New York Post TV critic Linda Stasi interviewed Will Ferrell on his Bush-bashing Broadway show-slash-forthcoming HBO special for Wednesday’s paper. "On the phone yesterday, I asked Ferrell how he feels now that Bush is history, possibly ending a Golden Age of Political Comedy." Ferrell insisted Barack Obama is just too brilliant and self-controlled to be a subject of satire:
"The irony is that I haven't done him all that much. It was a fluke, really.
"We're going from a guy who just set it all up for [comics] to a guy who is just so politically savvy -- who thinks so carefully before he speaks.
"I had kind of the tail end of Clinton and then Bush, and there was so much raw material. It's such a tough time out there now."
Stasi reminds readers that this is not a high-class act, and Ferrell even makes fun of Bush’s private parts:
It's a show he stars in (and co-wrote) that mixes real Bushisms with skits that leave the audience howling - except for the occasional horrified couple who run out like their underwear's on fire when the giant fake presidential penis is projected. Lenny Bruce would be thrilled.
HBO's been very clear about its left-wing politics this year, paying millions to broadcast Barack Obama inauguration festivities, and then paying Ferrell to make fun of Bush down to the lowest level.
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Can't read the article
March 11, 2009 - 10:29 ET by botglaughing too hard after reading the headline
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -- Chief Justice John Roberts
Need new screen
March 11, 2009 - 10:30 ET by 10ksnookerThis is so funny.
BTW, does he think in better with his teleprompter buddy?
Yeah, there's no material
March 11, 2009 - 11:42 ET by ThisnThatYeah, there's no material -- none whatsover -- in a parody about Obama and his teleprompter. With all the stuttering without it, and the smooth talking with it -- no one, and I mean NO ONE can come up with a few jokes about that?
And what about Obama's insistance that everything was the fault of the previous 8 years of President Bush -- and the fact that every day, in every speech (including today's rediculous announcement about earmarks, BTW) -- Obama points to George Bush. No comic relief possible with this scenario? None at all?
I guess Jay Leno and his staff are all out of ideas regarding the two gift exchanges with Great Britian? A joke or two about future gift exchanges with other countries? A skit, somewhere, that show's what it would have been like if Obama was our first president back during the Revolution? No ideas whatsoever?
Give me a break. Go ahead, MSM and leftists -- cover Obama's ass, you freaks. Your actions are sooooo transparent.
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The challenge is to follow a consistent plan despite inconsistent prices - Sarah Palin, State of the State of Alaska speech
amen! No need to add a thing!!! No material, my foot!!!
March 12, 2009 - 16:54 ET by Cape ConservativeIt is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams
10k, you beat me to it
March 11, 2009 - 12:02 ET by Dont_Like_TheBluesThat teleprompter is just soooooo eloquent. The pre-screened press conference "questions" are just dreamy. He gives such intelligent answers when he has seen the questions and has all answers.
I wouldn't be surprised if he installs a flat screen in the podium attached to a dozen sycophants behind the drapes giving him answers.
Oh yeah, by the way don't try this if you're a Republican or a conservative.
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When I heard Obama and Bidens plan to talk to "moderate" taliban members I wondered, what's a "moderate radical facist" Muslim? Isn't this a self contradiction?
"The interests of [radical Facist] Muslims and the interests of the socialists coincide in the war against the crusaders[USA]."
Osama bin Laden - March 2003
I would love to hear
March 11, 2009 - 11:09 ET by Paul Atreidesfrom the resident liberal trolls who claim that we have to respect the office of the president.......now that there guy is in the office.
Ferrel's Best Parody
March 11, 2009 - 12:25 ET by allanfThat line may be Ferrel's most comical parody of all.
youth and inexperience
March 11, 2009 - 10:33 ET by J.P.HoganHas he forgotten President Obama was recently the most junior and least experienced member of our Senate? Obama is satire.
come on now...
March 11, 2009 - 15:20 ET by AJBHe had 143 days experience before he announced. Now THAT'S experience! The OBAMA experience... (hendrix twanging in the background with the smoke rising from the stage ---- ROCK STAR!)
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!!
March 11, 2009 - 10:33 ET by HeavyChevyObama's screw ups lately is like comedy gold!!! The window for a door, the US was the first to invent the car, 57 states, and look at his cabinet picks you can joke on that for all eternity!!
Man I wish I was just as dumb and stupid as these people, then I can stop getting all these damn headaches trying to figure them out!
That's "Ferrell" spelled "d-o-o-f-u-s."
March 11, 2009 - 10:36 ET by wnaegeleSigh!
