The Light Side of the White House

Images by Haraz N. Ghanba

I usually try to stay away from politics and I realize that technically it’s probably not part of the entertainment industry, but it definitely provides its share of entertainment on numerous occasions.  

I recently saw excerpts of the 98^th White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner with President Obama and Jimmy Kimmel.  It was quite funny.  It’s amazing how they can put aside their positions and different issues and make light of things that otherwise would be very serious topics.

This happened right after the Secret Services’ sex scandal, the now infamous Summit of the Americas.  The President took a jab by saying, “Four years ago, I was locked in a primary battle with Hillary Clinton, four years later, she won’t stop drunk-texting me from Cartenga.”

Meanwhile Jimmy Kimmel took a jab at the Kardashians joking about how last year on the eve of the dinner was Osama bin Laden’s killing.  “Who will it be this year?”  Stating that the Navy Seals should focus on them.

President Obama didn’t stop there.   He took a jab at his opponent.  “It’s great to be her in the vast, magnificent Hilton ballroom, or what Mitt Romney would call a ‘little fixer upper.” 

He also made light of himself. The first term I san Al Green.  In his next term he’s going with Young Jeezy. 

Kimmel joked about the Secret Service scandal.  “If this would have happened on President Clinton’s watch, those Secret Service agents would’ve been disciplined with a very serious high-five.  Palms would be beet red.”  He also poked at Governor Chris Christie’s weight.  “Gov. Christie, you may be misunderstanding the New Jersey slogan.  It’s not the ‘Olive Garden state.’”

President Obama also showed a picture of him when he was first elected and he had black hair.  He then showed a picture now with a lot of gray hair, and then he showed a picture of how he would look in the next term and it was a picture of Morgan Freeman.

Politics will be heating up over the next couple of months with the election coming up in November, but it was certainly a nice break from dealing with all of the issues surrounding the election and just enjoying some humor.