5 posts tagged “humor”
Could this be the most controversial choice so far in the Obama transition? Or are reporters barking up the wrong tree? It could be a story that comes back to bite them later. It's certain to breed controversy, no matter how fetching the nominee may be in that fur coat. From the report linked above:
The speculation about Rex - will he or won't he? - has been the major topic in the media and across the blogosphere. Michelle Malkin of Hot Air called it "an affirmative action appointment" and questioned whether Rex is in fact a US citizen or a Golden Labrador. ‘If they allow a Canadian puppy onto US soil illegally, next thing you know Obama will be negotiating with terriers, and without preconditions," she told Fox News. "Furthermore, Rex should be required to learn English first." And Dick Morris told the Sean Hannity that passing up the black Labrador in the next kennel will definitively end the honeymoon between Obama and civil rights leaders.
We can be certain that Blue Dog's won't just roll over and play dead on the heels of this announcement. But of course, with the pack mentality in Congress, it's clear that the scenery never changes unless you're the lead dog. And there'll only be one alpha male in the White House, but he'll be outnumbered by the ... females. (I'm not going to go there!) So I guess there's nothing to do but put aside our pet peeves and wait for someone to let the cat out of the bag.
Things have gotten to a really strange place when Saturday Night Live can do skit that is hilarious using a political candidate's actual words, will only very minor modification. The Republicans really are killing political satire. How do you outdo people who are so over the top? Here is a side-by-side comparison of the actual Sarah Palin interview and the Tina Fey version that appeared on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann:
You may have heard that John McCain was scheduled to appear on David Letterman's late night show on CBS on Wednesday night. At the last minute, McCain called to cancel, saying he was hurrying back to Washington to deal with the financial crisis. It turned out that the crisis McCain had to deal with was Sarah Palin's interview taped that morning with Katie Couric. McCain scheduled an interview the same day with Couric, thereby bumping much of the Palin interview from the evening news cast (though it was still available on the Internet). Here' David Letterman talking about the situation on his show that night:
By now most of you have probably seen the Saturday Night Live bit with Tina Fey as Sarah Palin and Amy Pohler as Hillary Clinton. In case you haven't, here it is:
Finally, here's a little humor. Andrew Sullivan says "I really don't think what is happening now and will happen soon can be better described than this. Yes, Wile E. Coyote is McCain and Palin is that bow and arrow he thought would bring down Obama:"
