奧巴馬和羅姆尼在慈善晚宴上相互調侃

U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney made fun of themselves and each other at a high-profile charity dinner Thursday in New York.

The formal event hosted by the city's Catholic Archdiocese at the Luxury Waldorf-Astoria Hotel was a chance for the candidates to take a break from an often combative presidential campaign.

Mr. Romney, a multi-millionaire, began the evening by taking a shot at his own speech also poked fun at the media, who many Republicans accuse of favoring Democrats.

President Obama also took aim at Mr. Romney's wealth, noting that while he had earlier gone shopping at some stores in Midtown Manhattan, Mr. Romney "went shopping for some stores."

Mr. Obama made light of his performance in the first debate, during which many said he looked tired and uninterested.

The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, named after a former Democratic governor of New York and the first Roman Catholic presidential candidate in 1928, is expected to raise $5 million for Catholic charities.星期四，美國總統奧巴馬和他的共和黨挑戰者羅姆尼在紐約市一次倍受關注的慈善募捐晚宴上相互調侃。

這次晚宴由紐約天主教大主教管區主辦，地點是華爾道夫豪華酒店。在常常充滿火藥味的總統競選中，這次晚宴是奧巴馬和羅姆尼放鬆一下的好機會。

羅姆尼身爲千萬富翁，在晚宴開始時拿自己的財富開起了玩笑。此外，他還對媒體進行調侃。很多共和黨人指責媒體偏向民主黨。

奧巴馬也拿羅姆尼的財富開玩笑。他說，他在曼哈頓商業區的一些商店買東西時，羅姆尼正在選購商店。

奧巴馬還以輕鬆的口吻談到他在第一次總統競選辯論中的表現。很多人認爲奧巴馬在那次辯論中顯得疲倦和漫不經心。

阿爾•史密斯紀念基金是以紐約州前民主黨籍州長阿爾•史密斯命名的。阿爾•史密斯1928年競選總統， 是首位被提名的羅馬天主教教徒總統候選人。這個基金會預計將爲天主教募集五百萬美元的慈善捐款