Coverage of the WH Correspondents' Dinner

[malaise]

has begun on CSpan1 with 'down memory lane' with some Presidents you may not want to see

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

1. g h w bush is cracking me up!

[Stellar]

2. Whoa...Thanks! I forgot about CSpan, starts at 5pm central time.

CSpan begins theirs before the others...

CNN starts at 6pm
MSNBC starts at 8pm

[malaise]

3. CSpan always has the best coverage

Dumbya was gawd awful

[Stellar]

4. I had my TV muted...

[malaise]

5. ROFL

Conducting the band like a five year old

[a kennedy]

6. What is all the yelling........as all the "stars" are coming in......

[malaise]

9. I seem to remember that's there's an area for groupies

Looks like lack is the color of choice tonight except for that Trump hack in canary yellow

[a kennedy]

7. Odd seeing all the anchors dressed up.......I wonder if they dress themselves or if they have

handlers..........

[malaise]

8. ROFL

There's Gingrich and his Stepford wife

Helen Mirren in purple with a Prince tatoo???

[Stellar]

10. They are broadcasting Live on CSpan Now...

http://www.c-span.org/2016-White-House-Correspondents-Association-Dinner/

[malaise]

11. Watching

Good link

Both Trump sons are there - Kerry, wife and daughters.
I hope the Obamas bring the girls tonight.

add

[malaise]

12. How many face lifts has Andrea Mitchell had?

She's beginning to look like Jon Rivers

[ronnie624]

13. Watching our political leaders schmooze with news media celebities

is a very instructive display.

[malaise]

14. My real interest tonight is watching Obama's last

roast as President.
We all know how the corporate media, their hired hacks, bought producers and politicians interact - with or without the dinner. Don't leave out the people with money.

[ronnie624]

16. I understand.

I'd be watching it too, if I wasn't at work.

[malaise]

19. Well it will be shown at least three times in the next 24 hours

and it will be available at CSpan on line.

It is a serious conflict of interest but they don't care.

[awoke_in_2003]

77. While funny moments have happened at these things...

I never really cared for them.

[ailsagirl]

15. kick

[malaise]

17. Where are Tweety and his wife?

Will they show up after her defeat?

[3catwoman3]

18. Wearing one's dress way too tight...

...must be the in look for this event. Lots of competition for the worst dressed look from what I have seen so far.

[malaise]

20. Have to agree - wow there's a well dressed

dog

[ailsagirl]

21. Carrie Fisher and her dog (wearing emeralds)

The dog, not Fisher

I've never seen so many flash bulbs going off at once!!!

[malaise]

22. ROFL

The dog is owning the Red Carpet (according to one Tweet)

[3catwoman3]

24. I read something once that alleged that, generally, politicians prefer...

...dogs over cats because they do not like the independent "take-me-on-my-own-terms" cattitude of our feline friends.

[malaise]

27. That would make sense

[malaise]

31. Just saw Bernie Sanders

Saw Rand Paul and Priebus - with their wives

Some of the wigs and pieces on the men are worse than some of the ladies dresses

[nolabear]

47. What were Bernie and Jane wearing?

Yeah, I'm shallow.

[malaise]

50. Well I hate being serious about everything

Bernie is not wearing a Tux and Jane has on a beige/gray dress. She looks good - Bernie looks like Bernie.

[nolabear]

54. I finally saw them. Yep, Bernie is Bernie. She looks nice though.

[malaise]

56. They both look nice

A Tux is so not Bernie that I'm glad he didn't fake it

[nolabear]

57. Oh I guess. I don't begrudge but I'd like to see him gussied up.

Just for fun.

[malaise]

58. LOL

Not sure we'll ever see that

[3catwoman3]

23. Are all the Hollywood types...

..."guests" of the accredited journalists, and if not, why are they there? They are certainly not correspondents.

[malaise]

25. They were saying earlier that everyone (including Josh Earnest)

has to be invited by the Correspondents Association's members so folks are guests of various media.

[malaise]

29. Tweet about the dull discussion - They should have had ????

I feel like I'm watching golf

[question everything]

26. Larry and Barry. Should be fun (nt)

[malaise]

28. I'll go with Barry and Larry

Nicely put

[malaise]

30. John Kerry's wife

is quite shaky - she hasn't been well

[3catwoman3]

34. I think Terese Heinz Kerry...

...would have made a fine first lady.

[malaise]

32. Some photos here

https://twitter.com/search?q=white+house&ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^search

[ailsagirl]

33. Much more interesting than the Academy Awards...

IMHO

[ailsagirl]

35. Just read "Obama's not going to pull any punches" tonight!!

[malaise]

40. On the WH site no less

[ailsagirl]

48. Yep!!

Can't wait!!!

[a kennedy]

36. The POTUS and the FLOTUS just came in......d*mn I'm gonna miss them so bad.....

and can I say we're not going to see this many African Americans at any other WHCD. I'm really going to miss the Obamas.

[ailsagirl]

37. Me too-- I can't even imagine how it will be...

[malaise]

39. The Obamas will be missed

He's not perfect but he's a decent President - and he demonstrated so much dignity in the face of vicious racism.

[3catwoman3]

43. He's a decent president because...

...he is a deeply decent human being.

[malaise]

44. I agree

[Sky Masterson]

38. I don't think we will ever have another first lady as beautiful as Michelle Obama

.

