Vids Of The Day -- Decency

 

We already posted a quote from last night's White House Correspondents' Association dinner (a.k.a., "nerd prom"), but we wanted to share two clips of emcee Colin Jost of SNL that also spoke truth to the assembled "journalists."  Worth a look:

 

Jost: The Republican candidate for president owes half a billion in fines for bank fraud and is currently spending his days farting himself awake during a porn star hush money trial and the race is tied? The race is tied. Nothing makes sense anymore. pic.twitter.com/59FRR2Hc3S

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 28, 2024

 

Colin Jost: "My grandpa voted for decency and decency is why we're all here tonight. Decency is how we're able to be here tonight. Decency is how we're able to make jokes about each other and one of us doesn't go to prison after..."#WHCA #WHCD #nerdprom pic.twitter.com/ti5bTkHQP7

— CSPAN (@cspan) April 28, 2024

 

QOTD -- Deaf Ears?

 

"... I'm sincerely not asking you to take sides. I'm asking you to rise up to the seriousness of the moment. Move past the horse race numbers and the gotcha moments and the distractions, the sideshows that have come to dominate and sensationalize our politics, and focus on what's actually at stake..." -- President Biden at last night's White House Correspondents' Association dinner, admonishing our puerile media to recognize what's at stake in this election, even more so than it was in 2020 -- the preservation of our democracy.  Sadly, this likely fell on hundreds of deaf ears in the audience.  If you Google the dinner, you'll find the predominant top line coverage is of the President's "zingers" in describing the Malignant Loser, and of the pro- Palestinian protests outside the dinner venue.  Sic transit gloria, America.