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[Hiawatha Pete]

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[RainCaster]

1. For (apparently) being addle minded...

Dark Brandon can sure read a room quickly and respond.

[Hiawatha Pete]

2. +1000. "Sleepy" schooled PeePee like it was second nature.

Dark Brandon is kicking ass & taking names.

[sheshe2]

3. Gottcha!

Dayum he is good.

[Hiawatha Pete]

4. +1000. And Pres Joe Biden is always welcome here in Canada as far as most Canadians are concerned:

Link to tweet

[sheshe2]

5. Thanks for your thread, Pete!

[Hiawatha Pete]

6. No problem!

[Hekate]

7. Kick!

[dchill]

8. Serious own!

[republianmushroom]

9. I like it

[erronis]

10. In my memory (back to Truman), only Biden and Obama have the ability to do a quick

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]

14. Clinton had the knack as well

[erronis]

22. I can't disagree. But I think the short zingers are so effective, and I don't remember Clinton's

being short....

[MyOwnPeace]

17. JFK was quite good also!

[rurallib]

20. JFK was the best

[MyOwnPeace]

25. Well, he may have pre-planned it.......

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]

27. here is a short (4 minute) clip of some press conference moments

I remember getting home as quick as I could to watch the pressers cause they often contained some good laughs:

[MyOwnPeace]

33. Great stuff indeed!

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]

34. Always wondered what happened to Meader

When JFK died he sort of (understandably) disappeared

[halfulglas]

35. I had that album (vinyl) for many many years.

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]

23. It's just too bad that we didn't have enough time with him!

[LisaM]

19. Yeah Clinton was excellent at it.

He had the ability to seemingly enjoy being heckled.

[irisblue]

11. Who is PeePee? Apricothellbeast or a Canadian pol? TY

[Hiawatha Pete]

12. It's there in my OP:

(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]

15. When I saw it in the thread title,

I immediately thought Trump. Ya know, it's pretty bad for Trump when someone says PeePee and his name comes to mind.

[MyOwnPeace]

18. HA! Me too!!!!!!

[Seinan Sensei]

26. The confusion is understandable

... especially when you know the difference between a Chickpea vs. a Garbanzo Bean

[irisblue]

16. I totally missed his name

[True Dough]

21. Pierre Poilievre -- Conservative leader of the opposition

He'd fit right in with the ReThugs!

[Trueblue1968]

13. those stupid old men who wouldn't clap for the women ...... CUT OFF THEIR "YOU KNOW WHATS" !!!!!!!!

NOT REALLY but they are horrible people

[erronis]

24. People like these old men shouldn't be allowed to have children. Why do some women

accept them as reasonable partners to father a child?

[Cha]

31. Excellent & Heartwarming, TY!

[Hiawatha Pete]

32. No problem!