April 30, 2023

"President Biden, who has frustrated some reporters with his lack of press conferences, showed up with jokes (and some serious remarks) to the White House correspondents’ dinner."

Writes Paul Farhi (at WaPo).

The best joke isn't quoted in the WaPo article!

"They say I'm over the hill. Don Lemon would say: That's a man in his prime."

41 comments:

rwnutjob said...

President Biden, who has frustrated some reporters with his lack of press conferences, showed up as a joke to the White House correspondents’ dinner

FIFY

wendybar said...

The WHCD has fallen so low, it is full of Progressive Reality stars. The Joke is that the correspondents (other than Peter Doocy and a few others) think they are journalists, when they are force fed what to report by the state.

Dave Begley said...

Good jokes!

Breezy said...

Still not answering any questions, so there’s a non-sequitur there. Not funny.

rwnutjob said...

Where'd they find a comedy writer? Late night stopped being funny when Leno quit. The real joke was standing at the podium.🤡

Iman said...

Brandon is no longer funny.

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ga6 said...

I turned to a live feed of the dinner. It happened to be the portion where our "independent" press rose in mass clapping and calling out praise for the grinning puppet and his administration. Nuremberg in miniture, We are doomed.

robother said...

Absolutely the best joke. Because that is how Don Lemon intended his original observation about Haley being past her prime to land. So Joe should've said "No joke" after.

Lloyd W. Robertson said...

That is pretty good. Maybe there are some female staffers in the WH who came up with that one. Dems are apparently pressing Dianne Feinstein to quit; many of the same people seem to be supporting senile guy for a second term.

Paul said...

"They say I'm over the hill. Don Lemon would say: That's a man in his prime."

Biden is not over the hill... he has already slided down to the bottom.

Andrew said...

Here's a joke that didn't make the news:
https://twitter.com/Spriter99880/status/1652368461975134208?s=20

MayBee said...

Once the WHCD became about getting the best celebrities to sit at your table, the White House Press began to focus on having coverage that would impress the celebrities so they'd come to the dinner with them. It became this weird feedback loop.

MayBee said...

Britneh Grienet was there, at the WHCD. She was traded to Russia for the Merchant of Death arms dealer. In the meantime, Evan Gershkovich was detained. few months ago. One of them. A reporter. And the reporters have made a hashtag for him, but otherwise they come and clap at a dinner for the man who made the deal that encouraged Russia to detain another reporter. Because Biden lets reporters and old men sit in prison in Russia.

n.n said...

Over the hill, and through Ukraine, to Hunter's house he goes.

wendybar said...

"This is not a press.

This is a Democrat Fan Club … and it’s nothing but cringe."

https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2023/04/30/redsteeze-takes-both-biden-and-media-to-the-woodshed-in-merciless-thread-on-wh-correspondents-dinner/

wendybar said...

Not a Joke: Government-Endorsed Corporate Media Gives Award to Dishonest WaPo Hack for “Capturing the Spirit of Joe Biden”
Brent Baker 🇺🇦
@BrentHBaker
At #WHCD,
@WashingtonPost
’s
@mviser
gets award for how he “captured the spirit of Joe Biden, particularly with stories about the President’s brother and how his Catholic faith influenced his strategic vision of the office.”
(You know, like being for killing babies and mutilating young kids)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/04/not-a-joke-government-endorsed-corporate-media-gives-award-to-dishonest-wapo-hack-for-capturing-the-spirit-of-joe-biden/

Wince said...

It's awesome to see the lapdog media will get their candidate of choice in 2024... good and hard.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Old man reads jokes written for him.. Fawning D-hack propaganda "Don't say gay" liar press... cheer and laugh.

rehajm said...

You mean they give him the questions on crib sheets beforehand and he still can’t keep it together for a presser now and then?

Darkisland said...

Nuremberg in miniture, We are doomed.

Yup.

And still there are commenters here as well as many people in the wild that would deny that we are living in a fascist state.

By Mussolini's definition of Fascism.

Read "The Doctrine of Fascism" by Mussolini https://timeonhands.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/the-doctrine-of-fascism.pdf

Then tell me that what Brandon and the progressives are implementing is not fascism.

It did not start with Brandon. But I think they saw how the Trump presidency endangered their program. Under Brandon it is ratchedted up to make it harder to stop. At the cost of being more noticeable, though. Which gets more people uniting against it.

Can fascism be stopped? I hope so. But sometimes I wonder.

John Henry

Fandor said...

