That's twenty minutes I can't get back. I just sat through the full Michelle Wolf effort at the White House Correspondents Self-Adoration Dinner and wow! I've seen my share of late night comedy monologues so the basic theme of Evil, Stupid Republicans is not exactly a surprising comic twist. But even knowing I would be seeing a howling lefty that was criticized for being harsh and unfunny, I was not ready for this.
Here's a transcript, which does not capture the sense of horror that spread over the room. There were plenty of awkward silences but at a guess (there will be no booth review by me) the nadir was this:
Mike Pence is the kind of guy that brushes his teeth and then drinks orange juice and thinks, “Mmm.” Mike Pence is also very anti-choice. He thinks abortion is murder, which, first of all, don't knock it till you try it. And when you do try it, really knock it. You know, you got to get that baby out of there.
And, yes, sure, you can groan all you want. I know a lot of you are very antiabortion. You know, unless it's the one you got for your secret mistress. It's fun how values can waver. But good for you.
But glancing through the transcript there were plenty of contenders for "Lowest Moment". Actually, spending time with that transcript might be a mistake too. Wolf happened, she was even worse than you imagined, move on.
ERRATA: The president of the WHCA apologizes, feels the hate in Twitter. Even the failing NY Times notes that there is a bipartisan flavor to the criticism.
'Do you have any opinions concerning Greta Van Fleet?'
They played a small club in town a few months back and I was there for the sound check. First I had ever heard of them as I was there for another reason. Props to them for being a touring band - you can't fake being in the pocket. Very talented, but not exactly to my taste. Damned nice kids, though - we talked about instruments and gear for a few minutes after their check.
Posted by: Beasts of England | May 02, 2018 at 09:05 AM
NEW
Posted by: JimNorCal | May 02, 2018 at 10:18 AM
I think that's a reasonable time frame, Tom R. But now I need to go back through the threads and figure out what ORT stands for!
Posted by: Thomas Collins | May 02, 2018 at 11:46 AM
Very talented, but not exactly to my taste. Damned nice kids, though - we talked about instruments and gear for a few minutes after their check.
Posted by: Beasts of England | May 02, 2018 at 09:05 AM
Don't know if you will see this but, very cool.
Posted by: Pinandpuller | May 03, 2018 at 04:36 AM