I don't have a problem with it personally. But I can see where some people, who vote republican, would. And I just don't see why we need to be doing this event. As I recall, last years speech was some flippant jokes about not finding WMD. what is the point of participating in this?
I'm sorry I misunderstood your first post---I apologize...
As far as why should the do the event, I guess because it is just part of what every president does, this is just a custom, and one thing we do know about George W. Bush is that he honors the office--which also means doing things he doesn't like, just to honor the status quo---
Personally, I laughed until I cried, and I kept thinking that if Hillary was watching, you could probably see steam coming out of her ears because Laura was getting laughs (from the enemy, so to speak) AND a standing ovation....
THAT part was just terrific, IMHO