2009 White House Correspondents' Dinner

May 9, 2009

White House Correspondents' Association

Journalists, politicians and celebrities gathered for the White House Correspondents' Association Annual Dinner. Michelle Obama presented youth scholarships and Brian Williams presented the White House Correspondents' Association Awards to journalists. President Obama gave humorous remarks focusing on the members of his administration and his .. Read More
Journalists, politicians and celebrities gathered for the White House Correspondents' Association Annual Dinner. Michelle Obama presented youth scholarships and Brian Williams presented the White House Correspondents' Association Awards to journalists. President Obama gave humorous remarks focusing on the members of his administration and his first 100 days in office. He was followed by comedienne Wanda Sykes who made humorous observations about the Obama administration and the political climate in Washington.

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00:00:04 Unidentified Speaker THIS WILL CONTINUE AT ABOUT 5 MINUTES. THIS IS THE GRAND BALLROOM AT THE WASHINGTON HILTON. AT 9:40...
00:01:08 Unidentified Speaker ICAHN LAST YEAR. -- I CAME LAST YEAR. [SHOUTING]
00:01:26 Unidentified Speaker SHE IS AN ICON. I JUST THINK EVERYONE SHOULD BE PAYING TRIBUTE TO HER.
00:01:35 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GREAT TIME TONIGHT.
00:01:43 Unidentified Speaker HAVE A GREAT TIME.
00:01:44 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] [UNINTELLIGIBLE] [SHOUTS AND CHEERS]
00:02:33 Unidentified Speaker OH, MY GOD. [UNINTELLIGIBLE] [SHOUTS AND CHEERS] [UNINTELLIGIBLE]
00:04:01 Unidentified Speaker IS ALL THE WAY DOWN. -- IT IS ALL THE WAY DOWN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [UNINTELLIGIBLE] [CHEERS AND...
00:05:12 Unidentified Speaker THERE ARE SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS COUNTRY. I JUST DO NOT WANT TO SEE US FALL BACKWARDS....
00:05:19 Unidentified Speaker WE WANT ENOUGH DELEGATES TO CLAIM OF CONFIDENCE, HUMILITY, AND A GREAT SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT...
00:05:29 Unidentified Speaker THIS ISN'T EXACTLY THE PARTY I PLANNED, BUT I SURE LIKE THE COMPANY.
00:05:37 Unidentified Speaker FIRST DAUGHTER JENNA BUSH ARE HEADING TO EUROPE FOR THEIR HONEYMOON.
00:05:49 Unidentified Speaker HE LOOKS BACK AND LOOK SO UNFAVORABLY AT THIS TIME IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:05:55 Unidentified Speaker BARACK OBAMA OFFER THE NO. 2 SPOT ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. 65 YEAR-OLD DEMOCRATIC SENATOR JOE BIDEN....
00:06:04 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN HAS PICKED ALASKA GOV. SARAH PALIN TO BE HIS RUNNING MATE. [APPLAUSE]
00:06:15 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE TO BE TREATED PROPERLY.
00:06:20 Unidentified Speaker I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:06:30 Unidentified Speaker IS CONCEIVABLE THAT OUR COUNTRY CAN ENTER A DEPRESSION GREATER THAN THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
00:06:37 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS BEEN AN INTERESTING WEEK FOR JOHN MCCAIN. IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING TO WATCH IN RESPONSE TO...
00:06:47 Unidentified Speaker NAILING DOWN SENATOR OBAMA'S VARIOUS TAX PROPOSALS IS LIKE NAILING JELL-O TO THE WALL.
00:06:54 Unidentified Speaker THE STREETS WERE LINED WITH PEOPLE THAT WERE SO THRILLED THAT THE HOLY FATHER WAS HERE. THE REASON...
00:07:19 Unidentified Speaker IS MY SAD DUTY TO REPORT THAT MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, THE MODERATOR OF MEET THE PRESS AND NBC'S WASHINGTON...
00:07:33 Unidentified Speaker OUR GOOD FRIEND TONY SNOW PASSED AWAY. TONY WORKED WITH US IN THE MIDDLE LOT OF FRIENDS HERE IN THE...
00:07:42 Unidentified Speaker I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY. A DEFINING MOMENT OF OUR HISTORY. WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF TWO WARS.
00:07:51 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE SHOWN THAT THERE IS NO TASK TO DIFFICULT FOR THE UNITED STATES MILITARY.
00:07:57 Unidentified Speaker NO, NO, NO. NOT GOD BLESS AMERICA. GOD DAMN AMERICA. IT'S IN THE BIBLE.
00:08:06 Unidentified Speaker YOU CITED LOOKING AT RUSSIA AS PART OF YOUR FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE.
00:08:12 Unidentified Speaker IT SEEMS LIKE THAT, IT WAS MADE TO, I DON'T KNOW.
00:08:18 Unidentified Speaker SMALL BUSINESSES ALL OVER AMERICA LIKE HIS, JOE THE LPUMBER.
00:08:25 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR OBAMA, I AM NOT PRESIDENT BUSH. IF YOU WANTED TO RUN AGAINST PRESIDENT BUSH, YOU SHOULD HAVE...
00:08:35 Unidentified Speaker IS NOW 11:00 IN THE EAST, 8:00 IN THE WEST. THE POLLS ARE CLOSED IN THOSE STATES.
00:08:42 Unidentified Speaker CNN HAS PROJECTED THAT BARACK OBAMA WILL BECOME THE PRESIDENT- ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES. [APPLAUSE]...
