May 03, 2005

John Tierney has written a pretty decent piece about Laura Bush's slightly risqué "skit" at the White House Correspondents' Dinner over the weekend and the "shocked" reaction to it (from some on both the Left and the Right).
Here's the best part:
Laura Bush Talks Naughty

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Mrs. Bush's performance, and her husband's reaction, wasn't a shock to the reporters who cover the White House. For years they have tried to convince their friends outside Washington that Mr. Bush is actually not a close-minded dolt, and Mrs. Bush is no Stepford Wife or Church Lady. Yes, they're Texans who go to church and preach family values, but they're not yahoos or religious zealots.

The coverage of Mrs. Bush's comic debut may change some minds, but for devout Bush-bashers, it's much easier to stay the course. If you live in a blue-state stronghold, a coastal city where you can go 24 hours without meeting any Republicans, it's consoling to think of the red staters as an alien bunch of strait-laced Bible thumpers.

Otherwise, how do you explain why they're Republican? Or answer the question Democrats asked in astonishment when they saw Mr. Bush's vote totals: Who are these people?

Great stuff, really, even if it is in the NYSlimes!
I thought Lady Laura was a scream!
(The idea of Laura, Condi, Lynne Cheney and Karen Hughes running into Ruth Ginsberg and Sandra Day O'Connnor at Chippendale's was too, too funny!)
For what it's worth, Cedric the Entertainer got some good chuckles in there, as well.
Jackson's Junction has the video , as always, here, if you haven't seen it, but I betcha you have although it's worth seeing more than once!