Fear itself
March 11, 2009 - 10:41 ET by J.P.HoganThis young and inexperienced President didn't just take his Secretary of State's bitterness and subjective emotions into mind and heart did he when he "returned" a bust of Churchill to Prime Minister Brown and with what was it some America DVD's? Was the message "we remember, we remember you help Bush liberate women and children and Iraqi Shia and Kurds" and when we Democrats expected you to just back us sending more troops into Afganistan without a specific mission, without still a specific mission articulated by any Democrat but maybe shoot first they are a nation of 3/4 of such as illiterates who prefer cave dwelling? Satire? Reports have it that only 12% of all Afgan women over the age of 15 are "literate."
Did any of you catch the smack down Helen Thomas put on Press Secretary Gibbs yesterday on subject of "no mission" defined yet for troop increase for Afganistan?
Any of you still here from 2006 year of my writing here as "uc"?
Has it been three years already???
March 11, 2009 - 10:57 ET by UnsaneI have been here since March 2006.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
coming from someone who is what?
March 11, 2009 - 10:41 ET by JIMMY1660another buffoon supporting a buffoon. once BHO forms the civilian security force, there will be no negative talking of his exalted one-Comrade BHO. I'm glad my years are numbered this is not going to be pretty.
BHO- ill equipped to lead America
Oh, Good Grief!
March 11, 2009 - 10:45 ET by BondPlainBondAre there ANY liberals that don't live in the Land of Delusion?
what?
March 11, 2009 - 10:48 ET by xyzzypoofsIt doesn't take a whole lot of "savvy" "thinking" to read a teleprompter! (I guess it would make for some pretty lame comedy though. But, that should be right up Will Ferrell and SNL alley)
xyzz.. wouldn't it be great
March 11, 2009 - 10:55 ET by celatorxyzz.. wouldn't it be great if someone hacked into Obama's teleprompter while he was speech-a-fying and changed the script to how to tie your shoe lace, or how to skin a goat, or how to shave your head bald. Now that would be fun.
The Government cannot give to anybody anything which the government does not first take from somebody else. Dr. Adrian Rogers
So Bush never used a
March 11, 2009 - 11:03 ET by balboaSo Bush never used a teleprompter?
Ahh, the Bush excuse!
March 11, 2009 - 11:17 ET by CobraManAhh, the Bush excuse, ready made for anyone who can't defend Obama!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
It's not an excuse. You guys
March 12, 2009 - 12:21 ET by balboaIt's not an excuse. You guys want the act like the use of a teleprompter is now a bad thing. No one else cares.
Without a teleprompter
March 12, 2009 - 12:27 ET by cocodrieWithout a teleprompter Present Obama can't speak one sentence in a row.
Well, maybe if you count 15 uhs and ums.
Jesus Loves You
You'll lose this game, Bal.
March 11, 2009 - 11:38 ET by CortillaenIt's got nothing to do with using it. It's about relying on it. Go watch videos of Obama's speeches, even the minor ones. The teleprompter is nearly omnipresent. Most presidents have gone with just a page of bulleted points, if anything, to minor speeches, using multiple pages or teleprompters only for the major issues like the state of the union. Obama is almost never without notes, and rarely without the full teleprompter. It's like he doesn't know his own opinions or can't speak on his own. It makes him look like nothing more than a puppet.
www.daybydaycartoon.... Proving that conservative comedy is very real.
"With your mind as high as Mt. Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things near to you." - Miyamoto Musashi
Bal.. Obama might find
March 11, 2009 - 12:12 ET by celatorBal.. Obama might find himself reading:
"And the hope we all have, the change we all want, the desire in our deepest hearts as Americans, would be to take your favorite goat, kill him in back of the barn, and carefully drag his carcass to your barber. Your barber will sharpen his straight edge, and carefully lather up the goat's head and shave it. This is something Americans have been asking for, demanding, and it is something must happen now.There will no longer be excuses for the lack of moonpies in your local grocery stores. Get in their face and DEMAND them! Thank you."
The Government cannot give to anybody anything which the government does not first take from somebody else. Dr. Adrian Rogers
balboa, likes to argue to
March 11, 2009 - 19:04 ET by Smartypantsbalboa, likes to argue to the extreme to make his point, which is fallacious in this case (at best). Whether or not GWB used a teleprompter is irrelevant and balboa knows it. Bush did not always use one, nor did he use one most of the time. In fact, an objective observer would make the point that Bush was a better speaker off the prompter.
The most successful war America has ever waged is quickly becoming President Obama's war on capitalism.
