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These clips presented by Lawrence O’Donnell serve to demonstrate how comedy and politics have become inextricably linked. There have always been political cartoons and the occasional gifted ‘wise guy’ like Ambrose Bierce, Will Rodgers and Mort Sahl – but never before have comedians been given such a supply of continual and unbelievable material. Just think of the GOP front-runners – it’s a gift!
Relive the magic of Herman Cain as interpreted by Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert. Feel the excitement as Jon Stewart’s nipples grow hard merely from hearing Cain quoting a great poet…I think it was an Asian poet, judging from the name. Conan joins the others to discuss Newt and Donald Trump. Hey, is Trump in or is he out? The same could be asked of Sarah Palin. This is not only a constantly revolving race, but like double-dutch jump rope, one can jump out of the race and back in at any time.