White House Correspondence Dinner: Obama Jokes, Palin Refers to 'Nerd Prom' as 'Pathetic' [VIDEO]

While Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Dinner, popularly referred to as the 'nerd prom,' was an environment of joking and humor on the part of President Obama and Conan O'Brien, Sarah Palin was among the people that didn't find the event quite so funny.

The Correspondents' Dinner, or Beltway gala, is attended by Washington's newsmakers, press and stars from across entertainment, according to CNN. It was first established in 1920 and raises money for journalism scholarships and was intended to increase communication between the president and the press.

With O'Brain leading the ceremony, a certain degree of humor was expected, although maybe not to such a great extent. However, the president, who was attending the gala for the fifth time, had some experience cracking some jokes of his own at last year's dinner, CNN reports.

At the 'nerd prom,' Obama approached the podium to speak with DJ Khaled's "All I Do Is Win," playing in the background, according to CNN. He began his speech saying, "Rush Limbaugh warned you about this - second term, baby," according to the Examiner.

From there he began speaking in a very lighthearted way with jokes about his appearance, among other things. "These days I look in the mirror and I gotta admit: I'm not the strapping young Muslim socialist that I used to be," he said, according to CNN.

Then he went on to say that the second term can take its toll and that he's tried taking inspiration from his wife, Michelle, but the bangs don't really work on him, and he displayed a photoshopped image of himself and his wife to prove it, CNN reports.

Obama approached some attacks that he has recently received from the media with some humor as well, mainly focusing on attacks from CNN and Fox News. "I know CNN has taken some knocks lately, but the fact is I admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate,"he joked, according to the Examiner.

He commented on certain aspects of popular culture that often become 'big news' and are, perhaps, a bit blown out of proportion, such as the controversy about Jay-Z's trip to Cuba, reports the Examiner.  "Maybe I have lost a step, but some things are beyond my control. For example, this whole controversy about Jay-Z going to Cuba. It's unbelievable. I got 99 problems, and now Jay-Z's one," the president said.

Obama followed that up by saying that he thinks that we, as a country, need to make progress on important issues rather than dwelling on certain topics, such as the sequester.

He also treaded upon some very controversial topics such as the portrayal of the Devil on the History Channel's TV miniseries, "The Bible," according to the Examiner. In the series a depiction of Satan "looked eerily like Obama." In his speech, Obama said that Fox News "actually thought the comparison was not fair to Satan."

Despite all of the joking, Obama also covered some more serious topics, such as the tragedies in Boston and Texas and all of the people whose lives were effected by them, according to the Examiner.

Obama closed his speech saying, "These have been some hard days for too many of our citizens. As we gather here tonight, our thoughts are not far from the people of Boston, the people of West,Texas, and the families in the Midwest who are coping with some terrible floods. So we've had some difficult days," according to CNN.

Obama wasn't the only 'funny guy' in the house that night. Throughout the evening, O'Brien was cracking jokes and on occasion he would focuse his humor on the president, CNN reports. "As you all know, the president is hard at work creating jobs. Since he was first elected, the number of popes has doubled. The number of 'Tonight Show' hosts has tripled," he joked. He too took some time to be serious in regards to the Boston Marathon bombing and thanked Obama for his presence in the city after the attacks.

Obama, however joked right back saying, "What's your secret? Could it be that you were an actor in an Aaron Sorkin liberal fantasy? Might that have something to do with it? I don't know," according to CNN.

All of the humor throughout the night was amusing to some, but others were far from amused. Although Sarah Palin was not in attendance at the event and has not attended it in the past, she regarded it with disgust on various social media, according to CNN.

"Yuk it up media and pols. While America is buried in taxes and a fight for our rights, the permanent political class in DC dresses up and has a prom to make fun of themselves. No need for that, we get the real joke," Palin wrote on her Facebook page, CNN reports. Meanwhile on twitter she said, "That ‪#WHCD‬ was pathetic. The rest of America is out there working our asses off while these DC assclowns throw themselves a ‪#nerdprom‬,"according to UPI.

"Palin's nerd prom tweet isn't the only criticism of the WHCD coming from America's conservatives," reports the International Digital Times. Ben Shapiro, a reporter from Bretibart.com, had a similar response to the event.

"While 90 million Americans remain outside the workforce and 47 million remain on foodstamps, the politicians and the media that keep them in power toasted and roasted each other with aplomb," he wrote, according to IDT. He also wrote that the dinner itself, "features ultra-wealthy journalists hobnobbing with the tuxedo-clad politicians they are supposed to hold accountable."