But every president since then has come to the gridiron as an honored guest and has spoken. The president unlike a lot of organizations, we give the president the last word of the evening. So in a matter what is said before, how much lampooning going on, the president gets the last word which is a very important attraction. And it is viewed as important enough that theyve all come. Some of them havent come every year. President obama hasnt. Richard nixon didnt come every year. And so i say at the end especially at the end. Or carter. And Ronald Reagan was here every year and his wife performed famously singing secondhand clothes to the tune of secondhand rose and turned her image around. Everybody had her as a big stuffy and standoffish and everybody agrees that america appreciated her more afterwards. And that was one case where motos did photos did leak out somehow, we think through the white house. And president of the Gridiron Club this year, thank you for your insights. And thank
The courses ort entertainment because it was so biting. Because it was so ferocious, they ended up realizing they had to get rid of the off the record that year. People had to write about that. Thats probably the single most surprising event of any dinner. George condon International Dinner historian, thank you very much for being with us. Surely. Coming up, a hearing on Diabetes Research and funding efforts. Medical professionals, diabetes patients testify before the senate aging committee. On thursday president obama will travel to new orleans to meet with residents who rebuilt their lives following Hurricane Katrina 10 years ago. Hell also deliver remarks. Live coverage at 5 00 p. M. Eastern. Ill also take your phone calls. Next, john dickey, the executive Vice President of Cumulus Media talks about the future of radio by examining trends, Digital Technology and changing landscape of political talk shows. His remarks were part of a talkers magazine event in june. [ applause ] that y
Through formal invitation, prodding and cajoling, find people who know the president well and get to them and to put in a good word for you, et cetera. President s, since Grover Cleveland, who was in office when the club was founded, nobody could convince him to come. He didnt get along that well with the media. But does any president . But every president since then has come to the gridiron as an honored guest and has spoken. The president unlike a lot of organizations, we give the president the last word of the evening. So in a matter what is said before, how much lampooning going on, the president gets the last word which is a very important attraction. And it is viewed as important enough that theyve all come. Some of them havent come every year. President obama hasnt. Richard nixon didnt come every year. And so i say at the end especially at the end. Or carter. And Ronald Reagan was here every year and his wife performed famously singing secondhand clothes to the tune of secondhan
They were sort of sparked by a cartoon that was in the dinner program, which looking at that today is a pretty racist cartoon. They got into president roosevelt said im not waiting until 10 30. I want to give a speech now. He gave a speech ripping into senator foraker. He ended up responding. They ended up not serving all the courses ort entertainment because it was so biting. Because it was so ferocious, they ended up realizing they had to get rid of the off the record that year. People had to write about that. Thats probably the single most surprising event of any dinner. George condon International Dinner historian, thank you very much for being with us. Surely. Coming up, a hearing on on thursday president obama will visit new orleans. Hell also deliver remarks, live coverage on cspan gets underway at 5 00 p. M. Eastern. Also take your phone calls. Florence harding once said she had one hobby and that was warren harding. She was adept at handling the media. Despite hardships, scand
I know these guys and its really great to have this space. So what happened on this day . Marilyn monroe gave [inaudible] she put on all this make a. She wiped off the make up as soon as the cam went off. Hows that . Go to their web site. Ive got some people i want you to meet. You are on cspan. The great george condon. This is the situation memory of the white house correspondent. George condon, george e. Condon jr. As i call them on the night of the correspondents dinner. Even bush sort of looked at me. Bush says how long have you known back i . Thats true, thats true. This is their party thing. This is for booktv and for sometimes we go to book parties. I dont know if that helps you sell books are not but people will cancel their candle orders. She is working. She is on a real project. Its a big thing. Those of us in the history business are not controlling it. Theres a movie coming out. I remember it. Do you . You were not born yet. Actually i was one year out of high school. 68. 6