<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Buttle&#039;s World]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[clgood]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com/author/buttle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Messiah&#8217;s Sense of&nbsp;Humor]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>My guess is that they tell these &#8220;jokes&#8221; around the White House with straight faces.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;We have a joke around the White House: We&#8217;re just going to keep on telling the truth until it stops working. And nowhere is truth-telling more important than the Middle East.&#8221; &#8211;Barack Obama <em>**&#8221;Apologies if that caused you to spew coffee on your keyboard.&#8221; &#8211;James Taranto</em></p></blockquote>
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