Posted on 05/01/2005 4:20:51 PM PDT by Wolfstar
PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and First Lady attended Sunday morning church services at St. Johns, and were spending a quiet day at the White House.
TRANSCRIPT OF THE DAY: While I could not find an official transcript of the First Lady's remarks last night, I didi find the next best thing by cobbling together several news reports.
First Lady Laura Bush has stolen the show with a surprise comedy routine that teases her husband President George W Bush.
The performance at a dinner honouring award-winning journalists brought a standing ovation from the audience -- that included much of official Washington and a dash of Hollywood.
The president pretended to start a planned a speech last night 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."
GWB sat down and Laura proceeded to note that he is "usually in bed by now," and said she told him recently, "If you really want to end tyranny in the world you're going to have to stay up later." She outlined a typical evening: "Nine o'clock, Mr. Excitement here is sound asleep and I'm watching Desperate Housewives." Comedic pause. "With Lynne Cheney." Comedic pause. "Ladies and gentlemen, I am a desperate housewife."
The First Lady went on to quip that one night she went out to Chippendales, a male strip bar, with Lynne Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and top Bush aide Karen Hughes.
"I wouldn't even mention it, except (Supreme Court Justices) Ruth Ginsberg and Sandra Day O'Connor saw us there," she said. "I won't tell you what happened. But Lynne's secret service code name is now 'dollar bill'."
Laura Bush also joked about the president's mother Barbara Bush. "People think she's a sweet grandmotherly aunt Bea type. She's actually more like (fictional Mafia capo) Don Corleone."
She said that her husband actually knew little about ranching when they bought their ranch in Crawford, Texas.
"I'm proud of George. He's learned a lot about ranching since that first year, when he tried to milk the horse. What's worse, it was a male horse," she said.
The president now often spends time at the ranch clearing brush and cutting trails. "George's answer to any problem at the ranch is to cut it down with a chainsaw. Which I think is why he and Cheney and Rumsfeld get along so well."
That is my favorite kind of humor, folks like that crack me up big-time. A very good thing!
Yeah. Remember how the leftist mouthpieces were all over the tube trying to convince us that every president did what Clinton did?
You're welcome, harpo. I'm glad you've enjoyed it.
My best friend still tries to convince me of that.
That is the best one I've heard in a long while. Bless your mom's heart!
I doubt that anyone except George and Laura, and whoever wrote her speech for her knew she was going to cut in on him.
I hope she does return, hoping she will. Hope I didn't add to her frustration; I can be paranoid that way.
When it comes to politics, even the nicest people can be hopeless. :-)
It was pretty annoying. She's a rather naive person so sometimes she believes the first thing she hears on a subject.
I grew up mostly in New York and now live in New Jersey. For the record I want you to know that I am NOT offended.
Time for me to turn in God Bless you all and good night. I pray that Deb will re-consider and join us once again.
Love
Eleanor
Good night, Snugs! Thanks again for the great pictures!
I have watched the video several times and no one groaned at the jokes. They laughed. And Laura was looking at her husband to watch his reaction to her teasing not to see if she went to far.
It is silly to think people are going to be convinced hes is lazy, boring, fake and stupid because of a comedy routine. Only the far left liberals will believe that and they already did.
As far as the reaction??? She received a standing ovation and her husband made a point to hug her after she was done. Most articles have stated she stole the show and she did. Those who try to read into a comedy routine for anything other then what it is a comedy routine are just being silly. My opinion.
Exactally right, Ohio.
Here's a link to an interesting article on the guy who wrote Laura's jokes last night
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/05/01/news/letter.php
Good night snugs, I really enjoyed tonight's stuff from you. Blessings.
now live in New Jersey
Where in Jersey?
Bergen County, northeastern corner of the state. Exit 165 on the Parkway.
Bergen County, northeastern corner of the state. Exit 165 on the Parkway.
My dad and grandfather born in Bergen Co.
Lyndhurst and North Arlington.
My grandmother in Hoboken, Hudson Co. She looked
out at downtown Manhattan.
My great grandparents and on back were from Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Thank you for the link, that was a funny piece. I loved this line..
"Just say I look like a withered Brad Pitt," he said.
I guess I can use that line, modified of course, "I look like a withered Audrey Hepburn" (she was one of my favorites, and a beautiful, beautiful woman!)
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