Holy shit.

"I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things, like aircraft carriers, rubble and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message that no matter what happens to America, she will always rebound with the most powerfully staged photo ops in the world!"

"Because really, what incentive do these people have to answer your questions, after all? I mean, nothing satisfies you! Everybody asks for personnel changes. So the White House has personnel changes. Then you write they're just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. First of all, that is a terrible metaphor. This administration is not sinking. This administration is soaring! If anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg!"

                                          -- Stephen Colbert, re: the President (seated two chairs away),
                                                        during The White House Correspondents' Dinner.

That is the most awesome thing I've read in weeks.

ETA:: Watch the whole speech.

Reactions-- from Shakespeare's Sister:: "Colbert was like a fucking pitbull who latched onto Bush’s jugular and proceeded to gnaw on it for 15 minutes, then turned on the press and slaughtered them, too. It was fucking unbelievable. It was brutal, painful to watch. No one was laughing, because it wasn’t funny. It was the fucking truth—- and it was awesome. Throughout the entire thing, he would periodically look evenly at Bush, holding his gaze and addressing him directly as "Mr. President." Bush looked back at him with a face of stone (save for one time when Colbert flubbed a set-up). Standing in front of a room full of people who didn’t, couldn’t, laugh, letting them have it with everything he’s got, sweating bullets, Colbert would look dead at Bush and never blink."

Oh, and the President? Not amused!