Alfred E. Smith Dinner: The top 10 quips (VIDEO)
For months, President Obama and Mitt Romney have been trading attacks on the campaign trail. But on Thursday night, they took a break to exchange a few jokes about themselves and each other at the Alfred E. Smith dinner in New York. The Post's Philip ...www.washingtonpost.com
Smith dinner serves up fame ... and unusual companions
It was the society event of the year when a who's who of New York's rich and powerful gathered Thursday to kibbutz with church leaders at the 67th annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. Timothy Cardinal Dolan maintained a holy presence, ...www.nydailynews.com
Tagg Romney 'swing' comment tempered by Al Smith Dinner
The bickering between campaigns was supposed to take a break Thursday night as both candidates address the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a white-tie gala at New York City's Waldorf Astoria Hotel that has been a required stop for ...abclocal.go.com
Al Smith Dinner: Obama, Mitt Romney Trade Zingers During Annual Event
The Al Smith dinner is a glittering affair at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel where New York's high society dined on poached lobster and rack of lamb and contributed $5 million for various children's charities.www.huffingtonpost.com
Obama, Romney roast each other at Alfred E. Smith Dinner
Dressed in white tie at a glittering dinner in midtown Manhattan, the two men delivered speeches at the Alfred E. Smith Dinner, the Catholic Archdiocese of New York's annual charity benefit that every four years hosts the presidential candidates for a ...www.washingtonpost.com
Obama and Romney Attend Al Smith Dinner: "Obama Embraced By Catholics ...
The Alfred Smith charity dinner, held by Catholic charities, has traditionally hosted major party presidential candidates since Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy in 1960.reason.com
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama attend the 67th annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a charity gala organized by the Archdiocese of New York, Thursday, Oct. 18, ...www.timesunion.com
White tie and jokes: Top ten Obama, Romney zingers from Al Smith dinner (VIDEO)
Both exchanged quips, zingers and personal attacks last night at the 67th annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner, an event held every year by the Archdioceses of New York that gives political candidates a chance to showcase their ...blog.sfgate.com
Truth between lines at Al Smith jokefest
President Barack Obama (left), Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney at the Al Smith dinner Thursday night in New York City. | Brendan Smialowski~AFP/Getty Images. storyidforme: 38732218 tmspicid: ...www.suntimes.com
Amid Brutal Campaign, a Respite. With Jokes.
President Obama and Mitt Romney finally found something they could agree on during Thursday night's 67th annual Al Smith white-tie charity dinner: Jokes about Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. get big laughs.www.nytimes.com
President Obama, Mitt Romney win laughs at Al Smith dinner
The two presidential candidates, who stood nearly toe to toe at their last debate, poked fun at themselves and each other in speeches at the annual Al Smith Dinner in New York, a benefit named after the 1920s-era Empire State governor that funds ...www.politico.com
Obama and Romney Dish Out Jokes, Not Jabs, at Annual Al Smith Dinner
E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. It was a brief respite from a brutal campaign, coming just two days after a town hall debate just 20 miles east, during which the candidates looked like they might come to blows.newsfeed.time.com
Al Smith Dinner: Mitt Romney's Best Jokes
Good leadership requires a flair for public speaking, sharp wit and a knack for self-deprecating humor. By that standard, both candidates were in fine form Thursday evening.www.govexec.com
Obama, Romney take turns poking fun at each other at Al Smith dinner
He said the dinner's namesake, Al Smith, believed that government should partner "with family, church, parish, neighborhood organizations and community, never intruding or opposing, since, when all is said and done, in God we trust, not in government ...www.catholicfreepress.org
Barack Obama, Mitt Romney best Al Smith jokes
(PHOTOS: 12 funniest Al Smith Dinner jokes). "Early today, I went shopping at some stores in midtown. I understand Gov. Romney went shopping for some stores in midtown.www.politico.com
President Obama's Speech at the Al Smith Dinner
It's been four years since I was last at the Al Smith dinner. Will have to admit some things have changed since then. I have heard some people say, Barack, you are not as young as you used to be.www.realclearpolitics.com
Mitt Romney's Speech at the Al Smith Dinner
You know, with or without all the dignitaries that are here, the Al Smith Dinner surely lives up to its billing. Usually when I get invited to gatherings like this, it's just to be the designated driver.www.realclearpolitics.com
What Obama And Romney's Al Smith Dinner Speeches Tell Us About The Election
It's a great coup for the Alfred E. Smith Foundation, named for the Progressive, wet politician and first Catholic presidential candidate, that its annual fundraising dinner has become a mandatory stop on the presidential campaign trail. And it's good ...thinkprogress.org
Romney campaign adopts 'no whine rule', declines to confront blatant media bias
Speaking at the Al Smith dinner, which benefits Catholic humanitarian causes, Mitt Romney took on the press in a joking manner that struck many as truthful.www.worldtribune.com
A Night of Laughs Amid a Bitter Run for President
Through its 67-year history, the annual Al Smith Dinner, as it is known, has attracted attention every four years as a lighthearted pit stop for presidential candidates in the heated final weeks of the campaign.www.nytimes.com
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