February 24, 2024

"During an evening ostensibly aimed at promoting Kennedy at the expense of both his major-party opponents, [Adam] Carolla..."

".... acknowledged the fact that Biden had been the main target. 'I guess we should throw in a couple of Trump jokes while we’re here,' he said. The media and justice system, Carolla said, are 'turning Trump into a martyr … but not a traditional martyr' — not 'skinny guys in bathrobes' like Gandhi and Jesus. 'You don’t think about fat guys eating KFC on a private jet and banging Eurotrash.'"

From "RFK Jr.’s comedy night: Barbs for Biden, but the joke may be on Trump/The L.A. fundraiser featuring Adam Carolla, Jeremy Piven and others seemed to appeal to Kennedy-curious voters who might otherwise support the Republican" (WaPo).

52 comments:

RideSpaceMountain said...

I love how the same men and women calling Melania "Eurotrash" could never get with or be with a woman like Melania. Their jealousy dial goes to 11 and they're terrible at hiding it.

rcocean said...

Whenever most of the barbs are aimed at Biden, the NYT's is suddenly concerned that "Bi-partisan" really isn't "bi-partisan". Of course, if most of the barbs were at Trump, the NYT's would just say nothing and pretent "everyone was attacked".

As for RFK, he's a fraud or a kook. Take your pick. His positions are all over the map, he's flip-flopped over several issues, and he voted for Biden in 2020. I'm not too sure why anyone would vote for him, he's Biden with more muscles.

Wince said...

Wrong.

Kennedy may be a refuge for independent voters who (already) refuse to vote for Trump, but that's still taking votes away from Biden.

Meanwhile, Kennedy is the alternative candidate who will peel liberal votes away that otherwise would go to Biden had Biden not turned into such a toxic disappointment.

rcocean said...

Adam Corrolla is actually funny, unlike Kimmel. That's why he doesn't have a late nite TV show. The leftwing Network execs want liberal propaganda, not comedy.

William said...

I can see RFK.2 drawing votes away from Trump. No way I'll vote for Biden, and all the Sturm und Drang with Trump is wearying. I live in NY. Biden will win handily. A vote for RFK.2 would serve to register my antipathy towards them both. If I lived in a state where Trump had even an outside chance of winning, I'd vote for him....RFK.2 would need a freight train to carry all his baggage. The fact that you're not reading about it indicates that maybe some Democrats think that he'll attract votes from Trump. Most of the RFK sleaze has crusted over, but it's there, available upon request.

narciso said...

remember when kennedy's ex wife killed herself, pepperidge farm remembers,

yes threatening 700 years for non crimes, and confiscating his property, that might make him a martyr

The Vault Dweller said...

I think Kennedy probably still draws more from disaffected Left wing voters than from fence-sitting possible Trump voters. To some he will remind people of an older time where politics felt for hopeful and genuine. I think Democrat operatives thinks so too given the party's treatment of him.

narciso said...

abuse of power which amounts to criminal malfeasance doesn't worry you, this is the problem you hand the state over to witch hochul and larcenous leticia, same with the west coast,

narciso said...

i mean you complain about what a rolling dumpster fire and then you vote Democrat, it doesn't compute, I know most of the possum candidates, aren't much, well larry elder was an exception,

gilbar said...

so.. After Nimarata Randhawa
(who, for some reason; REFUSES to use her actual name, and ONLY uses a fictitious pseudonym),
LOSES and LOSES BIG in her home state primary (where she was Governor, and where people should know her better than anywhere else)..
WHEN she LOSES today (and LOSES BIG).. Will this disgusting warmonger go back to her job at Boeing?
Or will she Continue to work on trying to defeat President Trump?
Why IS she running?
Will she start a 3rd party run, with Lizard Cheney as her vice?
WHY is she trying to defeat republicans, and support democrats? WHY? WHY? WHY? ($? $? $?)

Mike of Snoqualmie said...

I like RFJ, Jr. But, he's kook. He's been right about the so-called COVID vaccine, but he's wrong about other vaccines.

Sometimes, a blind squirrel finds an acorn. That's RFJ, Jr.

Original Mike said...

