The White House correspondents dinner

[HassleCat]

I saw something on TV today that gave me pause and made me think about how our country has "evolved"over the years. It seems the dinner is such a hot event that wealthy people and celebrities gobble up all the tickets, so actual journalists who cover the administration cannot get in. So it's mostly bullshit, lots of rubbing elbows among the rich and famous, photo ops with celebs, etc.

[doc03]

1. That is on tonight isn't it?

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Tonight at 9 and Larry Wilmore is this year's comedian/speaker

He's always worth watching, very funny and politically savvy.

[doc03]

4. Will watch for sure I like the way Obama made a fool out of the Donald a few years ago

hilarious. He could always get a job as a stand up comedian.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. I know! He stands a good chance of outshining any comedian they invite!

He has a great sense of humor and perfect timing! He sure got Donald Trump and I have a feeling Trump will be on tonight's agenda...

[JimDandy]

2. Sad and so wrong.

That seems to happen with lots of well-intentioned events. There's probably an equation out there that identifies the point in time at which the original mission of an event becomes perverted into something that barely resembles it's mission.

[LiberalArkie]

6. It is nice to see most of our overlords all together in one place.