I have to say that I was at first confused by the live mic joke that started Obama's set. I caught on pretty fast however, and when the toilet flushes I was laughing out loud.
My daughter and I watched it together, and there were certainly portions of it that you HAD to be very well informed about politics and current events to pick up on. I kept having to tell her I wold explain it later, because if I tried to do it on the spot I missed the next joke. (I hate that!)
I thought the President was very good, and pretty damn edgy. All I can say about that is that I certainly hope Morgan Freeman has a good sense of humor.
By the way here is Jimmy Kimmel's set. I actually thought the President did a better job, though I laughed pretty hard at some of Kimmel's stuff. (NOT the unnecessary censorship schtick however.)
(P.S. I put this up last night as well, but for those who cannot play video here is the transcript of the President's remarks. I have to say though, it sounds much better the way the President delivers it.)
Sarah's Embarrassmints
ReplyDeleteLike it or not, she's not going away. Suck on these delicious gourmet mints to get the bad taste out of your mouth.
http://www.philosophersguild.com/Sarahs-Embarrassmints.html
Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThat was his final WHCD
Thanks for the amusing comment. Much enjoyed. How 'bout you come back on election night and make the same comment.
DeleteYou can only wish.
DeleteWe have four more of these to look forward to President Obama's brilliant wit and intelligence in humor, his dazzling smile, Michelle's funny reactions and stunning beauty.
It's gonna rock! So you better stock up on the panties, since they will ALL be in a wad.
Ha, Ha, Ha! Oh God that was hilarious!
DeleteWait were you serious? Oh I SO want to watch the election returns in November with you!
Personally I think that the WHCD alone is a good reason to vote for Obama. Can you imagine how lame this thing would be if Mitt Romney were our President?
Even the cast of Glee would suddenly become suicidal.
SNORT!
DeleteIt's the final one...of his FIRST term! Hahaha! Fuck off, troll!
DeleteObama/Biden 2012!
"That was his final WHCD"
DeleteSarah, I guess you want the Secret Service to pay you a visit too?
Not as much as I shall enjoy
Deletethe Election Night Results.
Roll on, troll.
28 More years!
DeleteIn what universe? The same one where Sarah Palin is a kingmaker with enormous political clout and expert status in any and every possible subject? That universe only exists in your mind, fool. Election day is really gonna suck for you AND Sarah.
Delete"Flush" Come back in November, we promise not to laugh (too hard)
DeleteThat was hilarious!!!!
ReplyDeleteNo doubt about it, the 'hockey mom' hit is the best!!!
ReplyDeleteI first watched the video on HuffPo and didn't realize they had an editted version. After watching that one, I thought he wasn't very funny.
ReplyDeleteNow that I've watched the whole video that you posted, I thought he did great. It was very well done.
So, I know that being able to tell a joke does not a president make and I know that he didn't actually write these jokes...but I have to say that I think it says a lot that he is able to poke fun at himself and at sensitive issues, like the GSA, the Supreme Court overturning the healthcare reform, the Secret Service, etc. There is no one else on the political scene who would take those steps.
ReplyDeletePlus, he has the natural ability to deliver the lines perfectly. Especially loved it when he winked! He is absolutely outstanding with everything he does!!!!!
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DeleteHe had me in tears laughing! And his comment to Newtie and Helmet Hair was perfect!
First time I've read it.
ReplyDeleteSarah's going to burn when she realizes- if she ever does- that he said she's worse than a dog.
Of course, she's probably not bright enough to realize it, and she doesn't strike me as having much of a sense of humor.
Ivyfree
Snowdrift Snooki was on my flight last night, Delta 1915 from Atlanta to Phoenix. She was brought on by 4, yes 4 Atlanta police officers. Her prop was with her, the youngest daughter whatever her name is. The crew had to move other passengers to accommodate her and she just had to have her wine before takeoff even tho it was past departure time. I hope the Georgia tax payers didn't have to pay for those cops as she is not a political candidate, she is a talking head on the FOX propaganda channel. She chugged the wine down with her new plumped lips. What has she done to her face? I used to think she was attractive. She had on a crumpled hillbilly hat and the child was wearing bedroom slippers in first class. No one talked to her and the woman in front of her appeared to be a bit disgusted by the whole charade and kept her seat back in Palins face the entire flight. Times must be tough, no private jets and no adoring fans. Next time Sarah, pay full price, book your seats, arrive on time and ditch the bedroom slippers.
