And Peach, you been posting like a liberal for years, if you're claiming to be a moderate you musta moved right!
Posted on 05/03/2005 2:10:11 PM PDT by EveningStar
Most of Mrs. Bush's humor at the correspondents' dinner was just right: Edgy but not over the edge. But I think the stripper and horse jokes were totally beneath her.
Just put it to the other-shoe test: If it were Teresa Heinz Kerry standing up on the dais telling the same jokes, the conservative commentariat would be buzzing for the rest of the year about what a tasteless skank she is.
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And Peach, you been posting like a liberal for years, if you're claiming to be a moderate you musta moved right!
You are probably right and I think I'll stop on these threads.
I've met the First Lady and after five days of listening to the name calling, I jumped in yesterday. I always think of the thousands of lurkers we have here, vs. the posters, when I respond to something.
But as I've just been reminded via freepmail by someone smarter than me, each party has its fringe 1-2% people. It's just that we've seen those people try to hijack threads and the entire forum in general in the last month and it's getting old.
The weather is too nice to bother with the kind of silliness of posters who compare the First Lady with the Clintons and name call and I think I'll take your excellent advice and just respond to a few pings as they come in about this and then let it drop.
You take care, my FR friend.
You are confused. You should be moving more toward the right or the left, because it's the moderate, country club Republicans who have always been concerned about class and propriety. Not the so-called "Taliban" Republicans.
Besides that I was under the impression WH correspondent dinners were roasts where children or Girl Scouts aren't expected are wanted to attend. It's been known for decades to be an adult only dinner. A dinner for the adults to let down their hair and business demeanor and LAUGH after months of HEART ATTACK like SERIOUSNESS.
Hon, show me one single solitary liberal post that I've ever made on this forum in 7 years.
I'll wait.
You know when someone feels like a horses ass for their ignorant comments when they whip out the "you haven't been here as long as me" idiocy. Are you gonna take your toys and go home?
At least someone observes tradition around here!
I am offended by those of you who got offended.
See #74
This is beyond regurgitated.
Outta here too.
Take care, Peach.
For those who are wondering:
The Horse Joke
"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."
--First Lady Laura Bush, about her husband
What's exasperating is that this joke isn't even salacious. The humor lies in the supposed fact that the President couldn't tell a cow from a horse, or a mare from a stallion. Apparently, neither libertines nor prudes comprehend that a stallion's "unit"--other than the fact that it is not an udder--has nothing to do with why the joke is funny.
Yes, the First Lady telling a harmless joke that's been told on countless farms countless times over a countless number of years is a sure sign we're turning into Sodom and Gomorrah. I'd be willing to bet you could find that particular joke in Reader's Digest in the early or middle part of the 1900s. But then, Reader's Digest is truly evident of the debasement of our culture, I guess.
I'm just waiting for Hillary to say she gets down on her knees everynight...and prays.
That's a wee bit of an exaggeration there.
I saw that but it's too silly to respond to really. Have you noticed how we no longer discuss politics on FR but morality? Only it has to be a certain kind of morality or it's wrong.
Goodbye big tent Republican party. Hillary is laughing.
No, the first part of the joke was about not being able to tell the difference between a horse and a cow (not offensive, slightly funny altho overdone). The second part was about not being able to tell it was a male horse. Not exactly the same thing at all. Actually, it was a very adolescent joke (one I would expect to hear in a class of 14 year old boys.)
susie
Yep. Sometimes I think we're about ready to throw our cause over the edge of a cliff because we just can't be perfect enough for ourselves. Sigh.
later, gator.
Enjoy that vacation!
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