Sunday, April 30, 2006

Finally, a reason to watch C-SPAN

The White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner is usually a hoot, but press reports make Saturday's edition sound even better than normal.

First came the dual President Bushes, with the fake one speaking perfect English and the real one lampooning his frequent malapropisms, including a promise to promote his policies "globally and around the world, as well as internationally."

Then came comedian Stephen Colbert's tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Bush administration, including advice for the Beltway press: "Let's review the rules. Here's how it works. The president makes decisions; he's the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Put them through a spell check and go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration. You know -- fiction."

I must see this.