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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?

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  • Monday, November 3, 2008 07:58 PM

    Jeez, what's with the Obama millennialism?

    No, an Obama victory is not the end of history. Crap will still flow downhill and Jon Stewart will still be funny. Saturday Night Live will fade back to irrelevance and resume its comfortable task of making senior citizens feel edgy. In the meantime, the economy will still be in the crapper, the two wars will lurch along uncontrollably, and we still won't have functional social services. And sooner or later, someone will figure out how to make fun of Obama properly.

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