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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They probably loved it!!! It was really very funny.
I too saw Laura's "standup routine" LOL!
I thought she was GREAT! and I never laughed so hard!
But why are some making a real stink about it. Laura said nothing rude or offensive an as I can recall thye WH correspondance dinners were NEVER family oriented in the first place an Laura is sure to be lot's more acce3ptable than say TAY-RAY-ZA or Hillary!
Take a timeout.
You're startin to lose it.
Only a liberal could see something sexual in those remarks. Probably offended because they're afraid that the Bushes are targeting one of their new constituencies.
Especially the Song of Solomon
I don't have to jump to anything; I continually seeing your whining about "the usual suspects" on practically every thread you're on.
You're a perfect example of somebody who, for some personal reason, believes people are against her and/or don't like her.
You appear to be one of those people who required something to be "wrong" with the people who disagree with you.
I saw Lynne Cheney laughing!
Telling an 'Aggie joke' on a late Saturday night while in the company of friends is perfectly acceptable and almost required in Texas.
People would think of you as a bore or not having socially acceptable skills otherwise.
And the fact that Nancy Reagan's speechwriter who was credited with saving Reagan's term with the 'Secondhand Clothes' song helped Laura with her remarks only confirms my opinion.
Therefore, your offense at the First Lady was only in your imagination.
You, on the other hand, while trashing the First Lady, suggested that next year she would top her act by losing her clothing..........which was disrespectful and disgusting........not to mention ludicrous.
You have no more credibility on which to speak about morality, Spiff. The people around here who actually practice morality and speak with morality, are defending the First Lady.
And I'm not kidding.
Secondly, while this certainly wasn't dinner hour, it will make reply throughout the course of the day on the news and squack programs, including the conservative ones as they attemtp to minimize the damage, if there was any.
In addition, while the Bush's aren't saints, except that the religious right painted them into that corner with thier Godly people talk and God placed them in the right place at the right time, they do represent a party that is attempting to push back the bawdy humor on television. This was bawdy humor.
I'm no purest, but I believe it was unbecoming of a first lady, especially this first lady. There are several ways to tell a joke to infer that an ivy league guy would have trouble getting milk from an animal. Such as where's the spout for white and chocolate. Or where's the handle for the refridge. Or I thought it would say Westinghouse on it somewhere.
Is this the end of the world? Heck no. I guess I'm only pointing out the fact that the so many here would be howlin if this fowed from the mouth of a dem, but they are quick to circle the wagon on one of their own.
I've seen some threads where the Bushes are the butt of jokes, some blue and some rauncy. But even the blue ones are heavily criticized for their blue content. A couple of Mrs. Bush's jokes were blue. Was she wrong? Oh, probably not. Should she be a little more cautious? Certainly.
Bull.
Like Jesus did when dealing with the legalists, I merely exposed you as the self-righteous "accuser" that you are.
Very good!
On this type of website, people should be examining her position on abortion instead of this type of stuff.
That is what is at the bottom of this; we've all "seen" how far they will get without the rest of us -- what was it, one percent?
I didn't come across a statement calling the First Lady a whore.
Was it fine by you that he called her a whore?
As I go back through the thread, I see that no one actually called her a whore, but accused her of using language that a whore would use.
That statement is unkind and unfair, but I have to ask - do you have a consistent posting policy of always publicly separating yourself from every over-the-top comment made on a thread?
How about this: for the future I hereby disavow all nasty comments made about individuals that I like.
I think I made my point.
I found the "milking the horse" joke especially funny!
Hey, listen up IT WAS A JOKE!!
You know, A JOKE!!
The left thinks Christians are a bunch of fuddy-duddy's - and we're not.
People like David Korn - well what can you say about a person who can never find ANYTHING GOOD about any republican - that's not a joke - that's a serious mental disorder.
Well said Miss Marple
Also if those females had told the same jokes it would not have been funny. It WAS funny because it was Laura and therefore preposterous.
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