Comments on: Late night white TV talk show hosts finding it difficult to joke about Obama

By: alchemist

alchemist — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:48:51 +0000

I was thinking about this the other day. I was wondering if most late night shows were afraid of insulting Barack and losing younger viewers (who generally support Obama) and are worth more to advertisers. This would also explain why Jon Stewart's network doesn't mind: he practically has a dead lock on younger viewers already. That and he has a contract which is pretty much bulletproof. He can say or do anything he wants, as demonstrated on crossfire in 2004.

By: Marshall Art

Marshall Art — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:12:09 +0000

The Stewart vid wouldn’t play. But I heard another on the radio from Stewart regarding the New Yorker cover. He said something along the lines of providing a better response for Barry. It had to do with complaining about a cartoon that dressed him and the wife as Middle Eastern terrorists would make him just like a Middle Eastern terrorist complaining about a cartoon. It actually would have helped Barry quite a bit. Far better than playing the victim again.

By: benning

benning — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:18:03 +0000

He’s a GOD in human flesh! How could anybody jest regarding Him? ”

I think it’s a combination of his race and the worshipfulness of these so-called comedians. They love him, so they cannot think of mocking him in any way. Throw in his half-Kenyan blood and you have an Untouchable (oun intended!).

By: Lorica

Lorica — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:01:58 +0000

I agree Frank it is the left that judges a person by the color of their skin, the right likes to look at the content of ones character. After all BO is as much white as he is black, it is just his skin color that makes him a black man. – Lorica

By: Frank Hagan

Frank Hagan — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:32:24 +0000

The interesting thing is that none of the “missed canon fodder” cited above is due to Obama’s race. It leaves you with the impression that is simply due to the fact that they favor Obama.

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By: Tom TB

Tom TB — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:25:31 +0000

I’m not in the late night talk show stand-up comic business, but I think it would be funny and instructive to make jokes about Obama’s white Kansan background and see who complains.

By: steveegg

steveegg — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:18:33 +0000

I find it exceptionally easy to take shots at the Obamination. Of course, unlike the late-night talkers, I’m not going to vote for him, but the fact that I may well vote for McCain isn’t stopping the volume of fire I direct at him.

By: Anthony (Los Angeles)

Anthony (Los Angeles) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:00:18 +0000

Let’s give some credit then to Jon Stewart, who wasn’t afraid to mock the Prophet of Post-Racial Politics over his new Presidential Seal.

By: alchemist

alchemist — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:37:17 +0000

Is it a bad thing? Sure. We can’t talk about race, we can’t poke fun at our differences without causing anger and discontent, and that helps no one. I’m sure many of us disagree on WHY we can’t talk about race (in general), but it’s still a very sticky subject.

The fact that the race issue is also now charged with the rhetoric of presidential propaganda complicates it even further.