Brent Baker of Newsbusters writes, “Letterman Writer Boasts of Discrediting McCain, Obama ‘Too Competent’ to Joke About.”
Meanwhile, Dr. Helen asks, “Are liberal comedians cowards or just partisan hacks?” Given the above item on Letterman’s writer and Wanda Sykes’ meltdown last night, I’m disappointed that I can’t choose “all of the above” as my answer.
Update: Here’s one new and overly politicized stand-up comedian who’s definitely in need of some new writers.
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5 Comments
1. Don Surber:Hery, wait a second. You make being a hack sound like a BAD thing…
May 10, 2009 - 3:56 pm 2. Don Surber:I meant to misspell Hey. I’m a hack, after all
May 10, 2009 - 3:56 pm 3. Ed Driscoll:Don,
Hey, I’m just quoting Dr. Helen.
May 10, 2009 - 3:58 pm 4. Comedy is Supposed to Be Funny, Isn’t It? : The Sundries Shack:[...] Is there something about the essential nature of left-wing “comedy” that it must be partisan and have only a thin coating of civility? [...]
May 10, 2009 - 5:35 pm 5. ObamaIsTheNewHitler:Democrats don’t get humor.
What they call humor is what adults call hate.
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