I think PJ ORourke is a better example though. He’s a republican with a sense of humor thats actually fairly entertaining, even when I disagree with him, because he’s more interested in comedy than conversion, and more in poking fun at ideas than insulting people outright, like the above named “conservative comedians” are. We’ve done it to death before on this board, and yes there is such a thing as conservative comedy that is actually funny. Coulter calling Edwards a Faggot isnt comedy, and the laughing, applauding audience is not indication of a well delivered joke as much as it is basking in shared homophobia.

A perfect example is Dennis Miller. He was an extraordinarily popular comedian, until he supported Pres. Bush’s war on terror. Now, is he just misguided or mistaken? No. Liberals now say he’s not funny. So who’s myopic?

One of my TV preoccupations is to watch Bill Maher’s show open to see how long it takes him to crudely insult the President. He hasn’t made it past 5 minutes. Is that funny?

And Rex, I never said “Chelsea is ugly” is funny. So I don’t feel compelled to explain to you why someone else might think it is.

Perhaps you might want to check with the commenter who said this:

The former is the original, more French spelling used in the UK. The latter is the harsher US variation. Both are acceptable. Unlike your face.

Here’s a “good” example of what passes for Conservative humor. The entire bit is just them talking about how wonderful things are now that Limbaugh and Coulter are in the white house. What exactly is the joke? Ignoring that this is a direct ripoff from that bit Gore did on SNL pretending he was elected in 2000, what exactly is the joke?

“Hey look at us! Things are great now that we’re in charge.”
“Yeah, they sure are. Good thing we dont have to explain how any of this could have been achieved by either of us, given that we’re as reviled and politically ignorant as Bush was.”
“Very true, and yet somehow we’ve done in 100 days what he couldn’t do in 6 years with a complient congress behind him. Not that that means he sucks, just that we’re much better people than he is. After all, we’re on Radio! and TeeVee!”
“Megadittoes! Lets invade Canada!”

Again, the Gore bit did alot of the same kind of jokes, but a key difference was he bothered to explain how it happened, for instance his single handed building of the Hurricane-Stopping Machine, and thats where the funny is. Otherwise it would just have been public ego masturbation the same way it is here for Limbaugh and Coulter.

Side note, when they did this before, they ended saying “the adults are back in charge.” This was before Coulter just went and called Edwards a Faggot, although this latest bit is from after.

The only possible explanation for this as humor is that its actually meant to show how unfunny these people really are. How their idea of comedy (”He’s a Fag!”) isnt actually funny to anyone not inclined to hate in the same way they are (”Fags are Evil! Get the Rope! Or at the very least lets deny them civil rights!”). The only comedy to be spotted is in the disbelief of the person who asks “This is what you people find funny?”

Of course thats only my opinion, and I would appreciate if pre-emminent scholar Frank would enlighten us as to how “Chelsea is ugly” is actually funny in any other way. I expect I’ll be waiting a while for him to pull an answer out of his ass though, given the kind of excavatory equipment necessary.

As for John Edwards, while I seriously doubt he is queer, I do see him as a slimey lawyer with an RFK obsession. He is sooo doomed!

Am I guilty of hate speech as well? Thought so….

Humor does not mean, “It makes liberals laugh.”

Conservative columnist Joe Sobran — cited as a mentor in Miss Coulter’s most recent book, “Godless: The Church of Liberalism” — defended her yesterday.
“I’m proud of her as always. … I’ll never get over her,” said Mr. Sobran,

Hmmmm… questions swirl.

Mr. Mattera said YAF will continue to book Miss Coulter, who he said “packs out college auditoriums every time. … You would think we’re handing out condoms.”

“Ann made an honest mistake,” said American Spectator editor-in-chief R. Emmett Tyrrell, author of “The Clinton Crackup” and other conservative books, suggesting that Miss Coulter intended the slur in its original dictionary sense as “a bound bundle of sticks.”

I can’t…stop laughing.

She is correct. However, I think the long-term effect could be a shrinking of the conservative movement. Those who are more socially liberal / fiscally conservative might move away from the party. Maybe no to the Democratic Party, because for some reason they fear the fiscal responsibility of people like Bill Clinton.

Frank DiSalle is back!