which is your favorite political satirist, comedian, or talking head?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

I just saw George Carlin on HBO, and had to wipe my eyes, due to my laughing so hard. So, the choices are based on these folks ability to skewer the truth and display it in all its gory glory.

[sellitman]

1. I predict.....Keith in a landslide

Now if he would only run for President.....

[Berry Cool]

22. We need him more as a journalist than we do as President

although if he became President, someone might bother to learn to spell his name correctly, with two Ns.

[WindRavenX]

2. Stephen Colbert

BTW, Carlos Mencia shames all the other names--he's a hack.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. Colbert? but he is a conservative news reporter, no?

:)

how could I forget him?

[WindRavenX]

6. you know, there are some here at DU who refuse to believe he's satire

True story.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. which makes what he and Carlin say so much more devastatingly funny.

It also goes a long way to explain why the boy king still polls at 30%.

[Ravy]

11. I was talking to some guys once and asked them if they

watched the Daily Show and Colbert. One of them said he thought Comedy Central had to put on Colbert to "balance" out the views of the Daily Show. *grin*

[GrumpyGreg]

4. I chose Carlin---a sentimental favorite for me. I'm so old

that I remember when he was just funny,without the edginess.

What a transformation!

[mrreowwr_kittty]

5. What about Colbert and Stewart? n/t

[proud patriot]

8. Whoopie Goldberg

:headbang: I love Whoopie

[AndyTiedye]

9. Colbert!

[lapfog_1]

10. Lewis Black.

But if you just limit it to those who star in a show... Keith or Jon.

And I love George... for like 35 years now.

"Here is my beard, ain't it weird, don't be sceared, it's just a beard".

"I think I'll repair to my lair and use nair, do you care?"

[IDemo]

12. Mark Morford

[ChairmanAgnostic]

13. sorry, not familiar with MM.

any cites to sites where i can experience his humor?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

15. Try sfgate.com

Good stuff. :thumbsup:

[IDemo]

16. SF Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/morford/archive/

"A misguided, lost and carnal individual... filled with vexation and ignorance of God (who will) gladly cheer the anti-christ."
-- Christian Resource Network

Morford writes like a man possessed by demented angels. His twice-weekly column routinely features jaw-dropping, unflinchingly liberal prose so biting and sweet and innovative it amazes us that a mainstream daily would keep this guy on the payroll.
-- Detroit Metro Times

[ChairmanAgnostic]

17. I learn something here every single day. THANKS!

[IDemo]

18. Here's a good starter:

Eleven New And Happy Things

Santorum dead, religious right imploding, Bush whimpering in the corner. Can we all exhale now?

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist

Friday, November 10, 2006

1) (Chant, in happy sing-song voice, while holding bottle of wine, Astroglide and copy of Rob Brezsny's Pronoia): Rick Santorum is gone, Rick Santorum is gone, oh praise Jesus, Rick Santorum is gone. The third most powerful and first most reprehensible "Christian" Republican lawmaker in Congress was also arguably the most homophobic, misogynistic and small-minded of them all, especially given his sticky sheen of fundamentalist goo.

Remember Rick? He's the one who equated homosexuality with pedophilia and bestiality. He championed intelligent design, tossed Terry Schiavo's lifeless body like a political football, voted against Plan B and funding for contraception education and voted to ban abortions on military bases (among many, many other attacks on women's rights), thus earning himself a whopping 0 percent rating from NARAL. He also voted to cut the NEA, increase school prayer, pursue ANWR drilling and on and on. Ricky's voting record is the ethical equivalent of a pie full of nails left over from the "Passion of the Christ" bake sale. Women, the sexually awake and Dan Savage fans rejoice: Rick Santorum is gone. Praise Jesus and pass the wine.

2) While you're at it, all hail the happy defeat of Dick Pombo, Christian Coalition/NRA poster boy and powerful GOP "eco-thug" from Tracy who oversaw the House Resources Committee and whose agenda on environmental and social issues reads like a rundown of the murder techniques of a serial killer. What, too extreme? Check the voting record, baby. Dick and Rick were two peas in a savage, misogynist pod. This guy made trees weep. Good riddance.

3) A loving, bittersweet farewell to Don "Black Soul" Rumsfeld, a nasty, otherworldly hunk of wartime lizard leather who should've been fired three years ago but whom Dubya clung to like a terrified child clings to a ragged, spit-soaked security blanket. Downside: Rumsfeld's bizarre utterances and unmatched aura of bemused evil will be missed by comedians and caricaturists alike. Downside No. 2: Word is that Rummy's replacement nominee, Robert "I (Heart) Iran/Contra" Gates, is even worse than Rummy -- which, if true, would seem to defy the universal laws of evilness.

the rest -> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2006/11/10/notes111006.DTL

[ChairmanAgnostic]

19. wicked good. a new treat to follow and savor.

thanks again

[MrSlayer]

14. Colbert.

He's the best, just ask him.

[peacetalksforall]

20. Colbert!! Perhaps there are others that are as brilliant, but none

have his delivery, timing, and kinesthetic moves and expressions. His lateral and boomerang humor is unbelievably clever. I know he has helpers, but I don't know that anyone can deliver someone elses humor so perfectly if he is using others' words.

[justice1]

24. It's funny to watch him struggle to stay in character.

It reminds me of the Carol Burnett show, when the actors would start to laugh, and put their fists on their mouths.

[laststeamtrain]

21. I voted Carlin because he's part of the 'pantheon' that begins with:

Mort Sahl & continues to Lenny Bruce, George & Richard Pryor & will eventually continue to others.
There's some good people around who may not be great yet. Don't know.

[Wiley50]

23. Just Because Malloy Doesn't Do His Thing On Camera

is no reason to exclude him from this competition.

I vote for Mike Malloy

[ChairmanAgnostic]

28. just heard him for the first time last week. a good one.

[Theduckno2]

25. Voted for Carlin. My all time favorite is Will Rogers.

"All I know, is what I read in the papers."

:)

[AtomicKitten]

26. Stephen Colbert.

[WiseButAngrySara]

27. Kick for K.O., but your list is incomplete without Stewart and

Colbert! Major omissions, IMHO....

[ChairmanAgnostic]

29. Hey folks, if you look at this list, and all the "Other" added to it,

one fact becomes obvious. the liberal-moderate wing of the news/commentary/entertainment industry is far more blessed with talent, richer in experience and far more entertaining than the conservatives. Plus, we can laugh at ourselves, whereas the wingnuts can only laugh at others.