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At Correspondents Dinner: Brian Williams Belches 'Battle Hymn of the Republic'
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| 3/29/07
| Scott Whitlock
Posted on 03/29/2007 1:18:21 PM PDT by meg88
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To: loreldan
It isn't the fun we mind, it is the nothing sacred part.
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:37:21 PM PDT
by
Sundog
(We are all counting down the days.)
To: Kenneth
What's the frequency?
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:37:46 PM PDT
by
beeber
(stuned)
To: pax_et_bonum
You have a stop watch? Let's time how quickly someone calls him a racist. And this will be reported by the same "media" that was howling with laughter AT Rove.
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:38:15 PM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(Hey mister, can you spare a carbon credit?)
To: meg88
Lets hear him bletch some verses of the Torah or a passage from the Koran just to show he's not an equal opportunity transparent bigot.
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:39:01 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: meg88
If Williams belched out "Allah Akbar", NBC's management would meet CAIR's demand that they frog march Brian to their HQ for beheading...
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:39:51 PM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
To: ThisLittleLightofMine
I think you're taking it too seriously. It's politics. It's a game in Washington. Sure there are serious consepuences to political decisions, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the game. I have liberal friends and I laugh along with them at W jokes, and they laugh along with me at Clinton jokes. Big deal.
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:40:15 PM PDT
by
loreldan
(Without coffee I am nothing.)
To: Sundog
I'm sure he has no idea why anyone would find that offensive. He must be totally ignorant of American history as well as basic Christianity.
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:40:59 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: Hildy
They have been going on forever. Even President Bush gets in on the act. Remember Laura caught some flax when she got dirty at one of them? I think it is just part of the culture.
To: isthisnickcool
Reagan was also in serious situations, but he wasn't serious all the time, including at these dinners. I don't know anybody that is serious all the time - well, I do but I'd never want them to be President.
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:43:09 PM PDT
by
loreldan
(Without coffee I am nothing.)
To: DManA
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:45:45 PM PDT
by
loreldan
(Without coffee I am nothing.)
To: isthisnickcool
You have a stop watch? Let's time how quickly someone calls him a racist. And this will be reported by the same "media" that was howling with laughter AT Rove. I was laughing at him, too.
He was funny.
And who cares if someone calls him racist?
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:45:58 PM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(I will always love you, Flyer.)
To: loreldan
Yeah, jokes and uppercuts were a real hoot during WW11, Korean War and Vietnam, they should take their dog and pony show over to Iraq to entertain the troops.
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:47:25 PM PDT
by
RetSignman
(DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
To: isthisnickcool
So are you saying, then, that once elected to public office, one had better hold to the campaign promise to never laugh, to never be self-deprecating, to never provide some levity, and under no circumstances ever, EVER crack a smile? I mean, there are serious issues to attend to! Taking a break for a few hours to let loose with a few giggles is just reprehensible!!!!!Eleventy11!
It's no wonder tensions are high on FR and elsewhere when all it takes to deeply and egregiously offend people is a burp. What next? Snickering at a funeral is suddenly a capital offense?
Plenty of serious issues abound. Plenty of people take them very seriously. But since it isn't for you or anyone else to decide for anyone else what is and is not funny, I'd tend to agree that many, many people here need to lighten up. Way up.
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:47:34 PM PDT
by
Jokelahoma
(Animal testing is a bad idea. They get all nervous and give wrong answers.)
To: DManA
He's a journalist and liberal. Of course, he's ignorant of history and christianity along with nearly every other subject under the sun; sciolism is required of all journalists.
To: DManA
It brings a cynical thought to mind, some people no longer deserve to live in a free country.
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:50:27 PM PDT
by
Sundog
(We are all counting down the days.)
To: Sundog
It brings a cynical thought to mind, some people no longer deserve to live in a free country. Which brings another thought . . . is a country where someone cannot (tastelessly) belch the Battle Hymn of the Republic free?
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:53:53 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: loreldan
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:57:52 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: 1rudeboy
I had the pleasure of googling jew jokes since my last post, too bad I can't post them here. This forum isn't free enough for that.
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posted on
03/29/2007 1:59:13 PM PDT
by
Sundog
(We are all counting down the days.)
To: Sundog
This forum has rules. The White House Correspondent's Dinner does not. It's one thing to limit one's own behavior because of a sense of propriety, and another to limit other's behavior because of one's sense of propriety. In this case, I mean . . . .
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posted on
03/29/2007 2:05:55 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Sundog
Can you post yourself belching out The Battle Hymm Of The Republic here? Can you tell Jewish jokes elsewhere? Do Richard Lewis, Alan King, or Jackie Mason have careers?
molehill .......... MOUNTAIN!!!!
Look what I made!
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posted on
03/29/2007 2:12:21 PM PDT
by
Jokelahoma
(Animal testing is a bad idea. They get all nervous and give wrong answers.)
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