cnn anchor wolf blitzer will be played by a furbie. nra executive vice president wayne la pierre will be played by the face melt guy from raiders of the lost arc. and press secretary jay carnie will be played by ralphy from a christmas story. ladies and gentlemen, this is a huge honor. thank you very much. there you have it, everyone. always a treat every single year. it s time where hollywood and washington take jabs at each other. the president very funny tonight and there was conan o brien who was the headliner tonight at the white house correspondents dinner in washington. great job, conan.
island head. i cannot tell those two apart. supreme court chief justice john roberts will be played by buzz light year. senator mitch mcconnell will be played by dame edna. cnn anchor wolf blitzer will be played by a furbie. nra executive vice president wayne lapierre will be played by the face melt guy from raiders of the lost arc. and press secretary jay carnie will be played by ralphy from a christmas story. ladies and gentlemen, this is a huge honor. thank you very much.
from family guy. [ laughter ] secretary of state john kerry will be played by an easter island head. [ laughter ] i cannot tell those two apart. [ laughter ] supreme court chief justice john roberts will be played by buzz lightyear. [ laughter ] senator mitch mcconnell will be played by dame edna. [ laughter ] cnn anchor wolf blitzer will be played by the furbie. [ laughter ] nra executive vice president wayne la pierre will be played by the face melt guy from raiders of the lost arc. and press secretary jay carnie will be played by ralphy from a
carnie about that. and here s what he said. i have no idea who said that. i can tell you, that opinion has never been voiced in my presence, in the president s presence in the west wing. it does not represent the president s view or the white house s view or the administration s view. joining me to talk about it is david gergen and margaret hoover and editor of the daily beast. david, if this outreach from the president, the dinners to the capital, if it s symbolic, is there an importance to that symbolism? there s great importance to this. there are cynics in the white house press corps who think it s a joke. the president deserves the benefit of the doubt. he was frustrated. the strategy he had about campaigning against the congress. popularity going down. give him credit for trying. see how it turns out. if, down the road, the president presents a budget that is
that s what jay carnie the white house spokesman said the other day. he also ticked through some of the women who are still running departments and going to stay on in their jobs. just to push back a little bit, there have been four picks now if you count the treasury secretary announced this week in jack lew. it s likely we ll hear next week that inside the white house to replace jack lew chief of staff is probably dennis mcdonagh. not only did the first four picks that the president pick were men, also they were some of the most high profile and national security which is a male dominated field. i talked to several women who wanted michelle flornoy in defense. they said this is traditionally sort of a boy s club. they feel there are lingering questions about the president what he feels comfortable getting a lot of input. the white house has been putting out photos of the president with his advisers including women. people are watching this closely. i mentioned mayor corey booker th