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Biden Gives, Gets at Joke-Filled Event

President uses age as a punchline about himself, Trump to Gridiron Club

(Newser) - President Biden kidded on the square about issues including age—his and Donald Trump's—in a jokey address to the Gridiron Club on Saturday night. The yearly, $400-a-plate dinner for Washington politicos and reporters included speeches from others, as well, who zinged the president in their turns. One was...

Pence's Buttigieg Jokes Don't Amuse White House

Biden aide calls for apology over 'maternity leave' and postpartum depression remarks

(Newser) - President Biden's press secretary said Monday that former Vice President Mike Pence owes a round of apologies for jokes he made about Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, which the White House called homophobic. Pence made the remarks in his speech Saturday night at journalists' yearly Gridiron dinner in Washington, the...

COVID Count After DC Event Reaches 67

Third Cabinet member has tested positive

(Newser) - A week after 630 guests sat down for the annual Gridiron dinner in Washington, the coronavirus case count among attendees is still climbing. Organizers said Saturday night that 67 people have tested positive for the virus, the Washington Post reports. The count now includes Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the third...

Trump Pals Around With the Media
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Mar 4, 2018 6:00 AM CST

Trump Pals Around With the Media

Something of a truce for the night as president attends his first Gridiron Dinner, drops one-liners

(Newser) - President Trump engaged in a good-natured duel of one-liners with political rivals and the press at the annual Gridiron Dinner, reports the AP , largely putting aside his ongoing criticism of the media Saturday night. "Nobody does self-deprecating humor better than I do. It's not even close," said...

Obama: Sorry, Joe Biden Is 'Too Young to Be Pope'

Riffs on Woodward, sequester at Gridiron

(Newser) - President Obama put in his second appearance of his presidency at the Gridiron Club last night, lamenting the not-so-funny consequences of the sequester, his vice president, his administration's weird tiff with Bob Woodward, and more. Highlights, as per Politico , CNN , and the AP :
  • On the Woodward ruckus: "Now
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Obama Gridiron Dinner: President Yuks It Up, Mitch Daniels Parries
 Obama Yuks It Up at Gridiron 
Mar 13, 2011 8:40 AM CDT

Obama Yuks It Up at Gridiron

And Mitch Daniels has some fun with the president

(Newser) - The Boss' hit "Born in the USA" greeted President Obama as he took the stage for the first Gridiron Dinner of his presidency, and the jokes went on from there, reports Politico . A rundown of the highlights (or lowlights) of the posh annual media dinner:
  • On Haley Barbour's heft:
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Palin: If I'd Won, Biden Would Be Going Rogaine
 Palin: If I'd Won, 
 Biden Would Be 
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GRIDIRON CLUB DINNER
Dec 6, 2009 7:55 AM CST

Palin: If I'd Won, Biden Would Be Going Rogaine

Would-be veep cracks on herself at journalists' dinner

(Newser) - Sarah Palin poked fun at herself in a speech to the Gridiron Club last night, drawing laughter when she announced she "came down from my hotel room and I could see the Russian Embassy." Other knee-slappers:
  • The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate joked that she had originally thought
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Palin Will Headline Gridiron Dinner

Former Alaska governor accepts invitation to speak at group's winter dinner

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has accepted an invitation to speak at the Gridiron Club's winter dinner. She'll address the high-profile journalists' group at its Dec. 5 gathering; Rep. Barney Frank is the Democratic speaker. Though Palin is making a series of appearances to promote her book, Going Rogue, the Gridiron dinner is...

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