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| I get it! Fox News is biased towards Republicans! |
To avoid disturbing animals while mating, the government redirects air traffic, which unfortunately causes planes to fly rather low over the Simpsons home. They go to their local congressman to complain about it, but he just ups and dies in front of them. So now, they have to get a new congressman. Bart suggests Krusty the Klown, and everyone - the family, Krusty, the Republican Party - goes with it.
Krusty's run for congressman hits a snag when his various misdeeds from the past come back to bite him, including several gags he did on his show that were less than PC. He's able to recover thanks to the help of Lisa who reminds him to connect with the common person, as well as Republican-favoring Fox News, having gained its infamous bias as late as 2003. With that combination, Krusty wins the bid and becomes a congressman.
Krusty attempts to introduce an air traffic bill to congress, but they won't give him the time of day. The Simpsons fly into Washington to see this, and wonder what they can do to help. A janitor that may or may not be Walter Mondale offers to help. He helps the Simpsons get that bill passed the only way most things in Congress pass: stupidly. Bart blackmails one opponent of the air traffic bill, preventing him from voting against it, and Homer is tasked to keep another opponent busy by having him take part in a lengthy drinking contest. Afterward, Homer barges in during the vote drunk off his ass, giving Lisa a chance to attach the bill to a more popular bill - flags for orphans - allowing the bill to pass easily and the Simpsons no longer have to deal with their plane problem.
Quick Review
This episode wasn't that funny, and no, the of notion of having scathing political satire wasn't the reason why it did so poorly. The reason why it scored poorly was because the scathing political satire itself just was not funny.
Final Score: 6.4
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