And: "My next 100 days will be so successful, I will complete them in 72 days. And on the 73rd day, I will rest."
The yuks elicited a reaction from the 2,500 journalists, politicians, and celebrities attending the Washington Hilton ballroom for the press corps' annual celebration of itself. Obamabow passed on the National Day of Prayer but he attended the homage to himself. He stated: "Most of you covered me; all of you voted for me. Apologies to the Fox table."
The mistress of ceremonies for the evening was Wanda Sykes, an actress and comedian who grew up locally and got her start doing stand-up while moonlighting from her day job as a procurement officer at the National Security Agency.
"It's funny to me that [photographers] have never caught you smoking," Sykes told the president, "but they always catch you with your shirt off. I know you're into this transparency thing, but I don't need to see your nipples."
The joke is indicative of just how little is revealed about Obamabow. I have collected the few smoking pictures of him available. They are hide to find since the press does not generally take unflattering pictures of His Highness.