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    "Did you know," Carson asked, "Richard Nixon is the only president whose formal portrait was painted by a police sketch artist?" Using humor to take politicians down a peg or two is a very old form of comedy. Full Article at U.S. News & World Report
    Richard Nixon is the only president whose formal portrait was painted by a police sketch artist?
    Johnny Carson – Johnny Carson SOURCE: U.S. News & World Report 1 month ago
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For Obama, Politics Isn't a Laughing Matter
  1. There is a power struggle going on between President Reagan's advisers
    Johnny Carson – Johnny Carson SOURCE: U.S. News & World Report 1 month ago
  2. All that stuff you've been putting on your plate? It's [expletive] chow time, brother. That's how you get things off your plate.
    SOURCE: U.S. News & World Report 1 month ago
  3. You know, I don't get angry. I find it works better to kill them with kindness.
    SOURCE: U.S. News & World Report 1 month ago
  4. The Nobel Committee is saying the reason they gave Obama the peace prize is for reducing tension around the world. . . . So, the runners-up for this year's Nobel Prize were red wine and the Brookstone three-speed massaging recliner.
    Conan O'Brien – Conan O'Brien SOURCE: U.S. News & World Report 1 month ago
  5. Well, I won it for not being George Bush. . . . This award came as a complete surprise because I have only not been George Bush for nine months.
    SOURCE: U.S. News & World Report 1 month ago
  6. President Obama won another Nobel Prize today, this time in medicine, for pretending to give up smoking.
    Jay Leno – Jay Leno SOURCE: U.S. News & World Report 1 month ago
  7. A new study shows that the phrase most often used by President Obama is, 'Let me be clear.' The phrase he uses the least often? 'Let me be specific.'
    SOURCE: U.S. News & World Report 1 month ago

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