Obama, McCain trade jokes at Al Smith dinner

Would you believe that less not quite 24 hours after the final presidential debate of this 2008 election campaign, both Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain would don fancy white-tie tuxedo and tails and tell jokes in New York City last night for the annual Al Smith dinner? And yet, they did. In a scenario such as this, the ability of these candidates to tell jokes is as much a function of their writing teams as it is their individual senses of humor. That said, I'll post both videos and let you judge for yourselves how they're feeling about the upcoming election and who you think should be our next president. Although I think it's amusing to point out that the major Obama clip comes from MSNBC while the major McCain clip comes from FOX News. The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation roast raises money for underprivileged children and honors the first Catholic man to get a major party nomination for president. Smith lost to Herbert Hoover in 1928. Coincidences? Ahem. Let's get to the attempts at humor, shall we?

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Comments

[huffybike]

Great line from Obama: http://tinyurl.com/6lff2q

[Sarah]

I think they were both hilarious! They have excellent writers and great delivery. I really appreciated the kind words exchanged as well. THIS is the side of politics that I wish we could see more often. Candidates joining together for a good cause and rising above their political parties long enough to laugh together. I'll take laughter and money raised for children any day over the hatred and wasteful campaign money that's thrown around.

[Sarah]

I think they were both hilarious! They have excellent writers and great delivery. I really appreciated the kind words exchanged as well. THIS is the side of politics that I wish we could see more often. Candidates joining together for a good cause and rising above their political parties long enough to laugh together. I'll take laughter and money raised for children any day over the hatred and wasteful campaign money that's thrown around.

[Sarah]

I think they were both hilarious! They have excellent writers and great delivery. I really appreciated the kind words exchanged as well. THIS is the side of politics that I wish we could see more often. Candidates joining together for a good cause and rising above their political parties long enough to laugh together. I'll take laughter and money raised for children any day over the hatred and wasteful campaign money that's thrown around.