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We Have no Sense of Humor!
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 06/14/2009 13:23:24

"You liberals just don't know how to tell a joke", I heard recently from a fellow blogger/acquaintance. "That's why Letterman is in such truouble". I really did not know how to respond to this, especially on the heels of yesterdays news from SC about a GOP activist and former State Senator who likened Michelle Obama to an ape.

Yes, it seems Mr. Rusty DePass, friend of comedian George W. Bush, made this witty retort in the comments on one of his FaceBook friends after the friend had posted an update on an escaped ape from the zoo: "I’m sure it’s just one of Michelle’s ancestors — probably harmless,” DePass mused.

Ha. Ha. R.O.F.L.

See, here's the thing, if you have to explain the joke or, as in the case of this one, delete it from the record, then its not really very amusing is it? And, why Michelle Obama? She's not the only black person in America; why not P. Diddy or Oprah or Cedric the Entertainer? (Cedric, being a comedian as well, would surely think it's funny and in good taste. Riiiiight).

When people of the overly conservative affliction find a joke in bad taste they will let us know, they will pound it into our heads ad infinitum. They'll remind us over and over again why the joke isn't funny and why they demand an apology!

Back to my friend: the Letterman joke. When I heard this joke in replay, I thought it was funny. Maybe not in good taste, I'll admit, but I would never have thought that he was talking about the 14 year old Piper. (Truth is, I had to "wiki" the Palin family because I could not remember them having a 14 year old. I tried counting the names on my fingers, but she was just gone with memories of lost phone numbers and names of old lovers. Once I wiki'd her, I knew why I couldn't remember her name: it was the only fairly common name of the entire clan).

The Letterman joke went something like this: Todd and Sarah Palin took their daughter to a baseball game while in NY. The only thing that happened was during the 7th inning stretch the daughter got knocked up by Alex Rodrieguez.

Obviously this is a reference to the older, sluttier daughter and not a 14 year old! How horrible!! So David made a mistake, not only in the getting the facts wrong, but the joke was indeed in bad taste. And for that he should apologize. But I must also question the motives of the Palins. Why didn't they just contact Letterman directly and ask for a public apology? Why go through their publicist and the press? Why make such a big fucking stink about it? Some would argue that they just love to see their name in bold face and that this stupid joke just gave them more print/youtube time in the light.

Jokes in bad taste often work when they are based in truth but not when they are downright mean. The conservatives complained about most of the jokes at the recent White House Correspondence Dinner especially one that Obama told, "Dick Cheney was supposed to be here, but he is very busy working on his memoirs … tentatively titled “How to shoot friends and interrogate people.” See, this would not be funny if Cheney had not actually shot a friend. And one that Wanda Sykes told about Rush "Rush Limbaugh [said], 'I hope the country fails.' I hope his kidney’s fail, how about that? He needs a good waterboarding, that’s what he needs".

See, this one is not really in good taste. Even though, I'll admit it, I laughed.

Conservatives like Palin seem to complain LOUDLY when the joke in bad taste is on them, but I never heard her complain about the rape jokes that her running mate said and were brought to light during the campaign. Where was she when McCain laughed at Clinton being called a "bitch" or at any of the things that Ann Coulter says?

"I was going to have a few comments about John Edwards but you have to go into rehab if you use the word faggot."

Oh, sorry, I suppose Sarah would have thought that one was funny (and made any sense at all).
 

11 comments (Latest Comment: 06/15/2009 01:42:29 by Raine)
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Comment by BobR on 06/14/2009 14:55:18
Really - I thought the Barack the Magic Negro "parody" was hilarious, not to mention the comment about Judge Sotomayor's menses. HA HA HA....



:sarcasm:

Comment by Raine on 06/14/2009 15:04:50
Can I just point out one thing that I actually find rather funny?



Piper is even younger than Willow... Willow os the 14 year old they have their collective Lipstick wearing pig panties all in a wad about...



So, Velveeta-- in the spirit of fairness, I am telling Sarah that you said David letterman Knocked up Piper.

Comment by velveeta jones on 06/14/2009 16:52:44
Holy Mother of all things Holy!! I just CAN NOT keep that Palin family straight. Please, please make them stop breeding.



:pray:

Comment by AuntAzalea on 06/14/2009 17:26:17
Great job VJ! I agree with BobR -now I expect they will somehow connect some menses jokes` with some magic negro jokes- perhaps I am unwittingly giving away too much of Glenn Beck's "comedy tour".

Comment by Raine on 06/14/2009 17:47:00
Quote by velveeta jones:

Holy Mother of all things Holy!! I just CAN NOT keep that Palin family straight. Please, please make them stop breeding.



:pray:




Comment by livingonli on 06/14/2009 18:43:04
Greetings from the salt mine. I am doing a little OT and I have been busy with tape plotting since I came in. But I did have to check out what Velveeta had to say. Spot on as always. The right-wingers are hypocrites who project their character flaws onto their opponents so that they can sound like their flawless.



The only thing that would be funny on the Glenn Beck "comedy tour" is if he got hit in the face with a pie and then tripped and fell on his shoelaces. Nothing like good old Three Stooges style slapstick.

Comment by Raine on 06/14/2009 20:10:37
From Meghan McCain on twitter:



McCainBlogette I love my party, I love being a republican, its very sexy :-)




:huh:



Comment by trojanrabbit on 06/14/2009 22:41:01
I thought this was rather interesting as someone had 4 vintage TV's setup to catch the analog shutdown.





Comment by Scoopster on 06/14/2009 23:40:00
Say that Letterman joke doesn't work for me.. It's not funny.



Wanna know why?



Because A-Rod goes for cougars, not teenagers. It'd work if the punchline involved Sarah Palin.

Comment by Raine on 06/15/2009 01:40:25
Quote by Scoopster:

Say that Letterman joke doesn't work for me.. It's not funny.



Wanna know why?



Because A-Rod goes for cougars, not teenagers. It'd work if the punchline involved Sarah Palin.
How did I miss that fact?



BRILLIANT!!! (i could have been a joke about Hills and Pumas!!!)



Now let's trade him. He has been nothing but bad stats since he got here!



Comment by Raine on 06/15/2009 01:42:29
Quote by trojanrabbit:

I thought this was rather interesting as someone had 4 vintage TV's setup to catch the analog shutdown.





I remmber those channels.. I used to live in the Capital District area.



Awesome vid!