I Heard it Downtown

Conservative Senator Orrin Hatch has written a song for his buddy Ten Kennedy that may be played at the Democratic Convention

What a world huh? The political wizards and pundit machines churn out books all the time that claim that we’re becoming more and more polarized, and that our politicians are less and less able to work together to get stuff done (and maybe thats actually true)…but every once in a while, we get a story like this.

Only in America can a super conservative, teetotaling, amateur-musician Mormon strike up a lifelong friendship with the bastion of northeastern liberalism (and a recovering alcoholic to boot) deep in the bowls of our Government.

Neat. I hope they play it.

From the “political humor has a liberal bias department”…

To me, this seems almost like a challenge. Sure, the past 8 years have made poking fun at Republicans waaaaay too easy, but that doesn’t mean that Obama should get a free pass. If late-night hosts are looking for some sort of comedic narrative, I would suggest going after the very thrust of his whole campaign…the focus on hope and change. It isn’t that hard for a comedic professional (of I which I am NOT), to take that to some comedic absurd level….Barack Obama ordering Chinese food or something, or hoping to change all bad things. Certainly he shouldn’t be defined by just his race, which may be a bit taboo for late-night audiences (although the Bill Maher joke at the end of the article is great).

Or maybe not.