by LauraLoo
Political fodder ran amok during Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner attended by President Obama and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
Even though Obamacare and contraception both took a few hits, the majority of the evening’s jokes were at the expense of politicians, journalists and celebrities.
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I think that people will look at that and think that’s a step too far…. I find it really abhorrent to see the sort of campaign that’s been raised now on a really sensitive issue.
I’m concerned to see young kids involved in a debate like this.
There was a good point made in some of the commentary that I saw, that these young people are at an age that they haven’t actually lived long in the life to experience the competing issues that adults have to confront in their lifetime.
~ Australian Premier Lara Giddings (pictured above right; click to enlarge), commenting on silent protests at the Tasmanian Parliament involving “more than 200 people… [including] young children – some in school uniform… rall[ying] against proposed changes to the state’s laws to allow abortions up to 24 weeks into a pregnancy,” as quoted by ABC News, April 10
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Bleh.
I can’t even watch Obama anymore.
I haven’t been able to watch him in quite awhile.
He makes me so proud!!
To be honest, the fact that we elected him in 2008 makes me feel so happy to be American. We are a mostly good group full of kindness, tolerance, and compassion for our fellow citizens.
Can’t wait for November 6, 2012!!
Hi Pamela!!
I had his mug on my facebook page for awhile and had to take it down.
I have always found Obama quite funny. I am sure he would be fun to take a class from. He should have stayed a professor.
Jack, I’d be happy if Obama was anything but the President!
Elizabeth: “Can’t wait for November 6, 2012!!”
Yeah, no kidding.
Obama makes me proud to be a conservative.
Has anyone really stopped to think through what he’s presented as comedy – in particular the joke about the hockey mom and the pit bull?
Just think it through – it’s bizarre.
(For those who need a clue: either the reference is sexual or it implies cannibalism. (and quite obviously a stab at Sarah Palin….huh?? )
It’s so strange in fact that I don’t think he previewed what others provided. (Which should be a question he gets asked… or soon we’ll find someone leaving the WH writing staff – likely with Michelle’s request.)
Of course, this is all great distraction from the real troubles we’re facing.
rasqual, I’ll see you at the polls!
Four more years!!
U-104: Not sure why. One could be ashamed to be a boneheaded nut job and still stand for better things than this administration seems bent on foisting on what’s left of the country. ;-)
Elizabeth, how cocky are you about that? Are you willing to escrow a bet to benefit a mutually agreeable charity? How about $100? I can’t really afford to lose such a bet, so this is my confidence talking. How’s yours?
Obama was just back in Ohio about a week ago. I found the one J Kimmel joke funny but I’m with Carla and company. I’ve just seen enough of him. I hate to say it but I do believe he will get 4 more years. I’d like to be wrong. Wish I was happy about it like Elizabeth but that wont be happening. Only God above knows.
I’m with Chris on the bizarreness of the pit bull joke. Who’s writing his material? At least I think Joe Biden was winging it with his “big stick” comment last week. These doofuses are trying to disappoint even their base (hello, PETA?).
I finally listened to it myself. Pretty bad writing compared with other years — but more significantly, other presidents. Among other problems, too much setup for relatively weak punch lines. A solid punch line is worth some setup time, but the briefer the better as a rule.
I’m reminded of the way Obama would filibuster interviewers during his campaign. It’s an obvious trick — reduce the number of potentially troublesome questions by droning mindlessly while convincing the moron class of voters that you’re merely being overly concerned with minutiae like the worthy academic we’ll be proud to elect.
The setups were too often as tiring. Still, that’s not O’s fault, quite. Unless he was writing his own material. Which, come to think of it, seems plausible. When he’s off-script is when he’s generally worse off…
I guess if you’re simple enough to vote for Obama in the first place, you probably don’t have the faculties required to understand that you should be ashamed for having done so.
Also,
Obama ate a dog.
Ay Chiuahua.
He also ate the first “h”. Stands for “hubris”.
“Tolerance.” “Compassion.”
For murder. That whole stabbing the scissors in the back of the neck of an almost born child is truly a tolerant and compassionate act.
Do you know how STUPID you have to be to think that?
If you guys want to gather in a room and take IQ tests together I’d be happy to! I know I have all my mental faculties and I’m of above average intelligence. Call me stupid all you want but yeah, let’s compare scores.
rasqual, I’d be happy to make a $100 bet! How do we verify that the donations are actually submitted? Do we get to pick each other’s charity?
I’m summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Elizabeth. And you know what?? It absolutely means DIDDLY when it comes to moral and emotional intelligence. Please.
Elizabeth: Someone we both trust to broker the donation, here on the boards. Name the person and lets see if they’d be willing to receive the loser’s stakes after the election. Actually, the inauguration. My bet is that Obama is not the president one day after the inauguration in 2013.
Sound good?
Meanwhile, what good is a high IQ if you advocate the elective death of unborn children? Seriously, I’ll just concede that you’re exponentially past the Mensa threshold and that I’m a drooling moron. And I’ll still walk away shaking my head with terrified gratitude: “there but for the grace of God go I.”
agreeing with courtnay 100%