Sunday, May 21, 2006
Behold, the Bush Boom
In late night jokes by Letterman, Leno and O'Brien. Tim Harper of the Toronto Star has noticed the 100% increase in jibes and jabs at Our Dear Embattled Leader.
You can find a few examples here.
So, have you heard the one about the dim-witted cowboy over on Pennsylvania Ave. who has so much trouble with the English language?Making jokes about ODEL has always been like shooting ducks in a barrel or lawyers on a quail hunt, but with his current low ratings it has become socially acceptable.
Of course you have.
Every night — more often than ever and with much more bite — if you tune in any of the U.S. network late-night talk shows.
With George W. Bush's popular approval waning, the late-night shots at a U.S. president who has become a gold mine for jokes has turned into a more definitive barometer of his second term than the best work of pollsters Gallup or Harris.
In the first three months of this year, according to a study by the non-partisan Center for Media and Public Affairs, Bush has been the butt of 102 jokes per month in the opening monologues of David Letterman, Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien, more than double the rate of Bush jokes in 2005. And more than any subject, they dwell on the perception that the U.S. commander-in-chief is ... well, not so bright.
You can find a few examples here.
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