CNN/AP: For late-night hosts, it's open season on Bush

[DeepModem Mom]

For late-night hosts, it's open season on Bush
Wednesday, May 3, 2006

NEW YORK (AP) -- Perhaps sensing vulnerability, the late-night comics have been piling on President Bush.

During the first three months of the year, Bush has been the punch line of 307 monologue jokes by Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien, according to the Center for Media and Public affairs, which studies this sort of thing.

That compares to 197 jokes during the same period last year. For all of 2005, the center's statisticians counted 544 Bush jokes.

"Bush's numbers in public approval polls may be sinking consistently, but he's never been more popular with the late-night hosts," said Robert Lichter, the center's president.

Most of the jokes are about Bush's intelligence, rather than his policies, the center said....

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/03/tv.bushjokes.ap/index.html

[wakeme2008]

1. Leno just keeps on coming and coming

"President Bush introduced former Fox broadcaster Tony Snow as the new White House Press Secretary. See, this is the perfect example of wasteful government spending. I mean, why is the president paying someone to join his staff and tow the party line when he was doing it on Fox for free?" --Jay Leno

[HockeyMom]

2. How DARE they

give aide and comfort to the enemy when we are at WAR. :sarcasm:

[0007]

3. junior is the butt of all jokes through out the whole world.

[liberal N proud]

4. It should be open season on bu$h all day and night

With a record like this moron has, there is no sensible reason why the media keeps pandering to him and spreading his word like it is gospel or something.

Shame on the librul media.

Yeah to the late night talk show host, they may be the saviors of democracy in this 21st century. Way to go Cobert, Stewart, Leno and Letterman among others, way to go.

[BuyingThyme]

5. From what I've seen, this is not true:

"Most of the jokes are about Bush's intelligence, rather than his policies, the center said...."

I don't watch a lot, but much of the stuff I've seen has had to do with WMD, Iraq, the CIA, poll numbers, etc.

[ClintonTyree]

6. His intelligence, or lack thereof.......

reflects on his policy decisions so, in effect, the late night hosts ARE making fun of his policy decisions. Bush deserves all the scorn they can heap upon him......and more. Stupidest president, EVER! :cry:

[mtnsnake]

7. Nothing is funnier than the guy who impersonates Bush on Leno's show

He cracks me up!