Kerry, Cruz And Crist Headline 129th Annual Gridiron Dinner

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WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist are the headliners at this weekend's Gridiron dinner, a 129-year-old event that features political leaders and journalists poking fun at each other.

In keeping with Gridiron tradition, all three speakers will be on the receiving end of humor dished out by costumed journalist-members of the Gridiron chorus.

Kerry is subbing for President Barack Obama and Cruz is the Republican speaker, while Republican-turned Democrat Crist is representing his new party.

The evening begins with the annual "speech in the dark" by the club's president, who this year is Clark Hoyt of Bloomberg.

Every president since Grover Cleveland has attended the Gridiron dinner, which was first held in 1885.


http://www.startribune.com/politics/249145811.html

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1. where is President Obama going to be?

he always does wonderful at this

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2. The First Family is in Florida

The President and his family are in Florida for the weekend. I did not know this was going on this weekend. The Vice President and Family are in the Virgin Islands. I am unsure why they would have this dinner with both away for the weekend. Seems to me they could have had it on a weekend both would be in town. Oh well. Should be funny anyway. I do like the fact that everyone laughs at each other. It is actually one of the few times where everyone gets along.