1. The horse joke is typical earthy humor on the ranch/farm. Nobody with any country roots would get put out by that joke, I don't care how religious or otherwise puritanical.
2. The stripper joke was funny precisely because Laura Bush and Lynn Cheney are ladies. The thought of those classy ladies at Chippendales was funny because it was completely ridiculous. It wouldn't be ridiculous if it were Terry Kerry or some other Democrat skank.
The mental image of Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Chippendales is just funny!
GASP!!!!! You mean to tell me that Laura LIED about this? < /DU Mode>
Figured I'd better make the DU reference to show sarcasm or I'd need to duck for cover, LOL!
Exactly right! Humor also is presenting a sense of the ridiculous, and NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND would think Laura Bush, Lynne Cheney, and the women on the Supreme Court were stuffing money down the g-strings of male strippers.
Agree with your numbers 1 and 2. I'll add number 3: The Desparate Housewives joke was merely a jab at GWB for being sound asleep by 9.
1. I grew up in Iowa. I was offended, but probably more so because of all of the stupid porn spam talking about videos of this very thing. Also, now that she has opened the door, late night TV can once again expand their indecency quota because she went farther than what most of them dared in the last few years.
2. The strip club material was lame. In order for it to be extremely funny, there has to be an element of truth in it.
I fear that hearing, "Come on, Laura, lighten up," has finally gotten to her. This town has a reputation of corrupting even the most pure. It's hard to stay clean with the amount of slime DC has in it.