Comments on: Conservative Comedy with Political Satirist PJ O’Rourke http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/conservative-comedy-with-political-satirist-pj-orourke/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:37:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CTB http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/conservative-comedy-with-political-satirist-pj-orourke/comment-page-1/#comment-185451 CTB Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:40:39 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=29662#comment-185451 He was on Real Time with Bill Maher a couple weeks ago and was utterly embarrassing. He was on Real Time with Bill Maher a couple weeks ago and was utterly embarrassing.

]]> By: agentlion http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/conservative-comedy-with-political-satirist-pj-orourke/comment-page-1/#comment-185402 agentlion Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:10:29 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=29662#comment-185402 ha, I thought the same thing - I've heard him a lot on NPR's Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me, where he basically plays the token Conservative, and he always does fine on that show and makes some decent jokes, and I've never thought anything of it. But then he was a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher last week, and I was really surprised at what a Rush-sounding ditto-head he was! I thought he was supposed to be smart enough to rise above the knuckle-dragging AM talk-show BS, but all he did was repeat falsehoods and right-wing talking points, uncritically and without any original thoughts of his own. I was really surprised, and disappointed..... ha, I thought the same thing – I’ve heard him a lot on NPR’s Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me, where he basically plays the token Conservative, and he always does fine on that show and makes some decent jokes, and I’ve never thought anything of it.

But then he was a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher last week, and I was really surprised at what a Rush-sounding ditto-head he was! I thought he was supposed to be smart enough to rise above the knuckle-dragging AM talk-show BS, but all he did was repeat falsehoods and right-wing talking points, uncritically and without any original thoughts of his own. I was really surprised, and disappointed…..

]]> By: Barry Ritholtz http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/conservative-comedy-with-political-satirist-pj-orourke/comment-page-1/#comment-185342 Barry Ritholtz Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:02:40 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=29662#comment-185342 I find him amusing, but look beyond the humor and you see his content reveals that he is a clueless jackass . . . I find him amusing, but look beyond the humor and you see his content reveals that he is a clueless jackass . . .

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