Huckabee, Others Yucks It Up Over McCain Vetting

[DogPoundPup]

Source: ABC News

"Does anybody know what the difference between a bulldog and a hockey mom is?" Bob Barr, former Republican member of Congress and now the Libertarian presidential candidate, asks. "The bulldog gets vetted!"

Mike Huckabee, former Republican presidential candidate, poked fun at himself and others during his stand-up comedy routine at the DC Improv club, September 10, 2008.

Barr's joke elicits a roar of laughs and a couple of "oh's!" among the audience at the 15th Annual Funniest Celebrity in Washington Contest.

The annual fundraiser is an opportunity for pols, pundits and journos to challenge Washington's reputation as a stiff, self-serious town -- and also a good measure of what topics in the political zeitgeist are particularly ripe for ridicule at the moment. This year, John McCain's vetting process in his hunt for a vice presidential candidate was a repeated theme.

When Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas and Republican primary contender, took over the microphone, he joked that he was hurt by McCain's decision not to ask him to join the GOP ticket.

"John McCain didn't even vet me," Huckabee said. "But he didn't vet Sara Palin either."

Huckabee also poked fun at his onetime Republican primary rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. "Mitt has more positions than an underaged Chinese gymnast," Huckabee said.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=5779920&page=1

[dubyaD40web]

1. Oh, those are good!

Jokes that are 100% honest are even funnier!

K&R!

[ThatPoetGuy]

2. Wow, Huckabee making a child molester joke.

"Mitt has more positions than an underaged Chinese gymnast," Huckabee said.

[Bette Noir]

3. Gymnastic positions, dipwad.

[snooper2]

6. epic post

fail :rofl:

[Alexander]

8. Wow, it's obvious you didn't watch the Olympics.

:eyes:

[ThatPoetGuy]

10. You hit the nail on the head.

A friend just told me about the Olympic gymnastics controversy, so now I'm caught between being mortified and laughing my ass off.

[Alter Ego]

4. Goddamn it, Huck. Why do you make me like you?

If you weren't a psychotic religious zealot I might have considered supporting your Presidential bid.

[TalkingDog]

5. If we could chuck the fundamentalist and keep the populist....n/t

[Godhumor]

7. He was pretty funny on the Daily Show last week, too

Something along the lines of "Now we have two months to convince voters we're not actually evil."

I cannot stand his positions or his politics, but he does have a sense of humor.

[AndyTiedye]

9. If McCain Had Picked Huckster We Would REALLY be in Trouble