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To: bentway who wrote (453022)	2/1/2009 12:02:21 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1573435

Robert E. Lee would be 'very confused,' Obama jokes 07:56 AMYahoo! BuzzShare DiggNewsvineRedditFacebookE-mailSavePrint162 Comments 11 Recommend The nation's first African-American president attended his first Alfalfa Club Dinner as commander in chief last night, and Barack Obama got into the spirit of the evening with jokes aimed at the dinner itself, his famously profane chief of staff and even himself. According to the White House, among the jokes the president told were: • "I am seriously glad to be here tonight at the annual Alfalfa dinner. I know that many you are aware that this dinner began almost one hundred years ago as a way to celebrate the birthday of General Robert E. Lee. If he were here with us tonight, the general would be 202 years old. And very confused." • "Now, this hasn't been reported yet, but it was actually Rahm's idea to do the swearing-in ceremony again. Of course, for Rahm, every day is a swearing-in ceremony." "But don't believe what you read. Rahm Emanuel (Obama's chief of staff) is a real sweetheart. "No, it's true. Every week the guy takes a little time away to give back to the community. Just last week he was at a local school, teaching profanity to poor children." • "But these are the kind of negotiations you have to deal with as president. In just the first few weeks, I've had to engage in some of the toughest diplomacy of my life. And that was just to keep my BlackBerry. "I finally agreed to limit the number of people who could e-mail me. It's a very exclusive list. How exclusive? "Everyone look at the person sitting on your left. Now look at the person sitting on your right. None of you have my e-mail address." As the Associated Press notes, among the others in attendance at the Capitol Hilton in Washington were 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, a senator from Arizona, and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. The dinner is supposed to be off-the-record, but reports of what was said always leak out. Politico reports that: Looking to Joe Lieberman, the Democrat-turned-independent-turned McCain supporter, Obama told the Connecticut senator he had no hard feelings. The door is always open, Obama assured Lieberman, who observes the Sabbath, so feel to drop by -- any Saturday afternoon. To Palin, Obama expressed surprise to see her with such members of the Washington elite she railed against during the campaign. Or, as he termed it in language Palin is familiar with, "palling around with this crew." The Washington Post says that Lieberman, who also spoke, "noted that former vice president Richard B. Cheney injured himself while moving into his new home, according to a source inside the dinner. 'I had no idea waterboards were so heavy,' Lieberman quipped." And, the Post reports: The incoming club president, Sen. Christopher S. Bond, R-Mo. reminded guests that a newspaper recently published a list of the 25 people most responsible for the global economic meltdown. "You know who you are," he said, according to the source. "And it's good to see you here tonight."

To: bentway who wrote (453022)	2/1/2009 2:33:48 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573435

Even Fred Malek, a longtime GOP fundraiser and John McCain’s campaign co-chairman, and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made sure to make their way over to greet the president. Such a scene is out of character at the Alfafa, but then for a club originally founded to celebrate the birthday of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, the mere presence of a black president made for a different kind of evening. Of course, its a birthday for Rob. E. Lee. How else could Sarah Palin gotten in? But Change has come to Washington, and the Alfalfas may not carry the swat they once did—something Obama wasn’t shy about good-naturedly pointing out. “In just the first few weeks, I’ve had to engage in some of the toughest diplomacy of my life,” he said. “And that was just to keep my BlackBerry. I finally agreed to limit the number of people who could e-mail me. It’s a very exclusive list. How exclusive? Everyone look at the person sitting on your left. Now look at the person sitting on your right. None of you have my e-mail address.” Ouch!