ain't it odd that republicans have no fucking sense of humor?

[mopaul]

no shit, there are no funny republicans that i know of, and rush don't count. they hate self deprecating humor, or humor of any kind, none of them know how to crack jokes, and they are just generally joyless and humorless.

pitiful humorless fucks. ha.

[unblock]

1. their constitutional arguments are hilarious!

[OldLeftieLawyer]

2. They're too caught up in their

righteous, smug, irrationally angry, and deeply deprive/depraved sex lives.

Actually, they have none, and that's why they're so TENSE all the time.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

3. I believe that it is true that there is a connection between

humor and intelligence. Humor uses the most highly refined aspects of intelligence - an ability to quickly quantify and analyze differences and describe those differences in a way which amuses without alienating and in a way which unifies.

[kiki]

4. Example of right-wing "humour":

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[C_U_L8R]

5. You need to love humanity...

in order to be funny.

Republicans just don't get it.

[DemGirl7]

6. I find all republicans to be funny, well in their actions...

Though it is true none of them know how to take a joke, that's why they want to shut down parody sites such as whitehouse.org, which Cheney did try to sue a couple of years back, or other types of parody. They are big crybabies.

[Jade Fox]

7. It's because Conservatives have no tolerance for or.....

understanding of contradiction and ambiguity. Most humor is rooted in those things. They confuse humor with meanness or smugness.

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/07/22_...

Conservatives also don't realize how ridiculous they are. They're a goldmine of material. Who can blame us for taking advantage?

[Lex]

8. When Dennis Miller went repuke, it killed his career.

You're definitely on target with this, mopaul.

[mopaul]

34. dennis went from sort of funny to totally not funny overnight

[tuvor]

9. They seem to take a lot of joy in laughing *at*. n/t

[Cleita]

10. That's because they have no brains.

You have to be smart to enjoy humor.

[BuyingThyme]

11. Humor is a difficult art to get a handle on. Pukes don't get art.

It's not mere coincidence that so many artists are liberals. The arts are the ultimate expressions of intelligence, and they threaten the egos of Conservatives.

Think of the Republican artists. Anything there? Sonny Bono? Trent Lott? No. John Lennon. Green Day.

[TomInTib]

12. I think it is a lack of sex...all of that moral rectitude causes them to

clench up too tight to laugh. And no, screwing poor and middle class folks does not count as sex.

[stanwyck]

13. What they find funny is either juvenile

or mean spirited. I was thinking yesterday about a pix that was posted here at DU around Thanksgiving of a boy in Texas who had a sign he was proudly holding up with Cindy Sheehan's face on a turkey. He had his gun and was grinning over his "kill". That's the kind of humor conservatives love. Mean spirited and ugly.
And his parents will "have no idea" why their son turns out to be a bully who's in trouble at school. Must be those other kids corrupting him. Or TV.
Ann Coulter makes "jokes" all the time. About the inferiority of women (conservatives lap that up). Or how liberals should either be imprisoned or tortured.
So. If that makes you laugh, you just might be a wingnut.

[mmonk]

14. Most cults are that way. They take themselves

too seriously and are deepy vested in their belief system which they view as absolutes and the villification of those they disagree with.

[linazelle]

15. But they say WE don't have a sense of humor

Remember Ann Coulter and Co. saying that? We are "whiners". We are "sore losers".

They are psychotic.

[Doctor_J]

16. * giggles when he's about to

execute someone or launch a war. And don't forget his hilarious "Please don't kill me".

[Gregorian]

17. Social awareness.

Humor is often exaggerating something that is unconscious. Taking something small, that people don't pay much attention to, and masquerading it for all to see.

For those of us who are aware, Iraq is real, it's happening, and it's very painful. For those who are typical Republicans, Iraq is "over there"; Someone else's problem. It doesn't count. This is what I call the "out of sight/ out of mind" syndrome.

I have to wonder what the ratio of Dems to Repubs is when it comes to inventions. Because humor is very much like inventing. It's that "OH, why didn't I see that" factor that is contained in both humor and inventing.

I have spent the last two years fully engrossed in studying humor. I spend my days on DU and on a very amazing website of brilliant people who have wit like I've only seen on the Daily Show. I don't have humor, but I appreciate it.

Of course this is all conjecture. In fact, I might even be funny, but I just don't know it. I would be funny if I had the social experience that the funny people have.

I honestly think most Republicans grow up in strict patriarchial, almost two dimentional, families.

[Lex]

19. Yes, I agree. It's something like abstract thinking that is lacking

in most repubs I know.

For example, if they've never been poor, they have NO ability to empathize with the poor or their plight.

It's like they can't think in an absract way--they can't 'walk a mile in someone else's shoes' so to speak. It has to be concrete with them. If they fall on hard times, then AND ONLY THEN do they empathize.

I've decided it's may be an IQ thing. The ability to think in the abstract is.

[Gregorian]

21. Here's an example Hahahahaa!

I couldn't get this. Someone had to post the answer. Hint- Tree and a turd.

[lonestarnot]

25. A turd tree how clever! A turdy tree and a turd tree! swaaaawwweeet!

[Mira]

18. don't forget art-less, as well - can't even notice beauty- boring n/t

[bklyncowgirl]

20. Bob Dole can be pretty funny and McCain occaisionally gets a good one

Dole has that nasty, twist the knife wit. It's not nice but it can be funny.

