Candidates Bring the Funny

Both the presidential candidates, according to tradition, spoke at the Al Smith Dinner last week, and both gave pretty funny speeches. Who was funnier? You be the judge:



I think McCain's speech was probably a little funnier. It's a fine line to walk for a politician, to keep the jokes sharp enough to be funny, but not so sharp as to seem mean-spirited. I think McCain was a little more confident in his ability to walk that line, and so was able to push his speech into slightly funnier territory than Obama who seemed to be playing it a little more cautiously. Still, you've got to know that Obama got some laughs from me when he declared that he was born on the planet Krypton and sent by his father Jor-El to save the earth. That's some serious geek-cred he earned with that one and the MAD magazine reference.