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The Velveteen Ocelot

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9. OK, he gets a pass for missing that one.

Sat Feb 25, 2017, 07:12 PM

Feb 2017

Nobody else does unless they're similarly indisposed. SCROTUS is blowing it off because he hates the media and is afraid he'll be teased again. The dinners started in 1920. According to Wikipedia, some dinners have been cancelled or downsized over the years "due to deaths or political crises. The dinner was cancelled in 1930 due to the death of former president William Howard Taft; in 1942, following the United States' entry into World War II; and in 1951, over what President Harry S. Truman called the "uncertainty of the world situation."" But if the dinner is happening, the president goes to it. As far as I can tell, SCROTUS is the first ever to just decline to show up.

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who was the last president to skip the WH Correspondents Dinner? [View all] boston bean Feb 2017 OP

dunno but im not gonna miss watching this one!!! samnsara Feb 2017 #1

me either. I was going to skip it. This one should be a blast OKNancy Feb 2017 #5

Millard Fillmore? Chasstev365 Feb 2017 #2

Millard didn't go because the dinners didn't start until 1920. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #13

LOL! Good one! Chasstev365 Feb 2017 #19

He's a coward...most bullies are..Insecure and paranoid.. HipChick Feb 2017 #3

I don't know but... C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #4

They should have him play Trump NewJeffCT Feb 2017 #10

Forget Golden Globes or Emmies C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #14

Reagan because he was shot malaise Feb 2017 #6

Reagan in 1981. He was recovering from that assassination attempt. highplainsdem Feb 2017 #7

OK, he gets a pass for missing that one. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #9

Poor baby. Someone might say something mean and people might laugh at him. appleannie1943 Feb 2017 #8

Narcissists and sociopaths can't laugh at themselves. Ever. n/t leftstreet Feb 2017 #11

True... At others yes, themselves no. nt WePurrsevere Feb 2017 #17

no, he is just showing us that HE is in charge. He thinks he will ruin the whole event by putitinD Feb 2017 #16

... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #12

Trump is afraid that... Else You Are Mad Feb 2017 #15

They need someone with: canetoad Feb 2017 #18

The GOP doesn't have anybody like that The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #20

my first thought! irisblue Feb 2017 #25

JFK refused to go until they admitted women. rug Feb 2017 #21

Reagan, 'cause of his being shot. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #22

Al Gore Zambero Feb 2017 #23

George W Bush, I think. Delmette2.0 Feb 2017 #24

Nixon was the last one who chose not to go dflprincess Feb 2017 #26