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Doc Holliday

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41. Not even Carlin would touch this....

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Tue Jun 18, 2013, 01:29 PM

Jun 2013

....and he was a guy who could make anything funny. (Well, nearly anything.)

In his book "Last Words" he touched briefly on a failed attempt to do this very thing-- work up a riff on abortion. He saw almost immediately that it wasn't going to work when he opened up with the comment, "Abortion is not murder-- but it is justifiable homicide."

The crowd reaction was, shall we say, underwhelming. He never tried it again.

If Carlin couldn't do it, no one else should even try.

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GOP plan to appeal to millennials: �Make abortion funny� [View all] Are_grits_groceries Jun 2013 OP

I'm sure Rush Limbaugh will get right on it. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #1

That was my first thought too nxylas Jun 2013 #31

Dearie me. sibelian Jun 2013 #2

This will work to our advantage jmowreader Jun 2013 #3

I like it jmowreader. dballance Jun 2013 #6

Good Lord. There is something wrong with fundamentalists. alphafemale Jun 2013 #4

Religion, like all of our society, has been corrupted by capitalism. fasttense Jun 2013 #10

They're reptiles (i.e. cold-blooded) ReRe Jun 2013 #11

Arrested development. truebluegreen Jun 2013 #35

No, Arrested Development is funny. Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #58

A pregnant woman, a pro-lifer, and a Planned Parenthood doctor walk into a bar ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2013 #5

No remake WovenGems Jun 2013 #27

+1. nt Sophiegirl Jun 2013 #54

More proof that Christians SkyDaddy7 Jun 2013 #7

If they think.... Sophiegirl Jun 2013 #55

I have to go back to WW2 to make dialogue about asjr Jun 2013 #8

Kind of underscores why the millenials don't vote Republican, doesn't it? Kablooie Jun 2013 #9

But oh what a reckoning there will be truebluegreen Jun 2013 #36

�Unfortunately we have to, because this is the generation that we�ve been dealt.� ashling Jun 2013 #12

They just keep shooting themselves in the foot don't they? Initech Jun 2013 #39

So they're embarrassed by their generation as well eh? Boomerproud Jun 2013 #52

The Republican sense of humor: hit someone with a rock and laugh at their pain. tclambert Jun 2013 #13

+1 tanyev Jun 2013 #60

I hope they do it... ReRe Jun 2013 #14

These people are brain dead, truly steve2470 Jun 2013 #15

And given what few standups comedians the right approves of, JoeyT Jun 2013 #19

exactly nt steve2470 Jun 2013 #20

Dear Lord, they're going to go Full Mallard Fillmore! JHB Jun 2013 #16

I am stealing "inFOXicated" with most humble thanks niyad Jun 2013 #59

"Hahaha! You get it? She got breast-cancer after having an abortion! Hahaha!" DetlefK Jun 2013 #17

Hawkins said it was because the party was too moderate. �We keep nominating moderates and saying we bloomington-lib Jun 2013 #18

!1!!!! truebluegreen Jun 2013 #38

That's sick TxDemChem Jun 2013 #21

Rebranding? They talk about their party like they're selling beer. They've lost their minds. reformist2 Jun 2013 #22

I think it's all that high-fructose corn syrup... RevStPatrick Jun 2013 #23

As we have seen in the past... AlbertCat Jun 2013 #24

You forgot this sad excuse for a washed up comedian as well.... Rebellious Republican Jun 2013 #50

They try to appeal to people who just don't want them treestar Jun 2013 #25

OK, so, two fetuses Turbineguy Jun 2013 #26

Try this one: a Priest, a Rabbi and Rush Limbaugh walk into a Planned Parenthood clinic... brooklynite Jun 2013 #32

That will never work Turbineguy Jun 2013 #34

Oh my Aerows Jun 2013 #28

Their non-"funny" approach is also pathetic SwissTony Jun 2013 #29

I can sum it up in one second Aerows Jun 2013 #30

What's funny is how out of touch with normal human beings these people are. Th1onein Jun 2013 #33

Grotesque immaturity is required to think abortion is in any way funny. 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #37

To quote someone who is actually funny - Stephen Colbert: "This just in, Jesus has quit!" Initech Jun 2013 #40

Not even Carlin would touch this.... Doc Holliday Jun 2013 #41

I remember a rant of his from a while back Initech Jun 2013 #42

That would be okay, but most of the conservative "comedians" are just not funny... WCGreen Jun 2013 #43

Maybe they can use subliminal spam bucolic_frolic Jun 2013 #44

After That They Can Make Voter Suppression Funny DallasNE Jun 2013 #45

Ya know, if they manage to split social conservatives from corporatists, quakerboy Jun 2013 #46

Is there a link to where I can send them some great jokes to help them with their endeavor? Rebellious Republican Jun 2013 #47

PLEASE GO OUT AND DO THAT! Rex Jun 2013 #48

LOLFetus.com? frylock Jun 2013 #49

This is too funny Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #51

They're off to a very bad start . . . caseymoz Jun 2013 #53

Pretty pathetic obama2terms Jun 2013 #56

Sacrasm? SARCASM???? ... You fools! You're dealing with Millennials, not Gen X. Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #57

My plan: Make Republicans funny Downtown Hound Jun 2013 #61