As for McCain one of my favorites was when, during his presidential campeign, he was asked who his favorite band was, quickly responded "9 Inch Nails"

This immediately caused Alan Keyes to denounce him for promoting a band which was destroying the fabric of America.

[Hello_Kitty]

28. Ok that is funny, what McCain said! n/t

[Auntie Bush]

22. Well dopey Mopey, how can you expect someone who's willowing

in bullshit to have a sense of humor? That's asking for too much.

[kineneb]

23. legacy of Calvinism and Puritans

Neither group had any sense of humor and took themselves too seriously. The Rs suffer from same self-righteousness and are as equally uptight.

There are two jokes that work for all three groups:

Q: Why do ___ (usually Southern Baptists) never have sex standing up?
A: Because someone might think they are dancing.

Q: Why do ___ always look sour and act mean?
A: Because they know that someone, somewhere is having fun, and they can't stand it. (I think original is by H.L. Mencken)

[mtnsnake]

24. Oh c'mon, mopaul, they're very good at telling blond jokes & ethnic jokes

Where have ya been?

[Boojatta]

26. How about this?

After a variety of political prisoners entered the room, O'Brien entered the room. Winston Smith said, "They've got you too!"

Then O'Brien said, "They got me a long time ago."

See? O'Brien was funny. Now, I know that you're going to quibble with me and say that technically O'Brien wasn't a Republican. Technically, he didn't exist, so we should talk about George Orwell. I'm pretty sure that Ann Coulter did some research that proves that George Orwell was a Republican.

[Hello_Kitty]

27. There's one Republican in my circle of friends

She never gets our jokes and appears incapable of discerning sarcasm or irony. She takes EVERYTHING literally and personally. She actually gets upset when we make fun of Chimpy in her presence. Her lip starts quivering and everything. It's weird. People talked smack about John Kerry in front of me during the election all the time and it never hurt my feelings. I don't know if she's representative of the majority of Republicans but I'm starting to suspect she is. All the freeps who call into Washington Journal in the morning seem like that too. Always overwrought and overly emotional. It's all about their feelings.

[ddeclue]

29. Here's my contributions:

1) The new George Bush theme song.. with my apologies to the late great Warren Zevon..

by Doug De Clue,

Lawyers, Guns and Money..

I went home back to Texas
The way I always do
How was I to know
They would out the Bushes, soon

/ D A E - / D A D A / D A E - / D A /
/ D AD DA D AE - / /

I ignored the FISA
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns and money
Dad, get me out of this, ha

I'm the innocent bystander
But somehow I got stuck
Between Iraq and a hard place
And I'm down on my luck
Yes, I'm down on my luck
Well, I'm down on my luck

/ D E A - / / / D - / / /

Now I'm hiding in the White House
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
The shit has hit the fan

Send lawyers, guns and money (4x)

2) He sees you when you're sleeping:

He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
Dubya knows if you've been bad or good
So you better be good for goodness sake..

Oh you better not pout
You better not cry
You better not shout
I'm telling you why
Dubya Claus is coming to town...

He's makin' a list
He's checkin' it twice
He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice..
Dubya Claus is comin' to town...

Hey everybody,

I just figured out that George Bush must be Santa Claus...

NO WONDER BILL O'REILLY'S BEEN SO WORRIED ABOUT THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS!

As we all know Santa knows if you've been bad or good...
We just found out Dubya's watching us all to see if we've been "naughty" or "nice"...

..and Santa doesn't need a warrant to listen in either...

Santa - Uses elves to do his dirty work.
Dubya - Uses NSA.

Santa - helped by Mrs. Claus
Dubya - helped by Condaleeza Rice

Santa only works about 1 day a year...
Dubya... SAME...

Santa - Reindeer powered sleigh flies him all over the world in one night..
Dubya - AIR FORCE ONE...

Santa - Red Suit..
Dubya - FLIGHT SUIT...

Santa's laugh - Ho Ho Ho...
Dubya's laugh - Heh Heh Heh

Santa - Brings you presents if you've been good.
Dubya - Brings Pioneers and Rangers "presents" for good campaign donations.

Santa - Brings you switches if you've been bad..
Dubya - USES the switches if you've been "bad"...

Finally...that undisclosed location that Dick Cheney's been hiding out in so much...

THE NORTH POLE...

Doug De Clue
Orlando, FL

[walldude]

30. You know what it is, it's that sense of

superiority that gives them a lack of humor. To have any kind of sense of humor at all the first thing you need to do is to be able to laugh at yourself. When you think you're superior to everyone else there is no reason to laugh at yourself.

[tlsmith1963]

31. Yes, They Do

Their specialty is in extremely offensive humor. Ugh.

Tammy

[Hanover_Fist]

32. They have no sense of the absurd

Funny to them is mean spirited, mocking, with a hint of your'e down there I'm up here feel to it. They can't conceptualize irony, thats just too much work. Right wing humor is non existant. Mean sarcasm is about all they can aspire to. As a person that can grasp humor, I feel very sorry for them. And hey don't I appear snotty.......sorry no apologies....

[jimshoes]

33. Not only that

but they are for the most part a talentless bunch especially in music. They just ain't got no rhythm. Watch em' sometime.

[WernhamHogg]

35. What are you talking about?

You mean that you no longer find the same old Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinski/blow job jokes that they have been telling over and over and over for the past 7 years to be knee slappin' funny?