Comedians aren’t making jokes about Barack Obama. Criticised about this, they claim, “He never does anything to suggest a comedic hook.” No?

There have been so many references to John McCain’s age, that anytime now, I expect to see at Barnes and Noble, One Thousand And One McCain Jokes. All those McCain jokes and not one Obama joke?

Any one of the late night shows could have made hay over, for instance, the Pastor Wright business, but they didn’t. I can imagine a Saturday Night Live skit where Obama’s housekeeper, a green creature like in space movies, serves him coffee and is thanked for twenty years of service.

Then Obama exits his house to face a mob of reporters who question, “Whatever made you hire an illegal alien from Mars?” to which he responds, “I had no idea my housekeeper was anything but a loyal American and Earth Resident in good standing. If it ever acts like a Martian, that’s not when I’m around.”

“But Senator, how can you not notice that this specimen is bright green and otherwise looks like it landed in Area 51? It talks like those things from the movie, Mars Attacks. Twenty years and you see nothing?”

Obama stoutly riposts, “Person X has made my coffee, ironed my shirts, and cleaned my bathroom for a long time; I think the world of it. Anyway, what does it have to do with my campaign? This is what I mean by the politics of distraction.”

At this point, the housekeeper pops its head out the door, hands Obama his briefcase, saying “Gwabbagwabbagwabba.” He smiles and replies, “Gwabba, gwabba, gwabba to you, also, Person X.” Person X pulls out a Mars Attacks-style weapon and vaporizes a reporter as the rest run for cover.