Has anyone ever seen a republican with even an ounce of humor?

[LuckyCharms]

Just a little bit?

I haven't. The only one who comes close is Lindsey Graham. He used to get a laugh out of me once in awhile, but not anymore. Fuck him.

Usually, when they try to make a joke, it's about putting Hillary in jail, or some other mean-spirited bullshit.

Even Charles Manson can be funny.

Charles Manson is funnier than republicans.

Wait...Ted Cruz made me laugh when he ate that booger on TV.

Republicans have no sense of humor unless they inadvertently eat their boogers.

Also, ever notice that Trump never ever laughs? I laugh probably 50 times a day on even my worst days.

What kind of person never laughs?

[Scurrilous]

1. Nixon went on Laugh-In back in the day.

"Sock it to me?"

[LuckyCharms]

2. I remember that...

Sock it to ME???? lol

[FSogol]

3. To understand humor, you have to be able to put yourself in someone else's shoes.

Republican's underlying selfishness and greed means they cannot do that.

It is also why most actors and artists are liberals too.

[LuckyCharms]

5. Makes sense. n/t

[Eliot Rosewater]

28. And laugh at one's self. It is why they love the character

"Larry The Cable Guy' who is a comedian (Dan Whitney) doing a character.

Now he was very funny in the Cars movies, for sure. But his stand-up relies on appealing to that lower level of humor that can be funny the first time you hear it but then you move on.


It is not an accident that someone as simple minded as John Wayne or Ronald Reagan are also conservatives, though Reagan started out as a liberal, his simple mind allowed him to be brainwashed by his new wife and her father (not good people, not good at all)

[DetlefK]

4. I don't remember who said it, but...

It was soomething like this: "Humor means punching upwards. Republicans punch downwards."

[LuckyCharms]

6. Makes sense also. n/t

[Wounded Bear]

17. I've said that often, but I didn't invent it...

I read or heard that somewhere.

But, a little bit of experience and paying attention will tell you that.

[hlthe2b]

7. Well, for all his faults, GWBush* COULD be affable, amiable and someimes humorous

No, I'm not forgetting his ugly side.

[LuckyCharms]

8. True, to be fair, you are right.

Like when he gave that speech in Asia somewhere I think and he went to leave the stage and could not open the door.

[mikeysnot]

9. shrub had a mean streak, it is in his blood.

The only time he could articulate himself was when he was talking about war.

Any other time he was a stuttering Stanley.

[snort]

15. Kinda hard to nail down, aint it?

The angry comics get the most laughs. You need empathy to sense the difference.

[octoberlib]

10. Al Franken said in his book that a

Repub from Kansas , Pat Roberts, has the best sense of humor in the Senate. Graham was second , I believe

[a kennedy]

11. No, but have seen tons O' smirks, and rolling of eyes.......

The debate with Amy Klobuchar, Bernie, and the two, dare I say health care murderers, there were lot's of smirks from them.

[matt819]

12. Of course not

There was an article on Salon (I think) the other day about conservatives whining that they are shut out of television, that only liberal comedians are allowed on TV. The article cited a joke or two by these buffoons. What a shock. Not funny.

There's nothing funny about cruelty and evil. There's nothing funny about the destruction of this country. How do you satirize the buffoon-in-chief or his cabinet secretaries or rw pundits? How do conservative "comedians" satirize Roy Moore. These people are contemptible. These people are cruel, mean-spirited, hateful, bigoted, etc. How do conservative "humorists" satirize white supremacy and fascism?

[mia]

13. A smiling Paul Wolfowitz...WARNING (gag reflex)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=3bnpTK5mgZQ

[inwiththenew]

14. You're telling me you don't like Dennis Miller?

[Jim Lane]

25. Dennis Miller was often funny. I'll add Kelsey Grammer.

Those were the first two names that occurred to me -- one a comedian, one a top-notch comic actor.

Trump got more than 60 million votes. If you say "Not a single one of those people is _______," it's pretty hard to fill in the blank in a way that's true.

[inwiththenew]

30. In all fairness he did have his moments back in the day before he became ultra partisan

Now not so much.

[Spider Jerusalem]

16. PJ O'Rourke (n/t)

[LuckyCharms]

18. Yes. n/t

[Jim Lane]

26. Agreed. His endorsement of Clinton was truly classic political humor.

O'Rourke is one of the conservatives who drew the line at Trump. Explaining his intention to vote for Hillary Clinton, he said: "She's wrong about absolutely everything, but she's wrong within normal parameters."

[marybourg]

19. William F Buckley nt

[HughBeaumont]

20. Making fun of the oppressor is great humor.

Making fun of the oppressed, which Republicans mistake as humor, is just being a dick.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

21. Are you kidding these guys are hilarious!:

OK, OK I'm sorry!

[VOX]

22. The best humor requires empathy, wit, nuance and an outsider's perspective.

Republican's aren't exactly hard-wired to exhibit these qualities.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

23. There's also this, which I'm told by UK right wingers, that was "incredibly funny":

[edbermac]

24. William Weld, former Mass governor.

Once jumped into the Charles River to prove that the formerly polluted water was now clean.

[The_Casual_Observer]

27. No but most of them are great at snark and nasty bullshit.

[drray23]

29. lindsay graham can be funny at times. nt.

[madamesilverspurs]

31. Looks don't count.

[ThoughtCriminal]

32. Humor should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable

Republican "humor" is mostly the comfortable making fun of the afflicted.

Conservatives think that liberal are "humorless" because we do not laugh at their racist, sexist, bigoted jokes. And have a fit when we ridicule the clueless, imbecile, spoiled brats that they elect.