For those of you who missed the Academy Awards Sunday night, here are some of the best political jokes told by its host, Jon Stewart of the infamous Daily Show.
"Julie Christie was absolutely amazing in Away From Her. Brilliant
movie. It was the moving story of a woman who forgets her own husband.
Hillary Clinton calls it the feel good movie of the year."
"Not all films did as well as Juno obviously. The films that
were made about the Iraq war, let's face it, did not do as well. But
I'm telling you, if we stay the course and keep these movies in the
theatres we can turn this around. I don't care if it takes 100 years.
Withdrawing the Iraq movies would only embolden the audience. We cannot
let the audience win."
"Oscar is 80 this year, which makes him now automatically the frontrunner for the Republican nomination."
"You have to admit, this is a huge election. An historic election. So
much excitement. For the first time in so many years we don't have an
incumbent president or an incumbent vice-president. The field is wide
open. Have you all had a chance to examine all the candidates, study
their positions and pick the Democrat you'll vote for?"
"Democrats do have an historic race going. Hillary Clinton vs Barack
Obama. Normally, when you see a black man or a woman president an
asteroid is about to hit the Statue of Liberty. How will we know it's
the future? Silver unitards, that can't be all?"
"You have to give Barack Obama credit, he's overcome a great
deal. Not just he's an African-American. Barack Hussein Obama is his
name. His middle name is the last name of Iraq's former tyrant. His
last name rhymes with Osama. That's not easy to overcome. I think we
all remember the ill-fated 1944 presidential campaign of Gaydolf
Titler. It's just a shame, Titler had so many good ideas. We just
couldn't get past the name. And the moustache."