"He does look like the dude from 'Mad' magazine," Hughley joked of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in an interview with AP Television. "It's so funny because he ain't a cool dude to me. He's like a tall Urkel dude (the bespectacled nerd from the '90s sitcom 'Family Matters'). But for the first black president, I'll take him. ... Like, how bad a president is George Bush, when the country goes, 'You know, we'll try the black guy'?"
Obama's competitors are also possible targets for the 44-year-old actor-comedian, who recently starred on TV's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip."
"I dug Hillary (Clinton) and I dug him," Hughley said. "I didn't have to not like her so I could like him, and not like him so I could like her."
Hughley didn't reserve his barbs for just the Democrats.
"And then you've got John McCain. And it's so funny, because you've got a guy who's half-black running against a guy who's half-dead."
The BET Awards, which recognize the best in black entertainment in 15 categories, will be broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium.
