They should have worn togas

Publicity hounds attending last night’s White House Correspondence Dinner should have worn togas. The Romans, who made public spectacles of throwing Christians to the lions, also made jokes.

The cries of pain from Christians savaged by ravenous lions must have been drowned out by the laughter of the watching audience in the Coliseum. Same attitude, different era. From the fawning mainstream media and Hollywood minus its A-list, a no show because they felt they might be “pawed at” in cages, Obama’s biggest jokes were about ObamaCare and Kenya. According to Britain’s Daily Mail, “The President once again took aim at his critics at the White House Correspondents Dinner last night, with his enemies in the right networks being the butt of most of his jokes.” Here’s Barry, the stand-up comedian on Fox News: “The Koch brothers bought a table here tonight, but as usual they used a shadowy right-wing organization as a front. Hello, Fox News! “Let's face it, Fox, you'll miss me when I'm gone. It'll be harder to convince the American people that Hillary was born in Kenya.”

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Obama likes to create his own minorities, and as the only “rightwing network”, Fox News is one. But some of Fox News members being in attendance must make them proverbial suckers for punishment: “Washington’s A-list on Saturday swarmed the annual Garden Brunch, held in a historic Georgetown home and hosted by Tammy Haddad and a handful of other D.C. power players. (Politico, May 3, 2014) “The event unfolded on a sunny morning and guests sported colorful dresses and suits as they milled around the buffet, spacious porch and several bars.” Fox News’ Bret Baier was included on the list from “the real Washington”. “From the real Washington, senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. The bipartisan affair was also attended by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Republican National Committee communications director Sean #. Big names of journalism also dined at the event including: CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, Fox News’ Bret Baier and MSNBC’s Chris Matthews. (Politico) Rep. Darrell Issa? How low do you go in trying to prove bipartisanship! Far more hideous than funny that the mainstream media, who let Benghazi go down without the light of truth, could gather to slap each other on the backs with platitudes, at this year’s White House Correspondents Dinner. A dinner where Obama, delivering one liners provided by paid copywriters rather than his omnipresent TelePrompter, gave outgoing HHS Kathleen Sebelius a farewell kiss while figuratively giving millions suffering under imposed ObamaCare the one finger kiss-off. With no major American news outlet, aside from the mighty alternative media known as Drudge covering the event, the Brits played up Michelle Obama’s supposed jealousy, warning her to to “look the other way” when Obama was planting a farewell kiss on Sebelius. Supermarket tabloids notwithstanding, it’s not women like Sebelius or Denmark’s Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt of whom Michelle is jealous, but her husband’s out of control, raw power. “During his after-dinner speech, the President joked about rancher Cliven Bundy, hit back at right-wing 'birther' theories, and told Fox they will miss having him as an easy target once his presidency has ended.  (Daily Mail) Hardy-har-har and LOL, Mr. President, you are oh soooo funny! The correspondents dinner, a hold over from the days when life was more civil, has become an annual tradition in the nation’s capitol, right down to its Hollywood red carpet for a black-tie evening of joke cracking and parading celebrity eye candy. “It attracts an array of journalists, government officials, politicians and media personalities, while raising money for college scholarships.” (Daily Mail) The college scholarships will pay for the indoctrination of any awarded them. Obama on rancher Cliven Bundy: “As a general rule, things don’t end well if your sentence starts, ‘Let me tell you something I know about the negro.’ You don’t really need to hear the rest of it.” On Republicans blocking unemployment insurance proposals: I’m beginning to think [Republicans have] got a point. If you want to get paid while not working, you should have to run for Congress just like everybody else.” The same president who sicced the NSA, the IRS, the BLM and a host of other government agencies against his own people, included a few more serious points in his speech, which fell on the same day as World Press Freedom day.  “'As we celebrate a free press tonight, our thoughts are with those in places around the globe who risk their lives for that freedom,' he said.”  After Obama's speech, comic actor Joel McHale, who stars in the NBC series Community, continued the evening's entertainment. 'Washington can use a little good-natured ribbing,' he said. More than “a little good-natured ribbing” what Washington could really use is a total antiseptic scrubbing.