Circulating via email, a comedy bit attributed to Don Rickles roasting well-known Democrats Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, and others.
Description: Viral email
Circulating since: March 2009
Status: Falsely attributed to Don Rickles
Email example contributed by G. Martin, July 8, 2009:
Don Rickles Roasts the Dems...
Hello, dummies! Oh my God, look at you. Anyone else hurt in the accident?
Seriously, Senator Reid has a face of a Saint - A Saint Bernard. Now I know why they call you the arithmetic man. You add partisanship, subtract pleasure, divide attention, and multiply ignorance. Reid is so physically unimposing, he makes Pee Wee Herman look like Mr. T. And Reid's so dumb, he makes Speaker Pelosi look like an intellectual. Nevada is soooo screwed! If I were less polite, I'd say Reid makes Kevin Federline look successful.
Speaking of the Speaker... Nancy Pelosi, hubba, hubba! Hey baby, you must've been something before electricity. Seriously, the Speaker may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. She really is an idiot. Madame Speaker... want to make twelve bucks the hard way? Pelosi says she's not partisan, but her constituents call her Madame Pelossilini.
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Analysis: Nice try, but the above piece was neither written nor performed by famed insult comedian Don Rickles. It was originally published on the blog Doug Ross @ Journal in March 2009. Mr. Ross has confirmed authoring the text.
It's doubtful any Don Rickles fans would have mistaken it for his work given that Rickles has never done political humor. "I don't get into politics," said Rickles in a recent interview. And if he did, anyone familiar with his schtick knows it wouldn't be in such a partisan and mean-spirited fashion.
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Sources and further reading:
Don Rickles Roasts Congress... and Barack Obama
Doug Ross @Journal, 24 March 2009Sit Down and Shut Up: Don Rickles Is in the House
Seattle Times, 6 November 2009
Last updated 05/07/10
