I’ve always considered myself a failure as a human being, because despite my desire to understand others, regardless of their station in life or their culture, I’ve never been able to appreciate the types of jokes that Republicans and conservatives find so highly amusing. You know the ones I mean. Jokes with a small dose of violence and murderous intimidation at the core, like this, for example:
Maybe it’s some character flaw in me, some genetic defect, but i just doesn’t get the giggles when conservative friends and acquaintances respond with a little light eliminationist comedic repartee. Case in point: Governor Mike Huckabee’s recent stand up routine at the National Rifle Association convention, where he apparently brought the house down with this crack about Senator, and presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama: