On Oct 8, 10:49*am, Jack wrote:
Is Obama Becoming a Joke?
By David Paul Kuhn

Most presidents become a joke at some point. It's a matter of when and
how. Both points should concern this president. In Winston Churchill's
words, "a joke is a very serious thing." Or it can be, when the joke
is about a very serious thing.

"Saturday Night Live" has long been a comedic benchmark.

chuckle don'tcha love the right wing. they're so desperate they're
pinning their hopes to 'saturday night live'...



Political satire matters when it is larger than the joke. The growing
rap on Obama is that he is a man both ineffective and meek; a man who
is loved by all and feared by none.

of course, he could be murderously incompetent like his GOP
predecessor, who got us into 2 wars and bankrupted the economy...



The Olympics only helped reinforce the punch line.

now let's see...we have 2 wars...a trashed economy...iran with
nukes...n. korea with nukes...all courtesy of the right wing

and what are they complaining about? SNL and the olympics?

ever get the idea the GOP has no adult supervision?


As Garry Trudeau, of "Doonesbury" fame, told one reporter, "For
something to be funny, the audience has to be in a position to sense
the truth of it." And SNL's lampoon of Obama was funny.


and the GOP is too tragic to be funny. it has a larger negative than
positive rating...and will for years to come.