Mark Twain vs Ann Coulter? No Contest!

Against The Assault of Laughter, Nothing Can Stand!

AP

McCain getting hammered on late-night TV
Tuesday October 28, 9:22 am ET
By David Bauder, AP Television Writer

McCain, Palin overwhelmingly the butt of late-night jokes

NEW YORK (AP) -- As if sinking poll numbers and political attacks weren't enough, the McCain-Palin ticket has been taking it on the chin from late-night comics.

They've provided a rich vein of material -- lipstick on pigs, bridges to nowhere, expensive wardrobes, seeing Russia over the horizon and simply McCain's white hair. Yet the degree to which the Republicans have been the butt of jokes this fall, compared to Barack Obama, is astonishing.

We need Mark Twain now more than ever. Think of what a great political pundit he would be! He would probably tell us that amidst all of the jokes at the expense of McCain, Palin, Bachmann and all Republicans, there simply must be a grain of truth. Comedians are not taking aim just to shoot. They are taking aim to assault incompetence and ignorance. Biden may be gaff-prone, but people still respect him too much to really dig. Obama laughs at himself first and people respect him for that as well.

Here's Mark Twain on Republicans:

No one has ever seen a Republican mass meeting that was devoid of the perception of the ludicrous.

On religion (for today):

What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.

On God (of the Southern Baptist Convention):

Men are more compassionate/(nobler)/magnanimous/generous than God; for men forgive the dead, but God does not.

On (same-sex or traditional)Marriage:

If it were to do over again I would marry in infancy instead of wasting time cutting teeth and breaking crockery.

On Senators (Stevens)

People who make laws in Washington when not doing time.

On Popularity (Sarah Palin)

The best of us would rather be popular than right.

And, finally, Mark Twain on Ann Coulter:

That cat will write her autograph all over your leg, if you let her.