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Posted Friday, November 07, 2008 12:26 PM

The Moderate Voice: The Funniest Election Season Ever: A Retrospective & Analysis

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It's difficult to imagine having made it through the long and hard fought 2008 campaign without so many memorable comic moments. We're used to election news making good comedy but this year we had good comedy making news as candidates abandoned their campaign speeches to do stand-up on late-night TV. Good political satire and comedy about the election was at an all time high. From Amy Poehler's Hillary Clinton to Tina Fey's Sarah Palin , SNL earned record breaking ratings . John McCain's Letterman no-show might have hurt his campaign more had he not so deftly handled damage control in a later appearance. We had the NYTimes asking, Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America? and the Washington Post covering The Colbert...
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Posted By: dnbro (January 9, 2009 at 11:23 AM)

JAILIN PALIN

Heya Sarah wack job, I heard you been Palin around with drug dealers and Terrorists! You know that problem with your "future" son-in -laws mother dealind illegal drugs and your terrorist hubby dude Todd being a member of the Alaska Independence Party.

You are digging your hole depper and deeper so keep up the good work and maybe you can start a reality show calld The Turkey Bloodbath show?

Cheers lipstick pit bull and good luck if Walter Monnegan decides to eventually sue you for what you did and didnt do to him.

Heya why NOT run for "President" in 2016 and maybe John McBush McCain can be your VP running mate! Gotcha! I heard Keith Olberman wants you on his show?