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  • Obama pokes fun at himself, Dems and GOP

    05/10/2009 5:23:10 AM PDT · by Zakeet · 67 replies · 2,132+ views
    Associated Press ^ | May 10, 2009 | Christine Simmons
    It was the hottest ticket in town, a black-tie dinner gathering of Washington's political and media elite but Dick Cheney couldn't make it. The former vice president was busy, President Barack Obama joked, working on his memoir "tentatively titled, How to Shoot Friends and Interrogate People.' " As the star attraction of Saturday night's star-studded annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, Obama enjoyed poking fun at his critics and the Republican Party. But his own administration, in power for just over 100 days, was also a target of the president's playful digs and one-liners. "I believe my next hundred...
  • Palin to attend W.H. press dinner (this Saturday)

    05/05/2009 1:22:52 PM PDT · by STARWISE · 70 replies · 3,545+ views
    Politico/US Magazine ^ | 5-4-09 | Ben Smith
    Palin to WHCD Taking a break from her present Alaska First posture, Sarah Palin will appear at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night, according to -- where else -- US Magazine. As US reports it: Usmagazine.com has exclusively learned that Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford has been invited to be the guest of the Fox News Channel at Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C. Crawford -- who is currently filming the drama Twelve in New York City -- will join former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin and husband Todd, and actor Matthew Modine, as guests of the...