9/4/08: Michael Graham guest: Will Durst (Political Satirist)

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" certainly know that will durst is here you that the DNC right well. I was ideology you learn I'm here they're here now and do you see yourself are you offended people running up here you -- around you look at a guy leading up porn store you've got -- it over your head. Both surrounded by Republicans I'm glad to welcome to the show thanks for joining us. With the porn story well that's -- that's how you -- me where the great well you know you firmware now. Ollie. I need to be careful you don't you -- you used to be a stand up comedian you where does your audience know that now should we use in comedy about politics it was hilarious. I talk to politics in comedy clubs and confused people that was the key difference when you're still telling jokes will -- does help to keep it you have to -- so that they understand what has not actually a funny guy -- not only just -- time magazine has some friends who -- political comics in the period ended -- geniuses then -- and they studied Polly's side in college in the -- and did they -- men had -- audience -- the audience doesn't -- heads are gonna even though they're talking about some below reflect all the paid seventy into the -- times. -- these guys their jobs and hobbies I don't like lion of Adam Smith material. No yeah. Yeah I elected materialism most delicate line but that's why love your stuff will did you keep your real low askew. And what how would you grade how would you grade the Governor Sarah Palin as a comic last night feel what a rare few performances with a teleprompter. The biggest crowds -- seeing what how does she deal honestly. How I did I -- I -- she she killed us I die you know some of the material wasn't good suspects. Let's go to live we've all heard that line would Sedaris -- hockey mom and -- and and a pit bull and only coding mistake -- only we heard it from different you know different angles and stuff like that it. And I think the reason that she's I I don't Carlin at Carlos and C is like Abu that was -- out of hand -- true that what that means that it was George Lopez's -- That's about it. You have a San Francisco where you there when senator Barack Obama talked about the clinging bitter people he was trying to piece. In Ohio and Pennsylvania we in the next little volume part bitter people yes what they're clinging to their guns in their religion -- you there was no he was that he was actually defending them into the meaningful observances -- don't understand those small little people out there. -- no no the reason that he says that there are bitter. And what they cling to guns and and religion is it is because. Gases for fifty a gallon the guys read the White House is an oil man his father's an oil man is vice president. Is an oilman who shoots Texas lawyers enough as. How can you not love a guy who shoots lawyers you know saying does apply those deployed to drive his approval rating hardly -- as a mistake 78 year old lawyer over six -- well that orange -- it was a little help. Let me guess you're the DNC -- RC. What are the differences that you know we've noticed wilders. Well -- Simon hasn't been here until today right so I mean they were pretty much excited Denver all the way through but. Then yeah yeah a lot yet they were smoking they let that I -- really excited I think they're bad that was yet that was the difference did you notice -- the difference in the free speech approach between -- death Denver and here -- be here that protesters are right by the gate yet he's -- did you come walking in there's some -- scream and -- In Denver they kept them out in the free -- There's only one area were free speech yet. Back a couple of protests -- race cab fare to get close enough to the convention to actually be heard it was so far away and it's a key different a lot of the lot of them. Protesters in Denver and you know then stayed around long because they wanted to hit burning man on the way home but if that's true I'd talked to I sort of -- that's why they weren't coming out to Minnesota but there it's a totally different total losers. It's it's a killer so let me ask you right now. I like to think of them model of the American democracy very very clearly based on self interest in many people asking what's -- it for me in the way the system that balances self interest so will durst. -- Obama Biden versus. McCain Palin. For your purposes the comedian. What's in it for you who do you want to see the White House call when he's Palin really he had a liberals do not laugh. Once because he's a black since you bring up race. He's a reader -- splinters tell them that a couple of minutes and 474. I can't metro does that -- people people settled down and there's always a -- the hours ago -- told it's okay but today and I gently body. The right there I mean there are a lot of great things -- Senator Obama is an amazing story I loved the line and our Governor Deval Patrick used about. The story of someone rising up we Obama has the story it's not told often enough that is that we -- to -- more but it's told most office here in the United States and I love that. They got that humor. It. This kind of this page cracked up kind of -- he wasn't the guy in the back of the bus you know cracking jokes and stolen stuff that I've only heard him tell one joke really it was in front of mount Rushmore and -- it -- she looks like he's always pose them put the fifth -- a monitor you more noise in and someone asked and do you see yourself up -- I don't know they have enough rock up there for my ears. -- there on your economy you are between McCain tells jokes about himself -- and Letterman said I'm so old that my Social Security number is eight. That's funny -- again and certainly. Happens at the and I'm a lot of the union -- in the age thing because right. I think it it could come and you don't history -- repeated itself with a person but he can tell the residents will -- com. I thought in all seriousness that -- and by the ambulance speechless that was terrific and do you -- that cut there. The that he knows how to throw a hay maker punch he does do new wants comedy he does to rate on food WWE comedy you don't mean to students and these guys. -- At the convention right you know Hillary Grady gave the great -- absolutely what was that on the road and -- the right. Fred Thompson Fred that's Fred Thompson had showed up knew he had the -- but it -- I think that he had the F funeral home where lives were lost when its -- attack at and I say this gentleman that Thompson can't speak about himself that way. Then when -- can speak about other people does he -- what's your favorite joke common observations that are from the either convention so far wilders I just that I wish John McCain look tonight I mean for him to follow Sarah Palin will be like Loudon Wainwright the following the stone -- I was. The the -- program."

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