Conservative comic says joke’s on liberals

Published May 17, 2013 4:54am ET



 POLITICO —  You have your Jon Stewarts and Bill Mahers on the left, but what about the world of conservative comedy.

Eric Golub, 41, is on the road 300 days a year performing anyplace that will have him, whether tea party rallies or Republican women’s groups, and he boasts on his website that he is “the country’s preeminent politically conservative comedian.”

He says conservative comedians are “in the closet, so they’re starting to come out.” And he wants to reject the idea that conservatives aren’t funny.

“Conservatives are often seen as stuffed shirts, and that’s unfair,” Golub said. “I tell those people, go to a College Republicans Saturday night bash. You will not see stuffed shirts.”

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