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By Daniel Kurtzman
• Check out the week in political cartoons and the week's best late-night jokes
• Bushism of the Month: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter." --George W. Bush, in parting words to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at his final G8 Summit, punching the air and grinning widely as the two leaders looked on in shock, Rusutsu, Japan, July 10, 2008
• In reporting on Jesse Jackson's foul-mouthed swipe at Barack Obama, the news media provided some unintended comedy
• Watch John McCain squirm and squint after being asked a question about Viagra
• The news that Iran had apparently altered a photo of a missile test has touched off Photoshop mockery across the Web
• The Onion: Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency
• Borowitz Report: McCain Issues Top Ten Funniest Ways to Kill Iranians
• Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien are back in action after taking the last two weeks off
• Last week FOX News aired altered photos of two New York Times reporters in an attempt to embarrass them. Now you can learn to Photoshop just like FOX News, courtesy of 23/6. Plus, check out Vanity Fair's Photoshop of Horrors, featuring retouched photos of Bill O'Reilly, Geraldo Rivera, and Co.
• John McCain and Barack Obama square off at the Beijing Olympics in the latest animated cartoon by Walt Handelsman (Newsday)
• The Onion: Bill Clinton Sadly Folds First Lady Dress Back Into Box
• 23/6 presents a tribute to Jesse Helms in his own words
• Borowitz Report: Liberal Bloggers Accuse Obama of Trying to Win Election
• Michael Kinsley writes about Al Franken's campaign quandary: how to explain away the bad jokes (Slate)
• Humor critic Paul Lewis looks at the cultural phenomenon behind "Achmed, the Dead Terrorist," which has been seen on YouTube some 50 million times
• Rush Limbaugh on Bill O'Reilly: "Somebody's got to say it. The man is Ted Baxter." (TVNewser)
• Blogger Chris Kelly weighs the possibility of Mitt Romney as vice president and concludes that he probably won't kill John McCain (23/6)
• Borowitz Report: McCain Proposes Tax Holiday for Beer Heiresses
• President Bush and Joe Lieberman have both been caught doing terrorist fist jabs
• Actor Stephen Baldwin announces he'll leave the country if Obama wins (Huffington Post)
• 23/6 presents The Barack Obama Evangelical Beg-O-Tron
• The Onion: How to Pretend You Care about the Election
• Extreme Mortman presents the Top Ten Funniest Political Quotes So Far in 2008
• Watch recaps of this week's best moments from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report
• Clean Channel has banned ads for Harry Shearer's political comedy CD over an anti-Bush image (Huffington Post)
• George Lucas says that Barack Obama would most certainly be a Jedi (hat tip to Extreme Mortman)
• Jon Stewart explains how a Terror Attack Election = Republican Victory
• David Letterman presents the Top Ten Things Overheard on Hillary Clinton's First Day Back at Work: #7: "Should I take the Madame President nameplate off your door?"
• President Bush waves to onlookers, and no one waves back
• As American mourns the loss of George Carlin, we pay tribute to his political wit and wisdom
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See also:
• Today's Jokes
• Today's Videos
• Today's Cartoons
• Today's Satire
• Daily Show Videos
• Colbert Report Videos
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