Presidential candidate Mitt Romney skewered his Mormon religion, Utah and the Republican Party this weekend -- but everyone came out laughing.
The former Massachusetts governor played comedian Saturday at the 122nd Gridiron Club dinner, America's longest running dinner party that seeks to poke fun at politicians and the media.
Some of Romney's best lines:
Many people think Mormons are square, but Harry Reid and Orrin Hatch are Mormons and Romney recently joined them for a night on the town.
He'd love to talk about it, but "what happens in Disneyland, stays in Disneyland."
It's tough being a Republican in Democrat-dominated Massachusetts, Romney said, it's ""ike being a Mormon in a room full of alcoholics. Like here."
Romney spent some time in Utah running the 2002 Winter Olympics. Utah teaches abstinence education like many other states, but unlike other states, Utah doesn't do it because the state fears kids will get pregnant. They do it because they believe "sex could lead to dancing."
Taking on a competitor, Romney brought up the point that Rudy Giuliani has been pictured in drag with Donald Trump. It's not Rudy's three wives that will be a problem, Romney quipped, but his "one husband."
I heard a run-down of Romney's jokes during a reprise on Sunday, but the Chicago Tribune's Mark Silva went to the actual dinner and reports that Romney's musical show "claimed the prize for professional politician with the most to lose, uh, offer." Romney brought out a couple banjo players and sang, "Friends in Low Places."
"When the polls are down, Karl Rove chases our blues away, says we'll be OK."
"Giuliani's all wrong," he sang. "He's been pro-choice too long. I know, because I've been there before. . . . It won't go to Barack. . . Clinton's made it a lock." But: "It's not the Dems' hour . . . . We've got staying power."
If this president thing doesn't work out, maybe Romney could take his show on the road.
-- Thomas Burr
The former Massachusetts governor played comedian Saturday at the 122nd Gridiron Club dinner, America's longest running dinner party that seeks to poke fun at politicians and the media.
Some of Romney's best lines:
Many people think Mormons are square, but Harry Reid and Orrin Hatch are Mormons and Romney recently joined them for a night on the town.
He'd love to talk about it, but "what happens in Disneyland, stays in Disneyland."
It's tough being a Republican in Democrat-dominated Massachusetts, Romney said, it's ""ike being a Mormon in a room full of alcoholics. Like here."
Romney spent some time in Utah running the 2002 Winter Olympics. Utah teaches abstinence education like many other states, but unlike other states, Utah doesn't do it because the state fears kids will get pregnant. They do it because they believe "sex could lead to dancing."
Taking on a competitor, Romney brought up the point that Rudy Giuliani has been pictured in drag with Donald Trump. It's not Rudy's three wives that will be a problem, Romney quipped, but his "one husband."
I heard a run-down of Romney's jokes during a reprise on Sunday, but the Chicago Tribune's Mark Silva went to the actual dinner and reports that Romney's musical show "claimed the prize for professional politician with the most to lose, uh, offer." Romney brought out a couple banjo players and sang, "Friends in Low Places."
"When the polls are down, Karl Rove chases our blues away, says we'll be OK."
"Giuliani's all wrong," he sang. "He's been pro-choice too long. I know, because I've been there before. . . . It won't go to Barack. . . Clinton's made it a lock." But: "It's not the Dems' hour . . . . We've got staying power."
If this president thing doesn't work out, maybe Romney could take his show on the road.
-- Thomas Burr
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