The Dems do this to themselves every election season:

A crowd of more than 6,000 people, who donated an estimated $7.5 million to the Kerry-Edwards campaign and the Democratic National Committee, responded with a mixture of laughter and incredulity.

"Someone was waging war in the name of Bush. Someone misled the country in the name of Bush. Someone attempted to amend the Constitution in the name of Bush," said Goldberg, in part of her monologue as she swung an unopened bottle of wine.

John Mellencamp, in a song titled "Texas Bandito," said Bush was "another cheap thug who sacrifices our young." Actress Jessica Lange said, "Are we going to continue to follow a self-serving regime of deceit, hypocrisy, and belligerence?" And comedian Chevy Chase poked at Bush's pronunciation of "nuclear" and "terrorist," before accusing him of going to war in Iraq "just so he could be called a wartime president." He also said Bush "is as bright as an egg timer."

Monitors showed Kerry, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, laughing through much of the concert. Afterward, he told the audience that the performers "conveyed the heart and soul of our country." His only quibble was with Goldberg's repeated references to Edwards as "Kid." Kerry said his 51-year-old running mate, who is nine years his junior, is "a man."

This article seems to downplay the vileness of Whoopi's monologue. The NY Post has this:

Waving a bottle of wine, she fired off a stream of vulgar sexual wordplays on Bush's name in a riff about female genitalia, and boasted that she'd refused to let Team Kerry clear her material.

"I Xeroxed my behind and I folded it up in an envelope and I sent it back with a big kiss mark on because we're Democrats - we're not afraid to laugh," she said.

She addressed fresh-faced vice-presidential candidate Edwards as "Kid," and "young Mr. Edwards" and cracked, "He looks like he is about 18 "

"I'm going to card his ass tomorrow."

Other celebs also competed to bash Bush. Singer John Mellencamp sang a specially written song that called the president "just another cheap thug" and ridiculed him as the "Texas bambino."

Kerry could be seen laughing uproariously during part of Goldberg's tirade - and neither he nor Edwards voiced a single objection to its tone when they spoke to the crowd.

I have no issues with humor at any politicians expense, I encourage it. However, the American public still believes in the old idea of respecting the office of president, if not the man. Political humor is not calling Bush a "thug" and it's definitely not comparing him to Whoopi's genitalia (that is a brutal visual BTW).