Posted by sean at 170.148.10.49 on February 19, 2004 at 12:54:46:
In Reply to: The Simpsons seems to be very Republican lately. posted by Ralphy ™ on February 19, 2004 at 12:05:17:
: You think? The older episodes use to portray the Republican party as an evil force, but lately, they've been slamming Clinton and Democrats every chance they get.
Clinton was still president when 'The Simpsons' had him appear (obviously not played by himself, but that's not the point) and say, "Hey, I'm a pretty lousy president."
Nothing they've done about him or the Democrats lately comes close. (Hell, nothing they ever said about any specific Republican even comes close.) Most of what they've said that I can remember have been jokes about Fox News bashing Democrats, but I'm probably forgetting whatever it is you're referring to. (Maybe the joke where they made fun of Michael Moore?)
Also, though, they did a whole episode (I think it was this year, maybe last) about Krusty running for Senate as a Republican, and it pushed Republicans pretty hard. (The Fox folks weren't exactly happy about it.)