If they play the part of stand-up comic? You bethca!
I don't see Abe Lincoln doing stand-up.
Well I haven’t seen Sarah free any slaves lately either, so...
I suggest you spend a bit more time studying history. Abe was widely acclaimed for his comedic skills. He did exactly the equivalent of the "stand up" of his day.
Get a grip. Abe and Sarah have a lot in common.
Drop your prejudice and you would see it.
[I don’t see Abe Lincoln doing stand-up. ]
I don’t see Abe Twittering or Facebooking either and in the process taking down socialist healthcare just by uttering “death panels”. Palin isn’t perfect, but she can think on her feet. Pulling off a comedy routine actually takes a huge presence of mind, try it if you don’t believe me.
You're so 19th century.
“I don’t see Abe Lincoln doing stand-up.”
I don’t see Abe Lincoln doing ANYTHING these days.
No, more like lying down. And decomposing- still.
Bill Clinton appeared on Arsenio Hall during the 1992 campaign while wearing sunglasses and playing the saxaphone.
He was elected twice.
Richard Nixon appeared on “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-in” in 1968 and said, “Sock it to Me?” Nixon then went on to win a tight election.
If we had the same media back in the 1860’s You can bet Abe would have been wowing them with his wit and humor.
Abe’s humor
http://www.angelfire.com/my/abrahamlincoln/Humor.html
http://www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/Library/newsletter.asp?ID=30&CRLI=110
http://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/inside.asp?pageID=23&subjectID=1
Actually, he did, both as a lawyer in court and as a politician on the stump. It was one of the reasons he was so successful in getting votes and getting his name out in early Republican circles.