AKA: Happy Halloween, If the Elections Weren’t So Scary, They’d be Hilarious
Decades of lesser evil voting and a growing plutocracy have brought us to the two most hated presidential candidates in history. The public discourse has devolved to discussion of the illegal behaviors of the candidates while the United States and the planet are facing multiple crises. We can almost hear Nero’s fiddles. To help us get through the next week, we invite political comedians Lee Camp and John F. O’Donnell to join us for some therapeutic humor.
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Lee Camp is a stand-up comedian, writer, and activist. He’s a contributor to The Onion and has performed stand-up comedy at events featuring Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Al Gore. You can watch his stand-up HERE. He was recently on Showtime’s series “The Green Room with Paul Provenza”watch that HERE. He’s done comedic commentary on “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” BBC’s “Newsnight,” PBS, E! network, SpikeTV, MTV, and ABC’s “Good Morning America.” He’s featured in the new bestseller “Satiristas!” with the likes of George Carlin, Bill Maher, and Stephen Colbert. Lee also provided a catharsis for millions of people when he went live on Fox News and called the network a “parade of propaganda and a festival of ignorance.” Check out his popular web series Moment of Clarity and the Moment of Clarity book and podcast at www.LeeCamp.net.
John F. O’Donnell is known for hosting Live From Outer Space comedy show and for appearing as a correspondent on the television show Redacted Tonight.