Posted on 05/01/2005 3:52:03 PM PDT by kingattax
Edited on 05/01/2005 5:42:13 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Laura Bush stole the show with a surprise comedy routine that ripped President Bush and brought an audience that included much of official Washington and a dash of Hollywood to a standing ovation at a dinner honoring award-winning journalists.
The president began a speech late Saturday at the 91st annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, but was quickly "interrupted" by his wife in an obviously planned ploy.
"Not that old joke, not again," she said to the delight of the audience. "I've been attending these dinners for years and just quietly sitting there. I've got a few things I want to say for a change."
Link to story: First lady treats husband to rib and roast
My favorite line was the one about why W gets along with Cheney & Rumsfield so well...
That group should not at all be surprised when the First Lady dishes up fables wrapped in incredulous commentary, sprinkled with a dash of "and-you-think-we're-buying-the-stuff-you-write" humor! (Even is some Freepers just don't get it.)
And your home planet would be???
and a 1st class stand-up comic. Her delivery was dead on!!!!!!!
What a funny story about your mom! However, I think it was the Clydesdales that showed up at Hillary's wedding.....
You couldn't be more on the mark.
The comments today about how inappropriate her routine were last night are nearly as funny as she was!!!!
shower, that is.
I don't know about you, but I would never suspect that Ruth or Sandra would ever spill the beans about the excursion.
While Cedric was speaking the camera panned over leftists in the audience. The high society types weren’t laughing at his ethnic jokes. Can you imagine what would happen to their leftist social standing if they were caught on camera laughing?
Fournier was the guy who lied in print about the applause -- just in case, anybody has forgotten.
It was hilarious...Laura looked lovely- sparkling.
The jokes were successful because there is such abundant and obvious love between these two.
The president was having a blast- he loved every minute of it- just look at the pics of them both:)
I'm guessing that just about everything about this country offends you to some degree.
LOL, Hillary is a Clydesdale!
My mom, who wouldn't say a swear word if she had to, occasionally came up with a bawdy joke or two, told with a twinkle in her eye!
She was also famous for getting her words a little wrong. I cringe when I think of the time I was at one of my sister-in-law's bridal showers and someone had commented on mom's nice hairdo. Her reply was "thanks, the hairdresser I go to does very nice blow j*bs. Of course, she meant blow dries!
I got the biggest kick out of the part about Condoleeza.
She was a slam dunk over the paid comedian! But even better? She made the groups incoming president (Smith) look an even bigger cad than he was/is last night. What a rude, unfunny, freakish toon he was. Good thing most folks were eating and talking - not listening to him. Unfortunately, the folks on the dais (such as the Prez) felt compelled to listen to his nonsense. Were I the prez (and it's a good thing I'm not), I would have kept cupping my ear everytime that guy directed his comments to me - shrugging, like I couldn't hear a word he was saying!
Please name the "first class ladies" in which you are speaking. While you're at it, name a President who has been as devoted as W has been (and vice versa) to his wife.
Reminds me of my mom when we were Spain. She thought she'd try out her Spanish - greeting the doorman at the hotel with a hearty "ole."
I didn't watch it - I only caught what was aired on FNC when they broke programming to go to the President's (expected) routine!!!!
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