If something feels just a little familiar in all the outrage/counter-outrage/disappointment/soul-searching reaction to comedian Michelle Wolf’s comedy routine at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, there’s a good reason for that. The dinner: The 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinnerThe comedian(s): Seth Meyers was the professional ringer; President Barack Obama did the traditional presidential roasting. But he was just so strung out on OxyContin he missed his flight.” (Predictably, conservatives were outraged by that one, but even White House press secretary Robert Gibbs was unamused. Not only for things, he stands on things, things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. Read more:A bunch of other weird stuff happened at the White House correspondents’ dinner, tooThe harshest jokes from Michelle Wolf’s correspondents’ dinner speechAt the White House correspondents’ dinner, the buzz was reduced to a snore — until Michelle Wolf showed up

Source: Washington Post April 30, 2018 19:52 UTC