I’m trying to think of important political jokes/satires that both worked, and were timed just right enough to influence the situations they were about.
Only clear example I can think of was John Edwards “I feel pretty” video in 2007, which I think tanked him.
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Remember in like 2015 when Obama roasted Trump at that White House correspondents thing?
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I think that was 2011, and Trump was actually in the room. He had been considering a run in 2012 and making hay with the birther stuff around that time. Some have pointed to that WHCD as "the moment". (aside: The raid to kill bin Laden happened only hours later)
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He doesn't even drink. It must have been unbearable. I don't know why he went to it in the first place
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Well of course he went
What snob would refuse a White House invite


