奥巴马在白宫记者协会晚宴上的讲话一年一度的白宫记者协会招待宴会于5月9日在华盛顿的希尔顿饭店举行，估计有2000名美国精英和好莱坞明星参加这次盛宴。美国总统奥巴马是荣誉嘉宾。参加晚宴的还包括前美国副总统候选人莎拉佩琳和她的丈夫托德。Remarks at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner奥巴马在白宫记者协会晚宴上的讲话May 9, 2009THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Good evening. You know, I had an entire speech prepared for this wonderful occasion, but now that Im here I think Im going to try something a little different. Tonight I want to speak from the heart. Im going to speak off the cuff. (Teleprompters rise.) (Laughter and applause.) Good evening. (Laughter.) Pause for laughter. (Laughter.) Wait a minute, this may not be working as well as I - (laughter.) Let me try that again. Good evening, everybody. (Applause.) I would like to welcome you all to the 10-day anniversary of my first 100 days. (Laughter.) I am Barack Obama. Most of you covered me. All of you voted for me. (Laughter and applause.) Apologies to the Fox table. (Laughter.) Theyre - where are they? I have to confess I really did not want to be here tonight, but I knew I had to come - just one more problem that Ive inherited from George W. Bush. (Laughter.) But now that Im here, its great to be here. Its great to see all of you. Michelle Obama is here, the First Lady of the United States. (Applause.) Hasnt she been an outstanding First Lady? (Applause.) Shes even begun to bridge the differences that have divided us for so long, because no matter which party you belong to we can all agree that Michelle has the right to bare arms. (Laughter and applause.)Now Sasha and Malia arent here tonight because theyre grounded. You cant just take Air Force One on a joy ride to Manhattan. (Laughter.) I dont care whose kids you are. (Laughter.) Weve been setting some ground rules here. Theyre starting to get a little carried away. Now, speaking - when I think about children obviously I think about Michelle and it reminds me that tomorrow is Mothers Day. Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers in the audience. (Applause.) I do have to say, though, that this is a tough holiday for Rahm Emanuel because hes not used to saying the word day after mother. (Laughter.) Thats true. (Laughter.) David Axelrod is here. You know, David and I have been together for a long time. I can still remember - I got to sort of - I tear up a little bit when I think back to that day that I called Ax so many years ago and said, you and I can do wonderful things together. And he said to me the same thing that partners all across America are saying to one another right now: Lets go to Iowa and make it official. (Laughter and applause.)Michael Steele is in the house tonight. (Applause.) Or as he would say, in the heezy. (Laughter.) Whats up? (Laughter.) Where is Michael? Michael, for the last time, the Republican Party does not qualify for a bailout. (Laughter.) Rush Limbaugh does not count as a troubled asset, Im sorry. (Laughter.) Dick Cheney was supposed to be here but he is very busy working on his memoirs, tentatively titled, How to Shoot Friends and Interrogate People. (Laughter.)You know, its been a whirlwind of activity these first hundred days. Weve enacted a major economic recovery package, we passed a budget, we forged a new path in Iraq, and no President in history has ever named three Commerce Secretaries this quickly. (Laughter.) Which reminds me, if Judd Gregg is here, your business cards are ready now. (Laughter.)On top of that, Ive also reversed the ban on stem cell research, signed an expansion - (applause) - signed an expansion of the childrens health insurance. Just last week, Car and Driver named me auto executive of the year. (Laughter.) Something Im very proud of.Weve also begun to change the culture in Washington. Weve even made the White House a place where people can learn and can grow. Just recently, Larry Summers asked if he could chair the White House Council on Women and Girls. (Laughter.) And I do appreciate that Larry is here tonight because it is seven hours past his bedtime. (Laughter.) Gibbs liked that one. (Laughter.)In the last hundred days, weve also grown the Democratic Party by infusing it with new energy and bringing in fresh, young faces like Arlen Specter. (Laughter.) Now, Joe Biden rightly deserves a lot of credit for convincing Arlen to make the switch, but Secretary Clinton actually had a lot to do with it too. One day she just pulled him aside and she said, Arlen, you know what I always say - if you cant beat them, join them. (Laughter.)Which brings me to another thing thats changed in this new, warmer, fuzzier White House, and thats my relationship with Hillary. You know, we had been rivals during the campaign, but these days we could not be closer. In fact, the second she got back from Mexico she pulled into a hug and gave me a big kiss. (Laughter.) Tol