Is there such a thing? It was brought up today on a radio show I listen to, and I couldn't think of anyone who fit that mold.
Outside of Dennis Miller... who? I don't recognize any of these names. I just find it fascinating that the only known name is a washed up comedian. How is this possible when nearly 50% of the country identifies this way?
How do you define "conservative"? I'm sure there are a number of libertarian comedians. The nature of comedy is to push boundaries, which to me seems in opposition to traditional conservatism.
My question is, is there a Republican counterpart to John Oliver? Seems like they would have a receptive audience. And as for pushing boundaries, it wouldn't be too difficult to make jokes about some Liberal views.
Gavin and Greg are political commentators. A conservative comedian (who I happen to agree with on a lot) is Joe Rogan.
Foxworthy contributes to Republican candidates and I've heard Bill Engvall mention once or twice in his acts that he's a conservative. However I think Ron White is too cynical and Larry the Cable Guy is too much in character for me to make any assumptions about their politics. In Tim Allen's ongoing sitcom Last Man Standing he plays a father with three daughters. The oldest one has a kid, she and her husband are liberal and he spars verbally with them. His character is also a marketing director and shoots commercials for some outdoors Cabela's type department store, the promos (in show) are basically just conservative commentary. The show's premiere seemed to coincide with Tim Allen's having "come out" as a conservative, claiming that in the past he had hid his politics because it was too dangerous not to in Hollywood. Nancy Travis plays the mom, her character isn't very political but I've been crushing on her since watching Internal Affairs trailers back in elementary. Rob Schneider does some standup in addition to his acting and is conservative; he got pretty obnoxious on Twitter after the election. There was a comedian on Dennis Miller's CNBC, Bob Oschack, who was also a correspondent. He always wore a suit and glasses. I remember seeing his act outside of the show, and his opening bit was pretending that he had tricked the audience into hearing a religious sermon. It seemed like something he would only do if he were evangelical or really religious and possibly conservative.
There are probably tons that are conservative in nature that you don't realize. The issue isn't the comedians, it's the comedy. Conservative comedy is a lot tougher. Greg does host his own satire/comedy show though late at night on Fox. Personally I find him funny only in a limited percentage of his skits. Conservative/libertarian values don't lend themselves to humor that much I guess.
the general natural of libertarians and conservatives is 'to each his own', 'let bygones be bygones', 'live and let live' . Thus, conservatives and libertarians are more private about politics than those on the left in general. For another comedian, I will say Adam Sandler who has flawless comedic record. south park is very libertarian/conservative and unlike Oliver it is actually funny.
This has been tried numerous times and has failed - if you care, here is a really long article on the subject that I remember reading. https://www.theatlantic.com/enterta...hy-theres-no-conservative-jon-stewart/385480/
John Oliver is a moron who appeals to high schoolers. There is a reason he has so many handlers who protect and hide him. hes dumb as rocks. yea conservatives don't at all believe in small government.........
