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.
Accoeding to USA Today, President Obama hit all the right notes during his routine Saturday at the White House correspondents’ dinner, hitting on political critics, current events, the media, and his own administration.
Here’s a Top 10 of topics and jokes:
His reputation for aloofness: “Six years into my presidency, some people still say I’m arrogant and aloof, condescending — some people are so dumb … No wonder I don’t meet with them.”
Getting back at Dick Cheney: “Dick Cheney says he thinks I’m the worst President of his lifetime — which is interesting, because I think Dick Cheney is the worst President of my lifetime … It’s quite a coincidence.”
Getting back at other critics: “Just this week, Michele Bachmann actually predicted that I would bring about the biblical end of days — now that’s a legacy! That’s big. I mean, Lincoln, Washington — THEY didn’t do that.”
Mocking the Republican presidential candidates: “Ted Cruz said that denying the existence of climate change made him like Galileo. Now that’s not really an apt comparison — Galileo believed the Earth revolves around the sun. Ted Cruz believes the Earth revolves around Ted Cruz.”
Cracks about people who still think he’s Muslim: “Being President is never easy. I still have to fix a broken immigration system, issue veto threats, negotiate with Iran — all while finding time to pray five times a day.”
Hillary Clinton: “For many Americans, this is still a time of deep uncertainty. For example, I have one friend — just a few weeks ago, she was making millions of dollars a year. And she’s now living out of a van in Iowa.”
Other Democratic candidates: “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 — We could get a third Obama term after all.”
The obligatory Joe Biden joke: “The fact is, I feel more loose and relaxed than ever — those Joe Biden shoulder massages, they’re like magic … You should try one … Oh, you have?
The obligatory joke about John Boehner (and Benjamin Netanyahu): “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.”
The media: “The polar vortex caused so many record lows, they renamed it “MSNBC.”
Obama also had extended jokes and visual aids. At one point, he brought on Keegan-Michael Key — the co-star of Comedy Central’s “Key and Peele” — to do his bit as Luther, the president’s “anger interpreter.” Obama would make a statement; Luther would say what was really on his mind.
The real Obama: “In our fast-changing world, traditions like the White House Correspondents’ Dinner are important.”
Luther, his anger interpreter: “I mean, really, what is this dinner? And why am I required to come to it? … Jeb Bush, do you really want to do this?”
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