Bush Laughs at Us, Not with Us. Again.

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"On Saturday night, George W. Bush showed once again that his sense of humor, and not his dull eyes, provides a window into his soul. It provides Americans with rare, fleeting glimpses into the dark and twisted character of a man who views with disdain the citizens he was elected to serve. If Presidents Kennedy and Reagan turned to self-deprecating humor to charm the press and disarm critics, in Bush's hands the joke is both a weapon to attack enemies and a shield to fend off accountability. His appearance this weekend at the Gridiron Club was no exception.

At the supposedly off-the-record event, President Bush turned to parody to again make light of the fiascos, scandals and duplicity that are synonymous with his tenure in the White House. Singing to the tune of "The Green Green Grass of Home," Bush laughed off many of the low-points of his presidency.

In addition to throwing Harriet Miers and Michael Brown under the bus ("like the fuss you made over Harriet and Brownie"), Bush guffawed about the crimes of Scooter Libby and the outing of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame:

Here comes Scooter;
Finally free of the prosecutor.

Even MSNBC'S Chris Matthews, who has repeatedly referred to President Bush and his team as "good guys," was put off. "Nothing funny about a war fought for bad intelligence," he said, "and a top aide, Scooter Libby, who committed perjury and obstruction of justice to cover it up."

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Daily Kos isn't exactly a shining beacon of bipartisanship, dear nhboy. Beware, your bias is showing.

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Originally Posted by nhboy

"On Saturday night, George W. Bush showed once again that his sense of humor, and not his dull eyes, provides a window into his soul. It provides Americans with rare, fleeting glimpses into the dark and twisted character of a man who views with disdain the citizens he was elected to serve. If Presidents Kennedy and Reagan turned to self-deprecating humor to charm the press and disarm critics, in Bush's hands the joke is both a weapon to attack enemies and a shield to fend off accountability. His appearance this weekend at the Gridiron Club was no exception.

At the supposedly off-the-record event, President Bush turned to parody to again make light of the fiascos, scandals and duplicity that are synonymous with his tenure in the White House. Singing to the tune of "The Green Green Grass of Home," Bush laughed off many of the low-points of his presidency.

In addition to throwing Harriet Miers and Michael Brown under the bus ("like the fuss you made over Harriet and Brownie"), Bush guffawed about the crimes of Scooter Libby and the outing of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame:

Here comes Scooter;
Finally free of the prosecutor.

Even MSNBC'S Chris Matthews, who has repeatedly referred to President Bush and his team as "good guys," was put off. "Nothing funny about a war fought for bad intelligence," he said, "and a top aide, Scooter Libby, who committed perjury and obstruction of justice to cover it up."

Daily Kos: State of the Nation

Keep up. This is old news - it took place last weekend!

It's great that the president can laugh at himself & his administration. It's the 6th time Bush has attended, too.Too bad Chrissy Matthews doesn't have a sense of humor. Come to think of it, I didn't see Bill Clinton doing any Lewinsky/Cigar jokes at the Gridiron dinners.

Here's a few of Bush's one-liners from 2005 - they were funny then & are still funny today :

Bush Laughs It Up at Gridiron Dinner

"We have to fix it or Rumsfeld may never retire." —President Bush, on Social Security

"Dick, maybe you can point them out to me.'' —President Bush to Vice President Cheney, noting the new Cabinet members in the audience

"When he woke up he was surrounded by loved ones" — his wife, his daughter and ... "my dad." —President Bush, on former President Clinton's recuperation from surgery"