ReplyDeleteOkay -- a little snarkiness here -- what was her hair like? I'm pretty fascinated by the changes in her hair. How she gets away pretending that it's real and not a wig is beyond me.
DeletePS -- I thought she didn't drink???? I thought that was what Levi et al said? So...is this a new thing, the drinking????
What's Sarah doing in Arizona? I think it's over a hundred there. Hiding out? Another speech? Connecting flight back to Alaska?
DeleteTodd ?
DeleteMUAH HA HA HA HA!!!!
DeleteWine before takeoff? Oh my...
DeleteWine before takeoff? Oh my...
DeleteThat's because she didn't bring enough meth to last the whole trip.
There was a Flick picture a while back,
Deletesome guy took her picture in the first class section of the plane,
called her "Scum of the Earth, Sarah Palin"
which i still think is the best description yet for her.
Anywhoo, he said she made TODD order her VODKA b/c she wouldn't even LOOK at the stewardess. fucking bitch.
So, yeah. She's probably a fucking lush, too.
She is in serious trouble if she can't wait for takeoff!
Delete"She chugged the wine down with her new plumped lips."
DeleteWho Piper Diaper?
So, is this the real purpose of her self-promoted paranoia (doubling down on, and "calling the cops" to "get after" and prosecute, Shawn Christie and perhaps other helpless ne'er-do-wells): to be sure that she can continue the charade of being a self-important person who is always surrounded by several tax-payer-funded bodyguards and free transportation with dark-tinted windshields?
DeleteAfter all, if she could accept the fact that no one, absolutely NO ONE, is interested in harming her (other than Sarah Palin), there would be no logical justification for taxpayer-provided bodyguards, no aura of importance, no wall of separation between her and "less-important" other humans, and no ability to continue the charade of "pay attention to me, pay attention to me, and look how important – and better-than-you – I am".
So she was flying cross-country on a commercial flight while anyone with any political gravitas was at the Correspondent's Dinner last night.
DeleteAdd that to the fact that she's going to be lurking around - but not invited to - the Republican National Convention later this year.
LOL, my how the inconsequential have become even more so.
And only HERSELF to blame for it.
DeleteIt's so Lonely being a Bitch. But I got my money to keep me warm. Even Greta did not want to be seen in public with your dumb ass.
Delete"She was brought on by 4, yes 4 Atlanta police officers."
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Sooooo, the cops caught the perpetrator of the faux pregnancy of Trig. Was she wearing pink handcuffs per chance?
It's hard out there for a wimp.
DeleteHmmmm Who Gives a Shit?
DeletePresident Obama took each and every thing the media has salivated over in their feeding frenzy and magnificently mocked them for it.
ReplyDeleteHe took Sarah Palin out in a matter of a few sentences. First by saying she was getting 'back' in the game (clear reference to her 'hasbeen' status and then 'co-hosting' the Today show (further diminishment of any political clout), and then, OMG, I was GOBSMACKED that he went there...he did...it was simply stunning how he took her snarky comment from back in 2008 and eloquently CRUSHED her nasty dog meat reference on Fox. Just screamingly HILARIOUS.
He simultaneously mocked Trump and reminded people of how he had eliminated Bin Laden. Zinging Trump again was flawless.
The way he weaved one joke inside another, there was a reverberation as each 'level' of the joke was realized by the audience. I wish it would have been better lighted to see the audience reactions more clearly, especially when he gave them the good comedic smacking their deserved.
He was graceful, elegant, charming and self effacing, while being hard hitting, sharp, slicing and on the mark. His facials expressions and vocal tones sealed the deal.
What a truly enjoyable and provocatively clever 17 minutes.
President Obama 2012 LANDSLIDE!
Eww on the dog eating jokes, but it was brave of him to 'go there'.
ReplyDeleteCain't wait to see what SWWNBN has to say about it.
Well, actually, I can wait; but it's inevitable that she will not be able to contain herself and will have to reply, maybe through her latest method--Bristol/Nancy's blog.
SWWNBN
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wtf?
She Who Will Not Be Named
DeleteI have no doubt that he checked with Morgan Freeman first to make sure it was okay.
