{"id":57022,"date":"2015-04-27T13:55:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T10:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=57022"},"modified":"2022-09-08T13:49:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T12:49:55","slug":"obamas-best-jokes-from-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner-57022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/obamas-best-jokes-from-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner-57022\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama\u2019s best jokes from the White House Correspondents Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57026\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/barack-obama-jokes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/barack-obama-jokes.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/barack-obama-jokes-280x174.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/barack-obama-jokes-577x360.jpg 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/>U.S. President Barack Obama joked about congress, climate change, the 2016 race and a host of other topics in his remarks at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday.<\/h1>\n<p>Accoeding to USA Today, President Obama hit all the right notes during his routine Saturday at the White House correspondents&#8217; dinner, hitting on political critics, current events, the media, and his own administration.<\/p>\n<p><em>Here&#8217;s a Top 10 of topics and jokes:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>His reputation for aloofness: &#8220;Six years into my presidency, some people still say I&#8217;m arrogant and aloof, condescending &#8212; some people are so dumb &#8230; No wonder I don&#8217;t meet with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Getting back at Dick Cheney: &#8220;Dick Cheney says he thinks I&#8217;m the worst President of his lifetime &#8212; which is interesting, because I think Dick Cheney is the worst President of my lifetime &#8230; It&#8217;s quite a coincidence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Getting back at other critics: &#8220;Just this week, Michele Bachmann actually predicted that I would bring about the biblical end of days &#8212; now that&#8217;s a legacy! That&#8217;s big. I mean, Lincoln, Washington &#8212; THEY didn&#8217;t do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mocking the Republican presidential candidates: &#8220;Ted Cruz said that denying the existence of climate change made him like Galileo. Now that&#8217;s not really an apt comparison &#8212; Galileo believed the Earth revolves around the sun. Ted Cruz believes the Earth revolves around Ted Cruz.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cracks about people who still think he&#8217;s Muslim: &#8220;Being President is never easy. I still have to fix a broken immigration system, issue veto threats, negotiate with Iran &#8212; all while finding time to pray five times a day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/barack-obama-top-jokes-white-house.jpg\" alt=\"barack-obama-top-jokes-white-house\" width=\"610\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/barack-obama-top-jokes-white-house.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/barack-obama-top-jokes-white-house-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/barack-obama-top-jokes-white-house-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/barack-obama-top-jokes-white-house-540x360.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hillary Clinton: &#8220;For many Americans, this is still a time of deep uncertainty. For example, I have one friend &#8212; just a few weeks ago, she was making millions of dollars a year. And she&#8217;s now living out of a van in Iowa.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other Democratic candidates: &#8220;Bernie Sanders might run. I like Bernie. Bernie is an interesting guy. Apparently some folks really want to see a pot-smoking socialist in the White House &#8212; We could get a third Obama term after all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The obligatory Joe Biden joke: &#8220;The fact is, I feel more loose and relaxed than ever &#8212; those Joe Biden shoulder massages, they&#8217;re like magic &#8230; You should try one &#8230; Oh, you have?<\/p>\n<p>The obligatory joke about John Boehner (and Benjamin Netanyahu): &#8220;It is no wonder that people keep pointing out how the presidency has aged me. I look so old, John Boehner has already invited Netanyahu to speak at my funeral.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The media: &#8220;The polar vortex caused so many record lows, they renamed it &#8220;MSNBC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Obama also had extended jokes and visual aids. At one point, he brought on Keegan-Michael Key &#8212; the co-star of Comedy Central&#8217;s &#8220;Key and Peele&#8221; &#8212; to do his bit as Luther, the president&#8217;s &#8220;anger interpreter.&#8221; Obama would make a statement; Luther would say what was really on his mind.<\/p>\n<p>The real Obama: &#8220;In our fast-changing world, traditions like the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner are important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Luther, his anger interpreter: &#8220;I mean, really, what is this dinner? And why am I required to come to it? &#8230; Jeb Bush, do you really want to do this?&#8221;<\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! Check your syntax! 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