17th Aug 2004
Late Night Comedians on Bush and Kerry
Sent by my brother. I don’t know how accurate are these quotes, but some are kinda funny:
A new poll says that if the election were held today, John Kerry would beat President Bush by a double digit margin. The White House is so worried about
this, they’re now thinking of moving up the capture of Osama Bin Laden
to next month. —Jay LenoPresident Bush has unveiled his first campaign commercial, highlighting
all of his accomplishments in office. That’s why it’s a 60-second spot. —Jay LenoPresident Bush says he has just one question for the American voters “Is
the rich person you’re working for better off now than they were four years
ago? —Jay LenoKerry is well on his way to reaching his magic number of 2,162. That’s the
total number of delegates he needs to win the Democratic nomination. See, for
President Bush it’s different. His magic number is only 5. That’s the number of
Supreme Court judges needed to win. — Jay LenoThere was a scare in Washington when a man climbed over the WhiteHouse
wall and was arrested. This marks the first time a person has gotten into
The White House unlawfully since President Bush. —David LettermanThe White House is now backtracking from its prediction that 2 million new
jobs will be created in the U.S. this year. They say they were off, by roughly
2.6 million jobs. — Jay LenoIn Louisiana, President Bush met with over 15,000 National Guard troops.
Here’s the weird part, nobody remembers seeing him there. — Craig KilbornPresident Bush said he was ‘troubled’ by gay people getting married in
San Francisco. He said on important issues like this the people should make
the decision, not judges. Unless of course we’re choosing a president, then
he prefers judges. — Jay LenoThere was an embarrassing moment in the White House earlier today. They were looking around searching for George Bush’s military records. They actually
found some old Al Gore ballots. — David LettermanThis week, both John Kerry was making campaign appearance with the guys
whose lives they saved in Vietnam. Meanwhile, President Bush is campaigning with a guy that once took a math test for him. — Conan O’BrienPresident Bush released his new $2.4 trillion federal budget. It has two parts: smoke and mirrors. — Jay Leno
Bush admitted that his pre-war intelligence wasn’t what it should have been.
We knew that when we elected him! — JayLenoPresident Bush said that American workers will need new skills to get the new jobs in the 21st century. Some of the skills they’re going to need are Spanish, Chinese, and Korean, because that’s where the jobs went. — Jay Leno
President Bush wants to build a space station on the moon. And from the
moon, he wants to launch people to Mars. You know what t his means. He’s drinking again. — David LettermanThe new Prime Minister of Spain has called the war in Iraq a disaster, and
plans to bring his troops home as soon as possible. In fact, President Bush is
so upset at Spain that he is now threatening to close down the border between
Spain and the US. — Jay LenoDick Cheney finally responded today to demands that he reveal the details of
the Enron meetings. This is what he said. ‘He met with unnamed people, from
unspecified companies, for an indeterminate amount of time, at an undisclosed
location.’ Thank God he cleared that up. — Jay LenoThe White House has now released military documents they say prove George
Bush met his requirements for the National Guard. Big deal, we’ve got documents that prove Al Gore won the election. —Jay Leno
Whoever put this together is a bit too enamored of Leno for my taste. I’d like to see more like these from more diverse sources. And where is Jon Stewart in this list???
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Some of these look dated, but my reaction is that if Jay Leno takes so many jabs at Bush then Bush must be in trouble.
I’ve had a better feeling lately that we’ll be rid of him, but a deep sense of unease remains that somehow he’ll pull it off.
Rick, if you can please give us some perspective on the city during the convention.
I’ll give some color commentary, I’m sure. But the blog to watch among our buddies will be MattWelch.com, who is actually covering the convention for Reason Mag.
Thanks for the tip!
It’s funny how you titled this post “Late Night Commedians on Bush and Kerry.” Where exactly do they make fun of Kerry?
I didn’t say they make fun of Kerry, I just said “Late night comedians on [the topic of] Bush and Kerry.”