President Obama at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner

Obama White House Correspondents  Dinner


 
President Barack Obama (right) has the last laugh, with adversary Donald  
Trump left largely unamused. Photo: Pictures: AP, AFP,  Reuters

_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9mzJhvC-8E_ 
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Last night's annual White House Correspondent's dinner was an evening of  
zings and birthing videos, with President Obama and host Seth Meyers both  
delivering pretty hilarious political one-liners. But most of all, it was a  
night to ream Donald Trump, who sat by awkwardly as both the President and  
Meyers skewered him repeatedly. You can watch the whole event here, but 
scroll  down for lots of highlights and video clips:

 
You can read the whole transcript of President Obama's speech here, but  
among his best jokes was this Trump zinger:
 
Donald Trump is here tonight! Now, I know that he's taken some flak lately, 
 but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate 
matter to  rest than the Donald. And that's because he can finally get back to 
focusing on  the issues that matter -- like, did we fake the moon landing? 
What really  happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac? 

But all kidding aside, obviously, we all know about your credentials and  
breadth of experience. For example -- no, seriously, just recently, in an  
episode of Celebrity Apprentice at the steakhouse, the men's cooking team  
cooking did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks. And there was a lot of  
blame to go around. But you, Mr. Trump, recognized that the real problem was 
a  lack of leadership. And so ultimately, you didn't blame Lil' Jon or 
Meatloaf.  You fired Gary Busey. And these are the kind of decisions that would 
keep me up  at night. Well handled, sir. Well handled.
 

Before he spoke, the President showed a parody video of The King's  Speech, 
which you can watch online here. He also addressed concerns about his  
birth certificate by showing his "birth video":
 
Seth Meyers got in one great line mocking Sarah Palin ("Donald Trump owns  
the Miss USA Pageant, which is great for Republicans because it will 
streamline  their search for a Vice President"), but unleashed a series of jokes at 
Trump's  expense: "Donald Trump often appears on Fox, which is ironic, 
because a fox  often appears on Donald Trump's head."
 
As the cameras centered on him during much of the ribbing, Trump did not  
look like a man who was having much fun; as Mat Johnson tweeted: "Note to 
Trump-  when roasted, laugh. Don't stare with an expression that says, 'When I 
am King,  I will behead you on live TV.'"
 
Meyers also poked fun at the President, noting how much he's aged since  
coming to the White House: “Mr. President, look at your hair. If your hair 
gets  any whiter the tea party is going to endorse it. Ooooh, I’m going to get 
an  angry voicemail from Ginni Thomas in 19 years.” He also pointed out 
Obama's most  dangerous enemy: “I’ll tell you who could definitely beat you [in 
2012], Mr.  President: 2008 Barack Obama. You would have loved him.” 
 
Meyers also got in good jokes about Will.i.Am (“I’ll bet it’s hard getting 
 back in campaign mode again, but you know who is really dreading it? 
Will.i.am.  He’s writing down words that rhyme with ‘debt-ceiling’.”), and The 
Huffington  Post: “The New York times [after] party used to be free, but 
tonight, apparently  there’s a cover. So, like everyone else, I’ll probably 
just go to the Huffington  Post party. And the Huffington Post party is asking 
people to go to other  parties first and just steal food and drinks and 
bring it from there.” 
 
There were several after-parties, and it seems that Sarah Palin hit them  
all up: she was spotted at the MSNBC party, where most people went to hear 
Cee  Lo, and Rachel Maddow was serving drinks. But the "hot" party was the 
Vanity  Fair/Bloomberg affair, with fancy embroidered pillows and all; Palin 
was so  excited about it, she was reportedly 25 minutes early for that one.