Political Humor | Left vs. Right: Will Obama Fix Everything?

Hello everyone and welcome to Left vs. Right where two political humor writers try to find some kind of common ground on the issues of the day. By try I mean cross your fingers and keep the sharp objects locked up.

Today myself, a conservative blogger, and Super Liberal, a man so far left he makes Barack Obama looks moderate…

Super Liberal: Ahem!

Chris: What? Dude you are very liberal.

SL: You implied I was crazy.

C: Moving on, our topic today is: will Obama fix everything? Recent polls point to a majority of people feeling that way. Super Liberal what are your thoughts as if we didn’t know already?

SL: He’s going to fix everything and he’s going to start with the economy. In two years we will be rolling along like Clinton’s first term.

C: You mean the one that had equally high unemployment two years in?

SL: He had to mop up after Bush’s dad. That took a big bucket.

C: Hmm well you do have a point there but still, there was a Democratic Congress and White House in 1993-4.

SL: Fine, whatever. What about health care? Once Obama gets nationalized health care going everyone will benefit.

C: Remember the last time liberals tried that one? Oh yah it was Clinton and it led to the Republicans taking back Congress in 1994.

SL: Always dragging the past into this aren’t you?

C: Hey, you brought up Clinton.

SL: All I know is that like Jimmy Carter, Obama will reach out and be more of a friend to the world, trying to make peace with everyone.

C: Yes, and then Obama can have a picnic with the people trying to kill us and everyone will be happy and get along and eat sandwiches and play wiffleball and sing Kumbaya. Oh and while you are at it, ask Sadat how that Carter peace thing worked out for him.

SL: Okay fine so Sadat got killed because of the peace treaty with Israel, but now maybe a terrorist will think twice about strapping a bomb to themselves because Obama is President.

C: I see your meds are really kicking in.

SL: Umm no they are not!

C: You know Monty, all you have done was bring up the past. How is Obama going to fix the reputation of the ghosts of the Democratic past?

SL: Why are you asking me this? I thought this was about the problems we have today.

C: I would love to elaborate on that but we are out of time folks. This truly was an exercise in futility. Tune in next time when I try to argue politics with a deaf blind mute who uses cue cards to communicate with.

Chris Cameron writes this weekly column of political humor every Thursday right here at Radioactive Liberty. He also has his own brand of funny at his humor blog Angry Seafood.

Super Liberal is a left-leaning card carrying member of the Democratic Party crazy enough to enjoy arguing with and being made fun of by conservative bloggers.