Funny politicians
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Posted on Jan 24, 2005 04:01 am
Bleak
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Ever noticed that when politicians try to be funny, it's amusing in as much as they are trying to be?
In Australia our politicians have an interesting and awkward approach to humour.
Just wondered if it was the same in your country!
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Jan 24, 2005 06:09 am Yeah, I actually, I think some of Bush's jokes were quite funny. During one debate John Kerry said something about a mill that Bush owned and George Bush, in all seriousness looks at him and says "I own a mill"? Thee is a brief pause then he looks and Kerry again and said "Wanna buy some wood"?
totally cracked me up...I know Bush owns a lot of stuff but never heard a mill before, and aparantly neither has George.
We also had Jesse "The Body" Ventura as Minnesota's Governor for a while...a few good one-liners came out of that administration.
Jan 24, 2005 06:59 am British politicians are all jerks for sure.
The only funny event I can remember from any ONE of em was when some random bloke chucked an egg at one guys heid !! Right, smakc in the napper and no mistake!
So, the fat politician in question turned roond and smacked the bloke...hate politicians but I found that REALLY funny! hehe
Coco.
BleakA small pie will soon be eatenMember
Since: Aug 26, 2004
Jan 24, 2005 07:55 am Was that the opening of the Scottish Parliament?
DB - had a laugh over that one!
zekthedeadcowEat Spam before it eats YOU!!!Member
Since: May 11, 2002
Jan 24, 2005 11:09 am I about died laughing during the debate and the lumber company came up. I think american politicians are generally funny...
"I want to thank the Canadian people who came out to wave — with all five fingers — for their hospitality." --President Bush
"It came down to a few battleground states. It was a tough contest, and it turned out some 527 organizations got involved -- including Barnyard Animals for Truth. There was a scurrilous film that came out, 'Fahrenheit 375 Degrees at 10 Minutes Per Pound.' Now, it's a time for healing." --President Bush, on the race to see which Thanksgiving turkey would be granted a presidential pardon
"The candidates are an interesting group, with diverse opinions — for tax cuts and against them, for NAFTA and against NAFTA, for the Patriot Act and against the Patriot Act, in favor of liberating Iraq and opposed to it. And that's just one senator from Massachusetts." —President Bush
"Did the training wheels fall off?" —Sen. John Kerry, after being told by reporters that President Bush took a tumble during a bike ride
"To those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, I say, Don't be economic girlie men!" —California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, at the Republican convention
"I spent several years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, in the dark, fed with scraps. Do you think I want to do that all over again as vice president of the United States?" —Sen. John McCain
Jan 24, 2005 11:12 am I gotta find a list of Venturaisms...I am sure there is a site out there with 'em. He was awesome.
Jan 24, 2005 02:15 pm Naw..that wasny the opening of the parliament I dont think..Im sure it wis something else. Fat boy John Prescott got whacked wi an egg...priceless!!
Hehehehe
Coco
Jan 24, 2005 02:28 pm i'd like to see a video of that
Jan 24, 2005 02:33 pm Here are a couple Ventura-isms:
"Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud."
"I asked Dalai Lama the most important question that I think you could ask - if he had ever seen Caddyshack."
"If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power."
"Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers."
"Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice."
"Wrestling is ballet with violence."
That was a great four years when he was Governor of our fine state.
BleakA small pie will soon be eatenMember
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Jan 25, 2005 05:54 pm I just remembered that our (at the time) our oposition leader spoke at a conference regarding Domestic Violence and came out with the one liner "The things that batter"
Boy did he cop for that one!
Sadder still this bloke is now our foreign affairs minister!!!
Jan 25, 2005 06:53 pm db, that mill remark, if i remember correctly, was designed to make a point about bush owning part of 84 lumber, which i think is based in 84, pennsylvania. (the town is actually named eighty-four). kerry screwed up. if i remember right, bush did own some stock in that company at one time, but of course no one would get the connection, the implication, or the joke. i wouldn't even expect bush himself to, since it was long ago, and the point kerry was making was incredibly vague.
i do remember feeling a bit embarassed for bush right there...i recognized the attempt at humor, and i guess it came across as sort of funny, but he still looked really uncomfortable.
that five-fingered wave remark cracked me up. it was reported on the daily show...stewart played the clip, then looked at the camera deadpan and said 'ok, that was pretty good, i have to admit it.'
reagan was a funny dude for sure. he was a bit like johnny carson with his wit and depth of character, and people seemed to generally laugh in a warm way at his remarks, which were often surprising and very funny.
BleakA small pie will soon be eatenMember
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Jan 26, 2005 09:05 am Anecdotal forty! not Analytical ;)
TallChapAnswer:On a good day, lipstick.Member
Since: Jun 24, 2004
Jan 26, 2005 11:31 am Al Franken interviewed John McCain on his Air America show. Franken told McCain, (not verbatim): "I'm not counting the years you were a prisoner of war. You just sat out the war."
McCain said, "Yes, I intercepted a Surface to Air Missile with my aircraft."
Great exchange.
