Is it an oxymoron?http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 3:06:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40223/candidates-trade-barbs-for-laughs.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJust one night after their chilly final debate, Barack Obama and John McCain spent another evening in close proximity, with much different results. They poked fun at themselves, and each other, at New York’s Al Smith Dinner, an annual political roast that raises money for charity, reports the New York Times . The candidates sat at the same table, “without preconditions,” Obama noted. Each delivered a comic monologue that both tweaked and praised his opponent. Some samples:http://www.newser.com/story/40223/candidates-trade-barbs-for-laughs.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 17 Oct 2008 7:43:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40042/sacramento-gop-site-takes-down-obama-hate-images.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSacramento Republicans yesterday removed images from their website urging voters to “Waterboard Barack Obama” and declaring “The Only Difference Between Obama and Osama is a Little BS.” State party leaders condemned the content, with a spokesman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calling it “completely and totally inappropriate,” the Sacramento Bee reports, but the county’s GOP chairman was unapologetic.http://www.newser.com/story/40042/sacramento-gop-site-takes-down-obama-hate-images.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 15 Oct 2008 13:14:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38932/top-10-things-overheard-at-palin-debate-camp.html?refid=rss_all_defaultDavid Letterman was not kind to the Republican vice presidential candidate last night—his Top 10 list focused on "Things Overheard at Sarah Palin Debate Camp." Among the highlights: "Any way we can just get Tina Fey to do it?" "Maybe we'll get lucky and there won't be any questions about Iraq, taxes or health care." "Let's practice your bewildered silence." Watch the full list or click the link below.http://www.newser.com/story/38932/top-10-things-overheard-at-palin-debate-camp.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 02 Oct 2008 5:27:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38722/orourke-looks-on-the-sunny-side-of-death.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA cancer diagnosis with a 95% chance of survival, while it might not let one “stare death in the face,” at least gives PJ O’Rourke a chance to muse on the end of the road. At first, he “cursed God, as we all do when we get bad news and pain,” he writes in Search magazine. But then he reconsidered: perhaps death really helps us “learn right from wrong” in a chaotic world.http://www.newser.com/story/38722/orourke-looks-on-the-sunny-side-of-death.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 30 Sep 2008 10:11:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34844/im-in-ur-lolympics-bein-ur-prezident.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBy now you’ve probably encountered “LOLcats,” the photos of cats with superimposed text designed to make people “laugh out loud,” as the kids say. Now, the fine folks at the Guardian have turned some highlights from President Bush’s visit to Beijing into “LOLBushes” ... and dragged daughter Barbara and Henry Kissinger into the fray. Click the link below to see what England thinks of the Commander in Chief.http://www.newser.com/story/34844/im-in-ur-lolympics-bein-ur-prezident.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 13 Aug 2008 13:51:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33171/comedy-legend-skewers-left-in-slapstick-carol.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThey're calling it “a spoof of A Christmas Carol and contemporary American culture,” from the director that brought you Naked Gun and Airplane! But what the press release doesn't say is that the director is David Zucker, a self-proclaimed “9/11 Republican,” and that American Carol is a brazenly right-wing send-up of Michael Moore as an America-hating Scrooge, to be converted by the ghosts of presidents past.http://www.newser.com/story/33171/comedy-legend-skewers-left-in-slapstick-carol.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 23 Jul 2008 12:12:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30329/gop-must-regroup-with-balance-relevance.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMany Republicans think the party is on a losing streak because it’s gotten too “squishy,” but that’s a dangerous mistake to make, a former aide to Tom DeLay writes on Politico. John Feehery, who pleads guilty to being a “squish” (as "right-wing wackos" deride GOP moderates), says voters "want us to be more relevant to their lives and to do better at the job of governing."http://www.newser.com/story/30329/gop-must-regroup-with-balance-relevance.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 18 Jun 2008 15:54:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25857/bush-strikes-chord-at-scribes-dinner.html?refid=rss_all_defaultPresident Bush did a star turn at his final White House correspondents dinner—showing video snippets of previous appearances and grabbing a baton to conduct the Marine Corps Band in Stars & Stripes Forever . Correspondents were way down the pecking order behind celebrities like Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Martha Stewart, and Jenny McCarthy at the annual lovefest between the White House and journalists, reports Variety .http://www.newser.com/story/25857/bush-strikes-chord-at-scribes-dinner.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 04 May 2008 18:50:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25277/dealer-in-chief-bush-hits-game-show.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIncreasingly overshadowed by the presidential campaign, George W. Bush got a bit of exposure last night—on a TV game show. The commander-in-chief appeared via satellite on Deal or No Deal to root for a soldier back from Iraq who was gunning for a million dollars in a suitcase, reports Reuters. "I’m thrilled to be anywhere with high ratings these days," joked the president.http://www.newser.com/story/25277/dealer-in-chief-bush-hits-game-show.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 04 May 2008 18:47:21 CDT