The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is entertaining if nothing else, although there is a coziness if you will, which clearly puts this POTUS at ease among a majority in the press. It was certainly a “nerd prom” nevertheless.
I did pick up on one theme the president seemed to focus on, that being the work ethic of the 113th Congress. At one point he joked, “If you want to get paid for not working, you should have to run for Congress just like everyone else.” I thought to myself, is he kidding? His nickname should be President Titleist, or “Back 9 Barry” for that matter. To his credit, Mr. Obama did apply his press punch lines equally, poking fun at CNN’s lack of “real news”, as well as warning FOX, “You will miss me when I’m gone. It is going to be harder to convince the American people that Hillary was brought up in Kenya,”
All in all it was the usual “wink and nod” kind of evening, with all the press folks coming out to get a pic with “the man”, and maybe even kiss the ring. For my part, the obvious “relationship” this president has with many in the press corps is troubling to say the least. Anyway, I’m sure the bar tab was a hefty one…
