I loved it when she cracked a joke about Beacon Hill, then said hey, I’m not running again for quite a while!
Christophersays
The audience seemed rather dead.
sabutaisays
The crowd was heavy on party flacks whose priorities are:
1- re-election
2- post-politics career
3- moving to a political position of doing more of what they want
4- fulfilling the promise of the Democratic Party as written in the platform
So no, it wasn’t her crowd.
harry-lymesays
She was great. The joke about St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland and on to Wall Street was excellent, as was the joke about singing on Beacon Hill usually meaning a grand jury appearance.
Top notch. Down hill after her…although Mayor Menino was funny.
on an absolute scale. Maybe funnier than others at the event, and maybe her jokes would be laugh-out-loud if she had the skills of a stand-up.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Senator Warren’s work in DC. I don’t expect people who excel in public policy and politics to also be comedians. And, well, Elizabeth Warren excels in the former, and not in the latter.
jconwaysays
Its a good opening for this kind of event, and the vast majority of the old time Pols here are not funny.
John Tehan says
I loved it when she cracked a joke about Beacon Hill, then said hey, I’m not running again for quite a while!
Christopher says
The audience seemed rather dead.
sabutai says
The crowd was heavy on party flacks whose priorities are:
1- re-election
2- post-politics career
3- moving to a political position of doing more of what they want
4- fulfilling the promise of the Democratic Party as written in the platform
So no, it wasn’t her crowd.
harry-lyme says
She was great. The joke about St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland and on to Wall Street was excellent, as was the joke about singing on Beacon Hill usually meaning a grand jury appearance.
Top notch. Down hill after her…although Mayor Menino was funny.
jconway says
He is usually quite hilarious.
Jack Mitchell says
I liked the Tim Murray cameo the best.
Jack Mitchell says
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stomv says
on an absolute scale. Maybe funnier than others at the event, and maybe her jokes would be laugh-out-loud if she had the skills of a stand-up.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Senator Warren’s work in DC. I don’t expect people who excel in public policy and politics to also be comedians. And, well, Elizabeth Warren excels in the former, and not in the latter.
jconway says
Its a good opening for this kind of event, and the vast majority of the old time Pols here are not funny.