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Tuesday, November 4, 2008 12:00 AM

The end of the satirical industrial complex?

For the past eight years, Jon Stewart, Tina Fey and other comedians have had us laughing through our tears. If Obama wins, will the laughter die?
By Thomas Schaller

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  • Monday, November 3, 2008 09:08 PM

    Nope. not over yet.

    Three reasons.

    1) As much as I admire Barack Obama for his no-drama and (oh, god intelligent) campaign, He will pull stupid stuff. Plenty of fodder there. Plus, after winning, he will cause a physics breakthrough because scientists will discover that there is a time shorter than Plank time, and it will be his honeymoon period in Washington.

    2) The frothing crazy wing of the republican party looks like its going for a "night of the long knives" on the remainder of its moderate wing and will be bringing the crazy by supertanker load.

    3) Palin 2012, enough said.

    —nwithers Read nwithers's other letters

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