It's hard to imagine how a "Trump voter" (in a state that's competitive) who votes on the issues, rather than personality, votes for Kennedy instead.

Original Mike said...

Is Kennedy even going to be on the ballots. I get the impression that the "save democracy" crowd will be pretty successful at keeping him off.

Krumhorn said...

It doesn’t matter if every Trumper in Los Angeles became Kennedy-curious, the very same number of electoral college votes will be cast for Biden. It’s as safe a bet as there is imaginable. I’m a Trumper in LA, and I know fully well that staying home will produce the same outcome. The bug-eyed lefties are driving the bus around these parts.

- Krumhorn

Ann Althouse said...

"I love how the same men and women calling Melania "Eurotrash" could never get with or be with a woman like Melania. Their jealousy dial goes to 11 and they're terrible at hiding it."

A picture of Adam Carolla with his wife: here.

Ann Althouse said...

ex wife!

Original Mike said...

"A picture of Adam Carolla with his wife: here."

My browser security waved me off going there.

Must be a scary picture.

Howard said...

Adam isn't talking about Melania. Trump hasn't banged her since Baron was conceived. The eurotrash Carolla is referring to are the hookers who are paid to bang Donald.

Also, Corolla isn't making fun of Trump, he's lampooning Trump's loyal unquestioning voters. Now he's crossed into Cambodia with this Montagnard army of his that worship the man like a god. And follow every order, however ridiculous.

Josephbleau said...

A man who calls a woman who is a non politician Eurotrash is a sociopath in my estimation, not a comedian.

Yancey Ward said...

That is some major-league cope from WaPo. Every single poll shows Kennedy draws a large majority of his support from the Democrats. It is why they are fighting him tooth and nail in every state where Kennedy is trying to get onto the ballot.

Yancey Ward said...

You don't have to be too cynical to suppose there is a malicious reason Kennedy hasn't been offered Secret Service protection.

rehajm said...

Yah sounds like lefties spinning the fact a Kennedy anything is perceived to hurt Biden and they are doing the best they can muddying the waters with the headline. It is not going well, I see…

rehajm said...

I don’t listen to Adam much- my perception is he hates that Democrats have destroyed LA and CA. The idea he is too clever or too stupid to do something that helps Democrats seems laughable.

Joe Smith said...

'A picture of Adam Carolla with his wife: here.'

Very pretty (the ex-wife, not Adam).

Btw, Google is doing a redirect. Probably at the behest of the site owner.

Old and slow said...

That was pretty funny actually. Go Kennedy! Siphon away some Democrats and a few half-witted Republicans. It's primarily pulling voters from Biden, and that can only be a good thing. If I thought he might win the election I'd be horrified, but he's nothing to worry about.

Michael said...

Don’t get your hopes up, WaPo.

MikeD said...

If RFK isn't potentially taking votes from Biden, then why is his administration working hard to help him follow in his father's and uncle's footsteps? Only reason I can see for denying SS protection.

narciso said...

no that crazy, considering his father was killed by a palestinian immigrant who worked for a horse track, owned by a mob boss who certainly had a grudge against him,

MikeM said...

Who is Adam Carolla?

Mary Beth said...

Corolla isn't making fun of Trump, he's lampooning Trump's loyal unquestioning voters

Really? It sounds like he's calling a group of women "trash".

Iman said...

Spot on, narciso! I remember that, and it spoke volumes about the lack of character one normally associated with people who are always shielded from living with the consequences.

But RFK Jr. did overcome an addiction to heroin. For what that’s worth…

Iman said...

Carolla has a podcast that is entertaining, often vulgar and crude, but always funny.

And some occasional insight. And his 2013 takedown of Gavin Newsom puts him squarely in my Hall of Fame. It’s a thing of beauty!

Rabel said...

Considering that her Mother died a month or so ago the Eurotrash joke was a low blow, even for those of us who support unfettered comedy.

Rusty said...

The Vault Dweller.
Yeah. That's my take as well. Just the name is going to get Democrats to vote for him. So having him run is only going to help Trump.

Kate said...

