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September 11 was supposed to have been the death of irony, the time of a new sincerity and a glorious earnest restoration. It did not work out that way. The rise of this satirical complex for liberals had nothing to do with laughter through our tears. At one point it appeared that the ONLY way to get liberal opinion expressed broadcast media was through comedians. Think of the original line-up of Air America. If the docile, passionless, so-called liberals invited on "Opinion" TV had actually acted in the interest of liberals, the rise of this complex would have been muted. Liberals had no one to seriously attack the clowns of conservative talk radio or cable news.
The satirists arose to attack the clowns, since serious liberals would not attack them, or couldn't gain enough viewership to stay on the air. The clowns will still be at work if Senator Obama wins the election, trying to undermine his legitimacy. If you think you have heard the last of calls for clownish investigations into the "Unamerican" past of Senator Obama come Wednesday, you have not been paying attention.
Did the clowns ever stop pretending to be concerned about the murder of Vince Foster, or did the clowns charge the Clintons with pulling the trigger for 8 years. Do you think the ridiculous fixation with PLO spokesmen will go away? Do you think that the serious media will stop taking their stories from Drudge? Since the serious liberals can not prevent the clowns from dominating the national discourse or news cycle, the comedians will still be needed, if only to point out who the clowns are.
