# Good one, Mr President **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2009, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-one-mr-president/495932 "2009-05-10T08:39:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-one-mr-president/495932/1 "2009-05-10T08:39:28Z")
Who knew Obama was a comedian? BBC clip from the White House Press dinner [here](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8042300.stm). ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-one-mr-president/495932/2 "2009-05-10T08:48:04Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Who knew Obama was a comedian? > > BBC clip from the White House Press dinner [here](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8042300.stm). I love this guy. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-one-mr-president/495932/3 "2009-05-10T09:08:13Z")
Well at least he tries. I liked the first joke though. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-one-mr-president/495932/4 "2009-05-10T09:21:15Z")
Who was the guy that he joked about being a “person of color?” I couldn’t make out the name. John somebody? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-one-mr-president/495932/5 "2009-05-10T09:22:13Z")
John Boehner, who has a George Hamilton-like, orange “tan”. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-one-mr-president/495932/6 "2009-05-10T09:22:56Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Who was the guy that he joked about being a “person of color?” I couldn’t make out the name. John somebody? Had no clue either but I searched around a little and I think it’s [this guy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boehner). Guess he spray-on tans or something. _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-one-mr-president/495932/7 "2009-05-10T09:42:20Z")
He was pretty funny during the Candidate Roast. I managed to dig up [McCain’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j82lhqiAF-M) half of the night. Obama’s might be on the right hand side. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-one-mr-president/495932/8 "2009-05-11T04:32:42Z")
I liked the Rahm Emmanuel joke. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-one-mr-president/495932/9 "2009-05-11T05:05:35Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-one-mr-president/495932/10 "2009-05-11T06:00:42Z")
Boehner was also recently named America’s least popular politician in a poll. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-one-mr-president/495932/11 "2009-05-11T12:50:33Z")
There’s another thread on this,topic “White House comedian” already, in Cafe Society forum, that has way more responses. Consequently, I’m closing this one and suggesting that folks post there: [White House comedian! - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=517084) **Quartz** , if you’d prefer that I merge the threads, send me an email or PM.