Jay Leno just made a Hillary/lesbian joke, without saying the L word.

[pnwmom]

I had been watching the news, and hadn't gotten up to turn off the TV yet.

It's off now.

[JVS]

1. what did he say?

[pnwmom]

7. Something about how a woman fainted at a Hillary rally,

giving Hillary the opportunity to . . . offer first aid. You can imagine the specifics, I'm not going to repeat them.

[virtualobserver]

2. they never tire of jokes like that

n/t

[FrenchieCat]

3. Will he be demanded to resign?

[John Q. Citizen]

5. Off with his head! Insulting the Queen is a capitol offense!

[pnwmom]

8. His joke was misogynistic -- because the only reason for those cracks is

that Hillary is a strong woman -- and homophobic, because the humor relies on negative attitudes toward homosexuality.

And it WAS offensive.

[man4allcats]

12. Jay Leno is himself offensive.

I wish the Tonight Show would offer Carson's ghost a contract. At least then we'd have some genuine late night humor again.

[Ken Burch]

14. You could bring back Ed McMahon, saying

"Heeere's....the spectre of Johnny!!!!"

[man4allcats]

15. I'm sure Ed would go for that.

I can't think of anyone more qualified to play that role - either for Johnny or Johnny's ghost. If I can borrow and take liberties with your intro:

Heeere's....spectral Johnny!!!!

:hi:

[Ken Burch]

16. Your way sounds better.

Is Doc Severinsen still alive?

[man4allcats]

19. Apparently he is and

living in Mexico. I hadn't heard anything about him myself in quite some time, but I guess he's doing okay since, at this writing, he's scheduled to perform in Spokane on the 29th and 30th of this month. Go Doc!

[Metric System]

6. Luckily his contract ends soon, so hopefully we won't have to hear his lame jokes anymore. Also,

"Hillary is a lesbian" jokes are homophobic, period. And Leno has a poor track record of making less than gay-friendly jokes. (This was most apparent during his Brokeback Mountain jokes):

http://www.whitless.com/leno.htm
http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2006/01/breaking-news-jay-leno-has-big-chin.html

[pnwmom]

9. Any "Hillary is a lesbian" joke is homophobic.

Because the humor relies on society's negative attitude toward homosexuality.

[Metric System]

10. You're right. I changed my post to reflect this.

[pnwmom]

17. Thanks, MetricSystem. n/t

[Ken Burch]

13. Actually, they SHOULD make him resign for that, and for other stuff

Such as giving Ahnold free television time to declare his candidacy for gropenator in the recall election, and then being the emcee at Ahnold's victory rally(thus giving his blessing to what we now know was a nonviolent coup d'etat against an elected Democratic governor that was orchestrated by Haliburton).

And for scabbing during the writer's strike.

And not only should Jay be canned, somebody should sneak into Jay's giant storage garage and key all his vintage cars and 'bikes.

Jay was funny once, but he reduced himself to a right-wing jerk.

I hate HRC, but lesbian jokes against a woman seeking the presidency are out-of-bounds.

(As are all jokes against lesbians as told by white male comics, of course, before anyone implies I'm being inconsistent).

[pnwmom]

21. One more male DUer

who gets it. Good for you, Ken Burch.

[TheWebHead]

4. it's a rerun

he's been off this week.

[VolcanoJen]

11. r o f l

:rofl:

[pnwmom]

18. Who cares? All that means is that he's had the opportunity to

spew his nastiness at least twice.

[bunkerbuster1]

20. What's this? Unfunny "comedian" makes a stupid, sexist, homophobic "joke?"

OH NOES!!

[cboy4]

22. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is a right wing fundamentalist

propaganda machine.

Nobody should be surprised.

[pnwmom]

24. I wasn't surprised. Just irritated with myself

that I hadn't shut off the TV in time.

[midnight]

23. I can't stomach him much. He reminds me of an adolescent.

I much prefer Letterman.

[pnwmom]

25. My three adolescents (and post-) are infinitely funnier -- and nicer.

But you're right -- mentally, he's one of the nasty teens.