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18. They need someone with:

Sat Feb 25, 2017, 07:42 PM

Feb 2017

Wit
Self-deprecating humour
Lightening reflexes
An extensive vocabulary
Impeccable timing....

Invite Obama.

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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

... 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