Posted on 02/21/2020 6:00:23 AM PST by Kaslin
Washington journalists are rejoicing that celebrity glitz and glamour are returning with their self-celebrating soiree, the White House correspondents' dinner. They announced that longtime "Saturday Night Live" player Kenan Thompson will host the April event, and Muslim comedian Hasan Minhaj will perform the Republican-bashing "comedy" routine.
"The dinner has a serious message, but we also believe it is as important as ever to be able to laugh -- at ourselves, as well as at the people we cover," said White House Correspondents' Association President Jonathan Karl. "I'd argue that humor is more important now than ever."
Liberals cling desperately to humor, "now more than ever," just as The New York Times advertises by saying, "The truth is more important now than ever."
The biggest joke of this dinner is Karl's claim that it is "a nonpartisan event." Just look at the last three presidents. Leftists like Stephen Colbert famously roasted President George W. Bush. But when Barack Obama became president, a series of comedians oozed their appreciation of the Almighty Barack, spelunking to the all-time low of Larry Wilmore, who proclaimed in 2016: "Yo, Barry. You did it, my n----!"
The "nonpartisan" newscasts on ABC, CBS and NBC covered that event with 35 sound bites that celebrated Obama's comedy routine and touted him as "the funniest president of all time," compared with only two sound bites from Wilmore. One clip was a supine tribute to Obama, not even a joke.
Minhaj was hired for this gig in 2017, so we know Karl must be joking that this man is going to attempt to be nonpartisan. Back then, the association's president, Jeff Mason of Reuters, claimed it would be unfair "to roast President Trump in absentia." But it was inevitable.
Minhaj dribbled out lame jokes about President Donald Trump's aides who were not in attendance including "Nazi Steve Bannon" and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who was "busy curating her collection of children's tears." Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions was busy with a "pre-Civil-War reenactment." Minhaj joked that Sessions said no to attending, and that "no" is "his second favorite N-word."
Minhaj compared Trump to amoral, sadistic, inbred King Joffrey of "Game of Thrones" and joked: "The leader of our country is not here, and that's because he lives in Moscow. ... As for the other guy, I think he's in Pennsylvania because he can't take a joke."
Then Minhaj mocked the media for criticizing Trump's golfing habits, since any distraction prevents war with North Korea. He suggested that the headline should read, "Trump Golfing. Apocalypse Delayed. Take the W."
Minhaj goaded the press to stay tough: "We are living in the golden age of lying ... and Donald Trump is liar in chief! And remember you guys are public enemy No. 1. You are his biggest enemy. Journalists, ISIS, normal-length ties. And somehow, you're the bad guys. That's why you have to keep your foot on the gas."
It will be like a funeral.
A Commie hate-fest for treasonous Derpers. How original.
DC Chapter used to post some great protests of this event.
“Muslim comedian”
Do what now??
If humor is ‘more important than ever’ now, maybe they should aim the jokes at themselves for once? Oh wait, Leftists really don’t have a sense of humor, do they?
I take great comfort in watching these useless, self-important pieces of S**T go out of business.
“Muslim comedian”
“Good evening, good evening! Welcome to No-drink minimum.
“Tonight we answer the tough questions, like ‘when did you stop beating your wife?’
[shrugs] “Why would I do that?
“But seriously folks....”
“I’d argue that humor is more important now than ever.”
Truth and fairness... Not so much.
Their jokes always sound like “Republicans are stupid”.
It’s not “comedy”. It’s just “insulting”.
The Leftist lapdog media are incapable of laughing at themselves, as Karl suggests they should do. They “laugh,” sneer actually, only at us deplorables (read: real Americans).
The media lies, it's what they do. There is no laughing at comedy, their so called jokes drip with hatred, which is seldom funny. As far as bipartisan, are they also trying to say their reports are not biased? Their lies are provable, they are fake, they are phony, they are hypocrites.
“How many Democrats does it take to count the votes in Iowa?”
“No clue, They are still counting!”
;-)
If they really want comedians at this annual wake, they should invite the writing staff from Mad Magazine. I hear they are all available now.
Correct, it's just a way to stroke the egos of the pretenders who want something to feel like a Hollywood awards show that they would never be invited to.
DC Chapter had a fun time demonstrating outside the White House Correspondent’s dinner. One year, we cheered Ralph Nader, third party candidate who took some votes from the Dem candidate. Ralph smiled when he first saw us from a distance, but changed his face quickly when he got close enough to read our signs and hear us thanking him for helping to elect a Republican.
Just have to be sure that we import the waiters and cooks from Wuhan.
These two goofs are “celebrity glitz and glamour”? No wonder they call it the “Nerd Prom”.
“”The dinner has a serious message””
Can’t imagine what that would be..
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