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President Bush, Self-Deprecating Comedian
The National Ledger ^ | March 13, 2005

Posted on 03/12/2005 10:41:38 PM PST by Coastal

Those that can't understand exactly why President George W. Bush is so popular with Independents and Republicans can just look at his self-deprecating humor displayed during his appearance at the Gridiron Club's 120th annual dinner. The president can definitely deliver one-liners, even when they are at his own expense.

The highlights:

--President Bush said anyone looking for a transcript of the evening's program should call Doug Wead, the longtime Bush family friend who recently made public tape recordings of private telephone conversations he had with Bush before he started running for president.

-- Bush noted, with a little help, the presence of a number of new Cabinet members attending the Gridiron Club's 120th annual dinner. Turning to Vice President Dick Cheney, the president said, "Dick, maybe you can point them out to me."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: comedy; gridiron; gridironclub; humor; presidentbush; roast

1 posted on 03/12/2005 10:41:38 PM PST by Coastal
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To: Coastal

"President Bush said anyone looking for a transcript of the evening's program should call Doug Wead"

LMAO!


2 posted on 03/12/2005 10:42:32 PM PST by Fenris6 (3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
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To: Coastal

I thought Bush's self-critical joke about looking under his desk in the Oval Office looking for WMD's that he told at the Media banquet or whatever it was, was funny, BUT

he got raked over the coals about how "insensitive" it was.

BUSH is the only one with a sense of humor in Washington, I think---


3 posted on 03/12/2005 10:45:42 PM PST by Txsleuth (Mark Levin for Supreme Court Chief Justice!)
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To: Coastal

Dubya is able to spit it right back at 'em! If the term limit rule was changed, I'd vote for him........ again and again and again!


4 posted on 03/12/2005 10:47:55 PM PST by Just Lori (There! I said it!)
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To: Txsleuth

I agree.

The left tried to beat him up over that, but it never stuck.


5 posted on 03/12/2005 10:48:05 PM PST by Coastal
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To: Coastal
If you can't make fun of yourself, you have no business making fun of another. That's what I think and I'm sticking to it.

Good night Groucho, wherever you are.

FMCDH(BITS)

6 posted on 03/12/2005 10:49:09 PM PST by nothingnew (There are two kinds of people; Decent and indecent.)
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To: Txsleuth

I know - that was hysterical - I was falling on the floor laughing. Stupid media - they have not had a sense of humor since the 20's.


7 posted on 03/12/2005 10:49:42 PM PST by CyberAnt (President Bush: "America is the greatest nation on the face of the earth")
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To: Spanaway Lori

SECOND THAT MOTION!


8 posted on 03/12/2005 10:51:45 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (We need a Swiftees ad asking Kerry to sign the 180 !)
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To: Txsleuth
he got raked over the coals about how "insensitive" it was.

In the end, it added more voters to the base.

9 posted on 03/12/2005 10:54:29 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (You have a //cuckoo// God given right //Yeeeahrgh!!// to be an //Hello?// atheist)
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To: CyberAnt

The no WMDs was probably the left's best shot and Bush turned it around on them. He understood that most Americans were just happy to be seeing us kick a little butt. He made light of the WMD search at a press wingding. Simply superb and he's pretty funny doing it.


10 posted on 03/12/2005 11:25:27 PM PST by claudiustg (Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
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To: claudiustg
The no WMDs was probably the left's best shot and Bush turned it around on them. He understood that most Americans were just happy to be seeing us kick a little butt. He made light of the WMD search at a press wingding. Simply superb and he's pretty funny doing it.

And when all is said and done (note: I did not say "at the end of the day"-- ughh) he'll have the last and best laugh when he decides it's time to reveal the existence of the WMD's and their location in the Bekka Valley.

11 posted on 03/13/2005 12:28:44 AM PST by Salvey
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To: Spanaway Lori

Me too!! Again and again and again!


12 posted on 03/13/2005 2:24:25 AM PST by GloriaJane ("How Many Babies Are Crying In Heaven Tonight" http://music.download.com/gloriajane)
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To: Spanaway Lori

I cant believe these skits are for real...



Prison-striped Democratic leaders were seen trying to figure a way out of "Gitmo," the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the government is holding suspected terrorists.



One sketch had Massachusetts Sen. Kerry singing a lament about "why, oh why, oh why did I ever lose Ohio?" while in the next scene wife Teresa Heinz Kerry appeared positively giddy over her husband's loss to Bush. "Thank heaven, he lost the race," her character sang to the tune of "Thank Heaven for Little Girls.""Now I can tell the press just how and when and where to go, and I'm allowed my wine and escargots."



To the tune of "Doo Wah Diddy Diddy," a Karl Rove impersonator sang about the challenges of turning Bush into presidential timber. "He looked smug, he looked dim. How we gonna win with him?" he sang.



Rumsfeld was rapped for his Iraq war planning. "Rummy, have you some spare Teflon coating that we could wear?" soldiers sang to the tune of "Mister Sandman.""You said we'd win Iraq with ease, Mr. Rumsfeld, we need Humvees."



Other 2008-themed skits portrayed Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York singing about how she'll "turn those red states blue" and Senate newcomer Barack Obama of Illinois, prancing around in a gold outfit and halo, urging the party to "go with a guy who walks on water."


13 posted on 03/13/2005 3:08:36 AM PST by mlmr (Oh! I'm six months pregnant! Time to get Married!!)
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To: Salvey
.....to reveal the existence of the WMD's and their location in the Bekka Valley.

I wish I could get just enough advance warning of that event to be able to buy stock in Depends, WET-ONES, Fruit-of the-Loom, and Mr. Clean.

Because after that announcement, there is going to be an enormous lot of sudden vacating liberal bowels and a great need for those product, suddenly!

14 posted on 03/13/2005 6:43:16 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Fenris6

That whole Weade thing went NOWHERE...
Dropped off the radar with 24 hours.

When I downloaded Michael Mooron's crappy mockumentary, the only parts I liked were the scenes depicting Bush as a moron.

The way I see it, you can be as goofy as you want, as long as you know how to git 'er done.

As we all know, Dubya does...

By the way, when was the last time you heard a Leftie mention "Bush's handlers"???

That language is gone now, along with the swill about his "Daddy's cronies"...

I'm the DU'ers are still mean mouthing Bush, but I can't imagine over what.


15 posted on 03/14/2005 3:41:04 AM PST by Capn TrVth (Yah! A little over the top, but who has more fun? ;>)
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