Political Humor For Political Candidates

Many comedians have been talking a great deal about politics and the government as a way to spread a variety of messages to the community expressing how they feel about how things are going for America. Therefore many comedians have become more popular in this past election season and with Trump 's new presidency. Stephen Colbert an American comedian, television host, and author uses his spotlight in media as a way to attack President Trump and his administration within his comedy. Colbert uses Juvenalian satire and satirical techniques while discussing politics to reveal his opinions as a way to spread messages to society about the Trump Administration and uses his comedic platform to do so.

The author compares the traditional political prank of “the Rhinoceros Party of Canada” to the present day of Calvert’s online hit. The comparison allows the reader to infer that the accessibility of the internet has allowed political satire to grow rapidly, as uploading a video online takes minimal effort in contrast to assembling an illegitimate political party. Despite their distinct techniques on representing their political ideologies, humor entitles the public to think about mainstream politics through their individual

A politician will have enemies because of their different point of view on certain issue. Good politicians shake hands with their enemies and easily talk with them. LBJ once said, “Better to have ‘em inside the tent pissin’ out than outside pissin in.” During the time Lincoln was president he had an entire administration filled with people who were angry and all felt that they’d make a better president him. This is smart because once you have your enemies working with you they can’t bad mouth you and their interests collide with yours. Having enemies work for you makes people trust you, because it gives off the impression you’re open minded. Politician use ridicule in order to bring down their opponent, so it’s best if one come up with a quick witty remark because ignoring it is the worst possible thing one can do. It proves to people that the statement is true. Jimmy Carter ignored the “Keep you enemies in front of you” rule and paid for it dearly. Having defeated the Democratic establishment on his way to the Oval Office, carter soon found out that same establishment was rooting for

Trump’s attack was representative of many ad hominem attacks that are present within politics. The goal of an ad hominem attack is to draw the media attention away from a politician’s stance on certain issues and direct it toward an unrelated component of their identity. “Studies have shown that negative information is, "processed at a deeper level" than positive information.” (Election 2001.) These kind of attacks serve to put the attacker’s competitor on the defensive, having to protect themselves instead of actively campaigning about their policies. The victim of these ad hominem attacks are required to respond to these attacks before false information gains a foothold and ruins their chances of success. The continuing dialogue surrounding Trump’s threat to sue Ted Cruz shows the effectiveness of ad hominem attacks in the political sphere. Two months after Trump made this accusation media outlets are still discussing whether Cruz is eligible or not. This is the exact reason Trump attacked Cruz, he viewed him as his main competitor and is using birther theories against him.

The biggest enemy to President Trump’s administration is not the Democrats, it is the comedians that appear on late night shows. In his article, “In Trump’s America, Comedians Lead the Resistance,” Dean Obeidallah asserts that comedians are the biggest opponents to Trump's administration. While Democrats do speak against Trump’s proposals on things such as healthcare and foreign affairs, they fail to garner attention. The article gives an example of Jimmy Kimmel, a host of a late night comedy show, who gave an emotionally charged plea that healthcare should be preserved for those with a pre-existing condition. Kimmel’s son was born with congenital heart disease, however, thankfully the child underwent surgery. In his viral monologue, Kimmel

For example, Trump stated “When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything, grab them by the pussy, you can do anything." (2005, in off-camera remarks recorded by the Access Hollywood) After this video had gone viral for the world to see, it started more animosity within the woman community. Although Trump did apologize to the women of America, he also stated that he did nothing wrong because it was strictly “locker room talk.” Another unpleasant incident was during his speech in 2015 Donald Trump made an impression of Surge Kowalewski, a disabled reporter who suffers from arthrogryposis which left him with contorted arms. Trump mocks him by impersonating his arm movements in front of a million people, which Trump found it to be amusing. You would think after alienating all disabled people, you would expect him to apologize, but he refused to. Trump’s behavior was disgusting and unacceptable in any context, and to me, this should have automatically disqualified him from becoming president. And yet, he managed to persuade the Senators and Representatives, plus the people of the United States to vote for him to become

The politician I chose for this journal is Donald Trump. He attacked a lot of people during his 2016 presidential debates. He called TV anchor Megan Kelly a chick and he called Jeb bush low energy. He also said that Ben Carson would make Jeb Bush look like an energizer bunny. His communications team has thought of names to call Donald Trump’s fellow candidates. For example, whenever people see Jeb bush, they will know that he is low energy. Donald Trump is committing a fallacy called Ad hominem. Ad hominem is defined as attacking the person instead of the person’s argument. Based on the media, Donald Trump has a habit of committing this fallacy.