The Biden admin granted SS protection to Nikki while still denying it to Bobby. Of course Biden is a more hated topic. At best he's trying to bleed RFK's money dry, at worst he's trying to just bleed him.

narciso said...

they were fine with associating with the murderous Chavez, and well what can be said about Obama, but they really can't stomach him,

there are many things I find objectionable about Rfk jr and perhaps one or two things, like the two minute hate on fauci,

Quaestor said...

"A picture of Adam Carolla and his wife: here."

A 6... 6.5 with the wind in her favor.

Howard writes, "The eurotrash Carolla is referring to are the hookers who are paid to bang Donald."

What a nasty thing to reveal about Jill Biden. I hope the Secret Service raids your house, ties you down, and lets Commander shit on your face.

Promises made Promises kept said...

Jon Stewart can use this one for the show next week.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

what William said.

RJK jr. is the FU vote.

Narr said...

I got the redirect at Prof's link too, but Google Images works like a charm. The former Mrs. Carolla is alright, but the new girlfriend is better.

Melania has never been my type.

I've objectified three women I don't know in a single post. I guess I've still got it.

Just asking questions (Jaq) said...

"that worship the man like a god. And follow every order, however ridiculous."

This sounds a lot more like those who see no evil, hear no evil speak no evil, regarding the well-documented corruption of Joe Biden.

I seldom see Trump supporters who don't wish that the movement had a more sound vessel than Trump to carry it forward, but here we are.

Propaganda is traditionally broken down, like Caesar's Gaul, into three parts:

White Propaganda: This is the stuff coming from one side that everybody knows the source, and it is intended to discredit the other side,

Grey Propaganda: This stuff is just out there, and it's not clear where it originated because it was deliberately hidden. A lot of disinformation is like this.

Black Propaganda: This is stuff that is intended to discredit the other side, and made to appear that it comes out of the other side's own mouth.

Most of these tropes about what "MAGGATs" are like is black propaganda, purveyed mostly by late night "comedians" and left leaning cable news networks, the stuff Howard is sadly addicted to.

Readering said...

Maybe it dates me but by Eurotrash i would think the reference is to the late Ivana.

hombre said...

If the "Eurotrash" comment refers to Melania, he should be ashamed of himself.

Iman said...

OT, but RIP Golden Richards, 73.

Mikey NTH said...

I never saw those who would vote for RFKJr as Trump supporters.

Yancey Ward said...

"I hope the Secret Service raids your house, ties you down, and lets Commander shit on your face."

Howard would probably like that.

Mutaman said...

"Regarding his political views, Carolla has stated, "I guess I would be Republican, in the sense that I want a secure border, I'm not into the welfare state, I'm not into all those freebie lunch programs."

Now there's something to build your political philosophy around- those damned free lunch programs. The govt handing out those Mac and Cheeses to poor kids really infringes on our freedoms!

The Vault Dweller said...

Now there's something to build your political philosophy around- those damned free lunch programs. The govt handing out those Mac and Cheeses to poor kids really infringes on our freedoms!

Having heard him talk about similar things before, I suspect it isn't that strongly objects to the dollars spent, but rather he wants Mom and Dad to do it for their kids. And more importantly, for juniors and the juniorettes see that Mom and Dad are doing providing for their own kids. It isn't so much that he wants it so that the parents are conscious role models for the kids, but rather they become part of a base assumption for the kids, maybe not even fully conscious, but rather a liminal experience, that when kids grow up they become adults and have duties and responsibilities like that. I think this thought process is based off his own upbringing where he described his own parents as being something like, "Hippy-Dippy", And that his parents didn't take responsibilities like that. His parents treated him like a burden.

Mason G said...

"No way I'll vote for Biden, and all the Sturm und Drang with Trump is wearying."

Doesn't it bother you that you're letting the Democrats decide for you who to vote for?

frenchy said...

Kennedy's biggest deficit is he sounds like a throat cancer survivor who gargled Drano to remedy it. Just listening to his voice is disconcerting. That's not good for a politician.

Frenchy

Old and slow said...

"Kennedy's biggest deficit is he sounds like a throat cancer survivor"

No, Kennedy's biggest problems are his policy prescriptions. Net zero? The man is a charlatan.

Bunkypotatohead said...

The Biden family is merely white trash.