00:08:52 Unidentified Speaker IN A CONTEST AS LONG AND DIFFICULT AS THIS CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN, HIS SUCCESS ALONG COMMANDS RESPECT FOR...
00:09:08 Unidentified Speaker LAURA AND I WILL RETURN HOME TO TEXAS.
00:09:12 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A DAY OF A FIRST FOR BOTH OF THE PRINCIPLES. YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE PRESIDENT- ELECT BARACK OBAMA....
00:09:25 Unidentified Speaker EIGHT YEARS, IT HAS BEEN MY HONOR TO SERVE AS YOUR PRESIDENT. THE FIRST DECADE OF THIS NEW CENTURY...
00:09:37 Unidentified Speaker BARACK OBAMA IS READY TO MAKE CABINET ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WILL CREATE BANNER HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD....
00:09:45 Unidentified Speaker THE CHIEF RIVAL WILL BE A SECRETARY OF STATE.
00:09:49 Unidentified Speaker PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:09:54 Unidentified Speaker SO HELP YOU GOD.
00:09:58 Unidentified Speaker LET IT BE SAID BY OUR CHILDREN AND'S CHILDREN, WE REFUSED TO LET THIS JOURNEY AND. WE DID NOT TURN...
00:10:47 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE WELCOME THE FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES, MICHELE OBAMA -- MICHELLE OBAMA. [APPLAUSE]
00:11:04 Scully, StevenPresident THANK YOU. WE FIRST WANT TO A KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE FIRST LADY HAS BEEN WITH US...
00:14:22 Obama, BarackPresident CONGRATULATIONS.
00:14:27 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SIR.
00:14:29 Scully, StevenPresident THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT HERE THIS EVENING, INCLUDING GRANTS LATER WILL BE RECEIVING A...
00:15:01 Unidentified Speaker CONGRATULATIONS, I AM PROUD OF YOU.
00:15:07 Scully, StevenPresident THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION IS ALSO GOING TO BE AWARDING TO SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE UNIVERSITY...
00:16:02 Loven, JenniferCorrespondent JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THE ESTEEMED BRIAN WILLIAMS, ANCHOR OF NBC NEWS TO COME UP AND PRESENT THE JOURNALISM...
00:16:17 Williams, BrianAnchor THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I KNOW THE HOUR IS GETTING LATE. WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR FROM WANDA AND THE...
00:19:19 Loven, JenniferCorrespondent YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. HE KNOWS HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. SO NOW, AS IS OUR TRADITION,...
00:19:54 Obama, BarackPresident THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING. YOU KNOW, I HAD AN ENTIRE SPEECH PREPARED FOR THIS...
00:25:02 Obama, BarackPresident DICK CHENEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, BUT HE IS VERY BUSY WORKING ON HIS MEMOIRS, TENT TIFFLE TITLED...
00:25:45 Obama, BarackPresident IF JUDGE GREG IS HERE, YOUR BUSINESS CARDS ARE READY NOW. [LAUGHTER]
00:25:52 Obama, BarackPresident ON TOP OF THAT, I HAVE ALWAYS REVERSED THE BAN ON STEM CELL RESEARCH, SIGNED AN EXPANSION FOR CHILDREN'S...
00:29:11 Obama, BarackPresident ALL THIS CHANGE HASN'T BEEN EASY. CHANGE NEVER IS. SO I HAVE CUT THE TENSION BY BRINGING A NEW FRIEND...
00:29:39 Obama, BarackPresident ALL IN ALL, WE ARE PROUD OF THE CHANGE WE HAVE BROUGHT TO WASHINGTON IN THESE FIRST 100 DAYS, BUT...
00:30:08 Obama, BarackPresident IN THE NEXT 100 DAYS I WILL LEARN TO GO OFF THE PROMPTER, AND JOE BIDEN WILL LEARN TO STAY ON THE...
00:36:24 Loven, JenniferCorrespondent THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AND NOW I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING THE LOVELY...
00:36:44 Sykes, WandaComedian THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE HERE. IT REALLY IS. [APPLAUSE] I KEEP GETTING...
00:40:50 Sykes, WandaComedian YOU HANG OUT TOO MUCH. YOU AND JOE BIDEN OUT GETTING A HAMBURGER. YOU TWO CAN'T HANG OUT TOGETHER....
00:51:30 Sykes, WandaComedian THE MAN HAS TO RESCUE A COUNTRY THAT HAS BEEN ABUSED BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER. LET HIM HAVE A FRESH START...
00:52:14 Loven, JenniferCorrespondent YOU GUYS PROBABLY SAW ME WITH A SHEET OF PAPER AND THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GIVE A SPEECH. I'M NOT....
00:52:53 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:52:54 Loven, JenniferCorrespondent YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT THIS BOARD SITTING AT THE TABLE TO MY RIGHT AND MY LEFT WORKED HARDER AND...
00:54:21 Loven, JenniferCorrespondent GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2009] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED...
01:08:00 Unidentified Speaker THE CROWD OF SOME 3,000 GUESTS MAKING THEIR WAY OUT OF THE BALLROOM AT THE WASHINGTON HILTON, THE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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