Out of all the things that happen inside the Beltway, this GRIDIRON thing gets me the most Every year, they make fun of the things that are important to this country. I don't think the Press should be cozying up to the President and Vice Versa. Bush thinks that if he goes here and makes some jokes, they'll like him. They hate him and whatever he does here, they'll use against him. And it's not just Bush, it's every President. I just loathe these dinners. 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.
Get a grip.
Lighten Up Francis.....
No, I respectively disagree. I think that it is healthy to use humor from time to time to loosen things up. I enjoy the reporting of this event every year.
I don't think either is foolish enough to believe that. It is a tradition and ceremony that both sides participate in. Most normal people do not even know this goes on, unless Leno or Letterman plays some clips.
I say tutn the tables and roast the press.
When Time Magazine has reporters imbedded with the terrorists in Iraq (they do, Frontline spent a whole episode on the subject), there is plenty of material to educate the public about through satire.
Lighten up lady. Bush probably doesn't care about the press. He is there to Honor the Vice President and his wife.
Lighten up lady. Bush probably doesn't care about the press. He is there to Honor the Vice President and his wife.
Well .. if there's one thing I know about Bush .. it's that he doesn't give a rip what the press thinks of him. It's the last thing on his mind. That's why he doesn't read their "opinion" pieces, or pay attention to their polls.
It's a roast. Shoot, it didn't trigger any hard feelings on the Vice President's part. It's better than the loaded questions they usually ask him. If he took this stuff seriously he'd bang his head against a wall and be a shell of a man.
You have a point.
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.
The same goes on day to day albeit smaller scale on our dime; don't be mad, get even. Let them hear you!!!!
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