[a kennedy]

41. She looks awesome in that gown.....wow. eom

[malaise]

42. We don't know that

Here's Joe Biden

[a kennedy]

45. Just saw Bobby Jindal......eom

[3catwoman3]

46. Eew.

Eom.

[ailsagirl]

59. LOL

[Chiyo-chichi]

49. Some lady at Greta van Susteren's table was brushing her hair at the dinner table.

#classy

[3catwoman3]

51. I once saw a woman, who was in line in front...

...of me at a Marshall Field's store, clipping he finger nails onto the carpet. Yuck, yuck, YUCK!

[malaise]

53. ROFL

OK here comes the program

[malaise]

55. Michelle sure looks beautiful

Gorgeous dress



http://www.eonline.com/news/761192/first-lady-michelle-obama-glistens-in-gold-at-final-white-house-correspondents-dinner

[ailsagirl]

60. As always!!

[malaise]

61. Read the Elink

They agree and so do the comments/tweets

[malaise]

52. Well all those men standing around and not at their tables isn't exactly classy

Still I saw a worse one on the Red Carpet early on - one of the Hollywood stars had someone touching up her make-up in the middle of the room - tres tacky!

[malaise]

62. Standing ovation for Biden

Very nice

[ailsagirl]

63. Yes

I'll miss him, too

[malaise]

65. First time he's attended in eight years

Nice ovation for piano prodigy Frank Robinson

Not sure I liked that video.

Here comes Obama - you're gonna miss me when I'm gone

[a kennedy]

64. What the hell is this "tribute" to the President??? I DON'T FIND IT FUNNY AT ALL. eom

[malaise]

66. Oh dear _ I was running on CPT

jokes that white people should not make

[malaise]

67. I hated it n/t

[malaise]

68. Damn he's good - deep

Just hit the ReTHUG Senators on the appointment

Jake Tapper left journalism to join CNN

[ailsagirl]

69. Some of the jokes I don't get-- probably "in jokes" ?

[malaise]

70. Steak or Fish

not Paul Ryan - some aren't polling high enough to qualify for their own joke tonight

[malaise]

71. He hit the media in the gut for the Trump coverage

and tore both Trump and Cruz a new one

[AuntPatsy]

79. He definitely delivered, sliced right through some of them if thier facial expressions

we're any indication, loved it

[a kennedy]

72. Zippadeedodah......from John Bohner.......

OMGAWD.....that was soooooooooo funny.

[malaise]

73. It's going to piss off ReTHUGs big time

How dare Boehner play along with Obama

[a kennedy]

74. two words....Obama Out......drops mic.......

[malaise]

75. He's out of this world funny

Larry is tearing everyone a new one

[ohheckyeah]

100. Great ending to a great routine.

[AuntPatsy]

76. So perfect'

[a kennedy]

78. Holy crap.....Don Lemon just gave Larry the finger.....

did you see that???

[AuntPatsy]

80. I thought I saw that, guess I did

[SaschaHM]

81. Tough Crowd. He lost them after the Brian William's/Wolf Blitzer jokes and never got them back.

[Fla Dem]

82. This is painful. Can't watch anymore.

[AuntPatsy]

84. He got them back the Prez was a hard act to follow🤗

[malaise]

85. Critics saying he crossed the line

but I disagree - if you watch Larry - this is how he does it down to the N word.

Obama was great

[AuntPatsy]

94. It's thier job, but no, he was perfect. The President blew me away, haven't laughed that

much in such a long time 🤗

[malaise]

96. Obama hit it out of the park

He's genuinely funny and so on top of the culture. It took some a while to get the jokes

[eissa]

86. That was cringe-worthy

The zodiac killer routine was stupid. He landed some jokes, but his routine was way off.

[AuntPatsy]

98. Whoa there

[delete_bush]

99. I can't remember the last time I've heard this word.

Ten or more years at the least. Possibly twenty.

And yet he chose to dredge it up.

I really liked his final remark.... "Yo Barry, you did it my nigga”

Like I said, a real class act.

[AngryAmish]

83. Dogshit, all.

And of you watch you are a mark.

[3catwoman3]

87. President Obama was...

...much funnier.

This is the first time I have seen Wilmore. I was underwhelmed. Use of the N word - bad idea, IMO.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

88. The Morning Joe joke was good

and Tweety looks awful.

[malaise]

89. Brilliant

So far up Trump's ass that we can see Christie

[JohnnyRingo]

90. Larry Wilmore bombed

True, it was a tough act to follow, but he's got nothing but insult comedy. The only thing he's left out is calling someone a hockey puck.

It's good to poke at someone, but he's falling short on the punchlines. In several jokes there was no punch line at all, just a comment that CNN or someone sucks.

[malaise]

92. I thought some of Larry's lines were great

Remember there was also a big audience outside of that room.
Some of them in the room needed to hear some truths.

[kwassa]

93. He didn't bomb. His jokes were too true.

which, in a way, made them less immediately funny. He wasn't wrong, though.

[JohnnyRingo]

95. Difference between stand up and a lecture

A lecture can have funny lines, but stand up has to hit every line. I refer back to Willmore's opening act.

I didn't say he didn't make some good points, I was just expecting humor. He's funnier on his own show.

[Kittycat]

97. I thought it was uncomfortably marvelous!

Not a comfy seat anywhere. Especially for the zodiac killer.