The word police had a dinner the other night. Usually the president attends. This time he told them to shove it. Why? Because these narcissistic assholes probably had a setup prepared for him. Why would anyone want to be in the same room with a bunch of liars and criminals that are trying to destroy you, and in the process, screw over the American people.
The theme chosen for the dinner clearly vindicated Trump's decision.
To understand the theme's utter hypocrisy, let's review President Barack Obama's eight years in office, which saw unprecedented attacks on basic press freedoms. They included, but were certainly not limited to:
Michelle Malkin Nails the Two-Faced History of the WH Correspondents' Dinner
Thus, despite all the abuse, the WHCA waited until this year to decide that their event prominently needed the following theme — framed by the friendly Washington Post "as a triumphant refocus on what the dinner was always supposed to be about":
To understand the theme's utter hypocrisy, let's review President Barack Obama's eight years in office, which saw unprecedented attacks on basic press freedoms. They included, but were certainly not limited to:
Michelle Malkin Nails the Two-Faced History of the WH Correspondents' Dinner
- More use of the Espionage Act against whistleblowers and reporters "than all previous administrations combined."
- The Justice Department's secret acquisition of call records "for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to AP (the Associated Press) and its journalists in April and May of 2012" (acknowledged in May 2013) involving over 100 reporters' work and personal phone numbers.
- A years-long effort to put then-New York Times reporter James Risen in jail for receiving and reporting leaked information.
- Its Federal Communications Commission's clear desire, which would likely have been carried out had Donald Trump not been elected, "to regulate websites based on political content," and, with the help of the Federal Elections Commission, "to regulate content online."
- Its record denial rate (77 percent as of March 2016) for Freedom of Information Act requests, while, as reported by the Associated Press, setting "a record for times federal employees told citizens, journalists and others that, despite searching, they couldn’t find a single page of files that were requested."
Thus, despite all the abuse, the WHCA waited until this year to decide that their event prominently needed the following theme — framed by the friendly Washington Post "as a triumphant refocus on what the dinner was always supposed to be about":
CELEBRATING THE FIRST AMENDMENT
Does anyone think these jokes are funny?????
Does anyone think these jokes are funny?????