Presidential Standup Comedy

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Video and text from The White House:
Remarks by President Obama at the White House Correspondent's Association Dinner.


THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Good evening. You know, I had an entire speech prepared for this wonderful occasion, but now that I'm here I think I'm going to try something a little different. Tonight I want to speak from the heart. I'm going to speak off the cuff. (Teleprompters rise.) (Laughter and applause.)

Good evening. (Laughter.) Pause for laughter. (Laughter.) Wait a minute, this may not be working as well as I -- (laughter.) Let me try that again.

Good evening, everybody. (Applause.) I would like to welcome you all to the 10-day anniversary of my first 100 days. (Laughter.) I am Barack Obama. Most of you covered me. All of you voted for me. (Laughter and applause.) Apologies to the Fox table. (Laughter.) They're -- where are they? I have to confess I really did not want to be here tonight, but I knew I had to come -- just one more problem that I've inherited from George W. Bush. (Laughter.)

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Comedy

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• press
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• dinner

[66venice]

America did vote for President Obama and we will keep him.

The small pod of embarrassing inbred teabaggers are about the only people who don't appreciate America's great leader.

God, remember what we had for the past eight years. Obama is a breath of fresh air.

[wbtaylor1]

Oh please! Take him! PLEASE!

[TheHumanGay]

from an outsiders point of view i think hes a great president for america, if you dont want him im sure we here in ireland will take him off your hands.:)

[wbtaylor1]

This guy is a much better comic than he is a president. I wish he would consider this his new gig and step down while there is still a thread of democracy left.

[R1k1t1k1]

lol no comment