Yeah...lets eschew all political humor and satire. Rewrite history to purge all of it out from Jonathan Swift to Mark Twain to Ann Coulter. Sheesh...the reason humor is used is because it works. The reason the left has been dominate the last 70 years is because it captured the culture, it runs the entertainment industry, it was able (especially in the 60s) to depict itself as the place to have fun.
Maybe because Paul realizes that crushing debt and massive taxes are not a joking matter?