But... in the end, it's all just one big joke among buds, right?

[Montauk6]

(EXCERPT FROM AP's "Cheney Roasted at Gridiron Club Dinner ")


"Lynne, I think you're doing a heck of a job. Although I have to say you dropped the ball big time on that Dubai deal," he said, in a joke about the controversial ports deal.

Lynne Cheney was the Republican speaker and opened by saying that because she came late in the program "the hunting jokes have been used."

The Democratic speaker was Illinois Sen. Barack Obama who sang a parody, "If I Only Had McCain."

His song alluded to a recent spat with Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) over ethics reform. Obama was the lead Democrat on the issue, which has been a signature cause of the Arizona Republican.

Full story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060312/ap_on_el_ge/gridiron;_ylt=AhV_02JXPAGVlt7inMyI7JNh24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM-

[valerief]

1. They're all donkeyholes

[Montauk6]

3. And why Obama? Geez!

BTW, before anyone says 'hey, lighten up,' remember all the flack Bill & Hillary caught for doing that health insurance skit during Clinton I?

[valerief]

4. I still can't get the image of Bush looking under tables for WMD

out of my head

[Montauk6]

5. Or him with that leering glint in his eye telling a room full of tycoons

"you're my base."

But, of course, Michael Moore, that compulsive liberal liar, totally fabricated that footage as the freepers would tell it.

[goclark]

2. Laughing while Amerika drowns nt

Nothing is funny and they need to cut the comedy.

[Theres-a]

6. Vomitous

"By the way, when Dick first heard my approval rating was 38 percent, he said, 'What's your secret?'," joked Bush