On thursday we had on the president of the United States. What happened was, and this is the truth, goldie hawn had been scheduled. [laughter] a lastminute conflict. So since the president was already in town for a previously scheduled traffic logjam, he stopped by for a 12minute, you know, [bleeped], featuring all the standards, solid biden in a wet bathing suit gag, a couple, where the hell were you in the first debate zingers. Yeah, those are real, baby. Good old housing happen. Reference, a smattering of some sober reflection, as well, concerning libya. I would say even you would admit it was not the optimal response, at least to the American People as far as us all being on the same page. Well, heres what ill say. Jon yeah . If four americans get killed, its not optimal. Jon guess which part of that lit up the conservative media complex . Biden. No, thats not right. Not right. Ah, it was hash tag not optimal. By 10 00 p. M. s on the record with greta van susteren, senator john mccain expressed his deep and in no way opportunistic disappointment. Even from someone like the president , who has never known what these kinds of tragedies are about and the service and sacrifice that people make, it is still just, you know, i cant even get angry. Its just so inappropriate. And im sure that the families of those brave americans are not amused. Jon i can tell how not angry you are. [laughter] strong and definitive condemnation from mccain of an interview the senator could not possibly have seen as it didnt air until one hour later. And im pretty sure mccain stopped watching this show. [laughter] [whispering] so to see the senator commit to something without first properly vetting it was really, well, yeah, okay. I guess that was. [cheering and applause] i think jokes like that are probably why he stopped watching. Anyway, i figure give conservatives a night to sleep on it. See the interview in context. Perhaps the reaction will be less kneejerk. Not optimal . Some people arent happy about that. That is an embarrassing word for the president of the United States to use. This shouldnt be exploited. Its a national tragedy. Cold and callous, the clinical language, cold. I would say tragic. Jon wow. Its still jerk, but i guess less knee. See, i thought the tone and context of the conversation in now way reflected a president dismissive of the gravity of what happened in libya. But i guess conservatives wouldnt be satisfied unless the president clearly labeled benghazi a tragic event, as barney suggested. The president would have to be really clear. You know, hed have to say the word tragic event. Hed have to say it like 20 seconds prior to not optimal. Nobody is more interested in figuring this out than i am. When a tragic event like this happens on the other side of the world. Jon like that, if he had said that. [laughter] if only the president has said tragic event. Well, opportunity missed. [laughter] now, in the context of that individual sound bite, you may view the rights grand mal multimedia freakout as an overreaction, an inexplicable eruption resulting from an innocuous stimulus, much in the way if you were to see, say, an aging jewish talk show host run to the bathroom after drinking nearly half a glass of milk, you might think to yourself, [bleeped] milk. To you. But its clear now that the right over time has developed baracktose intolerance. [cheering and applause] you know, it seems like it began in 2008. Who is the real barack obama . Obama is a big risk. We dont know anything about obama. What does he plan for america . You know, old ben kenobie asks a reasonable question, but unfortunately the answer can only be found on bull [bleeped] mountain. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Well, actually, its just fox news headquarters right on sixth avenue. Its not that far. 2008, barack obama was a new hope. The empire was uneasy. Mr. Obama should become president , i rally believe it will be hard to stop the economy from being socialized. The al qaeda and the radicalists an their supporters will be dancing in the streets. Ill bet that this market drops significantly. Hes going to have an effort to eliminate freedom of speech for Rush Limbaugh and sean hannity. The rights of lawabiding gun owners will be at risk. Barack obama wants to depopulate the countryside and make us ride around on bicycles. [laughter] jon while the economy is not yet socialized, islamists burn effigies of obama, the stock market doubled, limbaugh and hannity blather on, gun rights have expanded and cars remain legal. [laughter]. The point is. [applause] but after obamas inauguration, there was no time to reevaluate failed predictions because the bull [bleeped] harvest of obamas presidency would wait for no man. Barack obama met with king abdullah. And what did he do . He bowed. Free obama phones. Free obama money. Wealth redistribution. 