Dennis Miller's Gay Rape Joke

The Huffington Post reports that Dennis Miller, former comedian and current right-wing pundit, made a pretty hateful joke about Barney Frank, and by extension, gay people: (Video Below)

Dennis Miller appeared on The O'Reilly Factor tonight (Miller is a frequent guest on Bill O'Reilly's show) and went on a rant regarding what Barack Obama should do to the executives of AIG when he takes office, namely, that Obama "should flatten these punks" and "come down hard on them." After Miller finished his rant, O'Reilly chimed in that Obama's next move should be "to arrest Barney Frank, correct?" Miller replies, "Eh, Barney might want to be arrested."

Miller then laughs impishly and makes the "time out" sign, while O'Reilly yuks it up about "hiding the kids." Oh, prison rape. So funny, yet so naughty.

I guess appearing on O'Reilly's show made Miller feel like he should try to out-pig Billo, but that's a really high bar for even Dennis Miller to meet.

If you're not familiar with Dennis Miller, he's the former stand-up comic who had the funny scared out of him on 9/11. His stock-in-trade was a bottomless reservoir of obscure cultural references. This clip shows just how far Miller has fallen. The old Dennis Miller would have said, "These guys make Caligula look like Bill O'Reilly. Wait, Caligula does look like Bill O'Reilly, bad example..."

As for his joke, Miller's status as the right wing's resident water carrier/vocabulary book shouldn't be threatened by this in the least. However, if you still remember when his signature head-bob strained under the weight of a coif worthy of Amy Winehouse, it serves as confirmation that the old Dennis, like his youthful mane, are gone forever.

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