No, it's this sudden stupid
March 12, 2009 - 12:20 ET by balboaNo, it's this sudden stupid idea that the way Obama uses one is somehow a bad thing. Big deal. It's a silly point to make over and over and over and over and over and over again.
Not a "sudden stupid idea"
March 12, 2009 - 15:38 ET by UnsaneOf course, balboa, you being a Leftist and an apologist for Leftists, you miss the irony.
We have ALL been REPEATED ASSURED, over and over and over and over and over and over and over again, that:
The Holy Shahinshah's, the Lightworker's, The One's keen eye is the astrolabe of the substantive sun - His truth-discerning heart is the celestial observatory of Attributes - He is of noble lineage, of joyous countenance - of the model, most loving marriage - of right disposition - of open brow - of well-proportioned frame - of magnanimous nature - of lofty genius - of pure purpose - of enduring faith - of perfect wisdom - of the most fragrant, sweetest flatulence - begirt with varied talents - of wide capacity - of high honor - of the most masterful, soaring oratory - of splendid courage - of the greatest political savvy - of right judgment - of choice counsel - of networked genome - of generosity unfeigned - astonishingly ambitious, brave - of boundless forgiveness, abundant in graciousness - the most careful thinker - at peace with all-compendium of dominion - lucid, impeccably centered - of plenteous sincerity - multiple of single-minded warriors - of chiseled pecs - abounding in wealth - accumulator of the world's rarities - of pure heart - unspotted by the world - leader of the spiritual realm - elegant, articulate, Zen-like - of enduring alertness! How has He been gathered together into one place? Or how doth a single body upbear Him on the shoulders of genius?
So, His Majesty The Shahinshah, the President of the United States, isn't merely Christ-like. He IS Christ. From what I know of the Bible, Jesus could make some good, off-the-cuff speeches. As can many others of lesser stature. Why is it that He (HMTS) literally cannot make an off-the-cuff stump speech?
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
You mean like this
March 11, 2009 - 12:08 ET by kdizzydazetype of joke used on that asshat Charles Barkley?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDDxh3iyy9s
You know it would work every single time. And you saw how easy it was.
God made man, but he used a monkey to do it -- DEVO
The Elf world speaks
March 11, 2009 - 10:57 ET by Robert S LaRuersl775
Yes what's all about Elfie?
I may be dating myself, but
March 11, 2009 - 10:57 ET by Chris NormanI may be dating myself, but I remember in 1977 when SNL used to spoof Jimmy Carter's "ultra-competence" and "attention for detail". They were no longer spoofing this in 1979...
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
As Queen sez
March 11, 2009 - 11:07 ET by MOONSTRUCKAnother one bites the dust!
buh-bye will. I said buh-bye!
The Shahinshah Praise Lengthens Yet Again
March 11, 2009 - 11:02 ET by Unsane...and a certain Word file gets longer still.
Keep it up, guys. The finished product will be a sentence 500 page long and will have most sane people either projectile vomiting or laughing so hysterically they will break their own ribs.
(There are some of you out there who know damn well what I am talking about.)
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
~I've never managed to read the whole thing, Unsane
March 11, 2009 - 11:04 ET by choselife3xMy eyes start bleeding midway through the third line.
Hope and Change= Despair and Socialism
Will needs to expand his horizons
March 11, 2009 - 11:04 ET by katainkentwatch something besides MSLSD - then he'll have Obama material.
Not that I would watch. I personally can't stand a single one of this man's movies.
Careful thinking
March 11, 2009 - 11:03 ET by KC MulvilleThat ... must be why ... uh ... um ... he stutters ... you know ... so much. His thinking ... is ... uh ... er ... is interrupted by ... ummmmm .... his thinking.
Then again, speaking and thinking. Shouldn't a president be able to multi-task?
Will Farrell, authority on
March 11, 2009 - 11:18 ET by MANstreammediaWill Farrell, authority on politics. As would be expected with his degree in sports information (I'm serious) and his experience as a comedic actor.
More assistance to Mr Farrell: his repeated insults to Britain (esp gift giving), "moderate Taliban," hillarious speeches related to the stock market, verbal attack/mention/investigation of private citizens, apparent hatred of underpriveleged DC students attempting to better themselve, "I won," mention that CAT will unfire people if the stimulus is passed, repeatedly (and rapidly) forgetting campaign promises, promising change while appointing Clinton's cabinet, being repeatedly embarrassed by nations not so US friendly (negotiations with Putin, Iran, etc), and the list goes on.
Come on Will, the internet has google. Use it.
