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The recent White House Correspondents’ dinner made me sick to my stomach

May 3, 2016, 4:27 PM

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President Barack Obama smiles while making a joke during his speech at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Saturday at the Washington Hilton. (AP)

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Have you watched the media waxing rhapsodic about Obama’s final performance at the White House Correspondents’ dinner? Wasn’t it wonderful to see Obama doing a skit with John Boehner, both of them walking through the White House wearing sunglasses?

I didn’t watch one second of that junk. The entire affair makes me physically sick.

There was a time when the White House Correspondents’ dinner was really useful.  This was a time when journalists were tough on politicians and politicians were tough on journalists. It used to be a sort of uncomfortable gathering where people, who played their roles separately in D.C., took a night off from their adversarial relationship and became just regular folks.

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But there should always be an adversarial relationship between the press and politicians. There should never be a “closeness” between the press and the people they cover. They shouldn’t be comfortable around each other.

But now D.C. is a town built around favors and egos. So something that was once useful, to take a break and show that we are all just Americans, has become an awards dinner. And the award is the “Narci;” an award given to narcissists by narcissists.

I prefer times past when there was a dignity in the Presidency; a time when I could disagree fundamentally with the President but still have respect for the dignity the person brings to the office.

But I have less and less respect for the man that has held the office this last 7 years. And the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this past weekend made me sick to my stomach.

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The recent White House Correspondents’ dinner made me sick to my stomach