George Bush arranged for journalists the annual "laughter evening" on political topics

US President George Bush took part in a traditional annual dinner with representatives of the Association of radio and television journalists at the Hilton Washington Hotel. Following the "frivolous" traditions of these meetings, the head of the White House allowed himself several jokes that tore off the applause of the audience, reports AP.

Answering the question of what has changed over the year that the previous meeting, the American president said: “A year ago, my rating was 30% , my candidate for the Supreme Court resigned and my vice president shot someone ,” adding that these were wonderful “old days”.

Bush thanked the organizers of dinner. "I want to thank Senator Webb for the organization of security separately," the president said. The Senator-Democrat from Virginia, Jim Webbu, had to explain this week why his assistant tried to carry a charged gun to the Capitol.

Marking the absence of Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush said that he had several difficult weeks. “To be honest, his feelings were somewhat hurt. He said that he would go on vacation to Afghanistan, where they love him so much,” Bush joked. Recall that the last visit of Cheney to Afghanistan was marked by an explosion of a bomb near his place of stay.

As for the discussion about the dismissal of the Judicial Department of eight federal prosecutors , Bush said: "We really suggested that they leave. You know, this is your bad job if people sympathize with lawyers."

Seeing at the head of the table of the speaker of the House of Congress, Congressman-Democrat from California Nancy Peloshi , Bush said that some were asking him the question of how he got along with her. "Some say that she is domineering, some are stubborn, and some are uncleaning," he said. “Hey, but I somehow get along with my mother,” the president exclaimed.

Bush also said that he was thinking about what to do after the completion of the presidency. According to him, he is not averse to following Clinton's example and write an autobiography. "I am thinking about something really funny and creative. Perhaps it will be a toy book." The president even proposed several options for the names: "How W. Got His Groove Back", "Who ruled my presidency?" And "Tuesday with Cheney."

The head of the White House also noted the absence of a presidential candidate at the evening, a democrat senator from Illinois Barack Obama. “No press,” Bush joked about this.