I just wanted to watch it again....
Part 1
Now that was a coup.
*There's a saying in Cuba (according to Andrei Codrescu) about how much one can get away with in criticizing Fidel: "You can rattle the chain, but you can't touch the monkey." Seems very appropriate for the Chimperor as well.
“We’ve got to learn to laugh in this town," but then instead of going into the usual jokes, surprised the crowd by saying, "I had looked forward to poking fun tonight but in light of this week’s tragedy at Virginia Tech, I decided not to try to be funny.”
Yes, that would be a surprise coming after that year he thought joking about finding WMD under his office desk was appropriate in light of invading Iraq and killing scores of innocent men, women and children. I imagine the audience would have figured no tragedy was enough for him to stop tyring to be funny, or even to simply dismiss in favor of self-aggrandizement. "Now watch this drive."
Of course, the audience, judging by its response to the WMD jokes, was probably very disappointed that Butthead got a conscience this year.
Well, this year's dinner wasn't as morally outrageous, but it's....well, you describe it.
And, Bush is still telling on himself, but no one seems to be listening....
The president said he recently saw a photo of Obama on vacation on the beach in Hawaii, "his sleek, hairless pecs glistening."
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
Update April 22:
I apologize for mixing up my dinners. This was the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner. The White House Correspondents' fiesta comes a bit later.
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