After three years of being begged, President Obama showed up at the Gridiron Club dinner Saturday night. The annual white-tie event, hosted by a small group of elite journalists, features a lot of political in-jokes, skits, and songs lyrics rewritten Weird Al-style. It’s closed to cameras. Tweeting is forbidden. But here are the best jokes that managed to escape the media black hole.
Guest Alan Murray, of The Wall Street Journal, broke the social networking rules. “Unfortunately, I also can’t pass on what Mitch Daniels said about riding in a middle airplane seat between Chris Christie and Haley Barbour!” he tweeted. What was the super secret hilarious joke? The Indiana governor said “Their tummies were tucked in the full upright and locked position.” Ho ho ho! Luckily, it did get a little funnier than that:
President Obama, after entering the room to Hail to the Chief, turns to the band and says, “Can we go with the song we talked about?” They began playing Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A..”
Full Story: NationalJournal.com – Jokes From the Gridiron Club’s Annual Dinner – Monday, March 14, 2011
