AdvertisementA Former Speechwriter Looks Back On His 'Hopey, Changey' Years With ObamaSeptember 25, 2017Terry GrossfacebookEmailPresident Barack Obama speaks at the 2014 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, D.C. Speechwriter David Litt, who helped craft the president's comedy routine that night, says, "Some of the joke is always that it's the president telling a joke." (Getty Images)