Jokes
Last night, after watching the news on the local NBC affiliate, The Tonight Show came on.
The gist of the opening monologue joke:
~ "Boy, those Democrats sure don't pay their taxes."
The gist of the second joke:
~ "Why are Democrats going to a luxury resort to do some strategery, when there is this place called the Capitol Building where they can do the exact same thing?"
The gist of the third joke:
~ "The stimulus is itself a joke. There's an actual appropriation in there for $2 million for neon light installation for Las Vegas"
The fourth joke was then an easy Blago corruption joke.
Later, during a skit featuring Fred Willard as a Postmaster "Colonel," Leno asked why he hasn't been promoted to Postmaster General. Answer: "I didn't pay my taxes."
No jokes on Bush. None on McCain or Palin, or Republicans in general.
The water in the tub may have sloshed the Democrats way lately, but what I unexpectedly happened on last night is a sign that it may slosh back to Republicans much sooner than normal. By making the foundation of their entire governing philosophy the past eight years a crude "not-Bush," the removal of Bush has now also removed the foundation on which Washington Democrats stood.
All they've got now are a gaggle of -- admittedly usually sincere -- liberal special-interest groups pressing them one way (aka: money for appropriations in the "stimulus"), desires for grubby fat-laden pork pushing them another (aka: money for appropriations in the "stimulus"), a startlingly unimpressive leadership class among high ranking Democrats, and no true philosophical guide to guidance.
It's actually not that funny.
The gist of the opening monologue joke:
~ "Boy, those Democrats sure don't pay their taxes."
The gist of the second joke:
~ "Why are Democrats going to a luxury resort to do some strategery, when there is this place called the Capitol Building where they can do the exact same thing?"
The gist of the third joke:
~ "The stimulus is itself a joke. There's an actual appropriation in there for $2 million for neon light installation for Las Vegas"
The fourth joke was then an easy Blago corruption joke.
Later, during a skit featuring Fred Willard as a Postmaster "Colonel," Leno asked why he hasn't been promoted to Postmaster General. Answer: "I didn't pay my taxes."
No jokes on Bush. None on McCain or Palin, or Republicans in general.
The water in the tub may have sloshed the Democrats way lately, but what I unexpectedly happened on last night is a sign that it may slosh back to Republicans much sooner than normal. By making the foundation of their entire governing philosophy the past eight years a crude "not-Bush," the removal of Bush has now also removed the foundation on which Washington Democrats stood.
All they've got now are a gaggle of -- admittedly usually sincere -- liberal special-interest groups pressing them one way (aka: money for appropriations in the "stimulus"), desires for grubby fat-laden pork pushing them another (aka: money for appropriations in the "stimulus"), a startlingly unimpressive leadership class among high ranking Democrats, and no true philosophical guide to guidance.
It's actually not that funny.
posted by Lee | 11:21 AM
2 Comments:
You give liberal interest groups too much credit for sincerity. Yeah, they are sincerely after as much money and power as they can get their greedy hands on, and they are sincerely hoping nothing gets measurably better until they get it.
I agree, but the Republicans need to take advantage and come up with a governing philosophy of their own. They still have some good principles (their pro-life stance), but on the whole they seem to stand for only slightly less government than the Democrats.
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