# The White House Correspondent Dinner **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354 "2011-05-01T05:09:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/41 "2011-05-01T23:54:22Z")
They are if they’re born here. Also, FYI, people that use terms like “Real Americans” may as well be birthers. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/42 "2011-05-01T23:58:12Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > “Real Americans” AREN’T BIRTHERS!!! :rolleyes: Go take a nap - you got whooshed extremely hard. Siam Sam and Sampiro were using what is commonly referred to as “sarcasm”. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/43 "2011-05-02T00:00:14Z")
Real Americans don’t use sarcasm. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/44 "2011-05-02T00:03:18Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Go take a nap - you got whooshed extremely hard. Siam Sam and Sampiro were using what is commonly referred to as “sarcasm”. There are certain things you DON’T JOKE ABOUT! Obama and his past is HIGH on that list! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/45 "2011-05-02T00:33:40Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > There are certain things you DON’T JOKE ABOUT! Obama and his past is HIGH on that list! What are you HIGH on? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/46 "2011-05-02T00:44:02Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > There are certain things you DON’T JOKE ABOUT! Obama and his past is HIGH on that list! Good thing I thought better of posting that joke about Obama raping fat retarded children in this thread! ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/47 "2011-05-02T01:01:47Z")
Hell, I thought Obama was pretty good. I liked the jab at Michelle Bachman. What was it, to badly paraphrase: “I heard you were born in Canada.” pause. “See how it starts” 🙂 My wife kept asking what I was laughing about - tough one to explain. I just saw that The Donald had this gem today: “In my mind, I have already decided,” Trump, 64, said in a telephone interview today. “I am going to announce. But I can’t do anything until the show ends.” ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/48 "2011-05-02T01:02:54Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > There are certain things you DON’T JOKE ABOUT! Obama and his past is HIGH on that list! You should tell Obama about that - there’s a discussion somewhere around these boards discussing him joking about that exact same thing at some gala held last night. Let me see if I can find a link… ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/49 "2011-05-02T02:39:48Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Sarah Palin was there and she didn’t even get mentioned by either Obama or Myers. She must really be feeling left out. I expect something really nasty to come out via teitter this week. She can’t stand being out of the spotlight. “Donald Trump owns the Miss USA pageant, which should make it easier for the GOP to select its next vice presidential candidate” I thought Meyers was making a Palin dig there. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/50 "2011-05-02T03:50:54Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > There are certain things you DON’T JOKE ABOUT! Obama and his past is HIGH on that list! So in the past a priest a rabbi and Obama walk into a bar Oh never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/51 "2011-05-02T03:54:17Z")
A Kenyan, a muslim, and an affirmative action beneficiary walk into a bar… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/52 "2011-05-02T05:34:49Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > A Kenyan, a muslim, and an affirmative action beneficiary walk into a bar… And the bartender says “What’ll you have, sir?” ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/53 "2011-05-02T05:44:30Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](#): > > “Donald Trump owns the Miss USA pageant, which should make it easier for the GOP to select its next vice presidential candidate” > > I thought Meyers was making a Palin dig there. I thought he was making a dig at Trump’s penchant for trading in his current wife for a newer model, but you’re probably right. ---
**Author:** ![markm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@markm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/54 "2011-05-02T16:07:55Z")
So now I’m thinking maybe Obama wasn’t born in the US. What I got from that video is maybe he was born in Toontown? Is that right? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/55 "2011-05-02T16:23:33Z")
Is Trump the least self-aware celebrity there is? He really doesn’t get it that he makes his living as a buffoon? ---
**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 2, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/56 "2011-05-02T17:01:55Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I loved Obama’s line to Michelle Bachman: > > “I hear you were born in Canada. [beat] That’s how it starts.” What’s this all about? > [@](#): > > Bachmann was born Michele Marie Amble in Waterloo, Iowa… ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/57 "2011-05-02T17:03:26Z")
It is what the Earth people refer to as “humour.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/58 "2011-05-02T17:05:12Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > What’s this all about? It has exactly the same truth value as “I hear Obama was born in Kenya.” The “it” in “That’s how it starts” is referring to wild, baseless rumors nobody with half a brain should believe, let alone endorse. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/59 "2011-05-02T17:06:31Z")
**Leaffan** , “that’s how it starts” = “that’s how the rumors start”. ---
**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 2, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354/60 "2011-05-02T17:07:59Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > It is what the Earth people refer to as “humour.” > [@Bosstone](#): > > It has exactly the same truth value as “I hear Obama was born in Kenya.” > > The “it” in “That’s how it starts” is referring to wild, baseless rumors nobody with half a brain should believe, let alone endorse. Ok. No, I got the joke just fine. I thought maybe there was indeed a conspiratorial rumour substantiating the joke. I’m guessing there wasn’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-house-correspondent-dinner/580354.md?page=4)