Here's the real joke.
The citizen speaker at the podium says,
"...this nation under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
(Laughter)
"You have a republic, if you can keep it!
(Hysterical laughter)
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
(Booing, catcalls ("shad-up"),stomping feet)
The audience breaks into a chant, "Burn it down! Burn it down!"
The stage is rushed by black hooded freedom loving college students.
The speaker is beaten, stripped, tared and feathered then run off stage on a rail to a nearby tree.
The citizen is lynched.
The mob is delighted.
America 2023

Whiskeybum said...

Biden avoids press conferences to dodge questions about important national policy, but makes sure to show up at the WH Correspondents' Dinner to crack some lame dad jokes. Priorities, priorities.

Did they serve ice cream?

Duke Dan said...

Too bad he can’t show up at the border where this country is being invaded.

Michael K said...

Andrew, that was pretty funny but I can see why it didn't make the news.

n.n said...

Dems are apparently pressing Dianne Feinstein to quit

Planned Politicianhood cum planned parent/hood. Deja vu. This may have been the impetus for Ginsburg's epiphany and regret.

Karmic irony. I have a dream, NOW.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Who wrote his jokes? My guess is Stephen Colbert.

The leftist-hollywood-D hack connections/ and money whores

wendybar said...

Kevin Tober
@KevinTober94
WOW! Roy Wood Jr mocks the liberal media! “As soon as the Trump document story broke, everybody was down at Mar-a-Lago reporting live...And then we found out Joe Biden had documents, too, and it was like ‘it’s not a big deal.’”

wendybar said...


Ted Cruz
@tedcruz
When corporate media “journalists” preen for being awarded “best propagandist for the White House”…

they are not journalists.
Quote Tweet
Brent Baker 🇺🇦
@BrentHBaker
·
15h
At #WHCD, @WashingtonPost’s @mviser gets award for how he “captured the spirit of Joe Biden, particularly with stories about the President’s brother and how his Catholic faith influenced his strategic vision of the office.”

cfs said...

If you want to see a joke go take a look at the video of Biden at the Air Force football team's ceremony at the White House. Ole Joe just wanders away mid-ceremony.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/04/29/watch-biden-awkwardly-walks-away-from-air-force-football-players-during-white-house-ceremony/

Aggie said...

It's the annual White House Democratic Political Operative's Dinner!

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

CNN Panelist Drops the Hard Truth About Biden’s Speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

" The pathetic nature of that scene wasn’t lost on everyone, though. Scott Jennings, who offered his critique on CNN of all places, pointed out how pathetic it was for the press to clap along to a president making fun of the fact that they are completely in the tank.

The line that will stick with me is “In a lot of ways this dinner sums up my first two years. I’ll talk for 10 minutes, take zero questions, and cheerfully walk away.” For the journalists in the room, he wasn’t laughing with you, he was laughing at you. The reality is, I think he’s mocking the press. The guy does not take questions, and he’s up there joking about it. And I’m just, and they’re clapping and they’re laughing about it.

Jennings’ commentary was made even more impactful by the fact that the rest of the panelists were drooling over Biden’s speech. They should feel as betrayed and belittled as those who watched the president mock them in person.

But I digress, Jennings hit the nail on the head. Biden was not laughing with all those journalists as they cackled at his badly read jokes (sometimes having to fight the teleprompter to get them out). He was laughing at them. The president sees the press as a subservient class of pawns that exist simply to prop him up amidst his failures."

Andrew said...

@Michael K.,
Roger that.

Michael K said...

What's amusing is that Biden was mocking those reporters at the Correspondents' dinner and they did not even notice.

"The line that will stick with me is, 'In a lot of ways, this dinner sums up my first two years in office, I’ll talk for 10 minutes, take zero questions, and cheerfully walk away.' For the journalists in the room, he wasn't laughing with you, he was laughing at you."

And they did not notice one of his few lucid moments.

bagoh20 said...

With all these people making fun of Carlson getting fired - doesn't your neck get sore punching up at such a high angle? He is, and will remain, far more popular, successful, influential, and secure in his career than any of them. They can't even fathom being able to get fired from a major network and actually being better off. They work for the buggy whip industry of our day.

bagoh20 said...

Biden makes fun of these "journalists" for being toadies, and they laugh along with him. It reminds me of a scene from high school: "Hey pussy, how does that wedgie feel?"

Molly said...

(eaglebeak)

That's the best joke? The evening must have been unbearable.

Paul said...

The hypocrites having a shindig and really don't care if everyone knows.

For Biden jokes and the press eat crow... and they eat it gladly.

Josephbleau said...

We have an asshole for a president.

Free Manure While You Wait! said...

"Late night stopped being funny when Leno quit."

You misspelled Carson.

Free Manure While You Wait! said...

"We have an asshole for a president."

No. An ass-canyon.