A day in the life of President Bush (4/30/06): photos of correspondents dinner

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[Wolfstar]

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush attended St. John's Church this morning, as is their custom when spending the weekend at the White House. Last night they attended the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, where the President and his "alter ego," comedian Steve Bridges, stole the show.

The best review I found is on USA Today's website. Since I'm not sure how much of their material we can excerpt, I'll just provide a link. The article includes a nearly complete transcript of the President's and Mrs. Bridges routine.

LINK TO USA TODAY CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER REVIEW

[Wolfstar]

Smiling (smirking?) over at reporters as he enters the presidential limo this morning after services as St. Johns.

[Wolfstar]

The President and First Lady leaving church this morning.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Vicious is a good word to describe Colbert. I turned him OFF.

[silent_jonny]

Hang on...there's one of Ace coming up.

Oh Lord ... :)

[battlegearboat]

You get those boys from Comedy Central (Stewart, Colbert) away from their studio and put them in a live situation and they are about as funny as Al Gore wearing his strap-on beard.

[Wolfstar]

Yahoo reposted this photo from last week, accompanied by this caption:

President George W. Bush, seen here, and key Republican leaders are pushing for permanent repeal of the US inheritance tax.

[Kaslin]

Good afternoon!

[Wolfstar]

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [looking stunning BTW] leaves ABC studios, Sunday, April 30, 2006, in Washington. Iran's offer to let a watchdog agency inspect the country's nuclear facilities is a stalling tactic to avoid U.N. penalties that would further isolate Tehran, she said.

[jocon307]

"Bridges got the voice, mannerisms and even the shoulder-shaking laugh of GWB down wonderfully."

Yes, I watched the video (available at msn.com, they really are quite good msn, I hate to admit it, but they are for the hot topics). Bridges was dead on, more Bush than Bush. A wonderful routine, really. The same guy as straight man and comic, and they even kept trading those parts.

I tell you, when W needs material he definately knows who to call. Maybe he could take over producing SNL or something when his term is up.

[Wolfstar]

New White House Press Secretary Tony Snow arriving for the People Magazine party.

Tony and rapper Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges pose at a party hosted by People Magazine before the correspondents dinner. It's so good to see Tony this happy.

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Karl Rove jokes with members of the White House staff after returning from correspondents dinner.

[Wolfstar]

A selected few of the personalities who attended the correspondents dinner. (I refuse to post pics of many of them.)

Tommy Lasorda, former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team.

[silent_jonny]

IMO Colbert was unwatchable.

I just saw the replay on CSPAN. I got about two "jokes" into Colbert's act and I turned it off.

[Wolfstar]

This is Rep. Jane Harmon (D-Moonbat), who represents California's 36th Congressional District (where I live-- hey, it could be worse; I used to live in Maxine Waters district). Ugh!!!

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Alex Trebek, left, and Wolf Blitzer.

Morgan Fairchild.

Actor Isaiah Washington.

Tiki Barber.

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Doris Roberts.

Former Senator Fred Thompson and his wife.

Ben Roethlisberger, quarterback of the NFL champion Pittsburgh Steelers.

[Wolfstar]

Last -- and yes, least -- former American Idol contestant Ace Young arrives for a party at the Macedonian Embassy in Washington following The White House Correspondents' Dinner.

[jocon307]

From the USA Today review "[Steve Colber] then showed a clip in which he fielded questions by the press corps, only to wind up running from the building chased by veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas."

LOL! Did they really get the old bird to do that?

[Wolfstar]

Also, I had hoped there would be a future airing of it, but I guess not.

C-SPAN is unreliable these days when it comes to airing anything with the President.

[Wolfstar]

Thanks for the ping, Wolfstar.

You're welcome. :)