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Did Michelle Wolf Kill the White House Correspondents Dinner?
the New YorkTimesasked two days laterin what sounded like an accusation of fancy-gala homicide.
The answer, of course, was and remains no.Nothing can killthe White House Correspondents Dinner.
Not Wolfs insistence on calling lying officials liars in front of an esteemed audience at the Washington Hilton.
NotDonald Trumps refusalto attend the event during his entire presidency.
Not thecancellationof the WHCD for two years in a row because of COVID.
The White House Correspondents Dinner cant die.
Thats what makes this nation strong.
Biden got in a few blows at the expense of others as well as himself.
We want everyone to have fun tonight, but yo be safe, Biden cautioned the WHCD attendees.
If you find yourself disoriented or confused, either youre drunk or Marjorie Taylor Greene.
(Wow, Jay Leno just popped into my head for reasons that are surely a coincidence.)
But Biden did well, especially once he let the jokes fly.
But the discomfort only made Woods jokes seem more necessary.
You make a promise to voters, and then you dont do it.
Do you understand how rich you have to be to buy a Supreme Court justice?
A Black one, on top of that.
Theres only two in stock, and Harlan Crow owns half the inventory, Wood said.
People in the room laughed at punch line, as they should have.
The White House Correspondents Dinner may be a flawed attempt to do that.
(One example of its flaws: Theterrible sketch featuring the Property Brothersrenovating the White House press room.)
