You know, Lincoln was funny. I don't think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you're funny.
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Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep.
Humor helps ease the tension of race and the differences in society. If there wasn't comedy I don't know if Obama could have ever become president.
I think being funny is not anyone's first choice.
I don't think I was funny until college. I lived with some Harvard MD/PhD students - they were so smart, and what I contributed to the house was, I was the funny one.
The President has a wonderful sense of humor, which is one of the reasons it is so much fun to work for him.
I'm a politician, and as you know, politicians are rarely very funny.
I was voted funniest person in my middle-school yearbook. So I guess I was funny in middle school?
We should all laugh more at our elected officials - it's good for us and good for them.
I don't think Reagan is primarily funny, and I don't think he's primarily marvelous; he's complicated.
I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.
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