Updated Fri Oct 19, 2012 5:22pm AEDT
ABC
Obama, Romney trade jokes at charity dinner
ABC News
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have taken time off from their knife-edge election campaign to exchange light-hearted jabs and make fun of each other at a high-profile charity dinner
Two days after a brutal debate in which they exchanged verbal blows and stalked each other on stage, Mr Obama and Mr Romney greeted each other warmly, dressed formally in white tie and tails.
But the combativeness of the campaign trail was ever-present as the two foes gave back-to-back speeches at the 67th annual Alfred E Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner.
Mr Romney, speaking first, said Mr Obama, who wants to increase taxes on the wealthy to help fund government programs, must have had some thoughts as he looked out at the crowd of wealthy people at the dinner.
"You have to wonder what he's thinking: So little time, so much to redistribute," he said.
Mr Obama, when it was his turn, made fun of Mr Romney's vast wealth.
"Earlier I went shopping at some stores in Midtown. I understand governor Romney went shopping for some stores in Midtown," he said.
The Al Smith dinner is a glittering affair at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel where New York's high society dined on poached lobster and rack of lamb and contributed $US5 million for various children's charities.
Mr Obama and Mr Romney, facing a third and final debate on Monday in Florida, sat close to each other at the dinner, separated only by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York who spoke at both the Republican and Democratic conventions.
The event is an annual speaking opportunity for presidents or president aspirants to test their comic skills with self-deprecating jokes usually written up by clever speechwriters.
'Nice long nap'
Please take your seats... or else Clint Eastwood will yell at them.
US president Barack Obama
Mr Obama made light of his much-panned performance at his first debate with Mr Romney on October 3.
He said at the second debate, where he was judged the winner, he had been well-rested because of the "nice long nap I had at the first debate".
Mr Romney also was self-deprecating, noting the way he prepared for the debate was to "refrain from alcohol for 65 years".
As a practicing Mormon, the former Massachusetts governor abstains from alcohol.
Mr Obama, who frequently credits himself with ordering the mission that led to the death of Osama bin Laden, noted the last debate was about foreign policy.
"Spoiler alert: We got bin Laden!" he said. Mr Romney tweaked Mr Obama on the high jobless rate, saying its recent small decline meant only one thing: "You're better off now than you were four weeks ago."
If there was one thing they had in common, it was their ability to make fun of vice president Joe Biden, Mr Obama's gaffe-prone Number 2.
Mr Obama said he sometimes hears that he is getting old and has lost a step and when he does, he says, "Settle down, Joe, I'm trying to run a cabinet meeting."
Mr Romney said when Mr Biden speaks, it usually is to Mr Romney's benefit, so much so that whenever his remarks are on TV it should be accompanied by a recorded message like those used in campaign ads: "I'm Mitt Romney, and I approve this message."
Mr Obama got in a jab at the Republicans' use of Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood at Mr Romney's convention. Eastwood was panned for talking to an empty chair on stage as if Mr Obama was sitting in it.
"Please take your seats," Mr Obama told the crowd, "or else Clint Eastwood will yell at them."
Among the 1,600 guests at the dinner were representatives from two of New York's major industries - media and Wall Street money.
Reuters Topics: world-politics, us-elections, united-states First posted Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:41pm AEDT
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