Hard to imagine our current POTUS making such an invite to Alec Baldwin
It was a kinder, gentler time — December 1992.
President George H. W. Bush, who died Friday at age 94, had just been soundly defeated by Bill Clinton in his bid for re-election.
But he extended an unexpected invitation to Dana Carvey — the comedian/impressionist who had mocked him on an almost weekly basis on “Saturday Night Live” — to appear at the White House for a holiday party for outgoing and deeply dispirited staffers.
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And so Carvey appeared in East Room, entering to the tune of “Hail to the Chief” and addressing his audience with his spot-on Bush voice and wild hand gesticulations.
