[rambo316]

For the most part, the correspondents are a bunch of Commies anyway and in answer to one of your questions: I believe that in a time of war, there should be no partying until the war is over and our boys are home safely.

I'll tell you one thing, this whole charade of the correspondents dinner and Ozzy being there just goes to show you that life really does not matter to any of these schmucks. Like I said earlier, our boys are over fighting for our Freedoms and the shrub is partying it up with the likes of Ozzy Osborne and the MTV crowd, trying to appeal to all the young skulls full of mush. It won't work and this strategy is disgusting.

[be-baw]

I believe that in a time of war, there should be no partying until the war is over

That sounds like Jimmy Carter's strategy during the Iran hostage crisis--confine yourself to the White House premises and send a message to the enemy that he's got you rattled. If you polled the military about whether or not the President should attend the White House Corresondents' Dinner, I would be willing to bet you that they would vote 'yea' by more than 3 to 1.

[BunnySlippers]

The president's schedule routinely includes (just recently) photo ops with the Los Angeles Lakers and many other people in the news. For all the hype about how busy a president is, it's a fact that 80% of it is ceremonial and has nothing to do with politics. But this dinner is a Washington tradition ... Bush would have looked like a first class jerk if he insisted on not going.

[BunnySlippers]

Like I said earlier, our boys are over fighting for our Freedoms and the shrub is partying it up with the likes of Ozzy Osborne and the MTV crowd, trying to appeal to all the young skulls full of mush. It won't work and this strategy is disgusting.

You just called George Bush "the Shrub". This is a Democrat term for Bush. Are you a disruptor?

[DB]

You just dig yourself deeper and deeper...

There have been how many wars since 1914? Like World War I, World War II, etc… And how many Presidents didn't go during those wars?

But somehow this is different because the "Shrub" is in office… Anything to criticize and belittle Bush eh? Your true colors are showing.

As far as Ozzy goes, you don't have a clue what you're talking about. Big surprise there considering your lead in…

[GraniteStateConservative]

This war will last as long as the War on Poverty and the War on Drugs has lasted/will last. Things won't ever revert back to pre-9/11. Terrorists will always pop up and they will always know that because of 9/11, it's possible to pull something off. We'll always have to be fighting terrorists. They aren't a standing army that we can beat and force an armistice on them. We can't "defeat" them-- they're like weeds you must kill every spring.

[buccaneer81]

Like I said earlier, our boys are over fighting for our Freedoms and the shrub is partying it up with the likes of Ozzy Osborne and the MTV crowd, trying to appeal to all the young skulls full of mush. It won't work and this strategy is disgusting.

Well, I'm 38 and a huge Ozzy fan. And it takes more than a skull full of mush to do my job. You sir, need to lighten up. It must be painful walking around all clenched up every day.

[SoCal Pubbie]

"I believe that in a time of war, there should be no partying until the war is over and our boys are home safely. "

That's the same thing my parents used to say about Bob Hope making all those trips to Europe, Korea, and Vietnam. And those USO dances- terrible! Don't even get me started about the baseball games and Oscar shows during WWII. Think about it, if we would have realized that war is no time to party maybe Glenn Miller would have lived to a ripe old age!

[Timesink]

Like I said earlier, our boys are over fighting for our Freedoms and the shrub is partying it up with the likes of Ozzy Osborne and the MTV crowd...

*snort* Yeah, the White House Correspondents Dinner guest list is virtually indistinguishable from that of a typical day's taping of TRL. In fact, millions of teenyboppers stayed home last night to just to watch C-SPAN! </sarcasm>

[McGavin999]

For the most part, the correspondents are a bunch of Commies anyway and in answer to one of your questions: I believe that in a time of war, there should be no partying until the war is over and our boys are home safely.

Really? FDR attended during WWII, Truman attended during Korea, LBJ attended during Vietnam, Reagan attended during the cold war when more of our military were in danger than right now, Clinton attended during Kosovo. Why, all of a sudden, should the President of the United States refuse to attend?

President Bush is the best and most competent CiC the military has had in years, they'd be glad to know that he finally took time to have a few laughs and honored tradition.

[FR_addict]

I keep thinking this is not they type of humor that Ronald Reagan would have enjoyed.

I just don't understand pandering to the left with someone like Ozzy Osborne.

Why not single out some of our heroes fighting the war on terror instead of someone like Ozzy. I guess I'm just not part of the in-crowd that enjoys the latest Hollywood craze.