| Hanging on Chads and the Supremes |
By Daniel Kurtzman
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We may not have a new president, but there has been at least one upside to the nation's electoral dysfunction: It's spawned the best wave of political jokes since Clinton's impeachment.
The late-night comics are practically hyperventilating. The bloviators in the media are talking all chads all the time. And for online humorists, Florida's follies have created a virtual jobs program.
Even conspiracy theorists are having a field day, noting all of this conveniently happened during television's November sweeps.
Let's go to political humor highlight reel.
Indecision
2000
Comedy
Central's Daily Show
has led the way on late-night television with its aptly named coverage of Indecision
2000. As Daily Show host Jon Stewart said, "Calling our coverage
Indecision 2000 was a bit at first a light-hearted jab, perhaps an attempt
at humor. We had no idea that the people were going to run with that. Watch a
clip from The Daily Show's delirious
election coverage.
Late-Night
Jokes
As the recount drags on, the late-night zingers keep flying.
"Al Gore keeps saying that the will of the people is being repressed. Neither Bush or Gore won. Now isn't that the will of the people?" Late Show host David Letterman
"It
cold out. It's even cold in Florida. So cold today that Katherine Harris put on
a third layer of makeup." Jay
Leno
"In
a Time magazine article, Barbara Bush was quoted as saying, 'I was the
mother of a president for 30 minutes. I loved it.' This came as new information
to many who thought she was the mother of a president for four years."
from Saturday
Night Live's "Weekend Update"
Read more late-night zingers on the Political
Quotations pages.
'Toons
Galore
Not to be outdone by the late-night comics, political cartoonists have also been reveling in the electoral chaos. Bring yourself up to speed with these cartoon collections from the Professional Cartoonists Index, featuring cartoons by all the top editorial cartoonists:
World
Views of Our Election Mess
Electile Dysfunction
Recount!
Turkey of An
Election
May
the Chad Be With You!
In Katherine We Trust?
Votergate!
UnPresidented
Gore's
Concession and Retraction Phone Calls
Wondering
what it would have been like to be a fly on the wall during the election night
conversations between Bush and Gore? Listen to the hilarious audio parody of
Gore's concession and
retraction phone calls, presented by Mediatrip.com.
Bush: You cant take it back, crackerhead!!! Youre an Indian giver!
Daddy, do somethin, you said I could be president. You promised me!
The
Onion: Mayhem 2000 Special Report
"America's
finest news source" came through with characteristically brilliant satire. The
Onion's Mayhem 2000 Special
Report contained such headlines as "Serbia Deploys Peacekeeping Forces
To U.S."; "NBC News Reverses Earlier Report Of Gore's Death";
"Clinton Declares Self President for Life"; and "Recount Reveals
Nader Defeated."
Other
Favorites
The
Modern Humorists's Election
Chaos 2000
Bob's Fridge
Door: New President Is
Selected
The Capitol Steps sing "Brand
New Candidates"
The Dubya Dance
Notice
of Revocation of Independence
Mets
Demand Hand Recount
The Chicago Tribune:
David Letterman's Top
Ten Signs Al Gore is Depressed
David Letterman's Top
Ten Things The Founding Fathers Would Say If They Were Alive Today
Topfive.com's Top 14
Johnnie Cochran Comments on the Presidential Election
David Letterman's Top
Ten Dumb Guys Ways To Solve Presidential Election Confusion
David Letterman's Top
Ten Ways The United States Would Be Different Without A President
Topfive.com's The
Top 15 Better Methods of Choosing a New President
