Where are the conservative comedians?

As BlatherWatch wings our way back across the Atlantic, here's this from Lori Day, one of our favorite voices via Huffington:

I know this may come off a tad polarizing, but I think liberal comedians are funny as hell and they have no equals on the other side of the aisle. I stand a greater chance of seeing Russia from my house than spotting a genuinely funny conservative comedian anywhere in the continental United States.

There are so many hilarious liberal comedians. Think of the perpetually baffled Jon Stewart with his sharp tongue and soft heart; the slyly satirical Stephen Colbert masquerading as a conservative to dish up a heaping serving of irony; the smirky genius of Bill Maher, who never worries about being popular; enraged and frustrated Lewis Black, always on the verge of a primal scream; politically savvy Chris Rock, who takes no prisoners when it comes to issues of race; fast-talking, tongue-in-cheek Rachel Maddow with her intellectually captivating style; and the late George Carlin, who had the greatest gift on Earth for cutting through BS.

The list is endless.

But where oh where are the conservative political comedians? Rush? NO. Glenn Beck? GOD NO. Bill O'Reilly? SAME ANSWER. Fox News? YES -- but they aren't trying to be funny.

The current GOP candidates are drop-dead funny, but they also aren't trying to be. They're the manna from heaven that falls into the laps of left-wing talk show hosts who have the easiest job in the world these days. Read the rest.

Comments

[Mike D]

Conservative comedians are always struggling to make sense of their own insignificance, which requires them to lash out at their critics, which make them not funny.

[Itchy]

Dennis Miller must pretty funny.

He always seems to be either laughing at his own material or explaining to us how smart his references are and why we're not bright enough to understand.

[Twitchy]

You'll find the liberal comedians in the same place you'll find highly-rated left-wing talk show hosts.

[Twitchy]

errr...above should read:

You'll find the CONSERVATVE comedians in the same place you'll find highly-rated left-wing talk show hosts.

Arrgh. Too early.

[KS]

Miller is funny and cerebral, but he jabs the left and lamestream media too much to be liked by the progressive elitist snobs because of his message - although he is talented. Adam Carolla is damn funny and throws out as many f-bombs as any liberal comedian and makes sense with political incorrectness, which the prissy left has a problem with.

Bill Maher is not really funny - entertaining at times when he provokes arguments with conservatives like on his old show "Politically Incorrect", but too cynical and intellectually dishonest. However, I like Colbert's schtick - he's good at pointing out irony and Stewart is good on occasion but exposes his own hypocrisy at times when he attempts to dive into political lampooning.

[Russ]

What [O'Reilly] calls propaganda I call satire, and as good a position FOX is in to be anti-establishment and promote subversion--they still inspire the greatest satire themselves.  

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