The Comedy Life of Brian

I watched Obama's inauguration today in a packed conference room at work. It was amazing. Something really interesting happened outside all of us fining hope in our future. Every time George W Bush appeared on screen, the entire room burst out laughing. Under the covers I think that is pretty amazing. One of three things could be causing this break in tension:

1) We've been so conditioned to laugh at Bush that we will do so under any circumstances.
2) A room of people with varied backgrounds recognized this as a hightened moment of Bush being forced to accept his monumental failures in front of millions.
3) He really did have a goofy look on his face

Or maybe all of the above. An interesting study in laughter in any case.