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RainCaster
(12,945 posts)Dark Brandon can sure read a room quickly and respond.
Hiawatha Pete
(2,030 posts)Dark Brandon is kicking ass & taking names.
sheshe2
(92,529 posts)Dayum he is good.
Hiawatha Pete
(2,030 posts)sheshe2
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republianmushroom
(20,288 posts)erronis
(20,248 posts)read and a zinger of a response.
And this isn't rehearsed. Not like tfg's big sharpie notes on a pad of paper.
Bev54
(12,565 posts)erronis
(20,248 posts)being short....
MyOwnPeace
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MyOwnPeace
(17,316 posts)but I think it's amazing anyhow!
"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." --"Remarks by President Kennedy at a Dinner Honoring Nobel Prize Winners of the Western Hemisphere (161)," April 29, 1962.
rurallib
(63,826 posts)I remember getting home as quick as I could to watch the pressers cause they often contained some good laughs:
MyOwnPeace
(17,316 posts)Related to one of the questions asked in the video, I remember that one of my early thoughts after the assassination of JFK was that one man's career was finished - that being Vaughn Meader - a marvelous comic who had made it big doing impersonations of JFK.
Here's a piece about that very thing:
https://mobituaries.com/news/the-podcast/season-3/season-2/season-1/jfk-impersonator-vaughn-meader/
And, he, too, was very quick with a 'sharp' answer, as demonstrated in this clip of an actual on-stage appearance:
And finally, a summary of his own 'demise:'
Sad - such great loses - a leader with such great promise - and an entertainer with great talent.

rurallib
(63,826 posts)When JFK died he sort of (understandably) disappeared
halfulglas
(1,654 posts)I apparently lost it in one of my moves. But in the 60s I played it often (and would sometimes cry because of how much he got Kennedy).
erronis
(20,248 posts)LisaM
(29,256 posts)He had the ability to seemingly enjoy being heckled.
irisblue
(35,196 posts)Hiawatha Pete
(2,030 posts)(For reference,
Dean Blundell is a progressive former radio talk show host in Canada.
Pierre Polievere, or #PeePee, is the hard-right 'leader' of the Conservative Party of Canada)
Mr.Bill
(24,906 posts)I immediately thought Trump. Ya know, it's pretty bad for Trump when someone says PeePee and his name comes to mind.
MyOwnPeace
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Seinan Sensei
(1,017 posts)... especially when you know the difference between a Chickpea vs. a Garbanzo Bean
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irisblue
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True Dough
(23,394 posts)He'd fit right in with the ReThugs!
Trueblue1968
(18,605 posts)NOT REALLY but they are horrible people
erronis
(20,248 posts)accept them as reasonable partners to father a child?
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