Obama Jokes About Seamus Romney, Dog 'Socialism' At White House Correspondents' Dinner

President Barack Obama joked about Seamus Romney and dog "socialism" at the 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner.

President Barack Obama brought the recent "War on Dogs" into his 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner speech with jokes about Seamus Romney and dog "socialism."

"Everyone is predicting a nasty election, and we have all agreed that families are off-limits," Obama said. "Dogs are apparently fair game."

Obama then introduced an "ad" from a fake Super PAC that "frankly, I think crossed the line."

"I know Governor Romney says he has no control over what his super PACs do, but can we show the ad?" Obama said.

What followed was a video featuring the story of Seamus Romney -- the GOP hopeful's former pet Irish setter who was once strapped to the roof of the Romney car for a 12-hour road trip.

"What about President Obama? Under his leadership, man's best friend has been forced into automobiles," the fake ad said. "Imagine the European-style socialism that he has planned for the next four years. More government handouts, a life of government dependencies, indoctrinating our children, a left wing social agenda, a leading from behind. America's dogs cannot afford four more years of Obama. That is 28 years for them. They need leadership now."

As the video ended, Obama joked about criticism he's received in recent days over eating dog meat when he was a little boy in Indonesia, an incident he wrote about in his book, Dreams From My Father.

"That is pretty rough, but I cannot take it, because my step-father always told me it is a boy-eat-dog world out there."

Host Jimmy Kimmel -- who spoke after Obama -- also threw in a dog joke, directing a bit of advice at Uggie the Dog, a WHCD attendee and star of the Oscar-winning "The Artist."

"If Romney ever asks you to go for a ride, call shotgun," Kimmel joked.

Below, a slideshow of celebrities and political figures who attended the 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner:

Comments

[Marty Minor]

04:04 PM on 05/03/2012

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[fscuttle]

12:07 AM on 05/01/2012

Seamus strapped to the roof of Air Force 1 was hilarious!!!!

[kelton Knutson]

10:24 PM on 04/30/2012

He (Obama) said something funny!! and Michelle Obama looked good in her dress!! Everyone vote him back in, if these are not presidential qualities at their finest I do not know what are. (sarcasm)

[Tina CampbellMurrill]

02:13 PM on 05/07/2012

I liked this only because of the statement: Everyone vote him back in...because he does contain FINE PRESIDENTIAL QUALITIES!!!!

[jenniferkizzy]

10:20 PM on 04/30/2012

aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[FTracy3]

11:26 AM on 04/30/2012

Thanks to the third of posters here who took a fun, humorous event and used it as a forum to make a deep and serious political statement on either side.

[mbo2]

01:11 PM on 04/30/2012

hmmm, the jokes were not very humorous by any measure

[John Talley]

10:36 AM on 04/30/2012

He had me howling with this one.

[WebVet]

10:29 AM on 04/30/2012

ahhhh -- love these quotes best -- http://www.webvet.com/main/2012/04/30/7-memorable-quotes-presidential-dog-wars

[Veganie]

10:27 AM on 04/30/2012

Things are not yet great but they could be much worse and will be if Romney becomes President.

[Grichde]

10:05 AM on 04/30/2012

Mommy made me eat it.

[Greenthenewgray]

09:43 AM on 04/30/2012

Obamas coming out with another book about his youth. It's entitled " how I woked my dog"

[appacom]

10:10 AM on 04/30/2012

You scare me.

[Blufftonian]

08:22 AM on 04/30/2012

Mister President, you can quit your day job.

[jstanavgguy]

08:33 AM on 04/30/2012

While I agree, I would rather see him fired.

[Robofsemi]

03:54 PM on 04/30/2012

Given the GOPs potential replacement, it isn't going to happen anytime soon.

[sgdbaty13]

08:09 AM on 04/30/2012

Mitt Romney and the MORMOM church not only dominates most of Utah's social service agencies, but also the government, the public schools, and the media. It even runs the shopping malls. As a result, the church shapes the life of everyone who lives in Utah, Mormon or not. If you think Big Brother is big now, wait till Mitt Romney and the Mormons take over

[JET99999]

08:16 AM on 04/30/2012

I'm really worried about the Mormons "taking over". The DNC needs to stick with their hate campaign against the "top 1%", as the soundbites are better.

[anniesez455]

09:04 AM on 04/30/2012

Have to love this article title. Here is a supporter of the political system Obama is turning the US To:

"You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept Communism outright; but we'll keep feeding you small doses of Socialism until you will finally wake up and find that you already have Communism. We won't have to fight you; we'll so weaken your economy, until you fall like overripe fruit into our hands."


-- Nikita Khrushchev

[Grunty1]

09:45 AM on 04/30/2012

[hate campaign ]

ENOUGH PROJECTION. Seriously, just stop it. Instead of just resorting to the same old mental defense mechanism, actually THINK for once.

The GOP hates: women, minorities (especially when they are president), the poor, the unions, etc.

[CanYouSeeThemNow]

09:58 AM on 04/30/2012

Of course you make a good and legitimate point. If we have no choice but to be dragged down the Big Brother Blvd., at least the Mormons do a good job of taking care of their own.

[Inkosi]

11:55 AM on 04/30/2012

So what If I am not one of their own? I am not a mormon and never will be. does that condem me to the fire as a heritic? It is a similar problem with evangelicals. If I do not believe as they do, I am cast out! Let the burnings begin if either of them get power.

[Rocky68]

12:14 PM on 04/30/2012

The Mormons do a terrible job of taking care of their own gay and lesbian children, teens and adults - in fact they treat them horribly and the suicide rate is much greater than in he general population.

[JET99999]

08:02 AM on 04/30/2012

Best joke since joking and laughing about the "shovel ready jobs." That one was a real hoot also.

[Son of Liberty 1765]

07:45 AM on 04/30/2012

Clearly, Obama is just as good at telling jokes as he is fixing the economy.... Ohh wait. FAIL.

[teabaggr]

05:20 PM on 04/30/2012

I actually thought the jokes that were written for Obama were good. I think he did a good job with it all. He even agreed to poke fun at himself and allowed others to do so as well.