President Bush Once Again Shows America What a REAL MAN is at White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
GEORGE Bush hinted at a future career as a stand-up comic after a bravura performance alongside an impersonator saw the United States' top political journalists collapse into fits of laughter.
The US president lampooned himself for his infamous gaffes in public speaking and laughed as his diplomatic lapses and fondness for an early night were sent up by the comedian Steve Bridges.
Mr Bush took to the stage at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner alongside Bridges, who was made up to appear the spitting image of the president.
"Let's get things going," said Bridges/Bush, "or I'll never get to bed." The real Mr Bush then spoke of spreading his agenda "globally and around the world, as well as internationally".
Bridges, who appears as Mr Bush in satirical television programmes, then pretended to be the president practising for a major public statement, possibly about the Iranian nuclear crisis.
"All right. Maintain. Be cool. Let's give this a try," said Bridges/ Bush. "We must enhance non-compliance protocols sanctioned not only at IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] formal sessions, but through intercessional contact."
The president then sent the assembled correspondents into fits of laughter as he repeated: "We must enhance non-compliance protocols sanctioned not only at E-I-E-I-O sessions, but through intersexual conduct."
Bridges/Bush jokingly criticised the press for not tidying up some of his less eloquent comments: "The media really ticks me off - the way they try to embarrass me by not editing what I say. "
Bridges/Bush then added, as the president grinned: "Some of my critics in the international community call me arrogant. I will not even honour that with a response. Screw them!"
Bridges/Bush also picked on the vice-president, Dick Cheney, who accidentally shot an elderly lawyer friend while hunting."Where is the great white hunter?" the "president" asked. "He shot the only trial lawyer in the country who supports me."
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Comment by Cate— 2006/04/30 @ 09:37 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Brooke— 2006/05/01 @ 09:52 AM — (Reply)
Bush did his famous joke where he acted like he was
looking for WMD's - "Nope, not here either!" - boy was that
funny.
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