Posts Tagged ‘Speech’

‘Fuck You,’ Obama Says In Hilarious Correspondents’ Dinner Speech

WASHINGTON—President Obama left attendees of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in stitches Saturday night after delivering a hilarious speech repeatedly telling the entire room to “fuck off.” “No, seriously, … The Onion Tweet This Post

Obama’s Amazing Speech (and Why You Probably Missed It)

After quoting Marx (“Groucho, not Karl”) to squeeze one last laugh out of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, President Obama abruptly stopped joking. Hundreds of politicians, celebrities, journalists, and corporate sponsors fell silent as he dropped a 607-word morality bomb: “We can do better,” Obama told the elites. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News [...]

The Speech Clinton Never Gave

Two weeks after Boston bombings, President Obama will have to walk a line between heartfelt and funny at this weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Former Clinton speechwriter Mark Katz writes in the Daily Beast about how the the Oklahoma City Federal Building tragedy kept President Clinton from delivering a very funny speech. Tweet This Post

Clinton to Give Her First Paid Speech

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will deliver her first paid speech since leaving office last month in late April, CNN reports. Tweet This Post

Petraeus making 1st speech since leaving CIA

LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Petraeus was greeted with applause and a standing ovation as he gave his first public speech after his resignation as head of the CIA following the disclosure of an extramarital affair. Tweet This Post

Palestinians, Israelis Come Together To Mock Obama’s Hopelessly Naive Speech

JERUSALEM—Coming together for the first time in generations, Palestinian and Israeli citizens were reportedly seen gathered at the West Bank today mocking President Obama’s hopelessly naive speech proposing the possibility of a two-state solut… The Onion Tweet This Post

Palin calls Obama a liar in speech to conservative activists

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, called President Barack Obama a liar and urged her party to stand by conservative values, rousing the crowd at a conservative conference on Saturday. "Barack Obama promised the most transparent administration ever. Barack Obama, you lie," the former Alaska governor said in an address [...]

Paul Ryan’s CPAC Speech: Too Busy to Talk 2016

Paul Ryan sounded a lot more like a busy House Budget Committee chairman and a loyal lieutenant to House Speaker John Boehner than a Republican gaming out a presidential campaign in 2016, based on his speech Friday morning at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Palin calls Obama a liar in speech to conservative activists

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, called President Barack Obama a liar and urged her party to stand by conservative values, rousing the crowd at a conservative conference on Saturday. "Barack Obama promised the most transparent administration ever. Barack Obama, you lie," the former Alaska governor said in an address [...]