Posted on 11/11/2008 9:45:54 AM PST by BGHater
The George Bush presidency has been rich pickings for those in one line of work - comedy. But with Barack Obama's election win steeped in historical significance, is America's new leader beyond comic reproach?
When I wrote for Spitting Image and a new politician came on the scene, the news crews would always turn up to see the puppet being made and maybe interview us about how we were going to portray him.
"Er, well, this John Major bloke seems like he's really boring, so we might have him sitting next to Edwina Currie and maybe, totally failing to respond to her flirting…"
So we got that one right then.
Just as a cartoonist will distort and enlarge any tiny distinguishing physical feature, a satirist has to try and spot what it is that is distinctive and interesting about any new personality and then mercilessly exaggerate it until it becomes a hideous and character-defining flaw.
Kenneth Baker - former Conservative cabinet minister - is a bit slimy. Make him a slug.
Mrs Thatcher is pretty ballsy for a woman. Have her stand at the urinals besides the other ministers.
Roy Hattersley has slightly lispy sibilants. So water sprays out of his mouth when he talks.
Sometimes the most unexpected thing defines a character.
We wrote a sketch in which John Major was talking to Norma about eating peas, and the blandness of England's most popular vegetable struck a chord, and before long Labour MPs were shouting out "Have you had your peas John?" as he stood up for Prime Minister's Question Time.
In the 80s and 90s, it feels like we went through a golden age for satirists - the simplistic Ronnie Reagan, or Bill Clinton locked inside the Oval Office with his intern.
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What I look at him all I see is Mad Magazine’s Alfred E.Neuman who forgot he’s just a comic book icon.
I’ve heard some jokes about Obama. I can’t repeat them however because they’d probably be considered racist (even though you can make fun of any other ethnicity and their food).
Actually, laughing at mr. thin-skin may prove to be his “achilles heel”.
Comics aren’t going to go after him unless they want to be investigated and punished. It’s that simple.
Its gonna be a loooong 4 years.
I find no humor in having a socialist in the White House. I also find no humor in the fact that those who elected him, and those who did not, will suffer economically for the next four years.
The same things were said in the wake of 9/11 about President Bush, and yet here we are...GWB the target of jokes..
What is good for the goose, is good for the Neo Marxist Obamao..
JP
Find it. Mockery is a weapon. Seize it. Use it.
0bama is a liar ... and an idiot ... and inarticulate. Among other things, many of which lend themselves to satire and lampoon. He should be verbally flogged. Mercilesssly and without ceasing, so as to make the leftists' Bush-hate rhetoric look tame.
blair was an easy target. most british people have prominent ears and horrid teeth. ;)
Yeah, it may be safer to go back to drawing cartoons of Mohammed!
All Freepers saw the last episode of South Park, right?
It actually made me feel a tiny bit better.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/
Rush uses the term, ‘creepy’ for BHO. It appears that the Messiah gig has worked for nearly 66% of the public. That is a delusion that will hurt the nation. BTW, the Dow is still going down in fear of cars, mortgages, and expectations of Obama. Fear is the key. If, if socialist pacifism really comes about in the BHO Admin. , we will plunge into a Dark Age. And it may be a generation before we see the Light.
Perhaps we should try to invent a new "Obama Salute." I remember when somebody tried to create the signal of the hands raised high forming a circle for "O."
I prefer to see a new public Obama salute where the middle finger is extended to scratch an itch along the side of one's nose, something that Obama himself introduced to presidential politics.
-PJ
The main part is pretty damned funny. The clause is tragic. I know who I'll be helping.
Great! Try it out, see if it works. The idea, I think, is to publicly treat him with the scorn, contempt and mockery he deserves. If you find something particularly effective, be sure to spread the news.
Q, I believe this sort of thinking may be right up your alley.
Agreed. We will be longing for the good old days when Klintoon merely sicked the IRS on any critics, and FBI files on Republican congressman mysteriously wound up in Klintoon operatives' hands.
No poking fun at Obama will be tolerated. The One will consider it an act of sabotage against His "rule."
;-)
Rahm Emmanuel has a stub for a middle finger, so Rahm would be incapable of delivering this salute.
The devil cannot abide scorn - and by extension, neither can his minions, the leftists.
Make fun of them at every turn. Use derision and mockery.
We could use THEIR “salute”, the two handed “O”,
while chanting “aaaassss hoooole... aaaassss hoooole...”
Only a racist would laugh at Beloved Leader. Just ask the Texas Longhorns.
Some friends and I have a new saying: “well, BARACK you”, said with the same vocal inflection as ..... you know, that other word. Obamanites don’t like it :-)
I can foresee the time when laughing at the popular Oprah’s Choice will be a crime. It already was in 1798 in the Alien and Sedition Acts, but “Honest” John Adams moved to jail no one.
But those who voted for him won’t know they are suffering. Katie Couric will tell them that things have never been better in America and THE WORLD too. They will believe Katie too.
“I find no humor in having a socialist in the White House. I also find no humor in the fact that those who elected him, and those who did not, will suffer economically for the next four years.”
Laugh at the utter and absoluate celeb-infested stupidity of those voting for something and not knowing what they are getting ... or we can laugh at nothing.
It may be gallows humor as we witness the execution of American freedom, but humor is all we’ve got left.
He could do it, he'd just have plausible deniability.
-PJ
The next time I see him face-to-face, I will. (it could take a while... ) :-)
-PJ
;')
Surely they're joking?
Obama did a pretty good job finding things about himself to poke fun at at the Al Smith Dinner. Even mentioning the Greek columns for his Olympian temple of Apollo, the standard backdrop for his grandiose speeches.
They will believe Katie for a while, but at some point the hunger pains take over....
Maybe another anti-depressant will do the trick. I think I need a two week mourning period.
It is pathetic that there are those who voted for spreading the wealth around like it were margarine or jelly, without realizing that you need a piece of bread to spread it on. I will laugh once those that voted for Obama realize that they have hurt themselves. Belly laugh!
That's what I'm talkin' about!
BRILLIANT!!!! ROFL!!!!
The nasty thoughts on his policies and his character are there and have been. Nonetheless, I'll take your advice and head to the licquor cabinet. I hope you don't mind if I go with either Kentucky whiskey or Canadian Club.
Would you mind being my mentor? I like the way you think.....
Thanks - you made my day. :)
"Man, that's so BARRACK'd" up"
How can anyone DARE to criticize the black “messiah”?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT9nYjqTL10
You might have to be audited, er answer to his supporters.
Obama The Black Messiah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RqCvBtVIHM
"We've got a SNABU here (Situation Normal, All B'rakked Up)"
"MOTHER B'RAKKER!"
"B'RAK OFF!"
Works like a charm. You can use it with an ‘ing’ on it too .... “he’s a ‘Baracking’ Marxist” .....
BFL
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