What is the difference between a Democrat and a Republican? A Democrat blows, a Republican sucks.
No more Nixon jokes. He’s a sick man.
If you're going to do a Chris Christie joke, just say, 'Christie spent $82,000 at a concession stand at MetLife Stadium. Then he turned to his friends and said, 'You guys want anything?'' That's a joke. I can't believe it. I caved in. I feel awful.
I always feel that most political jokes, if you're going to do them, you have to do them within the next five minutes, or else they're outdated. By the time you've got it to the point that it's strong, it would be 12 years old.
A lot of people who claim they're political comedians are just comedians who have opinions. But they stop being funny the minute they give their opinions.
This weekend President Obama attended the annual Gridiron Club Dinner, and during his speech he joked that he is getting older and crankier. Which explains why he announced he no longer supports President Obama.
I'm not a political comedian. That's just not what I do.
I don't do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.
I never met a politician that I couldn’t take a poke at.
Politics is a thing that is kind of the same over and over and over again. But we have to find new ways of poking fun at it and letting the air out of people and satirizing things that are worthy of satire.
Could you imagine me and the roasters taking on the GOP field? It would be the greatest show ever. Prove that you can take a joke. Prove that you're a man or woman of the people. Prove that you're not above criticism even in the form of a backhanded compliment.
I have a couple of jokes that are politically oriented, but it just sickens me to do them.
I know these jokes aren't great, ladies and gentlemen, see this is the problem you run into when you're between impeachments.
What's fascinating about doing comedy about the referendum is, because it is the first time, it is the most extraordinary atmosphere. You find that if you are making jokes about politicians, it becomes intensely political.
There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.
You know, as a comedian, that's what you do. You speak truth to power by making people laugh.
I'm not a political comic.
I think that Obama is very cool. And I think he's clever, and I think he can be witty. But I don't think he's funny in either the way that Reagan was funny - or John McCain and Dick Cheney are both funny in that ruthless, kind of mean way.
It's easy to make jokes about Donald Trump. There is such a difference between what he says and his behavior. It's not 180 degrees off with him. It's some sort of oblique angle.
Politicians can do more funny things naturally than I can think of to do purposely
I realised that a television show on political lampoon was one genre that was missing.
I don't really have funny things to say about politics. I wish I did, but I don't.
I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid that Nixon was in favor of school on Saturdays. It was my first political trick.
If you wanted to hear politics, you'd go to Henry Kissinger; you wouldn't go to hear Jackie Mason. The reason I speak about politics is because I know I can get a laugh out of it.
People go, 'Oh, Trump must be good for comedy,' and I go, 'Ehhh.'
