smittyoneeach's Journal: BHO's 12 Days of Christmas

Kind of funny, yet strangely uncomfortable due to the truth involved.

Indeed

[damn_registrars]

It is funny, in how it makes the conservatives look clueless in their assessment of reality. I could see how any with a sense of reality would find it a bit uncomfortable when they realize their comrades in arms see this as an accurate depiction of the state.

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[damn_registrars]

Geeze Loise...It's humor, son. A joke.

You seem to have forgotten that the conservative 12th commandment is "thou shalt not have a sense of humor". They don't tell jokes, ever. Case in point; look at Dennis Miller'. He became a hard core conservative after 9/11 and consequently forgot how to actually craft a joke.

Hence this bit that smitty linked to was not a joke. At least, it was not written to be one. While it does make a joke of the people who take it seriously it is not actually intended to be funny on its own.

Colbert is great

[smittyoneeach]

He performs a valuable service in holding up a (distorted) mirror to conservatives.
While I don't think the shoe Colbert provides always fits, he's outstanding at what he does.
You. . .could benefit from some exercise, I feel. Mellow out. Laugh [twitter.com].

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[damn_registrars]

There is a reason why Colbert is successful and conservative attempts at comedy (such as what Fox News attempted a while back) are not.

Colbert is topical. Conservative attempts keep repeating tired out inaccurate stereotypes from the 70s (and earlier). If Colbert was still pretending that current conservatives are cut from the same cloth as Nixon he wouldn't have a fan base.

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[smittyoneeach]

Colbert also has that pompus ass O'Reilly to key off of.

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[damn_registrars]

Colbert also has that pompus ass O'Reilly to key off of.

The act and the character are based on O'Reilly. But the material comes from the news. O'Reilly himself doesn't provide anywhere near enough material to keep the show afloat on his own. It's kinda like when conservatives keep repeating the same silly jokes about Obama ad nauseum, it gets old and just makes them look silly instead of actually making people laugh.

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[smittyoneeach]

I use "no-talent rode clown" and "#OccupyResoluteDesk" with the utmost affection.