Posted on 03/11/2006 9:12:40 PM PST by SmithL
"I don't find anything funny about them. Kids are dying overseas, and they're cracking jokes and eating lobster and getting drunk. It's shameful."
You couldn't be more correct. These "roasts" are just one more reminder that we are governed by a bunch of elitists that run both parties and are interbred.
Why?
If I had shot a friend of mine in a hunting accident, I wouldn't consider it a joking matter. I would expect to be kidded about it if it was not a fatal accident, but down deep it would have to hurt a little every time it was brought up.
I'm going to be honest, while I like and respect tradition and I know this has been going on for a long long time, I've always hated them.
I wish this tradition would be brought to an end by someone, (I really wish Reagan had done it, but he seemed to like these things, and Nancy had some fun with one of them).
If this was a good tradition, fine, but its not, its a mockery, I don't even find these events funny.
But I doubt that any President or Vice President will ever stop doing this thing.
If FDR could do these stupid things during WW 2, there is no chance anyone is going to quit them under any circumstances.
With those cartoons, the dims will be rioting in all the Blue states in sympathy with the mooslims.
The same goes on day to day albeit smaller scale on our dime; don't be mad, get even. Let them hear you!!!!
A.
Washington is still buzzing about President Bush's shtick at last weekend's Gridiron Dinner.
"There are all these conspiracy theories that Dick (Cheney) runs the country, or Karl (Rove) runs the country," the commander-in-chief told lawmakers and veteran journos at the 121st annual gathering in D.C. "Why aren't there any conspiracy theories that I run the country? Really ticks me off."
On top of that, Cheney had to have that hunting accident. "Dick," Dubya told his Veep, "I've got an approval rating of 38 percent, and you shoot the only trial lawyer in the country who likes me." Bush added, "By the way, when Dick first heard my approval rating was 38 percent, he said, 'What's your secret?'"
Lynne Cheney assured everyone that her husband does have "a great sense of humor. The other day I asked him, 'Do you know how many terrorists it takes to paint a wall?' He answered right back, 'It depends on how hard you throw them.'"
"Meet the Press" host Tim Russert provided some drag relief -- donning a blue dress and blond wig to show he could sub for any of cable news' bunnies.
But it was Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., who stole the show. Citing a study that "sex before a public speaking engagement enhances" one's oratory, Obama said, "I showed this clip to (wife) Michelle before we arrived here tonight. She looked it over, handed it back and said, 'Do the best you can!'"
Looking around the room, Obama said, "Men in tails. Women in gowns. An orchestra playing, as folks reminisce about the good old days. Kind of like dinner at the Kerrys."
Obama added, "I'm struck by how much John (McCain) and Hillary (Clinton) have in common: They're both very smart, they're both very hardworking, they're both hated by Republicans." Even a top White House aide admitted to The New York Daily News' Tom DeFrank that Obama's stand-up had "perfect tone." While Bush sat stony-faced through a GOP-bashing sketch, he laughed uproariously at Obama's needling.
Bush later confessed his frustration that Obama couldn't be more... like him.
"I want to do a joke on you," he said. "(But) give me something to work with.... Mispronounce something!"
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