Michelle understands this, and Nancy Reagans speechwritwer even wrote the material!
Michelle Malkin rocks!
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Most of Mrs. Bush's humor at the correspondents' dinner was just right: Edgy but not over the edge. But I think the stripper and horse jokes were totally beneath her.
Just put it to the other-shoe test: If it were Teresa Heinz Kerry standing up on the dais telling the same jokes, the conservative commentariat would be buzzing for the rest of the year about what a tasteless skank she is.
"Lighten up?" How about cleaning up? The First Lady resorting to cheap horse masturbation jokes is not much better than Whoopi Goldberg trafficking in dumb puns on the Bush family name. Unlike many Beltway and Manhattan commentators, I do not think the Wonkette-ization of the White House is a good thing.
There is a difference telling an Aggie joke at a late Saturday night roast banquet that is supposedly 'off the record' and saying the same thing at a regular social function.
Aggie jokes can be told anywhere.......