At the White House Correspondence Dinner last night, Obama did classless jokes. Instead of making fun of himself, he insulted his political opponents and showed his nasty side.
President Obama quipped at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night that he’s “not the strapping young Muslim socialist” he once was as gray has salted his hair.
“And yet, even after all this time, I still make rookie mistakes. Like, I’m out in California, we’re at a fundraiser, we’re having a nice time. I happen to mention that Kamala Harris is the best-looking attorney general in the country. As you might imagine, I got trouble when I got back home. Who knew Eric Holder was so sensitive?” he said.
He mentioned the Jay-Z Cuba trip controversy, adding, “I’ve got 99 problems and now Jay-Z is one.[….]
The president also joked that chief Romney backer Sheldon Adelson “would have been better off offering me $100 million to drop out of the race.”
“I know Republicans are still sorting out what happened in 2012, but one thing they all agree on is they need to do a better job reaching out to minorities. And look, call me self-centered, but I can think of one minority they could start with. Hello? Think of me as a trial run, you know? See how it goes.”
Lamenting the frustrations of his charm offensive not wooing the GOP, he said, “I am not giving up. In fact, I’m taking my charm offensive on the road — a Texas barbeque with Ted Cruz, a Kentucky bluegrass concert with Rand Paul, and a book-burning with Michele Bachmann.” He later made a reference to Groucho Marx and added, “Senator Cruz, that’s Groucho Marx, not Karl”.
Obama can get away with this because he lives in cocoon. The media shields him and pop culture has turned him into a god-king.
Tags: Rep. Michele Bachmann, White House Correspondence Dinner
