When DC Laughed at Itself: Dan Glickman and the Golden Age of Political Comedy
Lots of people say lots of things in politics are broken.
Here's one item on that list:
Comedy.
"You know, I like Leno and Letterman and the rest of them. I think they're funny. In fact, if they're looking for a writer, I'm going to be out of work in about nine days, so I hope they give me a call. But I think it would be good if politicians started to take back political humor for themselves. The key to late-night political humor is that it targets those qualities that we, the politicians, don't want you to see. But if we were to bring out our blemishes into the open, it takes the edge off…
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