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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush treated journalists to never-before-seen pictures of the White House on Saturday, including one in which Vice President Dick Cheney appears to be urinating on the door of his Oval Office.
"Dick, I hope you're not doing what it looks like you're doing," Bush quipped as he narrated a slide show at the 88th annual dinner of the White House Correspondents Association.
Bush was nearly upstaged at the elegant event by heavy metal rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, who is in talks with MTV to bring his raucous, foul-mouthed family back for a second season of the surprise hit series "The Osbournes."
The aging former lead singer of Black Sabbath, a guest at the dinner, stood up on a chair and waved to the wildly cheering crowd after Bush recognized him, prompting the president to say, "OK, Ozzie ... Might have been a mistake."
The Cheney photograph followed a series in which other top officials, including national security adviser Condoleezza Rice and outgoing White House aide Karen Hughes, were shown peering into a peephole at the president's office.
At last year's dinner, Bush showed the White House press corps intimate photographs from the Bush family album, including one of his younger brother Jeb, now the governor of Florida, as a naked toddler sporting a cowboy hat.
There were no nude family photos on Saturday, but Bush took aim several times at Cheney, who was also seated at the head table with his wife Lynne.
In one slide, he showed presidential dog Barney beating hasty retreat from behind the president's desk.
"You can tell Barney is in some trouble here. This is the day he chewed up the list of undisclosed locations and we couldn't find Dick," the president laughed.
Following the Sept. 11 attacks, Cheney has spent time at a secret location due to heightened security concerns.
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton was also the object of Bush's humor when he showed a photograph of himself with a woman dressed in full-length blue burka and said it was the former first lady.
"For political reasons, some Democrats prefer that it not be known they are working with a Republican president, so they slip in the back door -- like Hillary Clinton here," he said.
Bush, famous for his self-deprecating remarks, also showed unflattering photos of himself, including several that showed him falling flat on his back at the White House bowling alley.
In another, first lady Laura Bush has her hand planted squarely on his face. "She helps me in a million ways. Here, she is helping me pronounce Azerbaijani," Bush explained.
The evening's paid entertainer, comedian Drew Carey, also took aim at the president's verbal antics.
"Every time he gets to a big word, it's like watching a high-wire act," Carey said.
Thirteen presidents have attended the annual dinner, beginning with Calvin Coolidge in 1920.
Each year, the event draws hundreds of journalists and Washington officials, as well as dozens of celebrities. This year's stellar cast included actress Glenn Close and actor Harrison Ford, model Christine Brinkley, as well as the sex adviser Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell and Gen. Tommy Franks, the head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, also attended.
"Dick, I hope you're not doing what it looks like you're doing," Bush quipped as he narrated a slide show at the 88th annual dinner of the White House Correspondents Association.
Bush was nearly upstaged at the elegant event by heavy metal rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, who is in talks with MTV to bring his raucous, foul-mouthed family back for a second season of the surprise hit series "The Osbournes."
The aging former lead singer of Black Sabbath, a guest at the dinner, stood up on a chair and waved to the wildly cheering crowd after Bush recognized him, prompting the president to say, "OK, Ozzie ... Might have been a mistake."
The Cheney photograph followed a series in which other top officials, including national security adviser Condoleezza Rice and outgoing White House aide Karen Hughes, were shown peering into a peephole at the president's office.
At last year's dinner, Bush showed the White House press corps intimate photographs from the Bush family album, including one of his younger brother Jeb, now the governor of Florida, as a naked toddler sporting a cowboy hat.
There were no nude family photos on Saturday, but Bush took aim several times at Cheney, who was also seated at the head table with his wife Lynne.
In one slide, he showed presidential dog Barney beating hasty retreat from behind the president's desk.
"You can tell Barney is in some trouble here. This is the day he chewed up the list of undisclosed locations and we couldn't find Dick," the president laughed.
Following the Sept. 11 attacks, Cheney has spent time at a secret location due to heightened security concerns.
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton was also the object of Bush's humor when he showed a photograph of himself with a woman dressed in full-length blue burka and said it was the former first lady.
"For political reasons, some Democrats prefer that it not be known they are working with a Republican president, so they slip in the back door -- like Hillary Clinton here," he said.
Bush, famous for his self-deprecating remarks, also showed unflattering photos of himself, including several that showed him falling flat on his back at the White House bowling alley.
In another, first lady Laura Bush has her hand planted squarely on his face. "She helps me in a million ways. Here, she is helping me pronounce Azerbaijani," Bush explained.
The evening's paid entertainer, comedian Drew Carey, also took aim at the president's verbal antics.
"Every time he gets to a big word, it's like watching a high-wire act," Carey said.
Thirteen presidents have attended the annual dinner, beginning with Calvin Coolidge in 1920.
Each year, the event draws hundreds of journalists and Washington officials, as well as dozens of celebrities. This year's stellar cast included actress Glenn Close and actor Harrison Ford, model Christine Brinkley, as well as the sex adviser Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell and Gen. Tommy Franks, the head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, also attended.