Where’s NOW Now?
Boy, it sure is fun making fun of people. I love it. And if somebody has an accent, well imitating them can be hysterical no matter what words you say. You know how some jokes are only funny if you say them with a heavy Jewish accent, or talk like an old time steppin’ fetchin’ black guy with all the yawza’s and yassa’s. Don’t you think having Barrack Obama with a heavy Negro accent would make a great comedy skit? It could be him and Jesse Jackson calling each other the infamous “N” word. “Yassa you iz” “Lawdy, No I iznt”. That would be an LMAO moment. Mexicans are a hoot too. Like; what’s the difference between a tea cup and a pee cup? A Mexican can’t drive to work in a tea cup. Yea, good times.
But I thought it was only funny to guys like me. Guys that are politically incorrect and have no moral standing. That’s why I was so surprised to see that it’s also funny to the protectors of political correctness. I never realized that liberals find racism and sexism so damned funny.
The embroidered hankies of Democrat women are still moist with tears from the nasty treatment given to Hillary Clinton. She was cast aside by her party in what could only be classified as one of the most sexist political coups in recent history. Even the Obama adoring media held roundtable discussions over how shabbily Hillary was treated. They discussed sexism and bias in news coverage and from her political opponents. Volumes were written and spoken regarding the existence and unfairness of the “glass ceiling”. And the women of the Democratic Party were incensed. I mean they were flat pissed off. How could the party of equal opportunity and political correctness have allowed this to happen? How could they allow people to make fun of the way she dressed, or her hair, or her makeup, or her emotional displays, albeit brief. There was even talk of a backlash against Obama. But that was a few months ago, which in political terms is a lifetime. Hillary is all but forgotten except by those whose job it is to give Bill a heads up when her car turns the corner. Nobody’s making fun of Hillary’s pants suits anymore.
There’s a new target for sexist and biased attacks, Sarah Palin. And look who’s laughing at the jokes. The same women who only weeks ago were ready to storm the Democratic National Convention like Carrie Nation with PMS. All of a sudden it seems to be OK to make fun of a woman attempting to achieve greatness in a man’s domain using the same biased attacks that slew Hillary in the primary. It’s OK to make fun of her accent, the way she talks and the words she uses. It’s OK to mock the way she dresses and the way she wears her hair. It’s OK because Governor Palin is not one of the anointed. It’s OK because she is a conservative, with pro life conservative values. It’s not only OK; it’s a freaking laugh riot. Even Al Frankin, the founder of Air America – the station of equal rights and opportunity unless you happen to be a bill collector, took time out of his busy schedule of running for U.S. Senator of Minnesota and going to tax audits, to write more witty sexist slams against Palin. Actress Tina Fay may have found a whole new career impersonating the Alaskan Governor.
I know that Palin herself participated in the gag. She appeared on SNL along side of Tina Fay in a few skits. She did it for a couple of reasons, none of which were due to her admiration for being mocked. She participated in the joke, much like Hillary did months before, to prove she was a big girl and could take it. It’s far better to appear to have people laughing with you then laughing at you. She also did it because she is savvy enough to know that, unless you’re the Roman Catholic Church, any publicity is good publicity. If you think I’m lying, just ask that little boy Paris Hilton and her parents who did the marketing for her underground porno video.
It’s acceptable to make fun of Sarah Palin because she doesn’t talk like most of the liberals, or think like them either. And she wears glasses for crying out loud. Who doesn’t see something funny about people who wear glasses? And being pro life, with an accent, and once was a beauty pageant winner, how could it get any funnier than that?
As the Virginia Slims commercial used to say “You’ve come a long way baby”. All the way from damning those that would reject a woman’s ability based solely on her gender and using sexist innuendo to emphasize the point to embracing those that do. What’s good for the goose is apparently not good for the gander and vice versa. That holds true for what part of the country you were born or raised in and the accent you speak with as well.
If Saturday Night Live would like some comedy ideas about Barack Obama I will be more than happy to write a few bits. How about a skit where Barack is giving his inauguration speech which is being translated into the native language of his father’s family. Barack could say “It’s a great day to begin the change” and the translator could make snapping and clicking noises with his tongue and maybe some fart noises with his hands cupped in his arm pits at the same time. Pretty funny, right?
Unless, of course, you think it would be on poor taste to make fun of the way some people talk.
I don’t know. Exactly how do you say “double standard” in Kenyan?
