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To: joseffy who wrote (7822)	2/7/2014 2:05:02 AM
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The most painful speech ever Even Edwards’ own staff didn’t ride to her defense, declining to comment on the speech. \| AP Photo By RACHAEL BADE \| 2/6/14 politico.com Washingtonians sit through terrible speeches all the time: dry rules hearings, partisan floor lectures and, let’s face it, even the State of the Union some years. So it was a bad day for Rep. Donna Edwards Thursday, when Washingtonians gathered at coffee pots and in lunch rooms across town and deemed her performance at the Washington Press Club Foundation annual dinner Wednesday night the most painful speech we’ve endured in a long time. It was supposed to be a comedy – an annual ritual where a member of Congress entertains a wonky crowd of journalists, lawmakers, and all variety of political insiders with jokes you wouldn’t mind repeating to your mother. But more people were wincing than laughing. “I survived the Donna Edwards #wpcfdinner speech of 2014,” tweeted Mike Memoli, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times who sat through the fiasco. Ed Henry, Fox News chief White House correspondent, retweeted him, and added the hashtag: #isitdoneyet? Edwards’ speech, reportedly written by co-creator of The Daily Show, Lizz Winstead, might have sounded great on paper or in practice sessions in front of a friendly audience, but it came off as a Republican hate-fest sprinkled with the kind of sexual humor that made the buttoned-up crowd squirm – not laugh. It’s a reminder how hard it is to entertain a tough crowd, like one filled with cynical journalists. At one point Edwards, a Democrat from Maryland, made the equivalent of a sexual battle cry to ladies in the room: “Come on, help me y’all: I want to give a really special shout out to Nancy Pelosi and all my sisters in the libido caucus — holla’!” she cried out, raising her hands above her head. Reaction: blank stares and furrowed brows. The next day, some attendees figured out she was mocking a recent speech by Mike Huckabee, who accused Democrats of telling women they’re helpless without “Uncle Sugar” and the government to control their libido with birth control. But it went over most people’s heads in the moment and was one of many cringe-worthy lines that setup mild-mannered Sen. Jeff Flake, a Mormon Republican from Arizona, to seem like a comic genius when he delivered such zingers as an introduction of his spouse as “my only wife, Cheryl.” And if the reviews weren’t bad enough from the strangers in the audience, even Edwards’ own staff didn’t ride to her defense, declining to comment on the speech. Read more: politico.com