“It’s one thing to gather for events like this in Washington. It‘s another one to laugh and applaud and be charmed when the president puts on a little show. It‘s harmless stuff, except that the people yucking it up in that scene are the people who are professionally committed to calling it when the people in power get it wrong.”
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Chris Matthews, after watching footage of Bush clowning around at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner.