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...stresses that he is not a “joke?? candidate...
...become a running joke??one of the hardiest generated by the torrent of gallows humor that followed Sept...
It’s not a very good joke??unfunny and insensitive, in light of the death toll from inhalation anthrax, four dead and counting. Black humor never inspires belly laughs, though; at best, it exacts sardonic smiles or nervous giggles. Its virtue lies elsewhere—in helping us say, with ironic wink and smile, what we cannot say in earnest...
...have a job at the end of the day. For him, it was just a matter of going to work, closing deals and praying that whatever business he brought in would save him from the executioner’s axe, for at least another day. Soon it became a joke??“I have to get to work by 8:30 this morning to get fired,” he would constantly say. Three weeks ago, the joke became reality...
...This joke??and the stereotype of conservatives that makes it funny—was on my mind as, last week, I watched the climax and partial resolution of two separate debates. These debates had nothing in common, save this: both were shaped, at least in part, by the myth of the heartless conservative...