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Laura leaves 'em laughing, gasping (Not a very family-values-type speech..very risque: David Korn)
WashingtonTimes ^
| May 02, 2005
| By Joseph Curl
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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To: Howlin
You're applauding a poster inferring that someone might be a bigot because of his screen name? Read the posts a bit more carefully.
621
posted on
05/02/2005 9:55:14 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Drooling moron since 1998...)
To: wideawake
It's true. We heard it -- I thought it wasn't exactly appropriate for a woman in her position, but maybe they're trying to appeal to the younger generation?
Carolyn
622
posted on
05/02/2005 9:55:26 AM PDT
by
CDHart
(The world has become a lunatic asylum and the lunatics are in charge.)
To: dirtboy
I guess some of our fellow FReepers either cannot see how or simply refuse to admit that ours might be a well-reasoned position. By their way of thinking, we must be "fuddy-duddies" and "prudes," or else we're out to disparage the Bushes.
623
posted on
05/02/2005 9:55:46 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
To: ohioWfan
The First Lady wasn't raunchy. She was edgy, and she was funny. Indeed those that read more into her jokes are obviously either serious repressed or in fact enjoy the raunchy jokes and are pretending to be outraged or feel guilty at actually laughing at some genuinely funny.
624
posted on
05/02/2005 9:55:59 AM PDT
by
snugs
(An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME - Vote Conservative 5th May 2005)
To: wideawake
It's true. We heard it -- I thought it wasn't exactly appropriate for a woman in her position, but maybe they're trying to appeal to the younger generation?
Carolyn
625
posted on
05/02/2005 9:56:21 AM PDT
by
CDHart
(The world has become a lunatic asylum and the lunatics are in charge.)
To: wideawake
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye:
In this corner we have the Puritan wearing pure white and the challenger Laura Bush wearing off white.
Let the fight begin and may Family Values win.
Lets get real fellas, none on the left even come close to having the family values of Laura Bush.
626
posted on
05/02/2005 9:57:11 AM PDT
by
OKIEDOC
(LL THE)
To: JustaCowgirl
But I was very disturbed by the Chippendales remark. I think that women who go see them are a blight on societyPossibly this very thing might be the fundamental flaw resulting in your inability to see the humor here?
Really? Could you please elaborate?
627
posted on
05/02/2005 9:57:40 AM PDT
by
streetpreacher
(God DOES exist; He's just not into you!)
To: yellowdoghunter
Try to win an election without us. And try to win one without us. How'd Keyes do again? Or, how's Patty boy Buchanan done in the past? Not so hot.
628
posted on
05/02/2005 9:57:56 AM PDT
by
Bella_Bru
(www.JewsforJudaism.org)
To: snugs; ohioWfan
those folks who think Laura was out of line with her jokes must have guilty consciances as it's only a mind alraedy in the gutter that finds something raunchy and offensive in even the simplest and most innocent jokes or utterances of others.
629
posted on
05/02/2005 9:58:42 AM PDT
by
Pippin
( I still say Richard III was framed!)
To: ohioWfan
What is it with some people? I have heard that joke since I was a kid. It just shows how stupid some new farmers, ranchers are to old-timers.
630
posted on
05/02/2005 10:00:50 AM PDT
by
MamaB
(mom to an angel)
To: streetpreacher; JustaCowgirl
JustaCowgirl:
Possibly this very thing might be the fundamental flaw resulting in your inability to see the humor here?streetpreacher: Really? Could you please elaborate?
Basically it means that some people have a log in their eye others walk around with it jammed into a different orifice.
631
posted on
05/02/2005 10:00:59 AM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Are your parents Pro-Choice? I guess you got lucky! ... Is your spouse?)
To: afraidfortherepublic
There are no jokes that need explaining to a 4 year old.Mommy, what's Chippendales?
632
posted on
05/02/2005 10:01:00 AM PDT
by
streetpreacher
(God DOES exist; He's just not into you!)
To: dirtboy
I was applauding the entire post; not just the first line. I think you knew what I meant.
633
posted on
05/02/2005 10:01:03 AM PDT
by
Howlin
(North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)
To: wideawake
Thanks. Recall what Bill Clinton did to teen viewpoints towards oral sex. The presidency is a powerful institution - and nothing undercuts a parental argument faster than a teen retorting, "but the president does it!"
So now, we'll probably see ABC running promos that the First Lady and Lynn Cheney watch Desperate Housewives. And kids will see the promos, and when parents tell them they can't watch the show, they'll retort, "but the First Lady watches it!"
I'm sure some folks will say I'm being absurd, but, then again, liberal defenders of Clinton tried to say that his Oral Office affairs were private and would have no impact on morality.
634
posted on
05/02/2005 10:01:26 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Drooling moron since 1998...)
To: An American Patriot
Nice Post and I agree with your common sense.
635
posted on
05/02/2005 10:01:36 AM PDT
by
OKIEDOC
(LL THE)
To: Howlin
I was applauding the entire post; not just the first line. I think you knew what I meant.The first line nullified the rest of the post.
636
posted on
05/02/2005 10:02:06 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Drooling moron since 1998...)
Comment #637 Removed by Moderator
To: fight_truth_decay; All
Soooo....Laura Bush isn't some old biddy grandma... and some of you I guess just learned that. Sheesh.
638
posted on
05/02/2005 10:03:20 AM PDT
by
wallcrawlr
(http://www.bionicear.com)
To: Howlin
No, Howlin, you did it again.
Call me all the names you want....it is your usual M.O....along with your small group.
639
posted on
05/02/2005 10:03:37 AM PDT
by
yellowdoghunter
(FR is so popular that people repost our thoughts on different message boards! It is an honor!)
To: fight_truth_decay
I wonder why all these freaking' libs think they are the only one's who can acknowledge, make fun of, and even enjoy sex (not as many actually do, imo).
Where on earth do they think these Families come from that Dr. Dobson loves so much? And also noticed how rarely Dr. Dobson is acknowledged as being a Dr.
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