The Washington Times, September 5th, 2004
Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES So, poor Bobcat Goldthwait can't tell any jokes about President Bush because people in the audience yell, "Don't make fun of the president" ("Bobcat proving himself again," Arts, Thursday). And he whines that "people are really frightened" by "intolerant" crowds. Earth to Bobcat: The country is at war. Back in the 1930s, President Roosevelt was fair game for comedians. W.C. Fields (who was a Republican) made many a joke about FDR's tax policies, but when World War II started, Fields and other comics quit doing jokes at FDR's expense because they realized that, i...
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