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RainCaster
(13,377 posts)Dark Brandon can sure read a room quickly and respond.
Hiawatha Pete
(2,074 posts)Dark Brandon is kicking ass & taking names.
sheshe2
(95,630 posts)Dayum he is good.
Hiawatha Pete
(2,074 posts)sheshe2
(95,630 posts)republianmushroom
(22,122 posts)erronis
(22,526 posts)read and a zinger of a response.
And this isn't rehearsed. Not like tfg's big sharpie notes on a pad of paper.
Bev54
(13,159 posts)erronis
(22,526 posts)being short....
MyOwnPeace
(17,441 posts)MyOwnPeace
(17,441 posts)but I think it's amazing anyhow!
"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." --"Remarks by President Kennedy at a Dinner Honoring Nobel Prize Winners of the Western Hemisphere (161)," April 29, 1962.
rurallib
(64,531 posts)I remember getting home as quick as I could to watch the pressers cause they often contained some good laughs:
MyOwnPeace
(17,441 posts)Related to one of the questions asked in the video, I remember that one of my early thoughts after the assassination of JFK was that one man's career was finished - that being Vaughn Meader - a marvelous comic who had made it big doing impersonations of JFK.
Here's a piece about that very thing:
https://mobituaries.com/news/the-podcast/season-3/season-2/season-1/jfk-impersonator-vaughn-meader/
And, he, too, was very quick with a 'sharp' answer, as demonstrated in this clip of an actual on-stage appearance:
And finally, a summary of his own 'demise:'
Sad - such great loses - a leader with such great promise - and an entertainer with great talent.
rurallib
(64,531 posts)When JFK died he sort of (understandably) disappeared
halfulglas
(1,654 posts)I apparently lost it in one of my moves. But in the 60s I played it often (and would sometimes cry because of how much he got Kennedy).
erronis
(22,526 posts)LisaM
(29,466 posts)He had the ability to seemingly enjoy being heckled.
irisblue
(36,691 posts)Hiawatha Pete
(2,074 posts)(For reference,
Dean Blundell is a progressive former radio talk show host in Canada.
Pierre Polievere, or #PeePee, is the hard-right 'leader' of the Conservative Party of Canada)
Mr.Bill
(24,906 posts)I immediately thought Trump. Ya know, it's pretty bad for Trump when someone says PeePee and his name comes to mind.
MyOwnPeace
(17,441 posts)Response to MyOwnPeace (Reply #18)
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Seinan Sensei
(1,338 posts)... especially when you know the difference between a Chickpea vs. a Garbanzo Bean
Response to Mr.Bill (Reply #15)
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irisblue
(36,691 posts)True Dough
(25,683 posts)He'd fit right in with the ReThugs!
Trueblue1968
(19,059 posts)NOT REALLY but they are horrible people
erronis
(22,526 posts)accept them as reasonable partners to father a child?
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