening at last on Osama bin Laden. Watch his reaction in the Seth Meyers video to the joke about the terrorist hosting a daily show on CSPAN.
The full videos follow. They're worth the time.
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We are not going to be any different than what we've been.
-Rep.
John Boehner (R-Ohio)
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One of the great things about The Daily Show is that it allows its guests to elaborate without time limits, then posts the full segments on its website.
Here's Bill Clinton's latest appearance on the program, where he discusses the current economic situation, health care, the state of politics in the country, and his suggestions for restoring jobs.
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In principle, at least:
"Tragedy has been and will always be with us. Somewhere right now, evil people are planning to do evil things. All of us will do everything meaningful, everything we can do to prevent it. But each horrible act can't become an ax for opportunists to cleave the very Bill of Rights that binds us. America must stop this predictable pattern of reaction. When an isolated, terrible event occurs, our phones ring, demanding that the NRA explain the inexplicable. Why us? Because their story needs a villain... That is not our role in American society, and we will not be forced to play it. If you disagree, that's your right. I respect that. But we will not relinquish it, or be silenced about it, or be told 'Do not come here, your are unwelcome in your own land.' "-Charlton Heston
"Thank you, Charlton Heston. Of course, he was speaking out after another tragedy, when people on the left had demanded that the NRA, out of respect to the recent victims of Columbine, not hold their scheduled NRA convention in Denver, near the site of the tragedy. And by the way, I'm sure that I would have been one of those people: painting too narrow a picture, connecting irresponsibly the actions of two psychotics to an entire group of reasonable people expressing their Constitutional rights... the point is, I was wrong and Heston was right. And if you replace NRA with Muslim community and second amendment with first amendment, he's still right."-Jon Stewart, on The Daily Show, which is, inexplicably, still the best source of unbiased news and cogent commentary on cable.
The Daily Show clip above reminds me of what I wrote when Heston died two years ago.
Charlton Heston initially made his mark portraying Moses and Ben Hur. Most recently, he's remembered for his tenure as NRA president and the comment about prying his rifle from his cold, dead hands.
That's unfortunate.
Heston was a man who did not wear his beliefs like seasonal sportswear. He did not parrot the official party line or mindlessly repeat the neocon talking points du jour. His famous sound bite overshadows his true legacy: a conservative whose dedication to dignity, manners and reasoned discourse should be adopted by those of all ideological leanings.
Whenever I heard him speak at length- not the snippets pulled out of context for cable news, but in full conversations with qualified interviewers- he accomplished something that very few conservatives have been able to do. He made me think about my position, review the logic that he used to arrive at his different viewpoint and- in some cases- reconsider my stance. He rarely, if ever, actually changed my mind. But in eloquently stating the opposing view, he made me respect it and seek potential areas of compromise.
He didn't accomplish this with ad hominem attacks, alliterative or rhyming jingoism, macho bluster, or any of the other quasi-intellectual blunt instruments typically employed in what passes as discourse these days. And no one would have been better at it. Who else but Heston, True Lies director James Cameron noted, could play someone "who can plausibly intimidate Arnold Schwarzenegger?"
Read and listen to Heston's famous Winning The Cultural War address to the Harvard Law School Forum. While you may not agree with everything he says, you must agree it is a quintessential example of what free speech and political discourse should be in this country."
I don't know whether he would have backed the Tea Party movement given the suspect nature of its "grassroots" support. But I suspect the group would gain a lot more credibility if it followed Heston's advice:
"Well, the answer's been here all along. I learned it 36 years ago, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., standing with Dr. Martin Luther King and two hundred thousand people.
"You simply disobey. Peaceably, yes. Respectfully, of course. Nonviolently, absolutely. But when told how to think or what to say or how to behave, we don't. We disobey the social protocol that stifles and stigmatizes personal freedom."
Heston was a gentleman and an American. We've lost a great guy.
"Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the
courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage
is history's true currency."
-Charlton
Heston
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