FUNNIES: 'Sore Loser-Man'

Aug. 13, 2006 — -- A roundup of the late-night comics.

The Tonight Show

Jay Leno: So let's see: President Bush is on a 10-day vacation, Congress is on a month-long vacation, and Joe Lieberman is on a permanent vacation.

The Daily Show

Jon Stewart: Sam, what do you make of Lieberman's decision to press forward in this race as an independent?

Samantha Bee: Well, Jon, he's no quitter. In fact, sources in his campaign tell me if he loses again in November, he'll start his own Senate.

The Daily Show

Stewart: But the real story was not the un-blinking, yet gleeful winner, but the sore loser-man, if you will -- who seemed blissfully unaware of the reality of the situation.

Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn. [clip]: I'm a sports fan, so I'm going to use a sports comparison. As I see it, in this campaign, we've just finished the first half and the Lamont team is ahead.

Stewart: Perhaps I could, uh, offer my own, uh, sports comparison, if you will. There was a game, and you lost.

Late Show

David Letterman: It's time now for a segment called "George W. Bush: In a Nutshell." We think this coalesces everything. "George W. Bush: In a Nutshell."

President Bush [clip]: Oops.

The Tonight Show

Jay Leno: Actually, British authorities said they were able to detect the terrorist plot using a surveillance program that The New York Times hasn't gotten around to exposing yet. Remember the good old days, when the only bomb you had to worry about on the plane was the Rob Schneider movie? Remember? Remember, what happened to those days? "Oh, it's 'Deuce Bigalow!' "