[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 18 (Monday, May 9, 2005)]
[Pages 716-717]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Remarks at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner

April 30, 2005

    Thank you all. Thank you, and good evening. I always look forward to 
these dinners where I'm supposed to be funny--[laughter]--intentionally. 
[Laughter] I'm really looking forward to hearing Cedric the Entertainer. 
I kind of think of myself that way. [Laughter]
    Cedric, did you hear that hilarious line I ad-libbed down in 
Arkansas? A woman in a town meeting told me she was from DeQueen, and I 
said, ``That's right next to DeKing.'' [Laughter] You've got to admit 
that's pretty good, Cedric. [Laughter] That's what you call 
sophisticated re-par-tay. [Laughter]
    And then out in Montana, I told a joke about a cattle guard, which, 
to be honest, didn't get a very big laugh--actually, none. [Laughter] 
But Cedric, I think you'll appreciate this, and you can use it if you 
want to.

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See, there was this city slicker who was driving around lost, and he 
came across this old cowboy. And so the city slicker asked the old guy 
how to get to the nearest town, and the----

[At this point, the First Lady interrupted the President and provided 
the First Family's contribution to the entertainment for the evening.]

Note: The President spoke at approximately 8:40 p.m. at the Hilton 
Washington Hotel. The transcript released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary also included the remarks of the First Lady.