Obama doesn’t know Snooki, but likes to tell jokes about her

July 29, 2010

DAY 556

President Obama appeared on 'The View,' telling the hosts he didn't know anything about pop culture (when he does). White House photo, Pete Souza

Obama doesn’t know Snooki, but likes to tell jokes about her

Topics: Health Care • Lies • Obama • Snooki • The View

President Obama appeared on “The View” this morning to answer important questions about Lindsay Lohan, the “Jersey Shore” and Twitter.

When co-host Joy Behar asked the president whether Snooki should run for mayor of Wasilla, AK, Obama played dumb:

I gotta admit, I don’t know who Snooki is.

It is ingratiating for the president to be ignorant of mindless, pop culture references. But, the president has spoken about Snooki before — at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner on May 1.

Obama mentioned the MTV reality star during a joke about hidden provisions in the health care reform bill:

This next provision is called the Jersey Shore-Up. It reads: “The following individuals shall be excluded from the indoor tanning tax within this bill: Snooki, J-WOWW, the Situation, and House Minority Leader John Boehner.”

The president either really doesn’t know who Snooki is and just read a speech penned by someone else (writers from “The Daily Show”), or he lied on “The View.”