A hallmark of the annual dinner is the club’s jokey “nomination” of a VIP guest as its candidate for president — this year, the former Florida governor, whose easy and witty speech had some Republicans in the room misty-eyed about the one who got away.
With two presidents in the family, he said, you got to deal with a lot of bossiness. “If I say, ‘Who put you in charge?,’ Dad says, ‘The American people.’ And George says, ‘The Supreme Court, five to four.’ ”
Musing about the 2012 GOP hopefuls, Jeb went on, “The field was so muddled, at one point my brother was thinking about running again. ‘George,’ I said, ‘The Constitution prohibits you from running again.’ He said, ‘Wow, they put my name in the Constitution?’
These two pics were taken by someone was who actually there at the dinner. That’s pretty remarkable given that the press photographers were not allowed inside there:
That’s John Boehner (I think), some unidentified man, GWB, Bush 41 and Barbara. Obummer was actually at the dinner and in the original pic, but I cut him out in Photoshop so you wouldn’t have to see him! ;)
Great close-up shot of Dubya at the podium where he jokingly nominated Jeb as the Alfalfa party's candidate for President!