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"...and Hillary said if her pastor had been blown by Monica Lewinsky, she would have stayed." Plus two or three other goodies from Bill Maher's Real Time monologue the night before last.

And a joke in the same vein from Jay Leno: "James Carville was really upset the other day, really upset...he called Bill Richardson a 'Judas.' There've been a lot of Biblical references in this campaign. The latest one is they're calling Bill Clinton 'Jonah' because he's the one who got swallowed by a whale."

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 30, 2008 at 10:48 AM

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christian Author Profile Page says ...

Looks like Obama did not get the Jeff Wells Memo:

"You can’t tell me that some of my supporters are going to say, well, we’d rather have the guy who may want to stay in Iraq for a hundred years because we’re mad that Senator Clinton ran a negative ad against Senator Obama."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/us/politics/30obama.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Posted by christian Author Profile Page at March 30, 2008 10:56 AM

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dangovich Author Profile Page says ...

I don't know which is more unprecedented: Hillary staying in the race, or Jay Leno telling a funny joke.

Posted by dangovich Author Profile Page at March 30, 2008 11:11 AM

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vansmith Author Profile Page says ...

hilary cant drop out, the other shoe in this whole hasnt dropped, wait til the late summer, it'll be neck and neck..

Posted by vansmith Author Profile Page at March 30, 2008 11:37 AM

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DarthCorleone Author Profile Page says ...

The Bill Maher stuff was good. The 50 Cent "Get Elected Or Lie Trying" line was particularly clever.

As for Leno, he sucks. Mean-spirited fat jokes are lame.

Posted by DarthCorleone Author Profile Page at March 30, 2008 11:56 AM

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Walter Sobchak Author Profile Page says ...

Having read that Jay Leno "joke" I find myself in the rather novel and unusual (for me) position of being a momentary feminist / political corrector.

Maybe that joke is funny at the office, but on national television? Making fun of a girl for not being Hollywood-skinny? A girl who, as a 22 year old intern fell gaga for the lines uttered by the most powerful man on Earth?

I always thought feminists were liberal. The Democratic party is the party looking out for women, right? But when a woman (or a girl) runs afoul of a Democrat, or acts in a manner that doesn't favor them, let the high-school-level ugly jokes fly.

Monica? Fat cow! Linda Tripp? Face like a horse! Paula Jones? "Drag a dollar bill through a trailer park and you never know what you'll find!" (- James Carville) Katherine Harris? She "looks like she puts her make-up on with a trowel!" (-Robin Givhan, Wash. Post).

I'm sure I'll get examples of conservatives saying awful things about women but then they aren't putting themselves out there as the feminist standard-bearers.

Imagine Karl Rove or George Will calling out Madeline Albright and Helen Thomas for being the fugly pus-bags they are.


(BTW) I'm old enough to remember a time when Jay Leno was funny. It's true, youngin's, it's true! He really was! And as recently as 1990, even!

Posted by Walter Sobchak Author Profile Page at March 30, 2008 12:07 PM

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Zimmergirl Author Profile Page says ...

I always wondered what would be the thing that could derail Obama's campaign - beating Hillary would be a cake walk. Beating Obama not so easy until they tossed the cocks into the ring. And here it is. Savagery. Lock and load.

Posted by Zimmergirl Author Profile Page at March 30, 2008 12:09 PM

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rickyroma Author Profile Page says ...

Nothing like topical humor. Bet Leno's been waiting 10 years to use that one.

Posted by rickyroma Author Profile Page at March 30, 2008 12:48 PM

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Pelham123 Author Profile Page says ...

Sidestepping politics for a moment let me echo what Walter said and mention that I, too, remember when Leno used to be funny. Really funny. His angry appearances on Letterman's old NBC show used to be must-see late night TV. I haven't seen much of Leno on "The Tonight Show" and I'm still, somewhat mystified whenever I hear the vitriol spewed at Jay because in my mind he's still the very funny comic lashing out on Letterman's couch.

Posted by Pelham123 Author Profile Page at March 30, 2008 12:49 PM

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vansmith Author Profile Page says ...

jay's a baloney sandwhich getting stuffed down the throat of middle america every night.

Posted by vansmith Author Profile Page at March 30, 2008 1:08 PM

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BurmaShave Author Profile Page says ...

Never forget, Jay Leno started as the announcer at a strip club 30 years ago, and so he remains to this day.

Posted by BurmaShave Author Profile Page at March 30, 2008 2:03 PM

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christian Author Profile Page says ...

Walter is right.

And Leno used to kill on Letterman. That's what led him to the Tonight Show. Sadly.

Posted by christian Author Profile Page at March 30, 2008 2:35 PM

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Luke Y. Thompson Author Profile Page says ...

Imagine Karl Rove or George Will calling out Madeline Albright and Helen Thomas for being the fugly pus-bags they are.

Well, John McCain, I believe, said Chelsea Clinton was so ugly because Janet Reno's her dad. Is that close enough?

Leno's hardly the epitome of liberal feminism.

Posted by Luke Y. Thompson Author Profile Page at March 30, 2008 3:29 PM

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CinemaPhreek Author Profile Page says ...

Gotta love the sound of breaking glass over at the Leno's place as less-than-svelte Jay cracks weight jokes.

Posted by CinemaPhreek Author Profile Page at March 30, 2008 3:38 PM

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CinemaPhreek Author Profile Page says ...

OT - Dith Pran died in New York.

Guess he gets to hang with Dr. Haing S. Ngor again.

Posted by CinemaPhreek Author Profile Page at March 30, 2008 4:46 PM

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whirlofagirl Author Profile Page says ...

watching the democratic party implode *again*, i have to commend the republicans for their brilliance in nominating their candidate early. they're going to get a guaranteed 4 more years in the white house.

Posted by whirlofagirl Author Profile Page at March 31, 2008 7:42 AM

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Richardson Author Profile Page says ...

Jay Leno is a liberal? Man, they qualify anybody as "liberal" these days.

Posted by Richardson Author Profile Page at March 31, 2008 11:47 AM

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Sean E Author Profile Page says ...

Mean-spirited is the first thing that came to my mind re: the Leno joke too.

Then again, I thought this was really funny:

"Well, John McCain, I believe, said Chelsea Clinton was so ugly because Janet Reno's her dad."

So I apparently have no moral high ground to preach from.

Posted by Sean E Author Profile Page at March 31, 2008 11:57 AM

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