A little swing here, a little poke there, along with making fun of himself, Obama continues to make his audiences smile. The highlights of Saturday night's White House Correspondents Dinner speech include: "Thank you, everybody. How do you like my new entrance music? Rush Limbaugh, warned you about this. Second term, baby! ~after entering with the Presidential march which suddenly switched to rap music. After admiring Michelle's increasing popularity, he implied he was getting older saying: "I'm not the strapping young Muslim Socialist I used to be!" (Big laugh) A very funny dig aimed at CNN was well received, "CNN has taken some knocks lately. I admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story, just in case one of them happens to be accurate." He said, his advisors wanted to try something new: "We were willing to do anything. So we decided to to try one of Michele's tricks: "I thought it looked pretty good (referring the bangs 'look'), but no bounce" Obama joked about how former advisor, Axelrod has gone over to the 'dark side' to work for MSNBC "Which is a nice change of pace, since MSNBC used to work for Axelrod" Another big laugh came when Obama said, "I remember when buzz feed was something I used to do in college around 2 am. True!" After watching the complete speech on the Washington Post website. What seemed to be the audiences favorite joke: "Some say I don't spend enough time with Congress. Some suggest I get a drink with Mitch McConnell. Really? Why don't YOU get a drink with Mitch McConell." The president had a bit of fun with the 'blame game.' After bringing up George W. Bush's Library, Obama took another jab at 'Birthers. Talking about his own presidential library, he said: "Some some say, (to) put it in my birthplace. But I'd rather keep in tin the U.S." Obama also joked about Sheldon Adelson spending $100 million trying to defeat the president with negative ads in the 2012 election: "You've got to really dislike me to spend that kind of money. I mean, that's Oprah money!" He emphasized how he truly does reach out to his opposing party. At a recent dinner with Republicans, Obama said: "I proposed a toast. It died in committee." Obama also took jabs at former advisor, Axelrod, The History Channel, Michele Bachman, Ted Cruz, and Rand Paul. Said to be one of Obama's finer WHCD performances, the president ended on a serious note, giving condolences to the many who were affected in the Boston Bombing, Texas Explosion, and floods in the Midwest, while praising Boston Globe for their excellence in news reporting. President Obama left the stage with, of course, a very big applause. Highlighted Speech Full Speech
"Thank you, everybody. How do you like my new entrance music? Rush Limbaugh, warned you about this. Second term, baby! ~after entering with the Presidential march which suddenly switched to rap music.
After admiring Michelle's increasing popularity, he implied he was getting older saying: "I'm not the strapping young Muslim Socialist I used to be!" (Big laugh)
A very funny dig aimed at CNN was well received, "CNN has taken some knocks lately. I admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story, just in case one of them happens to be accurate."
He said, his advisors wanted to try something new: "We were willing to do anything. So we decided to to try one of Michele's tricks: "I thought it looked pretty good (referring the bangs 'look'), but no bounce" Obama joked about how former advisor, Axelrod has gone over to the 'dark side' to work for MSNBC "Which is a nice change of pace, since MSNBC used to work for Axelrod" Another big laugh came when Obama said, "I remember when buzz feed was something I used to do in college around 2 am. True!" After watching the complete speech on the Washington Post website. What seemed to be the audiences favorite joke: "Some say I don't spend enough time with Congress. Some suggest I get a drink with Mitch McConnell. Really? Why don't YOU get a drink with Mitch McConell." The president had a bit of fun with the 'blame game.' After bringing up George W. Bush's Library, Obama took another jab at 'Birthers. Talking about his own presidential library, he said: "Some some say, (to) put it in my birthplace. But I'd rather keep in tin the U.S." Obama also joked about Sheldon Adelson spending $100 million trying to defeat the president with negative ads in the 2012 election: "You've got to really dislike me to spend that kind of money. I mean, that's Oprah money!" He emphasized how he truly does reach out to his opposing party. At a recent dinner with Republicans, Obama said: "I proposed a toast. It died in committee." Obama also took jabs at former advisor, Axelrod, The History Channel, Michele Bachman, Ted Cruz, and Rand Paul. Said to be one of Obama's finer WHCD performances, the president ended on a serious note, giving condolences to the many who were affected in the Boston Bombing, Texas Explosion, and floods in the Midwest, while praising Boston Globe for their excellence in news reporting. President Obama left the stage with, of course, a very big applause. Highlighted Speech Full Speech
Obama joked about how former advisor, Axelrod has gone over to the 'dark side' to work for MSNBC "Which is a nice change of pace, since MSNBC used to work for Axelrod"
Another big laugh came when Obama said, "I remember when buzz feed was something I used to do in college around 2 am. True!"
After watching the complete speech on the Washington Post website. What seemed to be the audiences favorite joke: "Some say I don't spend enough time with Congress. Some suggest I get a drink with Mitch McConnell. Really? Why don't YOU get a drink with Mitch McConell."
The president had a bit of fun with the 'blame game.' After bringing up George W. Bush's Library, Obama took another jab at 'Birthers. Talking about his own presidential library, he said: "Some some say, (to) put it in my birthplace. But I'd rather keep in tin the U.S."
Obama also joked about Sheldon Adelson spending $100 million trying to defeat the president with negative ads in the 2012 election: "You've got to really dislike me to spend that kind of money. I mean, that's Oprah money!"
He emphasized how he truly does reach out to his opposing party. At a recent dinner with Republicans, Obama said: "I proposed a toast. It died in committee."
Said to be one of Obama's finer WHCD performances, the president ended on a serious note, giving condolences to the many who were affected in the Boston Bombing, Texas Explosion, and floods in the Midwest, while praising Boston Globe for their excellence in news reporting. President Obama left the stage with, of course, a very big applause.
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