I stopped watching Leno 6 months ago, his humor isnt funny, he has to beg his audience to laugh. I switched over to Letterman.
Just remember that Leno is from Andover Mass.
I record him every night, and watch him the next night. This way, I am in control. He brings in a faggot kid (Ross the intern), I fast forward, commercials, I fast forward, the ugly piece of sh*t Dennis Rodman as a guest, fast forward, worthless head banging music, fast forward...
On balance Leno makes fun of Kerry, and Bush. But of course, he needs to appeal to the liberal Hollywood type; so he is typically harsher on Bush, and siding with the fags, and so on.
I always say .....there are two types of people in the US. Not Repubs and Dems .....not men and women ...no! The answer is people who like Leno, and people who like Letterman. And never shall the twain meet! As in, if you like Letterman you cannot comprehend Leno. And if you like Leno you cannot stand letterman.
I personally opt for Leno. As for the aversion factor: anytime I flip over to letterman for a few seconds (eg:when Leno is on commercial break), I always gag and the overt stupidity of Letterman's 10 questions/10 facts/10 statements (or whatever he calls them). Yet I have a very close pal who loves that segment ....she goes gaga over it!
Go figure!
However, as pertains to this thread, Leno attacks everyone. Dem and Rep ...and independent. It all matters on what ammo he has, and once he has it he goes after them. Infact there have been threads on FR where some say he is a Republican, others say he is a Dem. Personally I couldn't care less what his affiliation is ....as long as he doesn't try to sell it on TV. And he doesn't. What happens is some Repub sees a statement against Bush and says Leno must be a Democrat. And then a Dem-dim sees a segment attacking Kerry and says leno must be conservative.