The Colbert Report goes on the offensive

What genius thought that the President would like what Stephen Colbert had to say about him? Colbert was the host of the Correspondents Dinner this weekend and sent up Bush repeatedly. The joke of his program is that he is pro-Bush, pro-Republican, and will do anything to spin for them. So he was basically in character during the dinner. Here's a sampler of the jokes and some of the President's reactions, which apparently weren't very favorable.

My favorites:

Colbert urged the Bush to ignore his low approval ratings, saying they were based on reality, “and reality has a well-known liberal bias.”

He attacked those in the press who claim that the shake-up at the White House was merely re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. “This administration is soaring, not sinking,” he said. “If anything, they are re-arranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg.”

"When the president decides something on Monday, he still believes it on Wednesday - no matter what happened Tuesday."

Ouch. That's speaking some truthiness to power.