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Some quips from the weekend’s Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, D.C., where the humor and humorists were refreshingly bipartisan.
Second lady Lynne Cheney, on her spouse: “I know he has a great sense of humor. Just the other day I asked him, ‘Do you know how many terrorists it takes to paint a wall?’ and he answered right back, ‘It depends on how hard you throw them.’”
President Bush, on the same topic: “By the way, when Dick first heard my approval rating was 38 percent, he said, ‘What’s your secret?’”
Bush again: “I’m proud that from across the political spectrum Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, came out in opposition to the port deal. I’ve always said I’m a uniter not a divider.”
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., to the vice president: “For years, we Democrats have succeeded in doing little more than shooting ourselves in the foot. You’ve taught us a valuable lesson: aim higher.”
Obama again, on being asked to be the Democratic spokesman on ethics reform: “Turns out, it’s a little like being given the Kryptonite concession at a Superman convention.”
Perhaps of most note to Kansans who’ve lived through the evolution wars, Obama offered this: “You know, the Bush administration’s been a little skeptical about the whole concept of global warming. It’s actually not the warming part they question. It’s the globe. The president was so excited about Tom Friedman’s book ‘The World Is Flat.’ As soon as he saw the title, he said, ‘You see, I was right!’”
Posted by Rhonda Holman