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Obama mocks Romney, Secret Service at correspondents' dinner
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Published: 29.04.12, 11:42
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1. Poor taste to mock those prepared to take the bullet for him
PETER SM ,   MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA   (04.29.12)
Not very good for their morale either.
2. Interesting
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.29.12)
"I had a lot more material prepared, but I have to get the Secret Service home in time for their new curfew" So, Obama thinks that cavorting with prostitutes while supposedly on duty is a suitable subject for "humor." Interesting. Take away his Secret Service contingent. Let's see how funny he finds it then.
3. to sarah b
g ,   jerusalem   (04.29.12)
they weren't on duty. obama wasn't even in the country yet. they had to get there a few days earlier. i thought the joke was hilarious. it's the correspondent's dinner. lighten up.
4. Jimmy Kimmel was so funny!
Lisa ,   Ca, USA   (04.29.12)
expecially when said there is only one way to have peace is to focus on what they have in common, which a mutual love of Falafel and terrible dance music. bunch of yahoos and netanyahus for war with iran
5. Obama won't mock Israelis next correspondents' dinner party
lol   (04.29.12)
6. So, next year,
Bad Assed Jew ,   United States   (04.29.12)
will President Romney top the charts a at this same dinner? Obama will lose the election, ( with G-ds help) and we'll be paying for his obscene overspending for eons.
7. #1 Peter You're right!
Bad Assed Jew ,   United States   (04.29.12)
However, one must think what would have happened ( or not ) if one CIA agent wasn't a 'cheap charlie" and had paid for her services instead of making an international embarrassment of the entire agency for a few bux?
8. THEY WERE ON DUTY!!!!
Bad Assed Jew ,   United States   (04.29.12)
They are living off the American tax payers dollars, we neither agreed to this expenditure nor were we asked, it's in effect, theft of OUR dollars!!!! These agents, all agents of America are on duty each minute they represent America on our land or others. They are paid to act professionally not like college kids on spring break, these men also jeopardize their wives health, only heaven knows what sort of diseases they may contract.
9. @ 8
Dudette ,   United States   (04.29.12)
"represent America on our land or others" How many land of others .... most of the people of the United States love the correspondents' dinner and some "individuals" who don't like, oh, too bad or too bad assed jew as you call your self
10. What a miserable bunch....
Robert ,   Australia   (04.29.12)
....of miscreants. You people should develop a sense of humour.
11. consorting with the high society ladies,
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (04.29.12)
one of those ladies, claims that a soldier of obama promised her $ 800 for her services,but paid her only $ 30, as a champion of justice,will Mr Obama pay the balance to the defrauded lady ?.
12. #1. Obama never belonged in the White House.
Chaim ,   Israel   (04.29.12)
#1. Obama was in very poor taste to mock the Secret Service, as you note. This is a microscopic glimpse of the disgrace of the Obama presidency. Obama never belonged in the White House in the first place. Never has America been governed by a less accomplished and suitable individual. Hopefully, Americans will rectify this disgusting situation in November.
13. Robert # 10
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (04.29.12)
If only Hitler had cracked a few jokes you could have appreciated him too. It's just that we aren't used to seeing a Moslem with a sense of humor and the fact that he is a worse president than Jimmy Carter was makes his jokes hard to swallow.
14. #12 Absolutely wrong
Kelly P. ,   --   (04.29.12)
...it's a tradition as this dinner to make fun of each other. How unsurprising that the most moronic posters here have no sense of humor.
15. #14 Kelly. Since the moronic white jacket fits...wear it.
Chaim ,   Israel   (04.29.12)
#12. Kelly, according to your own reasoning, you have no sense of humor either. On top of being totally out to lunch on Obama's mockery of the Secret Service. It is one thing to poke fun at the political opposition. It is another thing to mock those working stiffs who are prepared to take a bullet for you. Since the moronic white jacket fits, Kelly...wear it.
16. This is such a funny video, it should be watched online for
Rivkah   (04.29.12)
sure.
17. To: No. 3
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.29.12)
They were on duty. Get your facts straight. But go ahead and laugh yourself silly nonetheless. You've pretty much proven yourself to be an intellectual lightweight.
18. No coments about his overthrow of Congress
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (04.29.12)
He stole $192 million from the US taxpayers and gave it to terrorists this week even though the House of Representatives forbid that exact action in direct violation of the US Constitution. Any other US President would already be facing impeachment proceedings for that exact illegal move.
19. To: No. 14
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.29.12)
"Make fun of each other," did you say? Really? Funnily enough, Romney wasn't there; neither was a spokesman for the Secret Service. This was purely a case of Hussein Obama getting his jollies off against people who were not there to counter. You're the moron, chica. How unsurprising!
20. I am pleased to report ....
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.29.12)
.... that Helen Thomas was not in attendance. She wasn't invited. She would, however, have been the perfect butt (no pun intented) of jokes, however.
21. So SE Sarah B. didn't like it....
Edithann ,   USA   (04.29.12)
As I recall, Helen Thomas was there, but was denied her own own table... I don't think invitatons are necessary, you only have to belong to the organization that covers the WH... and most correspondents that are familiar to all of us do... TATA
22. #20. Helen Thomas; wicked witch of fictional Palestine?
Chaim ,   Israel   (04.29.12)
#20. Fictional Oz was known for it's wicked witch. Perhaps fictional Palestine is also casting for a wicked witch. Could anyone be better for the role than Helen Thomas?
23. #18. Why is nobody standing up to this very dangerous man?
Chaim ,   Israel   (04.29.12)
#18 Gee. You make a very good point. It seems, for some reason, Obama is allowed to break every law. He's allowed to violate the U.S. Constitution at will. He's allowed to tell Russia's president that he'll concede everything to him after the election... Obama is allowed to get away with anything. Laws don't apply to him. America's Constitution doesn't apply to him. Nothing applies to him. This is only one of many very strange things about the Obama presidency. Why is nobody standing up to this very dangerous man?
24. To: No. 21
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.30.12)
Helen Thomas' membership in the National Press Club was revoked after her revolting comments abouts Jews and Israel. She is persona non grata in the legitimate press community in the United States, and most definitely had her White House press credentials unceremoniously revoked. She did not attend the event because she was not invited. If the organizers wished to be kind, they might have given her a small table in the kitchen, but they didn't do that. No journalist of any worth would want to be seen sitting at a table with that old cow, anyway. She's been discredited, and has become something of a national -- and professional -- embarrassment in the world of press correspondents.
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