President George Bush says goodbye

The White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner occurred last night attended by many celebrities as President George W. Bush bid farewell to his antagonists in the press. A one finger solute probably would have sufficed.

The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) is an organization of journalists who cover the President of the United States. The WHCD has been increasingly criticized as an example of the coziness between the White House press corps and the Administration so I guess bringing along some celebrities makes it better some how.

None of the three presidential candidates attended the snoozer er dinner but there were plenty of B – D list celebities attending duch as Aslee Simpson, Pete Wentz, Pammy Anderson, Lauren Conrad, Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt, Michael Johns from American Idol, Joel McHale, Jenny McCarthy, the Jonas Brothers, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner and Marcia Cross.
Heidi Montag reportedly pulled out of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, because MSNBC refused to pay for Spencer’s first-class plane ticket. but the two publicity hounds made it after all!

President Bush doing what he does best gave a stand up comedy routine. The jokes this time were intentional. seeing the “Baywatch” actress Pamela Anderson and Mitt Romney, a Mormon former presidential candidate, the president quipped to the audience, “Pamela Anderson and Mitt Romney in the same room? Isn’t that one of the signs of the apocalypse?”

Anderson joked afterwards that she had “thought this was the ‘White Trash Correspondents’ Dinner.’ Good call!

Gently mocking himself and his absent wanna-be successors,Bush went on to joke, noting that even his daughter was deserting him:

“I have to say I’m kind of surprised we don’t have more presidential candidates here tonight. Like, any. Senator (John) McCain’s not here, he probably wanted to distance himself from me a little bit. You know, he’s not alone. Jenna’s moving out too.”

“[Hillary] Clinton couldn’t get in because of sniper fire and Sen. [Barack] Obama’s at church.”

Well the president tries. President Bush finished his stand-up routine by seizing a baton and conducting a US Marine Corps band through a medley of patriotic songs. Bouncing enthusiastically and waving his arms slightly off beat, Mr Bush seemed to be enjoying himself.  Farewell to the chief.

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