We need a man who isnt afraid to piss off the right and the left; A man who tells it as he sees it with complete integrity; A man who would get his ass kicked by Hillary Bernie and Donny. Above all, we need to take a long look at our culture and laugh at it. 
Yup, I’m not sure who the modern next best thing would be.
See…I feel George would rapidly run into the same problem I did. I loved taking the piss out of the “left” for a while…but it’s simply stopped being funny.
And even when Trump DOES say something true, maybe worthy of discussion like “Do you think we’re angels??” (or whatever it was)…it would be like saying “Hitler was great on animal rights! And anti-smoking!”
I thought that Carlin was pretty much a hack for his last 20 years or so. None of his supposedly trenchant observations had any real insight or import to them. And half the time his facts were wrong or at least questionable. He was just a cranky old man.
Gee, our old La Salle ran great…
Or, love him when he gored the other side, hate him when he gores us. And he was usually 80-20 making fun of conservatives and the religious. But at least he didn’t try to kiss up to anyone.
He takes the piss out of both sides. He is basically vibing on the hypocrisy of humanity. His voice was an important counterpoint to establishment voices. As Wesley Clark noted, there is no one out there playing that role in our polarized times.
Jon Stewart came close, even though he leaned left.
Too much straight weather reporting, eh?
To quote George:
'70s George- great. '90s George- forget it.
I can’t recall Carlin criticizing the left beyond superficial cultural issues, like PC language policing, self-righteous environmentalists, or white liberal guilt. When he made fun of the right he called them crypto-fascist warmongers, hypocritical religious nutbars, or business criminals.
we have Lewis Black, no?
Actually, given my druthers, I’d rather have Molly Ivins back.
She was ruthless on George W. Bush (“Shrub”). She’d have been ten times rougher (and funnier) on The Donald. I’ll have to dig through my copies of her stuff to see what she wrote about him in his pre-political life.
Preach it, brother. And Mike Royko up in Chicago. And Jimmy Breslin in his prime in New York.
Does that make her witty or just mean? Easy to do mean, hard to do witty.
Ivins was witty, without a doubt. Read some of her stuff. If her lib’rul leanings bother you, you can read her non-political pieces about Texas culture and the like.