Ferrell is a no talent hack
March 11, 2009 - 11:12 ET by Franklins_LockeThis just proves how untalented Ferrell is and does not know what comedy is if it hit him in the face. Obama has been a comedy routine since his inauguration. You cannot make this stuff up.
http://franklinslock...
SNL
March 11, 2009 - 12:38 ET by doug1950I figure about 85% of all SNL comedians rely on visual, toilet and pratfall comedy. Jerry Lewis was the King of this kind of silly humor and Carey, Chase, Ferrell and countless others have just taken it along. Whenever they leave SNL they make a few movies for some serious money, then people get tired of them playing basically the same character over and over and stop going to their movies. Then they fade into the background and become bitter, loners like Chevy Chase. Think about all the old SNL cast members (those still living) and ask yourself...where are they now? Ferrell is already fading from public favor. He is an ignoranus...that is someone who is stupid and an a**hole.
Re SNL
March 11, 2009 - 13:09 ET by slickwillie2001I see an SNL skit joke-ad for a drug to cure 'Tingly Leg Syndrome', a takeoff on restless leg syndrome; Matthews of course is the celeb spokesman.
Never going to happen.
I know that whenever I want
March 11, 2009 - 11:12 ET by Jack BauerI know that whenever I want insightful political analysis I always turn to Will Farrell.
He really does epitomize how every dumb policy teleprompted by the leader of the unfree world is prefixed with the word "smart"
Like "Smart" diplomacy... which means looking for moderate Taliban (they're the ones who only saw off half your head), sucking up to Iranian terrorist b-holes, and insulting your allies with 25 DVD set remaindered at Netflix-- and not even in Blu-Ray!
That's right under Obama. DUMB IS THE NEW SMART
I need a sedative.
March 11, 2009 - 11:14 ET by RousseI need a sedative. Wait---it's almost lunch time. I'll have a martini.
I have a great idea for
March 11, 2009 - 11:25 ET by oldArmyI have a great idea for SNL:
Have our fearless leader ...hiding under his desk while his phone rings off the hook....and have the PM Gordon Brown on the other line.....would make for a great split screen....lol
oldArmy, I picture him
March 11, 2009 - 11:33 ET by Scuba DudeoldArmy,
I picture him hiding under the desk when the girl scouts are knocking on the door selling cookies.
Old Army... would be a
March 11, 2009 - 11:59 ET by celatorOld Army... would be a great skit. Like others have said here, the constant Obama goofs, slip ups, and political pratfalls make his administration one of the funniest in years. Think of his staff and helpers--Raum, Axelrod, Carville, Stephanaulos et al--tell me they aren't perfect characters for a Munsters movie.
It's just like picking apples off a low hanging branch.
There should be a weekly comedy program devoted exclusively to Obama humor.They'd never run out of ideas!
The Government cannot give to anybody anything which the government does not first take from somebody else. Dr. Adrian Rogers
Nothing really needs to be
March 11, 2009 - 12:29 ET by oldArmyNothing really needs to be said.....just keep coming back to that scene throughout the show....split screen.....showing the Pres's feet under the desk...and PM Brown...waiting on the other line.....
Politically savvy -- who thinks so carefully before he speaks
March 11, 2009 - 11:26 ET by Anneke9Sorry for the delayed post, but I've been busy studying the "profit-to-earnings ratio" of my worthless stocks.
Camouflage conservative in Baghdad-by-the-Bay
I'm not too smart...
March 11, 2009 - 11:33 ET by acaiguanaWhat the shucky darn is a profit to earnings ratio anyway? Is that gross receipts as a ratio to profit? Unmmmm....
My earnings has just been redefined, methinks. Too much maybe.
Poor old Shakespere; couldn't spell his name the same way twice in a row.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
Aca, I've worked on Wall
March 11, 2009 - 11:35 ET by Scuba DudeAca,
I've worked on Wall Street for over 25 years and I haven't a clue as to what a profits to earning ration is.
Now if you were to ask me about the "price to earnings" ratio I would have an answer for ya! ; )
Well, sloppy use of words is always amusing, isn't it?
March 11, 2009 - 11:38 ET by acaiguanaAnd they say there is no comedy material...
Duh
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
ACA.. the "profit/earnings"
March 11, 2009 - 12:06 ET by celatorACA.. the "profit/earnings" ratio is an important economic metric Dear Leader was kind enough to remind us about.
The measure looks at the Framagablet Index after the Zoroni Factor has been deducted from the Pickerel Drop in Asian trading.
I had forgotten it until President Chaos reminded us.
