''If I had to name my greatest strength, I guess it would be my humility. Greatest weakness, it's possible that I'm a little too awesome.''
—Barack Obama, at the 2008 Al Smith Dinner
''It's been quite a year since I've spoken here last. Lots of ups, lots of downs, except for my approval ratings, which have just gone down. But that's politics, it doesn't bother me. Besides, I happen to know that my approval ratings are still very high in the country of my birth.''
—President Barack Obama, at the 2010 White House Correspondents' Dinner
''Many of you know that I got my name, Barack, from my father. What you may not know is Barack is actually Swahili for 'That One.' And I got my middle name from somebody who obviously didn't think I'd ever run for president.''
—Barack Obama, at the 2008 Al Smith Dinner
''While I know I have my share of critics out there, I don't focus on the negative stuff. I just don't pay much attention to it. Most days I barely skim through the comment section of Huffington Post — Daily Kos — Fire Dog Lake — The Daily Dish — boingboing.net.''
—President Obama at the 2011 Gridiron Dinner
''I think it is fair to say that when it comes to my presidency, the honeymoon is over. For example, some people now suggest that I'm too professorial. And I'd like to address that head-on, by assigning all of you some reading that will help you draw your own conclusions. Others say that I'm arrogant. But I've found a really great self-help tool for this: my poll numbers.''
—President Obama at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner
''Three words: Vice President Oprah.''
—the #1 item from Barack Obama's Top Ten Campaign Promises, which he presented on the Letterman show
On Eric Massa (the congressman who resigned amid allegations of groping staffers): ''You know what really tickles me? Eric Massa. Apparently, Eric claimed that Rahm Emanuel came up to him in the House locker room, stark naked, screaming obscenities at him. To which I say, welcome to my world.''
— President Barack Obama, at the 2010 White House Correspondents' Dinner
''What a week. As some of you heard the state of Hawaii released my official long-form birth certificate. Hopefully, this puts all doubts to rest. But just in case there are any lingering questions, tonight I'm prepared to go a step further. Tonight, for the first time, I am releasing my official birth video.'' [The screens plays the scene from Disney's The Lion King when Mufasa, atop a cliff, lifts Simba up as the other animals in the savannah look on].
—President Obama at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner (Afterward, Obama said, ''I want to make clear to the Fox News table that was a joke. That was not my real birth video. That was a children's cartoon. Call Disney if you don't believe me, they have the original long-form version.'')
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OBAMA WAS PUSHED BY
CLINTONS INTO ENDORSEMENT OF HILLARY IN 2016: BOOK: President
Obama made a secret deal to support Hillary Clinton when she runs for president
in 2016, campaign sources say, payback for the support her husband gave him in
2012. Bill Clinton’s animosity toward Obama is legendary. A year before the last
election, he was urging Hillary to challenge the sitting president for the
nomination — a move she rejected. According to two people who attended that
meeting in Chappaqua, Bill Clinton then went on a rant against Obama. “I’ve
heard more from Bush, asking for my advice, than I’ve heard from Obama,” my
sources quoted Clinton as saying. “I have no relationship with the president —
none whatsoever. Obama doesn’t know how to be president. He doesn’t know how the
world works. He’s incompetent. He’s an amateur!” For his part, Obama wasn’t
interested in Bill Clinton upstaging him during the presidential campaign. He
resisted giving him any role at the convention. But as last summer wore on, and
Democrat enthusiasm waned, chief political strategist David Axelrod convinced
the president that he needed Bill Clinton’s mojo.A deal was struck: Clinton
would give the key nominating speech at the convention, and a full-throated
endorsement of Obama. In exchange, Obama would endorse Hillary Clinton as his
successor.
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