The annual White House Correspondents Dinner, which brings the members of the media and Hollywood out in Washington, D.C. was held on Sunday, prompting a negative outburst from former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who wasn't invited.
"That #WHCD was pathetic," Palin tweeted. "The rest of America is out there working our asses off while these DC assclowns throw themselves a #nerdprom."
The term nerd prom is a long-running inside joke among politicians, though not usually intended as a direct insult. Palin's tweet insinuated that the event was an insult to working Americans, and received a lot of responses with a tone of general mockery.
"Geez, it's almost as if you weren't aware it was a charity event," responded actress Julie Bowen.
"What is your job?" asked Andy Lassner, a producer of the "Ellen DeGeneres Show".
"You QUIT your job," tweeted comedian Jeff Ross.
The most pointed response came from the Daily Edge, which tweeted, "Sarah Palin: Only pathetic losers go to the White House Correspondents Dinner. Here's me at the event in 2011," with an accompanying picture.
President Barack Obama entered the dinner and began making jokes at his own expense, as well as his political adversaries. He joked about his re-election, saying it would allow him to unleash his radical agenda, with an accompanying photograph of him golfing on a mack magazine cover called Senior Leisure.
"I'm not the strapping young Muslim Socialist that I used to be," he joked before showing video of himself throwing 2-for-22 at a basketball throwing as part of the White House Easter egg hunt.
The event, which was hosted by comedian Conan O'Brien, was also an opportunity for the president to praise first responders and journalists for their work during the recent tragedies in Boston and Texas.
Six journalists were presented awards at the dinner, honoring their coverage of the presidency and national issues, including Julie Pace with the Associated Press, Ryan Lizza with the New Yorker, Terry Moran with ABC and Jim Morris, Chris Hamby and Ronnie Greene with the Center for Public Integrity.
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