10 of the Funniest Moments in Political Comedy This Year

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http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/10-best-moments-political-comedy-2014-0

1) Hari Kondabolu’s “2042 and the White Majority”:

Hari Kondabolu was one of, if not the, undisputed star of political comedy this year. A former immigrant-rights organizer, writer for the funny-but-canceled “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell,” and one of the most thoughtful -- and truth-telling -- voices on Twitter, Kondabolu has long been a provocative and perceptive voice on race. This year, with the release of his stand-up album “ Waiting for 2042” -- a reference to the year that white people will become a minority in the United States -- Kondabolu’s audience and influence grew vastly with critics, comedy fans and activists alike. “Saying I’m obsessed with racism in America is like saying I’m obsessed with swimming when I’m drowning,” Kondabolu says in the clip below, a sentence that has recently found a home on signs carried in protests around the country.

2) Jon Stewart: “You Really Do Have No Fucking Idea, Do You?”

FOX News’ handled the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, and subsequent protests in and around Ferguson, Missouri, the same way it handles every story involving race -- which is to say, by accusing anyone who mentioned racism of playing “the race card.” By the time “The Daily Show” returned from summer hiatus, weeks into the story, Jon Stewart had a long list of insane quotes from the channel’s pundits to marvel at. This included Sean Hannity’s idiotic suggestion that the only thing differentiating police treatment of him and Michael Brown is that when he’s stopped by an officer, he’s smart enough to “lift [his] shirt up” so the police can see he’s packing heat. Stewart, exasperated, began his response by asking, “You really have no fucking idea, do you?”

3] David Cross