Posted on 05/02/2005 6:00:13 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
Who knew? First lady Laura Bush took over the podium from her husband at Saturday night's annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner and knocked 'em dead, keeping Washington's most powerful politicos in stitches as she worked the ballroom like a seasoned stand-up comic.
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Although Washington's movers and shakers laughed at Mrs. Bush's performance, some in the press woke up with a Sunday morning hangover and began to criticize her monologue as immodest at best and downright bawdy at worst.
"Laura Bush cracks risque jokes at the White House Correspondents' dinner," sniffed Agence France-Presse. CNN reporter Elaine Quijano, who attended the dinner, also apparently had her sensibilities scarred by some of the first lady's quips.
"In some respects, I think for some folks it was a little shocking because she kind of crossed the line a little bit in some people's minds," she said.
"It was very risque," the Nation's David Korn said yesterday on Fox News. "I was wondering what the social conservatives and James Dobson had to say about all these jokes that were laced with sexual innuendo. Not a very family-values-type speech. I'm not sure I want to explain a lot of those jokes to my 4-year-old."
Eyebrows were raised by the first lady's bit about the president's ranching skills, which Mrs. Bush said her husband lacked because the elite schools he attended, Andover and Yale, "don't have a real strong ranching program."
She then added: "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."
The crowd howled. The joke, a female Associated Press reporter said, "had women giggling in the bathroom."
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Right. And I'm sure they'll turn down Larry Flynt's money and assistance next time they want to try to smear a Republican candidate. Corn's a Larry Flynt Democrat. He belongs on the Lester the Molester page.
Yeah.............and I'm just SURE their lives are holy.......
The service ended upruptly when Mrs. Smith, seated in the third pew, discovered her oxygen had been ignited by a passing acolyte.
Now--flame away!!
And the more you talk "in public" the more of a self-righteous fool you appear to be.
Oh, of course it was.
That's why it was told to that famous group of hardbitten ranchers - the effete Washington press corps.
And that's why they found it so funny, because they are true connoisseurs of agricultural humor.
Mrs. Bush always jokes about the Pres "pretending" to be a rancher, she often teases him about being a "pick-up truck cowboy".
Well, evidently some of these posters go to some denomination that likes to make mountains out of mole hills. :-)
Of course, of course, wise one.
Every FReeper should be a mindless follower of the latest fashion.
That's what being a conservative is all about, right?
The joke about Chippendales was hilarious (what a mental picture). Some people here on FR need to lighten up bigtime.
If Bennett ever got over himself he'd have nothing left to say.
I wouldn't even be surprised if she snuck off to the stacks a time or two and read a naughty book. ;o)
Of course. It's all just "nuance".
You're exactly right!
Ah, my anal nit-picker friend. I'm wasting more time on this than it deserves. The element of degree matters. That's why there is a different sentence given for stealing a million dollars versus stealing five dollars. Even mentioning Whoopi Goldberg in the same sentence with Laura Bush is utterly ridiculous. Laura's remarks were fairly tame. The liberals are trying to find any wedge issue they can and you fell into the trap.
OOPS--don't mean you, Howlin--I KNOW you have a great sense of humor and just got too clever by half with the "flame" theme!!
Exactly the sentiment I've been trying to express.
"Well, let's see. What happens when you milk a male horse?
I'm sure the outcome isn't for invitro."
Psst. The horse would have been a gelding, 90%+ odds of that.
Besides, I guess my mind isn't dirty enough. When I read this joke, I imagined W. taking the gelding to a barn, tying the reins, squatting down on a milking stool, reaching up, and saying, "Whoops! Sorry, there bud!"
I see the usual suspects have shown up to bash Christians. While I did watch the show and laughed out loud, I must say that if Hillary or any Dem. wife of the Pres., had said some of the things Laura said, many of us would be saying things like, "typical Dem. behavior, trashy, etc...". Even some of the usual suspects who like to bash Christians.
I have no problem with people disagreeing about the show. Some will like it, (I know Hollywood loved it!!), some won't like it. But I get so sick and tired of the Christian bashing.
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