On AlterNet: joke

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "joke"

Laughing at Pot Advocates? What's so Funny About Drug War?

Scott Morgan, Stop the Drug War's Speakeasy Blog. January 27, 2012.

Despite progress in the mainstream, there is a tragic tendency among the press to burst out laughing at the idea of fixing our disastrous drug laws.

Did You Hear the Joke About the Predator Drone That Bombed?

Medea Benjamin, Nancy Mancias, AlterNet. May 5, 2010.

Obama's 'joke' at the White House correspondents' dinner was no laughing matter to the relatives of the hundreds of people killed in Pakistan by drones.

McCain Tells Insensitive Ethnic Joke During Speech

Matt Corley, ThinkProgress. September 26, 2008.

Irish-Catholic organization says McCain's Irish joke was 'an insult to a whole nationality.'

Peggy Noonan: John McCain Needs to Insult More Female Campaign Staffers

Roy Edroso, Alicublog. June 27, 2008.

Candidate called his spokeswoman a bipolar drug-dealing drunk, charms press.

John McCain Jokes: "And I Stopped Beating My Wife..."

Lindsay Beyerstein, June 27, 2008.

Candidate tries to deflect question about divorcing Nevada governor with spousal abuse gag.

The Demagogic Whistle Stop

Will Durst, AlterNet. November 3, 2006.

So Kerry botched a joke; the president botched a war.