The Government cannot give to anybody anything which the government does not first take from somebody else. Dr. Adrian Rogers
Profit-to-earnings ratio
March 11, 2009 - 11:34 ET by CobraManObama Dictionary: Profit to earnings ratio, the amount of political profit Obama gains amongst liberals by raising your taxes and not theirs.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
OMO, Cobra
March 11, 2009 - 11:39 ET by BlondeRush just had a parody of this...Obama doing his blather.
To loosely paraphrase, in Obama's voice..."We, um, no longer have price to earnings ratio, it's, uh, now Profit to Earnings ratio. Which means, uh, uh, uh, once we take away the, uh, profits from your, um, earnings, we'll have, uh, fairness".
I hope he fails, too.
Letterman last night
March 11, 2009 - 11:29 ET by krendlerWas watching Letterman's monologue last night. So much for "oh, we just poke fun at whichever party is in power".
Zero jokes about Obama, other than those that indirectly praised him. And Rush is the new Bush as far as punching bags go. Examples:
Letterman matter-of-factly stated that "Now that Rush Limbaugh is the new face of the Republican Party...". Punchline was a fat joke.
Another joke introduction which received loud applause (with Letterman nodding) was "President Obama has lifted the 8 year ban on stem cell research...".
I used to like Letterman. Now, he's nothing more than someone who parrots liberal talking points. A mouthpiece for the Cult of Obama. Similar to Carville and Begalla, just on at a different time of day.
Lib Letterman
March 11, 2009 - 11:43 ET by SeftonI quit watching him years ago. Not only are his jokes/writing specifically slanted to the left, he parades in a guest list of MSM hacks and Hollywood libs every week and uses that opportunity to trash conservatives.
He needs to go back to throwing crap off the roof and using Rupert as a stooge for his jokes.
The new satire should be skits about satirists... um yeah...
March 11, 2009 - 11:35 ET by acaiguanaComedy Central could be replaced with Comedy in the Bag or Comedy's 'Lost Horizon'. Profit to earnings, indeed.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
Yeah, he's so savvy...
March 11, 2009 - 11:37 ET by Jarhead68...just ask the Brits how savvy he is. Clueless as an infant.
I was watching "Talladega Nights" . . .
March 11, 2009 - 11:38 ET by SilverZeroAs I watched Ferrell romp around in a racing helmet and his underwear, I thought, "now here's a man who understands the world." I think that, because he has built a career on making fun of other people and appealing to the lowest common denominator (even when it's not common to grown-ups), he would know what true character and political fortitude looks like. I'm glad to know that I can still trust celebrities for non-partisan, objective appraisals of our leaders.
P.S. BITE MY WIENER! (Look it up.)
SNL "F" Curse
March 11, 2009 - 11:44 ET by DavidRAnd the Saturday Night Live "F" Curse strikes again.
Ever notice that, whenever SNL hires a regular cast member whose last name starts with the letter "F", they're always the most pathetically unfunny member of the cast?
Think about it: Franken, Farley, Fallon (both Siobhan and Jimmy), Ferrell, Fey, Forte
You're kidding, right? Will
March 11, 2009 - 13:52 ET by balboaYou're kidding, right? Will Ferrell is hilarious, Farley was hilarious, Tina Fey is one of the funniest people alive.
Forte, Fallon...eh. They've had moments.
When celebrities brazenly use their talents to advance an agenda
March 12, 2009 - 09:42 ET by Tailgunner...(which is their right, BTW), they (unsurprisingly) run the risk of alienating a portion of their audience.
There are many more examples of entertainers who have lost many fans by trashing their beliefs or their icons.
If they want to risk marginalizing themselves by publicly embracing or rejecting a particular ideology, whether left or right, it's their right to do so.
Just don't let them whine later when those fans they've thrown under the stage say bad things about them.
(Who is Will Ferrell, anyway?)
NOLI PUGNARE ME OCCIDERE
Another celeb I've actually
March 11, 2009 - 11:44 ET by EvokeAnother celeb I've actually enjoyed for years that I wish would just shut up. Ferrell has been steadily moving into the, "I can't watch that guy anymore without thinking about his insane politics", catagory...
He's just afraid of
March 11, 2009 - 12:00 ET by wiwfHe's just afraid of offending the Messiah.
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
Just wait for the day, Conservatives
March 11, 2009 - 12:04 ET by TexndocI'm thinking a bumper sticker "We knew Obama was an idiot, before it was cool."
~I want one that says
March 11, 2009 - 12:09 ET by choselife3xI Hope you like your Change!
