POTUS up now, @ correspondents' dinner.

[elleng]

'Fuckit list!'

[avebury]

1. Bucket!

[NYC_SKP]

2. I would swear I just heard him say "Fuck it", but that must have been "Bucket"?

Just before the bit about the Castro brothers?

[elleng]

3. He said 'bucket,'

and then said 'something that rhymes with bucket!'

[NYC_SKP]

4. "Living out of a van, in Iowa!"

[elleng]

8. Good one!

and a few months ago was making millions!

[RavensChick]

5. I love it already!

He's killing 'em! The mic will drop in a few minutes, trust me!

[polichick]

6. Loved the end-times legacy!

[malaise]

7. Take that CNN

[polichick]

9. Ouch, msnbc.

[RavensChick]

11. BOOM!

That's one already, more to come.

[RavensChick]

20. And he ends it with a toast.

Well done, Mr. President!! Well done!!!

[CTyankee]

39. That was pretty harsh...

I bet Chuck Todd wasn't happy...

[avebury]

10. Who will get that red rose?

[polichick]

12. I'd love a pot-smoking socialist in the WH!

[elleng]

14. 3d term!!!

[sadoldgirl]

26. So do I,

especially one who detests the lobbyists and speaks
truth while being pragmatic.

However, the comparison to himself called for:
"error, error, error".

[NYC_SKP]

13. Luther!!!

[polichick]

15. Is this working or not?

Now it is! (At the end.)

[woolldog]

18. not a funny bit

glad it was short

[trumad]

33. Wow!

Really?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. True - it fell flat completely. He screamed and it was hard to

understand. And I love the guy - he can be incredibly funny. Needed
a better writer for sure

[RavensChick]

19. He killed it!!!!

[hollysmom]

16. good writer tonight

end of days cracked me up

[RavensChick]

17. Yes, indeed!!!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

35. my favorite bit by far ! his comedic timing is excellent.

[Sedona]

21. "Because of Obamacare you can keep your insurance if you lose your job

You're welcome Senate Democrats!"

[Cha]

29. OMGods! Sparing no one!

[lovemydog]

22. Watch it here online from the beginning!

http://www.c-span.org/video/?325411-2/2015-white-house-correspondents&live

[RavensChick]

23. Thank you!

[madokie]

32. Thank you

[glinda]

24. The "two selves" was amazing. Obama kept a straight face

the whole time during it as there was seriousness in that part. Loved when he became the "angry black man". over climate change. I just loved this so much. Very strong piece.

[kydo]

25. The Buck Cherry song!!!

I don't care say fuck it song! Totally cool. Over course he changed the fuck it part to love it. But I smiled when I saw that. I love this song.

[question everything]

27. I liked it. Both he and Cicely Strong

Don't know why so many criticism here.

I did watch on CSPAN and did not get her comment, though: Meaw?

Huckabee said that conservatives should not join the military until there is a conservative commander in chief, so 47 mullahs from Iran send him a letter explaining how we do things?

Jeb Bush by mistake declared himself hispanic, just as Obama, in 1961 declared himself an American.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

36. think the meow was just - that no one watches C-Span except

cats that may be in room. My take anyway.

Didn't get the Huckabee comment

[question everything]

42. Thanks. Here is the Huckabee reference

I mean, everybody has got something to say these days. Mike Huckabee recently said people shouldn’t join our military until a true conservative is elected President. Think about that. It was so outrageous, 47 Ayatollahs wrote us a letter trying to explain to Huckabee how our system works. (Laughter.)

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-26/transcript-president-obama-s-2015-white-house-correspondents-dinner-speech

[Laura PourMeADrink]

43. duh - still don't get it.

[question everything]

44. I think it has to do with 47 senators who sent a letter to Iran

explaining how we "do" things here, that any agreement that Obama will decide will have to be approved by the senate.

So Huckabee comment is, of course, so idiotic and unrealistic that the 47 Iranians are sending him a letter explaining, again, how we do things in this country.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

46. Excellent. Thanks QE

[a kennedy]

28. I'm just watching it now.....DVD'd it....

Have never seen a red carpet to the WHCA Dinner...... Yikes.....4 hours of people just walking in.... Gonna stip it up and fast forward to the speakers.

[Cha]

30. POTUS: "I said, well, I have something that rhymes with bucket list.".. Rofl!

Nerdy Wonka ?@NerdyWonka
Advisors: "Mr. President, do you have a bucket list?"

POTUS: "I said, well, I have something that rhymes with bucket list."

LOL. #WHCD
4:23 PM - 25 Apr 2015

IOW..

[CTyankee]

31. I loved cecily's snipe about the faces there...

"you're all 10s here. In New York, you'd be 4s..."

Was that Jane Fonda with Wolf Blitzer at the end?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

37. Yes saw her. C-SPAN panned in on Wolf a lot - and

he never even had a hint of a smile.

Obviously the networks and CNN must have focused on select groups of people laughing. If you watch the C-SPAN version....many just looked completely bored to death. Not even a glimmer of a smile.

And...exhausted. Perhaps they need to start earlier next year. :&gt

[CTyankee]

38. I thought that, too but I am guessing that they want to include viewers on the West Coast.

Chris Matthews walking out looked so tired. Very few people really enjoying themselves. That crowd looked old and out of touch to me. No wonder reporting at that high a level is so depressing.

I lived in the D.C. area for 9 years and couldn't wait to move up to CT. It was such a "company town."

[Laura PourMeADrink]

40. Yes...lived in DC for a while too. It is unique - on one hand you are

in the center of politics and power and have access to the finest museums, food, and historical places.
On the other hand, it lacks the community. I remember taking the subway out
to Arlington every morning and not a single soul speaking or smiling ever. Of course, that was the during the time Bush kept scaring everyone with five year old Al Qaeda maps of subway routes (mine) and acting like they found them the night before.

What time did Obama finally speak on the east coast? I imagine it's a long day - getting dolled up - traffic - waiting to get in - and then having a heavy meal and drinks. Sure by 9 pm people ready to crash.

Interesting point you make though - perhaps the standard media is a dying art and the young people are flocking to non-standard media.

[Gothmog]

41. President Obama was in great form last night

I love the fuckit list also

[realFedUp]

45. Great writing

And delivery. Too bad he had to wait til the last dinner.