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...stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims. Ahmed Ahmed, who is an Egyptian-American, likes to complain about how hard it is to pass through airport security because a well-known terrorist shares the same name. If dubious airline officials ask him to prove he's a comedian by telling a joke, Ahmed responds: "Um, I just graduated from flight school?" When that joke bombs (sorry!), he consoles himself with the thought of how frustrated the other Ahmed must get when people mistake him for a comedian. "I'm a terrorist, goddamit...
...survived the bulk of the campaign week: you deserve it. TAKE A SHOT… 1. If Robin Williams’s campaign reminds you of Stephen Colbert’s short bid for the presidency. 2. Every time Williams makes a poor attempt at a joke about being single. 3. Every time Robin Williams wears a George Washington-esque wig. 4. If you feel awkward for Williams after Linney breaks the news on Thanksgiving that he never should have won. Worst Thanksgiving ever. 5. Every time Laura Linney says “double b’s, double...
...slides, but there was beer. A cook from the restaurant hung out in the back dressed in chef's whites. And though the candidate eventually got to cutting taxes and government spending, the importance of the war on terror and educational choice, he began with an old Irish joke about "the O'Reilly twins getting drunk again" - one of four or five jokes in his repertoire. Reporters talk of pitching in to buy the candidate a book of new ones, but McCain is enthusiastic in telling them, and the tale of the O'Reilly twins is usually met with gales...
...McCain, when he allows himself to talk about actually being President, recites a litany almost as familiar as the O'Reilly twins joke: He has experience, courage, honor. He often says he's the only true conservative in the race. And indeed, for voters to choose those familiar traits over the smooth optimism of Romney, he would need to be a very true kind of conservative indeed...
...They drink coffee at Dunkin' Donuts and debate the merits of Ford vs. Chevy; they drink coffee and talk about their dismay over the war in Iraq; they drink coffee and talk about fishing. They play paintball and fire guns at snowballs lofted into the air. "I like to joke with these guys that they're like Albanian rednecks," says Michael Riley, attorney for Shain. There is something about the men's behavior that seems like that of kids at play. "It's like they were pretending," says Dritan's attorney, Huff. "The challenge will be to convince a jury...