Hope and Change= Despair and Socialism
check out
March 11, 2009 - 12:13 ET by katainkentZazzle's most popular bumper stickers.
Pathetic.
March 11, 2009 - 12:15 ET by maxvoltI guess the New York Post isnt keeping up with the work of Paul Shanklin?
It appears Obama is such a dunce the weekly comedy from him and SNL seems endless.
Im just wondering, did Will Ferrell and Linda Stasi "smoke" after this interview? because it sure sounds like they were having a blind lust conversation about their lover and messiah...ahhh and the guy who is bankrupting our children and their children by his SENSELESS build up Marxist Government approach to solving Democrat Congress generated financial crisis, thanks go to barney Franks and Chris Dodd for that...they were warned repeatedly and instead of listening to the regulators who warned them, they chose to block added regulation and mocked the very people who warned them. I can see were Will ferrell might have a hard time finding a joke in that! SNL didnt have the same problem and clearly understand WHO caused our financial mess, and it wasnt the big evil one BUSH (in fact Bush warned them along with John Kerry in 2004.) Bush certainly could have made it a bigger issue than he did, but I have to use perfect 20/20 hindsight from where we are now to arrive at that judgement, since it was only a warning back then and collapse was no where near reality. However, John McCain went before these schmucks and with frightning detail laid out how devasting it would be if fannie mae/Freddi mac collapsed..scarily..everything he warned of is actally happening today...and all barney and Chris Dodd could say then was..thou dost protest too much, there is no threat, as they took sweatheart deals from Countrywide for the "favors" they did these companies keeping the republicans off their throats...This last election, America rewarded the democrats for bringing the country to its financial knees...so Im not too sympathetic to any voter who put this current cast of clowns in power, you deserve the misery that is coming to you and your children and their children..because of your laziness and gullibility, your children will never know the Freedoms and prosperity that you knew. The only way they will now, is if they elect to spill their blood to get it all back...how nice of you as a parent to put your kids in that position..very smart.
"who thinks so carefully before he speaks"
March 11, 2009 - 12:18 ET by slickwillie2001Here's that video of Obammy 'when the teleprompter is on the fritz' from last year: http://www.youtube.c...
Funniest part is when he says 'I can't hear myself (think?)', yet it's dead quiet in the room.
After sweaty thought, I've figured out Profit to Earnings Ratio.
March 11, 2009 - 12:30 ET by acaiguanaHere it is in the form of a dialogue:
"Obama, what is the Profit to Earnings Ratio and how does that affect our ability to buy groceries? I think the American people would love to hear how you are on top of this issue."
"Um....Um...Uh....Ah....Well, as you know, (thought balloon #1- 'I don't have a clue what I'm talking about, I've heard P/E Ratio as a economic or business term; can't remember off the cuff which - but E could stand for Earnings, I think) uh... What I was saying is that the American People should all be proud of their earnings and that Business has lost sight of um... uh... hu...m... their responsibility regarding their obscene profits that derive from earnings ... um on the back of the American worker which should be obvious due to their recent mass firings of all of their workers...um...uh.. who didn't do anything but add to their profits and earnings ratio, anyway. That's why it is important!!!"
"Gee, thanks."
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
If this guy is popular don't blame me...
March 11, 2009 - 12:44 ET by jawebster1I have yet to watch one of his movies and I stopped watching SNL after the second or third season. I only know him from the commercials they do or did of his latest movie releases on Fox News (I haven't seen one recently). Needless to say, those commercials inspired me NOT to see the movies, just the opposite of what they were attempting to do. (Instead of Fox, they should have run their ads on the Nickelodeon Channel.) Jim Webster
Again, this proves that for
March 11, 2009 - 12:55 ET by mattmAgain, this proves that for the entertainment crowd it's not about satire, it's about politics.
There's plenty of material to satirize Odumbo, they just don't want to do it, so they make the excuse that he's too perfect to satirize...
It's just more falsehood from the Left...they can't help it.
The sad part for me is, I
March 11, 2009 - 13:04 ET by USA4freedomThe sad part for me is, I really use to like Will Ferrell. Then I find out that he is just another A$$ Hole.
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
A competent professional
March 11, 2009 - 13:01 ET by snaggletoothieA competent professional comedian could find humor in ANYTHING. Ferrell could hire one to write the humor he can't find.
Unfunny fool
March 11, 2009 - 13:16 ET by Tom in NCWill Ferret Face is typical of your unfunny liberal fool, he is yet to make a movie that is even remotely funny and can't find any obama material that is satirical, obama is so inept that he screaming out to be made fun of, but thus the liberals have their noses up obama's rectal orifice wondering why they aren't smelling roses.
