This Presidential Joke Fell Flat

Obama Silences Military Audience With 'Santa In Fatigues' Joke At New Jersey Base -- Daily Mail

* The president got nothing but a polite chuckle or two after comparing his audience with Saint Nick on Monday

* The president was greeted in New Jersey by U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker as well as Governor Chris Christie



President Obama left a New Jersey military audience awkwardly silent Monday with an awkward Christmas joke that totally bombed.



'You never stop giving,' Obama told a Fort Dix audience of military members and their families. 'You guys are like Santa in fatigues.'



Only a polite chuckle followed.



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My Comment: When he goes off script .... I sometimes wonder. Then again .... a few of my jokes in the past ended with only blank stares.