Reply #8: Humor involves poking fun at the rich and powerful.

[mwb970]

The Republicans are the rich and powerful. They tend to lack introspection and are unable to criticize each other, as that is considered heresy. So, the only people they have to poke fun at are the poor and powerless, and that's not funny, it's just cruel.

A second factor is the near total lack of imagination, a key component of wit and humor, among our friends on the Right. Artists and others with imagination literally frighten these people, who are slaves to the conventional.

Finally, you have to be smart to be funny. Do Republicans seem smart to you?