we need a president with an INTELLIGENT sense of humor

[acroyear]

That's really why Kerry lost but none of the alternatives the dems offered were any better.  Kerry can't tell a joke to save his ass.  [Neither can Gore.]

Problem being that Bush's jokes aren't funny, they're merely insulting.  He thinks they're funny but really they come from inbred stereotypes that the leader of the free world (or others aspiring to be so, Mr. Allen) shouldn't be thinking anymore.

Self-deprecating humor is the best type for celebrities and politicians (are they one in the same yet?), and BushCo refuses to insult themselves because that's akin to admitting a mistake which is something they'll never do, even years and decades from now...

Hillary can tell a joke, but only if the punch line is about her husband.

Update: I've been told by those who've seen him more than I that Gore does have a good sense of humor; it's just so mis-represented by the so-called "liberal" media (much less the right-wing punditry) as to be distorted beyond recognition.

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[thatliardiego.livejournal.com]

Neither can Gore.

Believe it or not, Gore has a sense of humor, a very good one -- I know from metting him any number of times. And a lot of it is based in self-deprecation. But you'd never know that, because most of the big-time media had it in for him from the start -- Bob Somerby has reported on it at The Daily Howler in excruciating detail.

George Bush and George Allen have the same type of sense of humor -- it depends on demeaning and insulting people, their names, their heritage and their lives. It's a frat-boy type of humor (and I also know about this, having belonged to a fraternity full of jocks that reveled in that type of humor) that is all about "We're better than you."

[sequentialscott.livejournal.com]

Actually, Gore can tell a joke as long as he's not running for anything.

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

post is updated.