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I hope someone took his belt and shoe-laces away.
I’m more concerned that someone took away his guns. I honestly think there’s a real chance someone will try and kill Obama before inauguration day.
Ah, Frank. My good buddy. Pity you don’t post more threads about atheism and religion so that we can spar more often.
CS, I’m a little concerned too. I’m hoping the Secret Service is as good at their job as I think they are.
I’ve been thinking of dusting off some of the old Dan Quayle jokes and updating them. Perhaps that was behind the selection of Joe Biden — assassination insurance? Was that Obama’s way of saying “go ahead and kill me — if you think I’m bad, imagine what it’ll be like with HIM running things!”
J.
Another epic fail from our adorable Jay. Please google “2008 Election Vice Presidential Approval Ratings.” 60% of America thought Palin was unqualified for the job.
But please, remain in your little ideological bubble where everybody LOVES Sarah Palin. Watching her get crushed in the Republican primary is going to be a blast in 2012.
Don’t mean to be a PC, wet-blanket type here guys, but jokes about assassination AIN’T FUNNY.
I don’t know how old you guys are, but I was 9 when President Kennedy was shot, and it was no fucking joke. I was 13 when MLK and RFK were murdered, and that wasn’t funny either.
That being said, I thought Frank “conservativebutnotracistsince1960″ DiSalle commented yesterday. Actually was a graceful loser, if I remember.
Bruce, Eddie Murphy made assassination jokes about Jesse Jackson — and they were funny.
Many people made the joke I alluded to about Dan Quayle — and it was marginally funny.
I was born almost 4 years after Kennedy was assassinated, but I remember precisely where I was when I heard Reagan was shot — and I was terrified.
But the butt of the joke this time is Joe Biden — and anyone who can’t laugh at Joe Biden either has no clue who Joe Biden is, no sense of humor, or both.
J.
I know, I know, I get it. Like I said, I don’t like to be a wet blanket. Still, we never had a black president before, and there are too many nutjobs out there to make these kind of jokes mainstream, in my opinion.
Okay Jay Tea, I’ll bite.
You are not Eddie Murphy. You obviously were not terrified ENOUGH when Reagan was shot– and yes we know who Biden is and –NO one should have a sense of humor about ANYONE being assassinated in this country.
Grow up or just stop hating long enough to get rid of your inner nasty for a moment. (What am I saying? That’s not gonna happen with you.)
Interesting. When haters bring their dark thoughts to the surface it’s always about everyone else not having a sense of humor. . . .
Bruce Henry’s right, Frank actually showed up shortly after Obama won and genuinely did lose with something resembling dignity, unlike a lot of the wingnuts on this site, like Jay Tea.
JT’s hatred for Joe Biden seems blind enough that he actually thinks Quayle and Biden are comparable in the context of succession.
Biden occasionally speaks before thinking, but at least he’s capable of admitting his goofs. I’m pretty sure Dan Quayle is somewhere still insisting he was right about Murphy Brown.
Yeah, god knows we wouldn’t want Reagan’s VP becoming president!
Back under the rock he crawled out from?
Was that Obama’s way of saying “go ahead and kill me — if you think I’m bad, imagine what it’ll be like with HIM running things!”
While I wholeheartedly agree assassination jokes aren’t funny, I think I must point out that if Obama was looking for insurance, he would have picked Hilary.
Duros:
Nope. An insurance policy would have been Kucinich or Russ Feingold. Those guys scare the shit out of conservatives.
Let’s be fair. Every Democrat to the left of Joe Lieberman would scare Republicans, and they were still so wary of Lieberman that they made McCain pick Palin instead.
Republicans have spent a lot of time being scared of Democratic gains as if they all did very poorly under Clintonomics and as if thousands of innocent people died on Clinton’s watch.
They’re not scared of Democrats. They’re scared of anything they can’t control, which is why things like Prop 8 happen.
I think an assassination joke could be funny, if it’s a good joke. I think that only a loon like JT thinks that Biden is, ooooh, so scaaarrryyy. Biden is no Palin, hell, he’s not even a Quayle; he says some pretty stupid things occasionally, but he’s not a moron.
Examples of bad assassination punch lines include:
if an airplane carrying Obama and his wife were blown up “it certainly wouldn’t be a great loss, and it probably wouldn’t be an accident either.”
“some are reading [it] as a suggestion that somebody knock off Osama.” Hemmer quickly corrected Trotta, having noticed that she had said “Osama” when she meant “Obama.” At this point, Trotta said, “Obama. Well…both if we could!” Trotta then laughed gleefully.
Huckabee made an off-color joke during his speech in Louisville, Kentucky, when a loud bang was heard off-stage.
“That was Barack Obama,” Huckabee quipped, “He Just tripped off a chair. He was getting ready to speak. Somebody aimed a gun at him and he…he dove for the floor.”
I would also recommend avoiding anything racially stupid or offensive. This includes (but is not limited to) “Obama killed in drug deal gone bad” or “first African-American president slain in White House drive-by shooting”. Also, if you’re considering anything with blackface, please check this link first (applies to liberals, too).
Bruce, Eddie Murphy made assassination jokes about Jesse Jackson — and they were funny.
LOL. I think we now know Jay Tea’s real name: Michael Scott.
“Perhaps that was behind the selection of Joe Biden — assassination insurance?”
Are you fucking stupid? Biden would make a great president.
You know what? You are irrelevant now. Your party lost, your prediction didn’t come true, your opinions don’t matter. You are a loser and I would appreciate it if you just shut up and let the smart people talk for a while. Maybe you can learn something and by in three years when the 2012 election heats up, you will be able to make a real contribution to the subject.
“Biden is no Palin, hell, he’s not even a Quayle; he says some pretty stupid things occasionally, but he’s not a moron.”
Exactly. The knock on Biden wasn’t that he was stupid, it was that he said stupid things. Not “potato is spelled with a ‘e’.” stupid, but “That’s going to hurt him politically” stupid.
If Biden was a decade younger, I would support him running in 2016.
I remember a joke told in the 70s. A man awakes after several years in a coma. He asks how President Eisenhower is and is told that Eisenhower has been dead for some time. “My God, then Nixon’s President!”
I do see how JT linked the 2, and all it does it point out the bankruptcy of his right-wing ilk. See, they make fun of Biden because it gives them “gotcha!” material, which is as far as they evaluate politicians. At the same time, though Biden may make an ill-considered remark (who doesn’t), he is brilliant on foreign-policy and a strong leader who truly cares about this country and its people. So while a Palin may have the “polish” but no substance (actually she doesn’t have polish either), Biden has substance but little polish sometimes.
Biden style leadership is a threat for morons like JT and his readers that can’t understand anything beyond a 10 word talking point.
JT said “Eddie Murphy made assassination jokes about Jesse Jackson — and they were funny.”
I’m not sure that they were funny, but if they were as you seem to think, there is a difference worth noting: Eddie Murphy didn’t mean it and types like you do mean it and even encourage it. Go home
I’m more curious about mccann and that “Amused Obsever” dude.