Obama Burns Trump, Spreads Pro-Choice Message on 'The Tonight Show'
By:
Michael Arbeiter
Earlier this month,
President Barack Obama proved that he and Jon Stewart are the perfect comic duo when they fostered a back-and-forth banter on
The Daily Show with a velocity that'd impress even the cast of
Happy Endings.
But Obama's wit isn't any less on point in the absence of Stewart, as
the head of state made evident on his Wednesday night visit to
The Tonight Show.
Obama returned to the NBC set just in time to discuss the presidential
debates, the forthcoming election, and (most importantly, of course),
the great
Donald Trump.
As the public is well-aware, Trump — an outspoken opponent of the president — promised on Tuesday to reveal a "huge" Obama-related secret,
which turned out to be the entrepreneur's pledge to donate $5 million
to charity of the Commander-in-Chief's choice in the event that he
publicize his college records and application and passport records and
application. When asked by Leno to identify the root of this enmity that
has existed between Trump and himself, Obama offered the crowd-pleasing
joke, "This all dates back to when we were growing up together in
Kenya."
The pres also took a few jabs at his own debate
performance (noting his subpar turn in the first round), his home life
(admitting, "With Michelle, I just concede every point," and that he
struggles with daughter Malia's high school math assignments), and one
at his opponent in the race for the White House,
former Gov. Mitt Romney.
During a segment in which Leno asked the president questions written by
audience members, one such (particularly facetious) message queried
Obama about how to cure the "disease" of "Romnesia." Obama laughingly
replied, "Obamacare covers preexisting conditions," earning another big
cheer from the crowd.
But the applause received by any of the POTUS' gags
was nothing compared to the response he got following his statement
regarding the issue of abortion. The president discussed a good deal of
political issues with sincerity, ranging from the economy to various
elements of foreign policy, but none elicited quite the cheers that his
remarks on a woman's right to choose did. Leno read Obama a quotation
from senatorial candidate
Richard Murdock, which read,
"Life is a gift from God. Even if life begins in the horrible situation
of rape, it is something God intended to happen." To this, Obama
declared definitively, "This is exactly why we don't want a bunch of
politicians — mostly
male — making decisions about women's
health care decisions," insisting that "women are capable" of
maintaining responsibility for their own bodies and lives. Obama added,
"For politicians to want to intrude in this stuff, often without any
information, is a huge problem."
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