[August]

Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

I didn't say comedians never made fun of presidents before Bush Jr., I only said they never had it so easy as they had it with him. Your example (someone making fun of JFK's accent) seems to support my point.

You want an easy target look at some of the stuff they said about Lincoln.

Filthy story teller, despot, liar, theif, braggart, buffoon, usurper, monster, ignoramus Abe, old scoundrel, perjurer, swindler, tyrant, field-butcher, land-pirate..
Harpers magzine on Abraham Lincoln

and

Nothing more than a well meaning baboon
General McCellan on Abraham Lincoln