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Cecily Strong Remarks at the White House Correspondents Dinner
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According to many of the audience clips, many in the audience were extremely uncomfortable with her comments.
Must mean she did a good job. She hit a home-run with her, 'That's like a group of politicians telling me what I can do with my body' line.
Must mean she did a good job. She hit a home-run with her, 'That's like a group of politicians telling me what I can do with my body' line.
Why do they still have that dinner?
Excellent, truth is often delivered in humour, and Obama nailed it, he was brilliant beyond belief.
She had a couple of good lines but overall not to funny. And there is a fine line between being funny and revolting when we have a president there that is supposed to represent good morals and values. She went into the revolting category. Keep that kind of stuff for comedy shows.
Lol, you're hypocrisy is what's comedic.
You trash on the presidency every chance you get. What are you expecting from a president you hate with every fiber of your being?
The White House Correspondents Dinner has been a tradition since 1920; Calvin Coolidge was the first President to attend one, in 1924.
In 1983 (while Reagan was President), it became a new custom to use the dinner as a time to roast the President; it's been happening ever since.
This is President Ronald Reagan having tons-o'-fun at the expense of Democrats, after similar political jokes were delivered by that year's comedian-performer, Yakov Smirnoff:
People have had ample opportunity to express their displeasure at this, another Capital Hill tradition; as usual, they didn't take much notice OF it until THIS President participated in it.
*Odd*. AND hypocritical.
In 1983 (while Reagan was President), it became a new custom to use the dinner as a time to roast the President; it's been happening ever since.
This is President Ronald Reagan having tons-o'-fun at the expense of Democrats, after similar political jokes were delivered by that year's comedian-performer, Yakov Smirnoff:
People have had ample opportunity to express their displeasure at this, another Capital Hill tradition; as usual, they didn't take much notice OF it until THIS President participated in it.
*Odd*. AND hypocritical.
Thoughts....one: who's Cecily Strong?
She's a current cast member of Saturday Night Live.
It's definitely not as good as it used to be, but it has it's shining moments. I really love it when she does voice overs for fake product advertisements, like this one:
She has the best voice for it.
You lost this one Liberty.
While there were jokes before, and Carter was an easy target while Nixon scowled a lot, it was Reagan who turned it into a full on Celebrity Roast.
While there were jokes before, and Carter was an easy target while Nixon scowled a lot, it was Reagan who turned it into a full on Celebrity Roast.
Do not have a problem with the dinner and the tradition of fun ribbing. But you really need to listen to the two again and again if you think the two videos are even similar. Specially the guests in the past who speaks in this would have never gone as low or disrespectful as that woman did.
No way you can call those two videos similar. I know which evening I would not want a young child listening to.
Point taken.
Reagan did have class about it, but he did begin the slide.
Reagan did have class about it, but he did begin the slide.
Children are not allowed at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
Reagan was a president in a different era, with different social mores. Presidents can not control social norms, lest they be called "Emperors" and "King-Wannabes", and we know how upsetting THAT *thought* is to some folks.
*Odd* that suddenly some would WANT a POTUS to control social mores as to what's acceptable and what is not. *Odd* AND hypocritical.
Reagan was a president in a different era, with different social mores. Presidents can not control social norms, lest they be called "Emperors" and "King-Wannabes", and we know how upsetting THAT *thought* is to some folks.
*Odd* that suddenly some would WANT a POTUS to control social mores as to what's acceptable and what is not. *Odd* AND hypocritical.
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