Clueless review of tonight's dinner from WaPo's Dan Zak: Trump was "the star of the show"

highplainsdem

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Sat Apr-30-11 11:14 PM
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Clueless review of tonight's dinner from WaPo's Dan Zak: Trump was "the star of the show"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-moves-from-serious-to-silly-at-correspondents-dinner/2011/04/30/AF1GYlOF_story.html

White House correspondents� dinner sees a less-serious Obama
By Dan Zak, Saturday, April 30, 10:35 PM

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The president, ever inscrutable, is officially in reelection mode, having spent the past week on matters serious (touring the tornado-ravaged South) and silly (asserting his place of birth). The question, politically, was what version of himself would Obama choose to display at this weird, sensitive time at this weird, ritzy event? Savvy campaigner, ponderous professor, cutting jokester, arrogant taskmaster?

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But the star of the show was off the dais, at Table 98. Business tycoon, potential presidential candidate and birther proponent Donald Trump, invited by this very newspaper, basked in the attention of the leader of the free world and the people who write about him. Trump elicited boos from gawkers and protesters while entering the Washington Hilton, but once inside it was all flashbulbs and glad-handing and laughs.

Obama praised Trump�s executive experience in a backhanded way, by referring to Trump�s TV show, �The Celebrity Apprentice.�

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The room erupted in cathartic cheers. Trump received the ribbing with a closed-mouth smirk.

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Sat Apr-30-11 11:18 PM
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1. How lame and clueless is this guy?

Did he want to downplay the ass-kicking Trump got in order to avoid any accusation that the WaPo had intentionally set him up? Or was he drunk or unconscious through the whole thing?

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CakeGrrl

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Sat Apr-30-11 11:19 PM
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2. He WAS a guest of WaPo, so who else will suck up to him?

:rofl:

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monmouth

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Sat Apr-30-11 11:21 PM
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3. He's probably the idiot that invited him....LOL....n/t

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highplainsdem

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Sun May-01-11 09:46 AM
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11. Or he was told to write a story favorable to Trump, even if it ignored reality.

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fishwax

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Sat Apr-30-11 11:24 PM
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4. "praised Trump's executive experience in a backhanded way"

:spew: :rofl:

That is a rather generous interpretation of it :rofl:

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blondeatlast

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Sat Apr-30-11 11:27 PM
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5. Wait. I wasn't there, apparently the author was. To me, Big Top

looked like he just discovered that his mom was Edith Bunker.

One of us is clearly mistaken. :shrug:

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madamesilverspurs

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Sat Apr-30-11 11:32 PM
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6. "closed mouth smirk" ---- Really?

Edited on Sat Apr-30-11 11:34 PM by madamesilverspurs

He was barely containing his wrath, his face was tight with it. Even his girlfriend was looking concerned. Hell, if he hadn't known about the cameras he'd probably have flipped off both Obama and Meyers and then stormed out of the room. Hope his girlfriend didn't get pounded on afterward.

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Tx4obama

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Sun May-01-11 12:01 AM
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9. That is his wife Melania, they have a 5 year old boy named Barron Trump n/t

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housewolf

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Sat Apr-30-11 11:58 PM
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7. From what I could see via the CSpan cameras, The Donald wasn't "basking" in the limelight

at all. Rather, he was sitting there stone-face and gritting his teeth. He obviously doesn't have a sense of humor about himself.

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blondeatlast

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Sun May-01-11 12:00 AM
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8. Kinda looked like he was hoping against hope to teleport out of the room.

If I were his female companion, I'd be on my way to Mom's tonight.

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TTUBatfan2008

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Sun May-01-11 12:05 AM
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10. He was the star alright...

but only the "court jester" or "village idiot" type of star.

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