Boy, I Would Have Loved to Give a Speech at This Event

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was last night. Among those in attendance at the DC celebration of the teetering Empire, in addition to the President, were:

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno (guest of ABC)

“Sex and the City” writer Darren Star (guest of Atlantic)

Stevie Wonder (guest of American Urban Radio)

Lt. Gen. George J. Flynn (guest of CBS)


Raymond Kelly, commissioner of the New York City Police Department (guest of CBS)

Kim Kardashian and her mother, Kris Jenner (guest of FOX News)

Sen. Rand Paul (guest of Huffington Post)

Attorney General Eric Holder (guest of Huffington Post)

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (guest of Newsweek)

Gen. David Petraeus (guest of Newsweek)

Actress Diane Keaton  (guest of People)

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s daughter, Katherine (guest of People)

Eva Longoria of “Desperate Housewives” (guest of Politico)

Obama campaign manager Jim Messina (guest of Politico)

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus (guest of Politico)

Ivanka Trump (guest of Politico)

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt (guest of Politico)

George Clooney and his girlfriend Stacy Keibler (guest of TIME)

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (guest of TIME)

Director Steven Spielberg (guest of TIME)


Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (guest of Reuters)

 Mitt Romney’s top adviser Eric Fehrnstrom (guest of Reuters)

 Martha Stewart (guest of USA Today)

Pierce Brosnan (guest of the Washington Post)

 Sam Sebastian, director of sales for Google. (guest of the Washington Times)

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; (guest of Newsweek)

Gen. David Petraeus (guest of Newsweek)

Gov. Jerry Brown (guest of Newsweek)

 “Hunger Games” star Josh Hutcherson (guest of People)