Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here, but cable comedians running for political office is like Don Knotts starring in "The Manchurian Candidate." I mean, I don't need a guy who shills for Amstel Lite with his finger on the bomb, do I? What does a third-rate Henry Morgan who cross-references Jethro and Granny with Linus Pauling and Montaigne know about state budgets or deficits or even the fucking US Constitution? It's bad enough when career politicians try to yuck it up with Jay in order to snag the White-Male-18-35 demographic, but now we must suffer 50-year-old action stars with Col. Klink accents and smart-ass middlebrow TV comics who appear "intellectual" because they're standing next to George W. Bush? Hell, at least when Cicciolina ran for office in Italy, voters knew she could suck dick and take it up the ass, two key requirements for any aspiring politician. When Dennis Miller and Ah-nald do each other in an all-male adult version of "Strangelove" retitled "Dr. Strangesex," then I can take them seriously, and I'll know what to expect after they place their hands on the Bible and swear to uphold the Patriot Act, cut taxes for the wealthiest one percent, and promise to invade every country on Earth. If you're gonna fuck all of us, at least fuck yourselves first so we know you really mean it.
Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
DP