On April 30, Obama made a speech at his final White House
Correspondents’ Dinner. In his speech he took humorous jabs at the Presidential
Election as follows:
“Guest [RNC members] were asked if they
wanted steak or fish, and a whole bunch of you wrote in Paul Ryan [some members
want him to run for the election]”
“...my approval ratings keep going up. The
last time I was this high, I was trying to decide on my major.”
“Hillary
trying to appeal to young voters is a little bit like your relative just
signing up for Facebook; ‘Did you get my poke?’”
I think all his jabs are bitter ironies that tell dilemmas of this election;
Republicans are compelled to choose between the insensitive billionaire or the
eccentric senator; Hillary has tough games against our expectations; People may
miss Obama’s America.
Overall,
it seems that these jokes imply many Americans don’t feel drawn towards the
candidates. I found the incumbent president mocking these dilemmas with jokes
has a good comedy sense.
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