ReplyDeleteI agree, omomma, the pit bull/hockey mom joke was the best.
I would like to have been a fly on the Fox News table during this.
Also, it will be interesting to see what Fox (and fiends) pull out of context to use against the president. Breitbart's ghost would have a field day with this.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, in Alabama, Sarah made her own speech to Christian women: “He trusts us with the responsibility to live big, to live bold, to live passionately and to live vibrantly so we can effect change to the world around us,” she said."
ReplyDeleteWhat ever happened to Michele Bachmann's model of the submissive wife? I think that Sarah is just makin' stuff up. Or else, that's her excuse to wear lots of makeup, a crazy hair style, short skirts and high high heels.
What one thing has Sarah ever done that brought glory to the Lord, or made the world a better place? Come on trolls, there must be something.
DeleteIf you take away "bold" from Sarah's verbiage, what are you left with?
DeleteSarah Palin is the WORST example of a 'christian' woman. She's a proven liar and fraud - horrible wife and mother - has had affairs - called unethical by the Alaska State Legislature - is going down as Alaska's worst governor EVER - and doesn't attend church as she has proclaimed. Personally think she is evil through and through!
DeleteDid she wear her "Hoooha" pin?
DeleteI have noted a couple of emboldened trolls here today. I'm guessing Sara loved the attention and she certainly took as big a smack down as Trump did last year - sad she won't get it at all. Great look on Michelle's face when he cracked the joke.
ReplyDeleteObama Jokes About Seamus Romney, Dog 'Socialism' At White House Correspondents' Dinner
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/28/obama-whcd-dog-joke_n_1462077.html
28 more years?
ReplyDeletehttp://theobamadiary.com/2012/04/29/28-more-years/
That's "Four more years" in "Dog years"
DeleteLast year, Sarah had to content herself with crashing some before and after parties. Bristol was the faux celebrity at someone's table. This year, Greta invited Lindsay Lohan-- and Kim Kardashian was there.
ReplyDeleteHey Bristol, watch out for Kim. She wants her own sitcom: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/04/29/kim-kardashian-wants-a-sitcom.html She has a richer, more powerful media family. She has more sisters and a mother who loves to appear before the cameras, too. She has better name recognition and an empire of goodies to sell. And, she doesn't have to pretend to be trying out some guy before marriage. Been there, done that. Any guy who wants the publicity would be happy to be Stud for a Day. So, Bristol, how is that Celibate Trial Marriage idea working out? Who is buying it anyway?
As for Sarah, Marie Antoinette once famously said, "If they don't have bread, let them eat cake." So, Sarah, if they don't have moose, let them eat wolf- close enough. I'll be delighted plate that crow for you too, also.
Marie Antoinette once famously said, "If they don't have bread, let them eat cake.
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No, she didn't.
Marie-Thérèse, the wife of Louis XIV said something similar....but it was 100 years before Marie Antoinette.
DeletePresident Obama Burns Sarah Palin and the GOP With Pit Bull Joke
ReplyDelete...The president’s humor tonight was a pleasant mix of light self depreciating humor about himself, and some seriously solid jabs at the right wing hate machine that has a tendency to blow anything Obama related completely out of proportion. The one thing that was clear from listening to the president tonight is that he is over the shock of the way that he was treated by his opponents from the moment he was sworn into office. President Obama gives as good as he gets.
The eating dog humor was a little bit of a risk, but Republicans appear to be serious about making a big deal out of the fact that as a child Barack Obama ate dog meat. What better way to defuse this “issue” that Republicans think they swift boat him with than by treating it like the joke that it is? The White House has learned not to wait to let these attacks take hold. They are now in a more pro-active position, and it is refreshing to see them treat the far right’s ridiculous criticism like the joke that it is.
This was definitely not as controversial as George W. Bush’s skit where he looked for WMDs. However, beneath Obama’s light humor, we got a glimpse of the steel backbone of this president. The message in tonight’s comedy for Republicans was that if they thought that they were going to be able to roll over Barack Obama and take back the White House, they’ve got another thing coming.
