Amusing Monday: Get ready for a new breed of political humor
January 19th, 2009 by cdunaganI enjoy political humor, and I look forward to the “change” we can anticipate with a shift in political party and power.
Can we expect Barack Obama to supply us the raw material for political humor to get us through the next four years? YES WE CAN!
I tend to favor humor that turns issues on their sides and upside down, giving us a surprising perspective on familiar and expected events. I’m uncomfortable with the harsh ridicule of politicians.
With Obama’s inaugural this week, I turned to The Onion and You Tube to celebrate this event.
The first video below is a congressional debate over a ceremonial dance to be held at the inaugural. The second dwells on the remarkable swoon over Obama’s candidacy and successful election. The third satirizes the expectations for an Obama presidency, with a final poke at the verbal foibles of President Bush.
We all want Obama to succeed in these serious times, but let’s try not to become bogged down in the nation’s problems. Laughter has a strange way of lightening our load. I hope we can laugh with Obama and even at him over the next four years, because he is not Superman and we don’t wish him to be.
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