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Bush Jokes with Satirists about Iraq, Cheney shooting Comment: Satire is supposed to expose and hold to account the corruptions and misgivings of Government, not make it look cool and hip. I'm sorry but I don't find that the chaos in Iraq with thousands of dead Iraqi civilians in an ongoing illegal war is an appropriate laughing point at a government dinner party. Nor do I believe the President should be joking around with a sidekick partner about how the Vice President got drunk and nearly killed a man by shooting him in the face. Is this now the only way Bush can make himself look good, by playing dumb and dumber with his own comedy lookalike? WASHINGTON - It was twice the fun for members of the White House Correspondents’ Association and guests Saturday night when President Bush and a look-alike, sound-alike sidekick poked fun at the president and fellow politicians. “Ladies and gentlemen, I feel chipper tonight. I survived the White House shake-up,” the president said. But impersonator Steve Bridges stole many of the best lines. Vice President Dick Cheney and his hunting accident were targets of his humor on a couple of occasions. “Speaking of suspects, where is the great white hunter?” Bridges said, later adding, “He shot the only trial lawyer in the country who supports me.”Bush continued a tradition begun by President Coolidge in attending the correspondents’ dinner. Bush’s alter-ego gets last word Bridges opened like this: “The media really ticks me off — the way they try to embarrass me by not editing what I say. Well, let’s get things going, or I’ll never get to bed.” “I’m absolutely delighted to be here, as is (wife) Laura,” Bush replied. “She’s hot,” Bridges quipped. The featured entertainer was Stephen Colbert, whose Comedy Central show “The Colbert Report” often lampoons the Washington establishment. “I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq,” Colbert said in a typical zinger. He also paid mock tribute to Bush as a man who “believes Wednesday what he believed Monday, despite what happened Tuesday.” Who’s Who of Beltway, Hollywood players Joining ABC were former Ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife, Valerie Plame, the CIA officer at the heart of a leak investigation that has reached deep into the White House. Others on the guest list included rapper-actor Ludacris, whose real name is Chris Bridges; James Denton, the hunky plumber on “Desperate Housewives” on ABC; “Dancing With the Stars” winner Drew Lachey; New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin; tennis player Anna Kournikova; and Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Award winners honored at the dinner were: Deb Riechmann of The Associated Press and Terry
Moran of ABC News, Merriman Smith Awards, the top journalism award for
White House reporting under deadline pressure. Riechmann was recognized
for breaking the news of Bush’s choice of John Roberts for the
Supreme Court. Moran was cited for his broadcast coverage of Bush’s
first visit to areas hit by Hurricane Katrina. Marcus Stern and Jerry Kammer of the Copley News Service, the Edgar A. Poe Award for a series of stories on Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, who resigned in disgrace and pleaded guilty to accepting $2.4 million in bribes. The Poe award recognizes excellence in news of national and regional importance. The association was established in 1914 as a bridge between the press corps and the White House. The current president is Mark Smith of AP Radio. ---------------------------------------------------
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