The 8 Best Comedy Routines From Recent White House Correspondents' Dinners

By Daniel Kurtzman, About.com Guide

First Lady Laura Bush stole the show at the 2005 White House Correspondents' Dinner with a surprise comedy routine in which she ripped President Bush and admitted to being a "desperate housewife." Grabbing the microphone from her husband, the first lady brought the crowd of political heavyweights and Hollywood celebrities to its feet as she let loose a series of one-liners that included digs at her mother-in-law, tales of going to a male strip club, and a colorful allusion to the time George, um, gave a hand-job to a horse.

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