{"id":3385,"date":"2013-05-17T12:57:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T17:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/?p=3385"},"modified":"2013-05-17T12:57:53","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T17:57:53","slug":"not-really-funny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/2013\/05\/not-really-funny\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Really Funny"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Have you ever noticed how comedians always poke fun at conservatives, and then throw their hands up in the air when we\u2019re offended?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just a joke, they say.\u00a0 Get a sense of humor, they say.<\/p>\n

Well, here\u2019s the thing.\u00a0 John Fund makes a great point in National Review today<\/a> that shows why we aren\u2019t laughing:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been obvious ever since Barack Obama appeared on the political scene that comedians rarely go beyond lame jokes about him. As far back as 2009, the Los Angeles Times<\/em> noted that \u201cTV\u2019s leading political humorists have largely backed away from their ritual comic hazing of the president.\u201d<\/p>\n

During last year\u2019s presidential election, a study from George Mason University\u2019s Center for Media and Public Affairs reported that comics made more than twice as many jokes about GOP candidate Mitt Romney than they did about Obama. From late August of 2012 until early October, network late-night comics Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Craig Ferguson dumped on Obama only 62 times compared to 148 times for Romney.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words, the comedians don\u2019t poke fun at the President because they try to protect him.\u00a0 Or maybe, with all this going on<\/a>, they honestly can\u2019t find humor in him anymore anyway.<\/p>\n

Either way, it\u2019s not really funny.<\/p>\n

Read more on\u00a0the Faith and Family Channel<\/a>, fan me on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and follow this blog on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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