The annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner was last night.

The association began in 1914 as go-between serving the press and the president. Every president since Calvin Coolidge has attended the dinner. Some of the proceeds from the dinner pay for journalism scholarships for college students.

Instead of making jokes about himself, such as  previous humble presidents, like George W. Bush have, Obama used the banquet in the same manner in which he used the State of the Union Address 2 years ago, as a vehicle in which to attack a defenseless enemy.

Here is part of an article featured on associatedcontent.com, posted on 1/29/10, starting with an excerpt of the 2010 SOTU Address:

With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our elections. I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities. They should be decided by the American people. And I’d urge Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps to correct some of these problems.

Justice Samuel Alito could be seen on camera shaking his head “no” and mouthing the words “that’s not true”, right around the part where Obama claimed that our interests could be dictated by “foreign entities”.

It is rumored that even Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of the liberal judges nominated by Obama and who likely voted against the measure, rolled her eyes at the comment, though this isn’t confirmed.

That night, in 2010, Obama’s defenseless enemy was the Supreme Court. Last night, it was billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump.

Obama’s moment in the spotlight last night started after the wrestler Hulk Hogan’s patriotic anthem, “Real American,” played. Images of Americana from Mount Rushmore to Uncle Sam were shown on the screen, alongside his birth certificate. And then he offered to show his live birth video, which turned out to be a clip from the Disney film, “The Lion King.”

Obama, reading from poorly written remarks, joked that the billionaire businessman would bring change to the White House, transforming it from a stately mansion into a tacky casino with a whirlpool in the garden.

This, coming from the guy who had the Oval Office remade to resemble a 1980s Holiday Inn.

As Trump sat there, boiling with rage, Obama used the annual dinner as a one-sided Presidential Debate, attacking the defenselessreality TV star.  The President of the United States attacked the private businessman, ridiculing him for  firing Gary Busey on a recent episode of “Celebrity Apprentice” and for focusing so much time on conspiracy theories about Obama’s birthplace.

Gloating in his release of a PDF of his long-form Hawaiian Certificate of Live Birth, Obama dismissed Trump, saying the billionaire could now focus on the serious issues, from whether the moon landing actually happened to “where are Biggie and Tupac?”

Obama mocked Trump’s own words. saying:

No one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than ‘the Donald’.

Making fun of Trump’s decision to fire actor Busey instead of rock singer Meat Loaf from his TV show earlier this month, Obama said:

These are the types of decisions that would keep me up at night. Well handled, sir.

In a grand finale to his Trump put-down, Obama presented his vision of how Trump could bring change to the White House. “Trump” was displayed in glittery letters and girls could be seen with cocktails on a Jacuzzi-augmented front lawn.

Scooter making fun of “The Donald’s arrogance?  Pot meet kettle.

The guest list included Rev. Al Sharpton, Paula Abdul, and performer Cee Lo Green, actors Kate Hudson, Sean Penn; Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen; and White House Chief of Staff William Daley.

Saturday Night Live comedian (and I use the term loosely) Seth Myers continued where Obama left off, as Trump glared.

Among Myers’ remarks:

Donald Trump often talks about running as a Republican, which is surprising. I just assumed he was running as a joke.

Aimed at Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., whose own remarks about Planned Parenthood and abortion sparked a Twitter campaign fueled by Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert, Myers said:

Jon Kyl told me that 90 percent of what [the WHCA does] is abortions.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney’s face looked ashen at that one.

And rightfully so.  Joking about abortion? Puhleeze.

Meyers also referred to recent comments Trump made on the radio in which he said he got along well with “the blacks.”

Donald Trump recently said he has a great relationship with the blacks. Unless the blacks are a white family, he was mistaken.

These were jokes?  My, how far we have fallen from Bob Hope.

Is this the most classless White House in Modern History? 

There were a lot of jokes sent around as e-mails after the election of Bill “Bubba” Clinton, as to how his ascension to the White House was akin to Jed Clampett and family moving to Beverly Hills.

After two years of having to watch and listen to this smug jerk occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, I ‘d rather have Granny Clampett making lye soap over an open fire on the South Lawn.