Obama Jokes

Barack Obama should not be off limits for humor. Unfortunately, I haven’t heard a whole lot funny about him. The only joke I’ve heard yet at his expense came in the by-now obligatory JibJab cartoon. So it’s a relief to see others looking for material. Joel Stein at the Fish Wrapper got a good one from a writer for The Simpsons: “A lot of people are worried about Obama being assassinated because he’s black. The solution to that is a much blacker vice president. I’m thinking Flavor Flav.” I don’t think that’s a racist joke at all; the butt of the joke a racist, not Obama or Flavor Flav. (Well, maybe Flavor Flav a little bit but come on, the dude invites it.)

Wait, I take it back. Mary Katherine Ham scored a direct hit about a month ago.

Still, let’s hear it. Good Obama jokes, not “Barack Obama walks into a bar. The bartender says, ‘What can I get you, Mr. President?’ So then Obama says, ‘Bam! Your taxes got raised!'” That might be a good prediction, but it isn’t particularly funny.