THE "O" HAS GOT TO GO!
Obama thinks sooo much and
March 11, 2009 - 13:33 ET by eaglewingz08Obama thinks sooo much and is sooo politically savvy that just this week he gives a BIG RED BUTTON to the soviets (yes they have returned to commieville) WITH THE WRONG RUSSIAN WORD on the present. He also HASN'T filled seventeen slots at Treasury and the Brits can't get past all the answering machines. No comedy there. Hillary asked during the campaign who would answer the 3am phone call in an Obamanation Administration. The answer apparently is NO ONE. And another nominee has bitten the dust, Chas Freeman, because he's a lunatic leftwing antisemite. Must be another one of those BRILLIANT, chic, cool, politically Savvy decisions by Obama, like his tanking the Barack Market 32 percent since his election.Everyone may be living out of a cardboard box in two years but at least we will have the COOOLEST President EVAH!
You make the call.
March 11, 2009 - 14:07 ET by timotheFerrell is either completely shielded and clueless or he is exceptionally dishonest. I'm inclined to choose the latter, but I live in flyover country. I have no idea how sheltered these Hollywood types are.
Oh, timothe, I believe
March 11, 2009 - 19:11 ET by SmartypantsOh, timothe, I believe Ferrell is being completely sincere here, and that's the sad part. The answer is that much of Hollywood is extremely sheltered and, the more successful one is, the more sheltered they are--hiding behind handlers, publicists, agents, etc.
I remember there was one starlet on David Letterman back in the fall of 1999 and Letterman was trying to make a joke about the impending Y2K meltdown that was expected at the time. I forget who this actress was, but she was pretty big at the time and certainly old enough to know better. Anyway, it became clear after Letterman repeated his line three times that this woman had no clue what he was talking about. Now, think back to 1999 and just how big of a story the Y2K computer problem was. There were books about it, tv shows about it, endless news stories about it, etc. One had to be buried somewhere in the desert to not have heard about it. Yet, this millionaire movie star had no clue, none whatsoever. That is sheltered, and that is Will Ferrell's status as well I'm sure. Ferrell knows only what he is told to know.
The most successful war America has ever waged is quickly becoming President Obama's war on capitalism.
I guess this shows that Ferrell isn't "acting"
March 11, 2009 - 14:13 ET by factfinderwhen he plays the moron in his films.
Obama is "a guy who is just so politically savvy -- who thinks so carefully before he speaks."
Yeh, he was really thinking carefully when he referred to "profit to earning ratios". Or when he compared the plunging stock market to a tracking poll.
The stock market is as much of a 'tracking poll'...
March 12, 2009 - 09:25 ET by Tailgunner...as a heart rate monitor in an ICU hospital ward.
NOLI PUGNARE ME OCCIDERE
The only response to Will Ferrell was said already....
March 11, 2009 - 14:19 ET by Lord Erond...by Stewie Griffin when he travels all the way to LA to smack Ferrell up beside the head and yell "THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!"
"To sin by silence when we should protest, makes cowards of men" -Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Will Ferrell as Sweaty Cheerleader
March 11, 2009 - 14:44 ET by DoktorFrankenWill Ferrell as a Sweaty Cheerleader was the only time I liked him on SNL. Now I see it was because he was cast to type.
Obama careful because he is duplicitous
March 11, 2009 - 15:00 ET by The Smokin FrogFarrell is full of it. Obama 'thinks so carefully' because he is so duplicitous. He certainly is not 'deep'. He lies like most people breathe Liberals mock out Conservatives for everything from what they believe to how they look. But they will say nothing like that about Obama because he is Black. Liberals are racists. They are clearly protecting Obama because they think he can't succeed with out their help. He is the first affirmative action president.
Jokes about Obama
March 11, 2009 - 16:17 ET by Mike SargentLessee...what can I do, just off the top of my head? For the following, please read with a Letterman inflection.
Did you see the headline of the Wall Street Journal today? It wasn't about the economy. Yeah, I know! It read, "New Washington D.C. Resident Attempts To Enter White House Through Window." What's really terrible, is that they were talking about the President!
Yes indeed, the "THIS IS A DOOR" briefing wasn't important enough to make the transition to-do list. Oh, and speaking of the transition, have you heard that another nominee went down today? It's true, the guy just resigned after he found out that you had to actually pay your taxes. It's a foreign concept to these guys.
