[MHT]

Frankly, I thought the jokes stank. These reminded me of the ones that the daughters told at the Republican convention. It's undermining. He deserves better treatment than that and even if those things are said at home in jest, they deserve to stay private.

They are only giving the likes of Bill Maher and company food for monologues. Even putting herself and other female role models in a league with the likes of Desperate Housewives is demeaning.

Laura is an absolutely lovely First Lady. He's a real man of depth and sincere confidence. She can deliver it and he can take it--but their spontaneous humor is better than anything their jokemeisters came up with.

[genefromjersey]

To all you hand wringers: yes,it was a "raw" routine in spots. It was intended to be. It was a roast.

In case you missed the point,the idea of a roast is to poke fun at someone-preferably a celebrity-who is secure enough to handle being ribbed.

Roasts of this sort have been going on for decades.

As to those of you who are charter members of the Junior Anti-Sex League...what can I say ?

(Okay,I'll try: Righteousness and Prudery are not necessarily synomynous(sp?))