yes, I heard that. and to be honest, to a certain segment of our voters (some of whom were calling in to Savage) - I can understand how they feel. That 74 year old evangelical grandmother doesn't understand this kind of humor, and I have to wonder why it is even ncessary for the president, and now the first lady, to engage in this event at all, and to give these kinds of presentations. do we need to be doing this?
What kind of humor are you saying a 74 year old evangelical wouldn't understand?
Puhllleeeze---my mother died in January--she was 74 and she would have understood every single line---
Was it the male horse joke? I bet every person over 40 has been to a farm or around horses, even MALE horses....
Was it Desperate Housewives? It is one of the most popular shows on TV--I haven't watched one episode and I bet Laura hasn't either---but it was TOPICAL joke....
Going to Chippendales----again, a joke that everyone over 15 knows about---do you think anyone thinks that Laura, Lynn, Karen and Condi would go, or that they would see Judge Ginsberg or Judge O'Connor....?
This was not a family affair, it wasn't on national TV at primetime---
Lighten up!
NO! Not when it's just a pure unadulterated "suck up" to the vitriolic MSM who pump poison into America's political waters almost faster than the new media can pump in their antidote!!!
This is great sport in D.C., but Republicans are generally a little more concerned with "Family Values" and "Polite Company" no matter WHO's watching/listening at whatever time of day!!!
This is absolutely the DUMBEST way to "reachout" to "the (dis)loyal opposition!" It's Republicans reaching out for defeat inorder to snatchit from the jaws of victory! IMO!!!
Self depracating humor from the man himself, (like Reagan did) is one thing, but Nancy would NEVER have read lines like those last night to depracate Ronnie... NEVER!!! (and Ronnie's people would have invited some new media types to balance things out)
Republicans are generous to a fault in either victory or defeat! It's like they had zero ability to discern the difference. That audience wasn't laughing "with" the Bushes... They were laughing AT them!!!