Have you heard the one about the presidential candidate who was once so popular that comedians were frightened to make jokes about him?
The punch line is this: the more seriously he took himself, the more Barack Obama (pictured) has become a laughing matter.
The writer of the Telegraph article is right -- to a point: the U.S. main stream media continues to admire and idolize Mr. Obama. However, comedians in the U.S. are having fun at Obama’s expense.
Some examples:
Jon Stuart
While mocking Obama’s progress through the Holy Land, where he said the candidate stopped in Bethlehem to see the manger where he was born.
David Letterman:
Obama asked a guy at Staples, “Which chair will work best in an oval-shaped office?”
Obama was having head measured for Mount Rushmore.
Obama offered McCain a job in the gift shop at the Obama Presidential Library.
Jay Leno
Obama is becoming a workout fanatic. He's at the gym twice a day, sometimes three times a day according to his staff. Well, he has to stay in shape to do those flip-flops.
Obama back from his big European tour. Did you see him in Europe? People were cheering him, holding up signs, blowing him kisses. And that was just the American media covering the story.
Yes the comedians in the U.S. get it!
The main stream media -- well that’s another story. The U.S. media still adores Obama, treating him as the ‘anointed one.’
The Telegraph sums it up:
Voters are tiring of the wall to wall coverage of his grand pronouncements.
A picture of my cave
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