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Presidential zingers from the White House Correspondents' Dinner

At the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Obama took aim at the large GOP field running to replace him. And he brought out 'Luther the Anger Translator.'

Nearing the twilight of his presidency, Barack Obama joked on familiar topics at his appearance Saturday night at the annual White House Correspondents鈥� Dinner: his alleged foreign birth, his graying hair, his wife鈥檚 healthy-eating campaign.

But with the campaign to replace him well under way, President Obama also found plenty of new material in the vast Republican field 鈥� and in some familiar old GOP faces. Democratic presidential candidates also came under friendly fire. Cecily Strong of 鈥淪aturday Night Live,鈥� the featured comedian of this year鈥檚 event, had fun mocking everybody.

And in the edgiest bit of the night, Obama brought out 鈥淟uther the Anger Translator鈥� 鈥� a kind of 鈥渟hadow Obama鈥� who voiced the inner outrage of the famously cool president. More on that in a moment.

First, here are some of the best lines from this year鈥檚 dinner, known affectionately as the 鈥渘erd prom.鈥� From Obama:

鈥� 鈥淢ike Huckabee recently said people shouldn鈥檛 join our military until a true conservative is elected president. Think about that. It was so outrageous, 47 Ayatollahs wrote us a letter trying to explain to Huckabee how our system works.鈥�

鈥� 鈥淭ed Cruz said that denying the existence of climate change made him like Galileo. Now that鈥檚 not really an apt comparison. Galileo believed the Earth revolves around the sun. Ted Cruz believes the Earth revolves around Ted Cruz.鈥�

鈥� On the Koch brothers: 鈥淚t鈥檚 exciting. Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker. 聽Who will finally get that red rose? The winner gets a billion-dollar war chest. The runner up gets to be the bachelor on the next season of 鈥楾he Bachelor.鈥�

鈥淚 mean, seriously, a billion dollars. From just two guys. Is it just me, or does that feel a little excessive? I mean, it鈥檚 almost insulting to the candidates. The Koch brothers think they need to spend a billion dollars to get folks to like one of these people.鈥�

鈥� 鈥淎 few weeks ago, Dick Cheney says he thinks I鈥檓 the worst president of his lifetime. Which is interesting, because I think Dick Cheney is the worst president of my lifetime.鈥�

鈥� On Hillary Rodham Clinton: "For many Americans, this is still a time of deep uncertainty. I have one friend, just weeks ago, she was making millions of dollars a year, and she's now living out of a van in Iowa."聽

鈥� On Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) of Vermont: 鈥淎pparently some folks really want to see a pot-smoking socialist in the White House. We could get a third Obama term after all.鈥�

鈥� 鈥淎BC is here with some of the stars from their big new comedy, 鈥楤lack-ish.鈥� It鈥檚 a great show, but I have to give ABC fair warning 鈥� being 鈥楤lack-ish鈥� only makes you popular for so long. Trust me.鈥�

Now, the best one-liners from Ms. Strong:

鈥� Addressing Obama: 鈥淵our hair is so white, now it can talk back to the police.鈥�

鈥� 鈥淸Fox News] is all hot blond ladies and old dudes. Every show looks like a party scene from 鈥榃eekend at Bernie鈥檚.鈥欌��

鈥� 鈥淲hat can I say about Brian Williams鈥�. Nothing, because I work for NBC.鈥�

鈥� On Mrs. Clinton: 鈥淚 would never blindly endorse a candidate I don鈥檛 play on SNL.鈥�

As for 鈥淟uther the Anger Translator,鈥� we鈥檙e not sure we can do justice to his performance, so we suggest you .聽鈥淟uther鈥� was played by Keegan-Michael Key, of Key & Peele fame.

And to the transcript of Obama鈥檚 remarks.聽