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Late Night Political Humor

“Arnold Schwarzenegger admitted that he fathered a child with a member of his household staff. The woman’s husband became suspicious when he realized she was the first maid to make $1 million a year.” – Jay Leno “Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child with his maid. I can’t believe no one knew this was Arnold’s son. […]

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72 Virgins Change the Channel

[reposted from Margaret and Helen] Margaret, I wish Harold could have lived to see this day. As a veteran, he was always hopeful that we would one day get Bin Laden. He would have been very proud and then he would have been pissed. Had I not seen it with my own eyes, I would […]

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Do Unto Others…

© Jack Ohman It is pretty bad when you make a statement that is reasonable and accurate, but every single Republican leader attacks you for it, and then they declare your presidential campaign over. Maybe it is karma.

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Late Night Political Humor

“President Obama’s approval rating, which got a bump after killing bin Laden, has slipped again. Which is really bad news – not for the president, for Moammar Gaddafi.” – Jay Leno “The Navy SEALs found a massive stash of porn in Osama bin Laden’s bedroom. Must have been tricky. It’s hard enough to hide porn […]

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When Humor Imitates Law

Recently, Stephen Colbert announced that he was forming a “Super PAC” which would magically get around all the restrictions placed on regular PACs (Political Action Committees) and would allow him to donate unlimited amounts of money in secret to whomever he wanted. But according to ABC News “what started as a humorous dressing down of […]

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The Court of Public Opinion

© Matt Bors Even the French don’t believe her.

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Late Night Political Humor

“Donald Trump is not running for president. This is devastating news for Trump’s supporters – all of whom are late night comedians.” – Conan O’Brien “As an American, I am relieved that Donald Trump is not running for president. But as a vulgar late night entertainer, I feel a certain amount of regret.” – Craig […]

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Foreign Policy according to Mitt Romney

On Thursday, Obama gave a speech where he called for Israel to return to its border lines as drawn before the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. It didn’t take long for the Republican attack machine to swing into action, with fierce criticism coming from Mike Huckabee and Representative Allen West. Presidential contender Mitt Romney condemned Obama, saying […]

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Striking a Balance

Like many people, I identify as a fiscal conservative and a social liberal. Which is why this article in The Onion “Fiscally I’m A Right-Wing Nutjob, But On Social Issues I’m Fucking Insanely Liberal” made me laugh out loud. Then it made me think. A lot.

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Politics as Drama

John Lithgow does a dramatic reading of the latest press release from Newt Gingrich:

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Gaming the Party of No

Republicans have made it clear that they will be opposed to anything and anyone supported by Obama and the Democrats, even if they were previously in favor of that thing. But the New York Times has an interesting report on how the Democrats are causing this to backfire. The strategy is simple — heap praise […]

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The Social Safety Levee

© Ed Stein The game of chicken over raising the debt limit continues, with Republicans (and some Democrats) vowing that any vote for it will have to be accompanied by deep budget cuts, and tax increases of any kind will not be considered. If Republicans have their way, there’s only one possible outcome. The social […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“The SEALs recovered an extensive stash of pornography from Bin Laden’s compound. It’s probably not easy just having sex with the same 11 wives all the time. There were interesting titles: ‘Debby Does Abbottabad,’ ‘Deep Goat,’ ‘Bare Ankles 4,’ and ‘2 Humps, 1 Camel.’” – Jimmy Fallon “New rule: you can’t rail against the decadence […]

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Why gasoline prices are so high

You do the math. Speculating in the price of oil is one of the main reasons gas prices are so high. And here’s Republican House Whip Eric Cantor promising speculators that he will fight any financial regulations on them: Of course, it makes sense, since high energy prices are one of the main things hurting […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“President Obama’s approval rating is at a two-year high in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death. If I were Obama, I’d fish bin Laden out of the ocean and kill him every Sunday.” – Jimmy Kimmel “When I heard bin Laden had been killed I went, ‘Oh, great. NOW what’s Oprah going to do […]

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