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| Cyrus King |
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Bush pokes fun at himself at dinner
Thursday, March 25, 2004 Posted: 1656 GMT (0056 HKT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush poked fun at his staff, his Democratic challenger and himself Wednesday night at a black-tie dinner where he hobnobbed with the news media.
Bush put on a slide show, calling it the "White House Election-Year Album" at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association 60th annual dinner, showing himself and his staff in some decidedly unflattering poses.
There was Bush looking under furniture in a fruitless, frustrating search. "Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere," he said.
There was Vice President Dick Cheney, a frequent butt of gentle Bush ribbing, holding his fingers a few inches apart. Bush said, "Whenever you ask him a question, he replies, 'Let's see what my little friend says."'
And there was Bush again, in an odd contortion in front of his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice. He said he was trying to explain to her the foreign policy of Democratic challenger John Kerry.
Bush showed himself playing cards on Air Force One and cracked that he was on his way to an international summit and using a special deck to help him bone up on the names of the leaders he was about to meet.
His slide show segued into a somber ending, showing a group of special forces troops in Afghanistan at the site where they buried a piece of the fallen World Trade Center in commemoration of the dead from Sept. 11.
The late NBC News reporter David Bloom, who died in April from an apparent blood clot while covering the Iraq war, was remembered. His wife, Melanie, talked of her husband's passion for journalism.
About 1,500 guests attended the dinner. |
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS...s.ap/index.html |
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| Shakka |
| God forbid anyone actually have a sense of humor! That's one of the things I like about Dubya. I think you take yourself too seriously. |
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| Cyrus King |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shakka
God forbid anyone actually have a sense of humor! That's one of the things I like about Dubya. I think you take yourself too seriously. |
This is joking about making the world angry and going to war. And coming fromt he man who said he had proof that weapons existed...it is sad that he can make a joke of the situtation at a white collar event with hundred dollar plates, and and get laughs from the cronies sitting there sipping on their wine. |
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| Shakka |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cyrus King
This is joking about making the world angry and going to war. And coming fromt he man who said he had proof that weapons existed...it is sad that he can make a joke of the situtation at a white collar event with hundred dollar plates, and and get laughs from the cronies sitting there sipping on their wine. |
Come on, wouldn't you at least agree that you're taking something completely out of context? I understand what you're saying but lighten up. Dubya has been known to try to make little jokes here and there to try and get a quick laugh out of his audiences. I don't think he meant any ill-will by that. |
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| George Smiley |
| Thousands of people died so Bush could make that joke... |
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| SilentEagle |
| quote: | Originally posted by George Smiley
Thousands of people died so Bush could make that joke... |
Thousands of brain cells arent needed to come up with crap logic like that. |
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| Shakka |
| quote: | Originally posted by George Smiley
Thousands of people died so Bush could make that joke... |
In all honesty, I think it's more likely that Dubya was making fun of the media in the way that they make fun of him. He does it all the time. He also knows his speech isn't perfect, and he makes fun of himself for that quite frequently as well. |
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| St_Andrew |
| hmmm, it could have been funny, if it wasn't so true :( |
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| Q5echo |
| Damn haters up in this piece..........DAWG! |
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| WhoaNellie1487 |
| The only reason you all aren't laughing at his jokes are because you don't like him. |
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| Spin Doctor |
I don’t like Bush at the best of times but...
| quote: | | "Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere," |
was damn funny! :stongue: |
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| tathi |
| it probably took him a few weeks to come up with self-deprecating humour that intelligent and witty |
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