200 million a day on the india trip. Why doesnt he show his birth certificate . Weve got acorn, weve got community organization. The rapper common. Global apology tour. Death panel. The obama indoctrination. Obama brand reparations. Obama is destroying this country. The mosquing of america. Were establishing literally a command center for terrorism right at the 9 11 site. Jon literally. It is a literal command center for terrorism that we established at the site of 9 11. Why would we do that . [laughter] but we did. Literally. Who would do such a thing, kill our grandmas, brainwash our children, institute shira law, bankrupt the children with 200 million a day travel habits . Setting aside that the president didnt actually do any of those things, why would the president do these things . The president s a communist. This guy is i believe a racist. I think hes marxist. Hes a natural secular european socialist. I think hes pro islamist. Thats mubarak obama. Hugo chavez obama. Castro. Lenin or mussolini. Hitler. Hitler. Joseph stalin without the bloodshed. Jon with all due respect, Joseph Stalin without the bloodshed really not the same stalin. I mean, the bloodshed was his thing. Without that he might as well just be, i dont know, gary stalin. I dont know. Hes just like scooby doo but he cant talk or solve crimes. Well, then hes just a [bleeped] dog with a snack habit. The worst thing about living on bull [bleeped] mountain, for the last four years, the lonely hns. Heres some news you wont hear if you listen to the liberal main street media. This is an example of a story the Mainstream Media refuses to cover. Why has the Mainstream Media barely covered that story. Jon uh, because its bull [bleeped]. This is what brings us back to not optimal. This is what brings us back to not optimal and how bull [bleeped] mountain works its magic. As predictable and hyperbolic the announcements are, for some reason other networks cant resist its sigh remember song. The its not optimal line making waves. Some conservatives making hay of the optimal comment. Making the rounds out of the comment. Not optimal sounds week. Jon thats the thing about bull [bleeped] mountain. You may not live on it, but whenever it rains, you get the mudslide. Wewe jon welcome back. Now, come november 6th, the 2012 elections will be over. [laughter] thats not all thats coming to an end. Jessica williams has more. In 2004, a freshfaced new artist burst on to the scene. There is not a liberal america and a conservative america. There is the United States of america. Barack obama. From there it was a string of chart toppers. Fired up. Fired up. Ready to go. Yes we can. This election has never been about me. Its about you. He was a sensation. But recently obama made a startling announcement. This is my last political campaign. Yes, come november 6th, its over. With just one last chance to catch this great artist, we werent going to miss it. Im so excited to be here. Yeah, im kind of like an audacity of hope girl. For me the new stuff will never live up to the classic. Change you can believe in gave me hope for the future for my children. Lowell, hello. Change you can believe in got me pregnant with my second child. Weve also had a lot of momentum, a lot more dynamic. This time hes more chill. I love the economys chasing strong head headwinds. Its okay. I like the old stuff better. Tell her about how all the new stuff is [bleeped]. Ive been trying to tell her. The new sufficient is terrible. You can keep your current insurance plan, what is that . Its great. With the show moments away, the excitement is building. Were wondering who will open for obama . I want to see hillary clinton. If al gore shows up today, im going to lose my [bleeped] mind. What are you hoping to hear today . Oh, my god. I see him. I see him. Oh, my god [screaming] oh, my god oh, no, its just a guy in a plaid shirt. I blew it. Im sorry. Im very excited. Sorry. What were you saying . All these chumps had the wait in line, but we scored some v. I. P. Passes. I couldnt wait to hear scarlet, will i am. Hi. Can you tell me where the v. I. P. Section is . V. I. P. Section . As the opening act droned on, we got ready for the main event with a homemade brownie we bought from a man under a bridge. Finally, the show began. That old feeling started to come back. We cant let that happen. Keep moving forward with policies that have been getting us out of this mess. I cant believe it. Where has this guy been for the last four years . Thats why im running for a second term as president. Oh, my god i can feel his words. And that was it. The tour was over. It was the last time anyone would see the president do what he does best as president , campaign to be president. At least ill have something to tell my kids about whatever the [bleeped] was in that brownie. Everybody out of the way. [cheering and applause] , ,u n [cheering and applause] jon welcome back. My guest tonight, very funny comedian. His upcoming special for Comedy Central is called dl hughley the endangered list. Were checking signatures to get black people on the endangered species list. Im sorry. What . Its to put the black man on the england dangered species list. The black man . You you never heard of the black man . Do you want the save yourself but not in like a jesus way. Are you [bleeped] kidding me . Rest up. Time to push some big old white buttons. Do you hate black people . What . Do you like black people . Yeah. Do you have a lot of black friends . Yeah. You do . How many . Jon dl hughley. [applause] my friend. How did this happen . Like eight years ago i was playing golf in san jose, and i hit a ball into this wet reedy area, and the marshal came up and said if you go in that area and you hurt either the lizard and its habitat, its 50,000 and a year fine. And i was like, man, black people dont even have those kind of protections. We should live like the geico lizard. So i just went. It took me eight years the. You walk to a network and say, i want the save the black man, thaik their like, youre kidding right . So it took eight years. I met with a couple cats from the show here, and we just went out there and Comedy Central bought it. We had a good time doing it. Jon did it help we had three daily owe show producers with you, miles, tim and theyre used to going up and asking people very uncomfortable questions. Yeah. It was weird when we talked to the neonazi and asked him to save the black man. He was. Jon how did that go . Well, he needs us. Like hating. Like just hating jews and mexicans is not enough. Jon its in the a meal. Its in the a meal. Its like a cocktail frank. You need more. Right. You do. Jon so what was the. What were the groups that were most for this . What were the groups that were. Actually, there was actually no one except me that was for it. Jon you were alone. I was man on an island. But eventually, i think we talked to a guy from the private prison industry, and what they do is they. The private prison and private prisons need black people. If it were a crop, wed be the soybean. [laughter] jon sure. Its a very popular view right now. Its a very popular legume. They can pick the prisons they want to inhabit, and they want them young and they want them healthy and they want them to have lengthy prison sentences. So we talked to them. Then we talked to young gangbangers. The private prison system selects the type they want that will generate the most money. Right. So we talked to young gang mention in l. A. Who knew they were going to go to jail. We got some stock in the company so if they go to jail. [laughter] then theyre not just prisoners, theyre shareholders. [cheering and applause] but that was some people that had a problem. I do realize we could be the only species who has participated in its own demise. You never saw the tred sox shooting down another tred sox. Jon there was not tre x on trex violence. We tried not to make more people culpable. 97 of the black people are killed by other black p. J. Education. The dinosaur had the ice age. The education i think is having a similar impact on young brothers. So it was interesting and funny and kind of just an ironic look at how we see things. Like literally we care more about. If Trayvon Martin were a spotted owl, people would have felt more sympathy for him. It would have been more illegal. Youre not allowed i think to stand your ground against owls. If its an owl, i think you have to get the [bleeped] out from what i understand. I think an owl with a hoodie on is just as dangerous. Jon thats probably true. Probably truement what cracked me up about the hoodie thing, i was talking to a guy, and he said, he had a hoodie on. I remember when black people were scared of people wearing hoodies. Jon it all comes around. Theyll get there. Theyll get there. So it is just iron tick way we view things. I think primarily people have. Like youve never seen anything happen to a young black cat where people say, wow, i feel sympathetic. Its for the same reason no one feels sympathy for the shark. Theyre afraid of the shark, so no matter what happen, they dont care. Jon interesting perspective. I cant wait to see it. And i know those guys were thrilled to have worked with you. They thought it was a spectacular project. Its great to see you back. When i used to see you on cnn and you got out of there, i thought, do you have survivors guilt leaving cnn. When you left, im the last guy on the lifeboat, im getting out. I do have a little bit. Jon listen, man, always great to see your stuff because its great. Dl hughley, the england dangered list appears on Comedy Central. Dl hughley. Jon thats our show. Now obviously you can join us tomorrow night at 11 00. We did not cover any of the debates tonight. We will cover them tomorrow, and i would like the make something up about what happened, like mitt romney unhinged his jaw and swallowed obama whole and then spend an hour and a half just like this, digesting him. But i dont know what happened. But im excited. Here it is, your moment of zen. Lets talk about. He made a fool of himself. He made a fool of himself in the last debate. The issue here. We are reaching that point tonight that i didnt want to reach. Nobody captioning sponsored y Comedy Central captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org