President Obama is here, and he is ready for the fight. Even during a night of comedy for charity, Obama showed what he is made of, and this president isn’t going to back down from the 2012 election challenge.
http://www.politicususa.com/obama-white-house-correspondents-dinner.html
President Obama is so, so much better than that lying asshole, Mitt Romney. A typical male Mormon - all they do is lie! Are they taught to do so within their cult? Every Mormon man I've met or worked with has proven to be an out and out liar!
DeleteRomney says President Obama followed his lead in calling for the auto bailout? My ass!!! Romney called for it to go backrupt!
Counter the upcoming election process folks - get folks out there to support the reelection of President Obama! I can hardly wait to vote for him AGAIN!
Thanks for posting the ENTIRE video, beginning with his "hot mike" part. The other videos I've seen begin with him actually talking at the podium so a lot of the laughter in the room wouldn't make sense to anyone who hadn't heard the "hot mike" part.
ReplyDeleteHe has incredible timing. I loved his exaggerated "wink" when talking about his birth in Hawaii. The jokes were great and well aimed.
I can't possibly imagine Mitt Romney up there...
I agree! President Obama was outstanding last night! He is wonderful in everything he does and the Repulicans absolutely hate it!
DeleteOnward to a second term, Mr. President! Plus, your wife is absolutely drop dead gorgeous!
Did Todd go with Sarah to Alabama when she spoke to the Christian Women's Group?
ReplyDeleteTodd does have to replace Shailey Tripp from his business.
He's short one prostitute.
That's not *all* Todd is *short*...
Delete**Big Wink**
That's not *all* Todd is *short*...
DeleteMore like a Vienna Sausage
4 inches is pretty short.
Delete"Snowdrift Snooki was on my flight last night, Delta 1915 from Atlanta to Phoenix. She was brought on by 4, yes 4 Atlanta police officers."
ReplyDeleteWho paid for the Atlanta Police officers time?
Were the officers there to make sure the Hill Billies didn't steal anything before leaving?
I wonder if the officers were compensated by Todd's prostitutes or by Sarah herself?
Did Sarah put more mileage on her Mile High Club Card on this trip?
DeleteShe's really scraping the bottom of the grift barrel if she's having to fly domestic. Poor gal.
DeleteThere was a time when Sarah Palin flew by private jet. What's next? Walking?
DeleteIs she a member of "The mile high club?"
DeleteEwww, you had to sit in a jet and breathe recycled Sarah breath? bleeeeeeehhhh that's worse than waterboarding!
Hey Todd, when are you coming out to endorse Romney?
ReplyDeleteAs if an endorsement from a has been pimp matters to him.
o man, $arah is first going to be thrilled to hear the president speaking her name - but then when he finishes the joke - well i hope her fridge survives...
ReplyDeleteThe wink! Morgan Freeman! Hillary Clinton! Donald Trump! But I laughed loudest at playing "In the arms of an angel" in the Bo video.
ReplyDeleteIt was great to laugh. It was even better to see our President laugh.
Obama was self-deprecating and politically cutting at the same time. Right up there with the master of the strategy, JFK.
Who is next to receive the Sarah Palin Endorsement Curse?
ReplyDeleteMurdock: Oh FUCK! Not me?
West: Oh FUCK! Not me too?
Romney: Tell the bitch to endorse Obama
Sarah Palin Endorsement Curse:
NEWT GINGRICH - newest member
Cain
Trump
Perry
McCain
Joe Miller
Christine O'Donnell
Tim Tebow - not only lost after Palin's endorsement, he was traded!
Jeremy Lin
Todd Palin - Iron Dog Loser (again)
To be continued.
Don't forget Bristol!!!!
DeleteDamn it, he acknowledged Sarah Palin. Why? Why give her the satisfaction?
ReplyDeleteShe'll be crowing about this in her next hard-earned-dollar-grovelling SarahPAC fundraising email and roll it in the way that crone Jan Brewer did after she shoved her finger in the President's face.
She's smirking. The shrieking banshee of the Right is just up on it today.
Uh -- Jan Brewer might have TRIED to use the finger wagging to raise money, but it ended up actually biting her in the ass. Remember the news about all the angry calls she got?
DeleteWho cares? She is over. If she's smirking, it's because she is too stupid to know that he called her a nasty, washed up loser in front of the world. Let her idiot supporters send her their pocket change so she can buy herself another facelift. She's nothing but a joke now and the President let her know it. I say good for him.
