White House Correspondents' Dinner: Seth Meyers Rocks, Obama Rules

Saturday Night Live's fake news guy tops the annual roast of the press...and the Prez

By Jefferson Reid May 01, 2011 5:05 AMTags

Live from D.C., it's Saturday night! Or something like that. No one was safe in the nation's capital as Saturday Night Live's fake news guy Seth Meyers topped the White House Correspondents Dinner, the annual roast of the press...and the Prez. And of course President Obama returned the disfavor (check out the Comedian-in-Chief's comedy stylings on the jump).

As you could imagine, Donald Trump was a hot topic for Meyers.

"Donald Trump has said he's running for president as a Republican. Which is surprising because I thought he was running as a joke." And another, "Donald Trump owns the Miss USA pageant, which is great for Republicans because it will streamline their search for a vice president."

Meyers ranged far and wide with his targets, from Joe Biden to Anderson Cooper to Sarah Palin. But he didn't spare the President his fair share of jibes. Here's Meyers handicapping Obama's competetion in the 2012 presidential race: "I'll tell you who could beat you: 2008 Barack Obama. You would have loved him."