June 21, 2011

Laughing AT Him, Not WITH Him: Disappearing Laughter at the White House

In “Laughter Is the Best Rebuke” Dafydd notes the same item I did earlier in today's White House press release that the kids who work for Obama let slip through:

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Dafydd then becomes prophetic when writing:

I'm sure the laff line will very swiftly be "corrected" to (Applause), assuming the Obama administration is slightly more attuned to the internet than it is to the functioning and discontents of the economy itself. But until it is, it stands as a witty retort to the fundamental absurdity of his incessant, and increasingly mocked, victory laps around the Oval Orifice.

And now, what do you know? Here's the new and sanitized release:

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Politico notes the change in W.H. flags Drudge-mocked transcript saying that

At 4:04 p.m. on Tuesday, the corrected transcript appeared: Laughter changed to applause, and noted with an asterisk. The White House declined comment on the record.
Politico supplied the following graphic but now even that is gone.

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Ah, the Obama administration: transparent, honest, accurate. A credit to their party.

Posted by Vanderleun at June 21, 2011 7:53 PM
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Perhaps it was neither. Perhaps it was weeping and gnashing of teeth. Sometimes, it's hard to tell the difference with these "people".(cry-laughing, puking)

Posted by: Jewel at June 21, 2011 9:04 PM

If he was speaking at the DNC, I would suppose that they're all in on the joke: they got the sweet sinecure for their friends and relatives and everyone else can sod off. (Laughter).

I mean, their friends and relatives who are living high in Brazil.

Posted by: Joan of Argghh! at June 22, 2011 3:30 AM

Slappy Obama and Shecky Biden. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll go broke.

Posted by: Will Profit at June 22, 2011 7:06 AM

lucky for them, their base is too stupid to notice and too lazy to care

Posted by: RC at June 22, 2011 5:40 PM
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