Politics (Un)Seriously

In honor of Minnesota's newest senator, we decided to compile some of our favorite videos of the former funnyman being funny. The first video of Franken drawing a map of the contiguous 48 states - one of the few lighter moments to surface from a campaign that was as serious as a heart attack - is more impressive than ha-ha funny. But it does contain a pretty good line: "Why is Minnesota so windy? Because the Dakotas blow and Wisconsin sucks." Take that, cheese-state.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been having a rough go lately, most-recently getting grilled at a Congressional hearing about his role in the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch merger. Some are even speculating Bernanke could be ousted when his 4-year term expires in January. All of which gives us a good reason to post one of our favorite YouTube parodies of all time. Back in 2006, a group of Columbia Business School students made an amazing send-up of Police's "Every Breath You Take," starring their school's dean, Glenn Hubbard, who reportedly wanted the Fed Chair job. Today, you could sub out Hubbard for Larry Summers and you've got pretty much the same song...

This one is an oldie (pun intended) but a goodie. Barack Obama is the first non-Baby Boomer president, and now a generation accustomed to being in charge is realizing how old it is. Holy c*** indeed!

The Onion News Network reporters that after a visit to a Denny's restaurant in northern Virginia, Pres. Obama has decided to drastically scale back his vision for the country. After spending 45 minutes shaking hands with sickly, obese customers wearing sweatpants, the president said he needs "to completely reconsider what our nation is capable of achieving." To be honest, we here at Politics (Un)Seriously are a bit insulted by the president's statement. We would protest this gross attack on Denny's and its Denny-zens (how 'bout THAT pun, Mr. President?), but frankly all that getting up and walking around and using the mouth for stuff other than eating just sounds like too much effort.


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JibJab, the interactive artists/multimedia editorial cartoonists/goofy e-cards site, debuted its latest political send up at the Radio and TV Correspondents dinner in Washington on Friday. It's another beautifully stylized masterpiece, detailing the exploits of America's latest superhero: Barack Obama. Watch as Obama rights the economy with the flick of his wrist, takes out a ship full of pirates in one fell swoop, cools the globe with his breath, and, yes, even wrestles a bear. He's Barack Obama, da-da-da-da-da.

We weren't the only ones who felt deja vu with the president telling jokes to a crowd of journalists at last night's Radio and TV Correspondents dinner. Referring to his performance just last month at the White House Correspondents dinner, President Obama said in his opening remarks, "I want express my appreciation to be able to tell jokes that weren't funny enough for me to be able to use when we did this five weeks ago." The president also cracked jokes about his irascible chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel, and his Mr. Miyagi-like reflexes in killing a fly on television.

Did you know that former SNL star Jimmy Fallon has his own late-night TV show? Neither did we. But we're glad he does, because last night he debuted a new feature: Rush Limbaugh karaoke. Three contestants from the audience belted out such Limbaugh classics as "I Hope (He Fails)," "Sweet, Sweet Sotomayor" and "I Love America."

Go to the full blog post to hear contestants two and three perform their Limbaugh hits.

Iran is spiraling out of control, but Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says everything is fine. Jon Stewart points out that the first person Iran's president needs to convince is his own translator:

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If you've ever lived in or around Washington, DC, you've likely been to Arlington, Virginia, the upscale town just across the Potomac River from the District. Of course, like every seemingly pleasant community there is a dark side to Arlington, a seedy underbelly that can only be captured in an Internet spoof rap.

By now, if your travel anywhere in the blogosphere, you probably know about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's strong protests about CBS late-night talk show host David Letterman's opening monologue on Tuesday when he made this joke about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin being in New York and attending a Yankee game:

"One awkward moment for Sarah Palin at the Yankee game, during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez," cracked Letterman, adding, the "toughest part of her visit was keeping Eliot Spitzer away from her daughter."