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Campaign Humor from the Candidates: Obama and Romney do Stand-Up

Juan Cole 10/19/2012

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Barack Obama tells jokes at the Al Smith dinner, three weeks before the election.

Obama observes that he was much more awake in the second debate, having gotten a nice long nap during the first one. He said he had done some shopping in New York City; he heard Gov. Romney had done some shopping for some stores in New York City. Of Romney: ‘Actually, “Mitt” is his middle name. I wish I could use my middle name.’

Romney’s turn:

‘I was hoping the president would bring Joe Biden along this evening– because he’ll laugh at anything.’

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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