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ButterflyBlood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 12:11 AM
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We own the right wing in humor
Proof? Compare this to The Daily Show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOJ4lan2MyY

Try watching that, and try to laugh. Seriously. It's a real challenge.
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mduffy31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:47 AM
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1. I didn't even bother to watch
it was more fun to look at the comments and all of them arguing there.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:24 AM
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2. It takes a triple digit IQ to have wit and a sense of humor OED n/t
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 12:12 PM
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3. It's because they fundamentally misunderstand....
...that to be funny on a show like that, you poke fun at whomever's in power. They really and truly don't get it. Even Jon Stewart pokes fun at the dems from time to time, because just making fun of republicans isn't the point.

They're genuinely humor-imparied.
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