Maybe they could dig up Bob Hope
Looks like the White House Correspondents want a Bush-friendly dinner this year.
.. well, that ought to save on the catering bill.
"One Year After Colbert Flap: Are WH Correspondents Playing It Safe?
NEW YORK After last year's White House Correspondents Association dinner host Stephen Colbert drew mixed reactions to his sharp critiques of President Bush, event organizers appear to be going for a less-combative approach, choosing aging impersonator Rich Little for the pending April event.[..]
NEW YORK After last year's White House Correspondents Association dinner host Stephen Colbert drew mixed reactions to his sharp critiques of President Bush, event organizers appear to be going for a less-combative approach, choosing aging impersonator Rich Little for the pending April event.[..]
What the ..? The WH correspondent's dinner is supposed to be a ROAST of the president and the press .. always has been.
Yes, heaven forbid we live in a country where an entertainer has the freedom to rake a politician over the coals .. for a traditional ROAST for crying out loud. Poor Georgie, doesn't want to play by the same rules as other presidents? They made mincemeat out of Clinton during the Monica dust-up .. he took it like a man.
While we're worrying about our kids over there in that bloody disaster in Iraq, these guys are worried about getting just the right GOP friendly comedian for dinner .. one that wouldn't hurt poor Georgie's feelings.
Rich Little? That's the best they could do? But you know, he could do his Richard Nixon, come out wearing that famous scowl, have both hands up giving peace signs and say "Thank you George W. Bush .. because now I'm not the worst president anymore!"
Dennis Miller is the only GOP friendly comedian I can think of .. he kisses Bush butt bigtime these days. Of course he's not funny anymore .. but the White House doesn't want funny or truth, it wants agreement.
Best quote of the E&P article, concerning who they should have at this year's dinner after having Stephen Colbert last year--"You want someone who appeals to the Bob Novaks and the bloggers of the world."
How *dare* they lump Novak and bloggers in the same category!
Hey, maybe they could get Bush to do his skit about the WMD's being hidden in his office. We all remember that one!
Maybe Cheney and Rove could do a skit about how they were going to keep the House and Senate this year .. now *that* would be funny.
Or .. I'll bet Michael Richards is free these days .. he could do a minstrel act.
You just know that event organizers were torn a new one for the Stephen Colbert "fiasco" last year. I loved it when Bush was laughing at the jokes until someone explained to him that Colbert was making fun of him.
And I wonder if anyone remembers Colbert's joke about the Washington Press Corp acting as stenographers for the White House .. the press hardly laughed at that one.
My choice? .. I would give my left lung to see George Carlin host it ..
