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Jokes, and the Joking Jokers who Tell Them

Jul. 21, 2011 10:41 am
There's been some outraged agitation this week over that Vander guy and his hearty laughter at a stupid gay joke, in front of a camera, back in March. You can watch the video.
One Iowa has a petition demanding that he apologize. Geez, it's just a little laughter. I mean, Iowans had roughly the same reaction to his three gubernatorial campaigns. Oh, shoot.
Speaking of yucks, here's a guy who used to be a real comedian doing some serious damage to one of BVP's pals:
The lead author of the study says Franken is right.
See, that's the thing. These folks tell bad jokes all the time. They just call them "arguments." Oh, shoot.
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