According to this LA Times article from 2015, it's coordinated by the White
House speechwriters, with contributions from current and former aides, as well
as various comedy writers.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/la-na-presidential-comedy-20150425-story.html
David Litt, the White House
Who writes Obama's stuff? Both Marc Maron and Jerry Seinfeld
interviewed Obama and I wished one of them had discussed this with
him.
On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Brad Beam wrote:
> From: 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com]
>
>>The room
From: 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com]
>The room was more critical than I can remember, though some may have been
>getting out their frustration at the President's shots to the media. Or they
>were getting ready for the rumble at one of the afterparties.
On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 5:16 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <
tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> The room was more critical than I can remember, though some may have been
> getting out their frustration at the President's shots to the media. Or
> they were getting ready for the rumble at
The room was more critical than I can remember, though some may have been
getting out their frustration at the President's shots to the media. Or they
were getting ready for the rumble at one of the afterparties.
Well, that went over well.
"Alleged journalist" Don Lemon invited Larry Wilmore to feel The Bird,
Wilmore kept it 100 by departing with a shared epithet to Barry, and even
Andrew Jackson dropped an era-appropriate slur to his upcoming replacement
on the $20.
(Granted, I liked this joke: "I am