Friday, October 19, 2012

Candidates Trade Barbs at Al Smith Dinner

The presidential hopefuls will get the chance Thursday night when they share a stage at the Alfred E. Smith Dinner, an annual benefit hosted by the Catholic Archdiocese of New York that has provided comic relief every four years near the end of theA. OPPEL Jr. Published: October 18, 2012. 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.Only the Al Smith dinner could bring together two men, of the same calling, who disagree on almost everything, both of whom think they are the world's experts on everything, who don't like even being in the same roomDressed 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 aThe 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
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