DeleteI think it's more accurate to say that he laughed at Palin. Not at all the same as acknowledging any of her political yammerings as worthy of consideration.
DeleteTrue, her narcissism will get off on any attention, but that just means the brainless shrew will draw even more people's attention to both insults. One, he took her stupid pitbull comment and combined it with her even stupider comment about eating dogs, and casually, laughingly, bitch slapped her with it. Two, the cruder implication is also a very definite slap in the face as that interpretation makes it clear that he is laughing at the very idea of her being at all sexually attractive.
She will get off on the attention itself but she will also be enraged that he was laughing at her.
I think we can count on a thin-skinned response that will highlight the fact that everyone else who was needled last night is mature enough to laugh it off and let it go, while she once again demonstrates her perpetual whining victimhood and the fact that she clearly is unfit for any position of responsibility.
That was HILARIOUS!! Very edgy, loved the pitbull bit :) "...a little soy sauce..." Btw, anyone else find Michelle absolutely STUNNING in that video? WOW!!
ReplyDeleteABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKINGLY STUNNING!
DeleteThe pit bull joke.....forgive me for asking....but is it supposed to have the sexual overtone that I'm thinking?
ReplyDeleteIf so.....burn, baby, big burn.
I think it was a three-pronged joke: It was a joke about Sarah Palin being washed up, a parody of the stupid joke that made Sarah Palin such a hit at the convention (that she supposedly came up with herself -- yeah, right), a joke about the fact that Barack Obama ate dog when he was a boy, an a reference to the nasty thing Sarah said in reference to it. And, yeah, it also works on a sex level -- but I don't think that's its intention and I don't think that's why it was so funny -- IMO.
DeleteI think Morgan Freeman got the joke, considering he played a black president in Deep Impact.
ReplyDeleteI'm again reminded of why I voted for this man.
ReplyDeleteConsistency and a Promise Kept
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/04/29/consistency-and-a-promise-kept/
WOW, Piggy Palin has aged GINORMOUSLY since that debate, hasn't she? Just devastating how much she has faded and become manly looking, hard, unattractive. Hate will do that to ya.
Watching this again makes me shudder that John McCain could have been president in another reality and I thank my lucky stars I don't live in that one.
You'll also notice that Biden spoke off the cuff and Queenie had to look down at her cards to get facts straight.
DeleteStill think "Game Change" was a lie, bots?
A Year Ago, Barack Obama Had One Of The Most Badass Moments Of Any American President
ReplyDeleteThe White House Correspondents' Dinner, the event where a big-time comic and the president get up on stage to entertain the inflated egos of the press. It's usually a fun night.
And it reminds us that last year while Barack Obama was slaying the audience, he had also just given the order for Marine SEAL Team 6 to cross the border into Pakistan and slay Bin Laden.
But during that dinner, you could never tell.
Host Seth Myers joked, "People think bin Laden is hiding in the Hindu Kush, but did you know that every day from 4 to 5 he hosts a show on C-SPAN?"
Obama didn't even smirk, knowing he had given the kill order. He wasn't nervous. He was was totally at ease, joking about how the thing that keeps him humble is his poll numbers.
Maybe he knew they'd hit huge highs the following week.
Badass.
Here's the whole speech:
http://www.businessinsider.com/a-year-ago-barack-obama-had-one-of-the-most-badass-moments-of-any-american-president-2012-4
That was GREAT! Oh can you imagine Mitt trying to give a comedy monologue? *shudder*
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine it, because it ain't happening ever.
DeleteObama Biden 2012
Young Jeezy...whoa! That should drive some right wingers crazy.
ReplyDeleteAnd that shout out from the President of the United States just put their sales through the roof!
DeleteI watched it live on television, and had the same problem Gryphen did trying to explain the nuances with my daughter. We both watched the entire thing again today, and the President was stellar. Even when the joke was on him, he managed to smile and laugh (Cover your ears, if that's humanly possible).
ReplyDeleteI would have loved to be at an after party, just to hear what everyone had to say.
President Obama's a natural, even with comedy, his timing is perfect, one joke weaves to the next without missing a beat, looking at notes or pausing.
Can't wait for the unimomer's facebook victimhood manifesto, twisting his words and making it all about her. But we all know the drill!