That really speaks to the vetting process though, I mean...who are they using to vet these people, Carrot Top? Seriously...[laughs]...can we at least get a talented comedian to not vet them properly?
Tim Geithner. C'mon, that WAS the punch line, weren't you paying attention?
Some people say that Barack Obama wasn't qualified to be President. I disagree - just turn his TelePrompter off, and it's just like the old days!
(See what I did there? I made a joke that cuts BOTH ways. It's got wide appeal, Ferrell, are you taking notes?)
This is a ridiculous lie.
March 11, 2009 - 17:04 ET by babooYeah, um. How about a bit where the teleprompter actually turns out to be in charge (as in, sentient being)? And Obama and his crony thugs are actually being held hostage by a dictatorial teleprompter, which is why it's always there.
I mean, c'mon. A skit about his cabinet's tax problems? Or maybe where his cabinet nominees all turn out to be the ploar opposites of the ideals for their position (like, an imprisoned felon for the head of DOJ, a high-school dropout for DOEd, etc. - "Uh, no Mr. President, he's actually a felon." "Well that's no reason to discriminate! We're opening up a new era of opennes-" "No, Mr. President, I mean he's actually still in *jail.*"
Is this really so hard? I didn't think so. They just don't want to make fun of their new God. And I actually can't blame them, since Obama and his thug enforcers have shown that they're willing to abuse the Presidency by going after private citizens who disagree with them, or make them look like the fools they are.
sheesh, sweet baboo
March 11, 2009 - 17:56 ET by BO STINKSthought for a second that balboa had come out of his socialist coma and miraculously gained some some common sense and lost his hypocrisy. Then I read your name closely. Was very sad to see that I was wrong.
The great Socio/Economic Experiments of the 20th cent. (communism, socialism, fascism) only killed a few hundred million. Let's give 'em another try! - me
Of course he is!!
March 11, 2009 - 20:26 ET by pbthinkerOf course Obama is too politically savvy for this group at SNL. They can bash republicans and no one complains, if they bash Obama, they're going to catch it every Sunday. They really have to be careful what they say and how they say it. Liberals watch this trash, and liberals care about what's said about "their" politicians.
Look what happened when they came up with a skit about Barney and the crew! They must have had some severe pressure put on them. Be afraid, very afraid.
Election 2008-God's way of showing us that elections count.
Obama Savvy ... BAHAHAHAHA!
March 11, 2009 - 20:53 ET by DavartOh please Obama is loads of comedy, just the over use of teleprompter
alone could yield hours of satire. His endless need to have a adoring
audience alone is satire, nearly everything about the man is satire.
Frankly I think he is a puppet and that could be comedic.
What if a hacker, hacked Obama's teleprompter and changed the words or put up the words to goofy songs.
http://www.davart.ne...
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It's a matter of taste...
March 11, 2009 - 23:06 ET by Army BratFerrell insisted Barack Obama is just too brilliant and self-controlled to be a subject of satire:
Translation: I really love the taste of his boots...
Happy Trails...
Foolish Ferrell
March 12, 2009 - 14:31 ET by RadiomanCome on , Will, don't be so foolish! The reason it's so hard to write jokes about our celebrity/president is ... you don't want to! Obama's pomposity, his wife's "beautiful" arms, his addiction to the teleprompter, his rookie status as "leader", his dealings with Nancy Pelosi and the Messiah myth are all fertile fields for spoofs! And there's his funny sidekick, Joe Biden, and his sneaking a smoke here and there and what's he doing with the bowling alley? I could go on but we are ALL subjects for a laugh now and then. What is funny is a "humorist" like you talking so dumb...and that's no joke!
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Will must be joking because
March 12, 2009 - 15:20 ET by MozillaWill must be joking because Obama is ripe for entertainment. Tonight Show had a guy a few times who cracked me up playing Obama. I think he is completely wrong. SNL is just lame now. It kept going downhill to where I don't watch it now. Obama is ripe for joking. Hell I watch Red Eye on Fox News. It makes Obama jokes. I don't care what Liberals in Hollywood think.
Moz... You are el
March 12, 2009 - 15:30 ET by bigtimerMoz...
You are el correcto... I haven't caught Red-Eye in over a week, but they have improved the show in my opinion from when they first started...and like you say, they do have jokes about O.
How dare they!!! The Audicity!!!
Just listen to the guy right now with his side-ways bubble-head movements about clean energy and whatever else...(I tune him out anymore) is a joke...and I mean it....I notice he is now having these kind of comments AFTER Wall Street shuts down...someone wised him up...I think it may have been Santelli and Cramer. ;-)