Ben --
With regard to the presidential candidate being black AND qualified, can you explain to me how George W. Bush or Ronald Reagan ever got elected? Neither were "qualified" when the criticism applied to Barack Obama is applied to them. Though I dare say Ronald Reagan put Bush to shame in terms of effectiveness.

Ben,

Satire and irony only work when the premise is truthful.

Defeatism, Franco-phobia etcetera are name calling and tongue wagging, not funny and even pitiful.

Leave it to the experts like Stewart and Colbert. They survive, even thrive as satirists off the real joke "Fox News" and that ilk.

Ben,
Derivative usually isn't that funny, a point you've proven...again. Hope you haven't burned that bridge back to your high school paper.

Unnecessary roughness, foul. You're right there with 'em.
This country, this planet is in a dark time and bashing just seems to be acceptable. I am sick and tired of it.

Ben, take off your blinders and look around: We face urgent problems in this world such as overpopulation (human) and all the attending side effects. Why don't you spend your life energy working on some real problems, instead of aiming to become just another famous big mouth, hiding behind his political Ray Bans?