Some Jokes Aren’t For Everybody
Michelle Malkin on Laura Bush's comedy:
Eh. Perhaps.
Personally I'm still of the opinion that the speech was hilarious. We should keep in mind that Laura wasn't addressing a group of children. She was speaking to a room full of adults at an event that is traditionally a forum for rather candid humor from our nation's leaders. Granted, horse milking jokes don't fit the tastes of everybody, but then what type of joke is ever universally appealing?
Was the routine a bit raunchy? Sure. It certainly casts the decision to exclude Kid Rock from the inauguration celebration in a strange light. But we're all adults here, sometimes we just have to agree to disagree when it comes to taste.
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.
Eh. Perhaps.
Personally I'm still of the opinion that the speech was hilarious. We should keep in mind that Laura wasn't addressing a group of children. She was speaking to a room full of adults at an event that is traditionally a forum for rather candid humor from our nation's leaders. Granted, horse milking jokes don't fit the tastes of everybody, but then what type of joke is ever universally appealing?
Was the routine a bit raunchy? Sure. It certainly casts the decision to exclude Kid Rock from the inauguration celebration in a strange light. But we're all adults here, sometimes we just have to agree to disagree when it comes to taste.
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