Comments on: Funniest debate live tweeters?

Question: Funniest debate live tweeters?

bondcliff — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:52:35 -0800

Who are the funniest people to follow on Twitter during the presidential debate?

During the last two debates (VP and the last Pres) I really enjoyed Patton Oswalt's Twitter updates. Paul and Storm also served up hilarious commentary.

Who else is worth following tonight? I lean liberal so I'd prefer people with a similar bent but non-partisan is fine as are conservatives as long as they offer funny, somewhat-intelligent stuff rather than just the crap your Crazy Republican Uncle says on Facebook.

I'm specifically looking for people to follow who will be live-tweeting the debate, not just Your Favorite Funny Person On Twitter.

Funny is key. Unless they're doing bong hits tonight between 9:00 and 11:00 I don't want to know what Ann Coulter or Joe Biden are tweeting.

By: elizardbits

elizardbits — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:55:58 -0800

Chris Rock was painfully hilarious last time around, for both P and VP debates.

By: lovableiago

lovableiago — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:00:39 -0800

I've been liking Bill Maher.

By: Zosia Blue

Zosia Blue — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:02:31 -0800

Unfortunately, the Chris Rock account that was tweeting during the debates is a parody account. HOWEVER, it's still funny. And recommended.

Here are some accounts that have been consistently funny the last few debates:

Bill Maher
Patton Oswalt
Paul Ford
Mo Rocca

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:02:38 -0800

Chris Rock was painfully hilarious last time around, for both P and VP debates.

I don't think he tweeted during the debates; you might have seen one of the Chris Rock "parody" accounts, where some random person uses the name of an established comic to try to shoehorn their way into fame.

By: batmonkey

batmonkey — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:11:54 -0800

John Fugelsang.

By: trunk muffins

trunk muffins — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:17:51 -0800

@CoolAssMarvin

By: teleri025

teleri025 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:47:40 -0800

The guys from Key and Peele do the blindingly hilarious Obama's Anger Translator. It kept me cracking up the entire time during the last debate. Particularly, this tweet :

Obama Translated‏@ObamaTranslated
OBAMA: I'm happy to answer the question. TRANS: MAN GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE OLD MAN! I'M ABOUT TO DROP YOU IN FRONT OF THESE KIDS!

By: purpleclover

purpleclover — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:05:15 -0800

Kumail Nanjiani is pretty funny (and pretty mad about the fakey Chris Rock account.) @kumailn He's Pakistani (maybe Pakistani-American?) so might have some zingers laced with, you know, knowledge for the foreign policy debate.

By: Potomac Avenue

Potomac Avenue — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:07:08 -0800

Witstream. All the funniest people in one place.

By: true

true — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:24:45 -0800

Not twitter, but The Economist Live Blog is a pretty good mix of politics and humor. Link goes to second presidential debate.

By: scody

scody — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:28:55 -0800

Andy Borowitz!

By: jgirl

jgirl — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:41:27 -0800

Ana Marie Cox, founder of Wonkette.

By: firstdrop

firstdrop — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:49:49 -0800

I spent the last three debates hiding under a quilt eating anxiolytics in the company of:
Paul RyanGosling
Adam Kotsko
Susie Bright
Onion Politics
Dave Pell
Gerry Canavan (MeFi's own)
Claire Potter

By: maryr

maryr — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:53:29 -0800

Vanity Fair was good last debate.

By: seiryuu

seiryuu — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:28:06 -0800

Mott Romney

By: damn dirty ape

damn dirty ape — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:07:03 -0800

Jenny Johnson

http://www.witstream.com/contributor/Jenny_Johnson

By: mephron

mephron — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:28:48 -0800

John Fugelsang (as mentioned) and (TV's) Frank Conniff were great.