Obama hits back at Dick Cheney and Michele Bachmann

Following the tradition of the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, President Obama's speech at the Saturday night event was laced with barbs for political enemies, and jabs at others.

Responding to a recent comment from Dick Cheney, he quipped:

"A few weeks ago Dick Cheney said he thinks I'm the worst president of his lifetime, which is interesting, because I think Dick Cheney is the worst president of my lifetime."

And about Michele Bachmann, who last week predicted that Obama's policies on Iran's nuclear program and marriage equality would lead to Armageddon, the end of times as described in the Bible's book of Revelations, when Jesus returns to earth to take the faithful up into heaven -- the "rapture" -- before the destruction of the world and the end of days on earth.   Here's Obama's response:

"Just this week, Michele Bachmann actually predicted that I would bring about the biblical end of days.  Now that's a legacy.    That's big.   I mean Lincoln . . . Washington -- they didn't do that."

Good joke writer.  And good delivery.   Which reminds me that this Mr. Cool President stood there at the 2011 correspondents dinner and tossed out his jokes -- knowing that he had just set in motion the Special Operations mission that would end in the death of Osama bin Laden. 

Ralph