{"id":767,"date":"2004-07-15T02:21:46","date_gmt":"2004-07-15T09:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2004\/07\/truth_and_ridicule\/"},"modified":"2004-07-15T02:21:46","modified_gmt":"2004-07-15T09:21:46","slug":"truth_and_ridicule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2004\/07\/truth_and_ridicule.html","title":{"rendered":"TRUTH AND RIDICULE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Did someone say truth is the best defense and ridicule the best offense? If not, consider it<br \/>\nsaid. Here&#8217;s one <A class=inline\nhref=\"http:\/\/politicalhumor.about.com\/library\/images\/blbushpope.htm\"\ntarget='new\"'><B><EM><FONT color=#003399>example<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> of ridicule<br \/>\nthat tells the truth, and here&#8217;s <A class=inline\nhref=\"http:\/\/politicalhumor.about.com\/library\/images\/blbushdummies2.htm\"\ntarget='new\"'><B><EM><FONT color=#003399>another<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>. Some<br \/>\nmay prefer <A class=inline\nhref=\"http:\/\/politicalhumor.about.com\/library\/images\/blbushworry2.htm\"\ntarget='new\"'><B><EM><FONT color=#003399>this<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> or <A\nclass=inline href=\"http:\/\/politicalhumor.about.com\/library\/images\/blbushmoe.htm\"\ntarget='new\"'><B><EM><FONT color=#003399>this<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>. We like these<br \/>\noneliners, forwarded to us by Abbie Conant, who got them from Irene Stuber, co-host of <A\nclass=inline href=\"http:\/\/www.undelete.org\/abreb.html\" target='new\"'><B><EM><FONT\ncolor=#003399>Abigail&#8217;s Rebels<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>:<\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;President Bush has unveiled his first campaign commercial, highlighting all of his<br \/>\naccomplishments in office. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s a 60-second spot.&#8221; <I>&#8212; Jay Leno<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;A new poll says that if the election were held today, John Kerry would beat President Bush<br \/>\nby a double digit margin. The White House is so worried about this, they&#8217;re now thinking of<br \/>\nmoving up the capture of Osama Bin Laden to next month.&#8221; <I>&#8212; Jay Leno<\/I> <\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;President Bush released his new $2.4 trillion federal budget. It has two parts: smoke and<br \/>\nmirrors.&#8221; <I>&#8212; Jay Leno<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;Bush admitted that his prewar intelligence wasn&#8217;t what it should have been. We knew that<br \/>\nwhen we elected him.&#8221; <I>&#8212; Jay Leno<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;As you know President Bush gave his State of the Union Address, interrupted 70 times by<br \/>\napplause and 45 times by really big words.&#8221; <I>&#8212; Jay Leno<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;President Bush says he has just one question for the American voter, &#8216;Is the rich person<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re working for better off now than&nbsp;he was&nbsp;four years ago?'&#8221; <I>&#8212; Jay<br \/>\nLeno<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;Kerry is well on his way to reaching his magic number of 2,162. That&#8217;s the total number of<br \/>\ndelegates he needs to win the Democratic nomination. See, for President Bush it&#8217;s different. His<br \/>\nmagic number is only 5. That&#8217;s the number of Supreme Court judges needed to win.&#8221; <I>&#8212; Jay<br \/>\nLeno<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;There was a scare in Washington when a man climbed over the White House wall and was<br \/>\narrested. This marks the first time a person has gotten into the White House unlawfully since<br \/>\nPresident Bush.&#8221; <I>&#8212; David Letterman<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;The White House is now backtracking from its prediction that 2.6 million new jobs will be<br \/>\ncreated in the U.S. this year. They say they were off by roughly 2.6 million jobs.&#8221; <I>&#8212; Jay<br \/>\nLeno<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;President Bush said he was &#8216;troubled&#8217; by gay people getting married in San Francisco. He<br \/>\nsaid on important issues like this the people should make the decision, not judges. Unless of<br \/>\ncourse we&#8217;re choosing a president, then he prefers judges.&#8221; <I>&#8212; Jay Leno<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;There was an embarrassing moment in the White House earlier today. They were looking<br \/>\naround searching for George Bush&#8217;s military records. They actually found some old Al Gore<br \/>\nballots.&#8221; <I>&#8212; David Letterman<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;This week, both John Kerry and Wesley Clark are making campaign appearance with the<br \/>\nguys who saved their lives in Vietnam. Meanwhile, President Bush is campaigning with a guy that<br \/>\nonce took a math test for him.&#8221; <I>&#8212; Conan O&#8217;Brien<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;The big story now is that President Bush is coming under attack for his service in the<br \/>\nNational Guard. The commanding officers can&#8217;t remember seeing Bush between May and October<br \/>\nof &#8217;72. President Bush said, &#8216;Remember me? I&#8217;m the drunk guy.'&#8221; <I>&#8212; Jay Leno<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;Dick Cheney finally responded today to demands that he reveal the details of the Enron<br \/>\nmeetings. This is what he said. &#8216;I met with unnamed people, from unspecified companies, for an<br \/>\nindeterminate amount of time, at an undisclosed location.&#8217; Thank God he cleared that up.&#8221; <I>&#8212;<br \/>\nJay Leno<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;Plans are being discussed as to who will replace Dick Cheney if he has to resign for health<br \/>\nreasons. It&#8217;s not easy for President Bush. He can&#8217;t just name a replacement. He would first have to<br \/>\nbe confirmed by the oil, gas and power companies.&#8221; <I>&#8212; Jay Leno<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;The White House has now released military documents they say prove George Bush met his<br \/>\nrequirements for the National Guard. Big deal, we&#8217;ve got documents that prove Al Gore won the<br \/>\nelection.&#8221; <I>&#8212; Jay Leno<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;President Bush wants to build a space station on the moon. And from the moon, he wants to<br \/>\nlaunch people to Mars. You know what this means. He&#8217;s drinking again.&#8221; <I>&#8212; David<br \/>\nLetterman<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;The new Prime Minister of Spain has called the war in Iraq a disaster, and plans to bring his<br \/>\ntroops home as soon as possible. In fact, President Bush is so upset at Spain that he is now<br \/>\nthreatening to close down the border between Spain and the U.S.&#8221; <I>&#8212; Jay Leno<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;The U.S. Army confirmed that it gave a lucrative contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the<br \/>\nVice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be<br \/>\nconceived as Cheney&#8217;s friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said, &#8216;Yes.'&#8221; <I>&#8212; Conan<br \/>\nO&#8217;Brien<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge has unveiled a new color-coded system to warn the<br \/>\npublic about different states of danger. Red is the highest state of alert, and it means that Dick<br \/>\nCheney is about to eat a mozzarella stick.&#8221; <I>&#8212; Conan O&#8217;Brien<\/I><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did someone say truth is the best defense and ridicule the best offense? If not, consider it said. Here&#8217;s one example of ridicule that tells the truth, and here&#8217;s another. Some may prefer this or this. 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