I have chosen a political meme that elucidates the character of the 2016 Democratic Presidential Nominee, Hillary Clinton. Schwartzman (2014) defines character as “a reference to perceptions of how honest a source is” (p. 268). While Clinton possesses competence in regards to her experience as a politician, which Schwartzman (2014) refers to as the knowledge or experience an individual possesses about a topic, her credibility suffered due to her dishonest character coupled with her connection to Bill Clinton. This meme featuring her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, targets Clinton’s reputation of spreading misinformation, particularly regarding several instances during her time serving as the Secretary of State under Barack Obama. Accordingly, the meme targets the long list of lies that Clinton had been caught promoting while alluding to Trump’s immigration agenda.

There are many things in Time magazines We joked. You decide. the article that shows how different people use their power and what they are trying to achieve. They use an example of politicians try to use their power to influence the general public into getting votes, while the comedians are using their power to mimic and mock things that are incredibly outrageous from these politicians; presidential candidates especially. Looking through the article we see examples and statements of how comedians are viewing the election of 2016 and their personal thoughts behind most of their sketches of the satire nature.

Satire, as the Oxford dictionary defines it, is a genre of literature, in which vices, foolishness, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government or society itself, into improvement. And although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, used to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society. Thus I contend that to uphold the role they play in society cartoonists should absolutely be prepared to criticize what society sees as normal and accepted.

At a Communist Party Congress it is announced that Communism has triumphed all over the world. Even the United States has elected a Communist as President. The delegates dance in the aisles, cheering like mad, except for an old man, who sits in the corner with a glum expression on his face. “Comrade,” asks a delegate. “Why are you not happy?”

Donald Trump has experienced a lot of things in his lifetime, including winning an award for Worst Supporting Actor. One of the most recent of his experiences has been his presidential campaign. Throughout his campaign many cartoonists have frantically been using each of his actions as material for their political cartoons. These cartoons have the ability to spark debate and explain politics, or other topics, in a light unattainable through any other medium. The political cartoon “The Donald and Cartoonists” by John Cole exaggeratedly illustrates Donald Trump’s presidential campaign through the eyes of a cartoonist by combining imagery with commentary, referencing specific events in Trump’s campaign, and conveying his own message about Donald Trump.

Pushing political boundaries has been something political satirist have done for hundreds of years and will continue to do regardless of the consequences that may be caused. Political office holders at all levels typically assume that political satire may not be beneficial to political conversations. Some believe that political satire doesn’t do anything but cause false information to spread while others believe that political satire affects how people view the candidates and in turn creates a “bias” against the office holders work. “Not only is political satire not "devastating" to political discourse, it actually encourages and models promising new ways for people to connect with politics” (Young, pg. 28) Political satirist actually inspire their viewers’ to dig deeper into stories, participate in democratic practices further and even create discussion inside their homes.

Many political figures might say that campaigning for office is one of the most difficult aspects of being a politician. Not only must political figures make preparations of finances, hiring campaign staff, and advertisement, they must be prepared emotionally for what is to come, once they step into the media spotlight. Fast forward into the campaign trail and the time has come for the first political debate against other fellow candidates of the party. There are journalists from all the major news stations covering night’s event. The night goes smoothly as each candidate expresses their views on different policies and how he or she believes the nation should be led. Unfortunately, the unthinkable happens. While making the closing arguments, one of the candidates experiences a wardrobe malfunction. Everyone gasped in shock as journalists rushed their way closer to the podium, all having their chance at snapping pictures from every direction. The candidate’s embarrassing moment spread like wildfire throughout the media networks around the nation, completely ignoring what the night was truly about. All of the above and more are some of the points that Edwards, Wattenberg, and Lineberry, authors of “Reporting the news” make in regards to the evolution of news coverage shifting from what is important to what is entertaining and profitable.

If those two things are not understood then a person may think what the satirist is stating is their true belief or those videos such as the Stop and Kiss is real. However, if both of those are acknowledged then satire can be a very effective tool in teaching people about politics. Pairing comedy with the complex topic of politics eases the mind and breaks down those complexities. One those are broken down it allows for a greater understanding of the topic that is proposed. Satire can draw in viewers to issues that may have other ignored just due to it being comedic. People want to laugh and have a good time and in order to do that with satire they might go out of their way to research a topic a bit more to understand the comedy. Plus it is easier to listen to satirist and have a chuckle while getting news rather than listen to boring dry pundits on conventional media. Satirists like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert helped foster interest of a new generation in politics. At least they drew me into politics which eventually led me to taking Political