Mock Obama? Comedy Writer Says 'He's Like a Smooth Rock Face of Perfec

Tim Graham
September 3rd, 2012 6:11 AM
Friday’s Wall Street Journal tackled the issue of joking about the candidates – especially how hard comedians have found it to mock President Obama. Four years ago, "you couldn't tell jokes about Obama," said the leftist political humorist Will Durst. "You couldn't even see him—the halo was too bright." "Since I've been doing this, going back to the '70s, I don't remember two contenders for…
 

SNL Writer: Sean Hannity 'The Dumbest Person Who’s Ever Been Paid to

Noel Sheppard
April 15th, 2012 6:25 PM
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd published a piece Sunday about how the folks at Saturday Night Live find political material for their show each week. Buried way at the very end was quite a disparaging comment about Fox News's Sean Hannity from long-time SNL writer Jim Downey: