# Democrats and mental health "joke"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-and-mental-health-joke/636261>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 29, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-and-mental-health-joke/636261 "2012-09-29T23:26:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-and-mental-health-joke/636261/21 "2012-09-30T15:39:21Z")

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Oh, come on. He wasn’t presenting a joke, people. He was presenting the fact that the joke is stupid. And the stupidity of the joke made him laugh.

If I tell you that I think it’s funny how many people think sex is sacred, do you make fun of me for not telling a good joke?

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-and-mental-health-joke/636261/22 "2012-09-30T16:01:11Z")

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It’s sort of like Art Buchwald’s suggestion for the McGovern campaign when the news about Eagleton came out. He said they should have made an ad saying:

\<Picture of Eagleton\>

“This November, would you rather vote for a man for vice president who was treated for mental illness?”

\<Picture of Agnew\>

“Or one who wasn’t?”

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-and-mental-health-joke/636261/23 "2012-09-30T17:30:34Z")

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Democrats tend to push those of us who are truly crazy out of the party and into the Greens.

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-and-mental-health-joke/636261/24 "2012-09-30T17:41:42Z")

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> [@Wesley\_Clark](#):
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> Democrats tend to push those of us who are truly crazy out of the party and into the Greens.

Not so much push as ignore them until they go away, which they usually do.

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