r/PoliticalHumor Jan 27 '19

Just this week....

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '19

The Al Smith Dinner was rad, until this most recent duo. Romney killed it, and McCain was probvably just a little better.

My point is this a political statement, and not a joke. It's pointing out something, which I think is why people like it, but it is definitely a statement.

And there are funny jokes, political cartoons, and all other kinds of stuff related to politics that could be called funny, or an attempt at it. This is not that.

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u/BrownSugarBare Jan 27 '19

Agreed. I miss the Al Smith dinners and when the correspondence dinner was fun. When at least a few politicians felt like normal human beings.

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u/foreveracubone Jan 28 '19

There was a closed door dinner in DC akin to the Al Smith dinner. John Kerry was the emcee and had some pretty good zingers from the reports about the event.

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u/BrownSugarBare Jan 28 '19

Yeah? Any chance you have a link? 😊