With "An American Carol" bombing at the box office, conservatism's chronic unfunniness is on painful display once again. Those of us who have winced through the awful "Half-Hour News Hour" on Fox (now mercifully cancelled) or the risible comedy stylings of the right's numerous Limbaughs and Coulters should not be surprised to see this movie tanking.

Conservatives just have to face up to the fact that they suck at comedy. Because conservatism just isn't funny. Making a great conservative comedy is about as easy as making a great liberal action film. . . and each of those feats has been accomplished exactly once in the past 25 years. The one great conservative comedy movie was Brazil; and the one great liberal action film was The Matrix.