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Bush: 'I Survived White House Shakeup'
It was twice the fun for members of the White House Correspondents' Association and guests Saturday night when President Bush invited a look-alike, sound-alike sidekick to poke fun at himself and fellow politicians.
"Ladies and gentleman, I feel chipper tonight. I survived the White House shakeup," the president said.
But impersonator Steve Bridges, stole many of the best lines, referring to Vice President Dick Cheney and his hunting accident on a couple of occasions.
"Speaking of suspects, where is the great white hunter," Bridges said, later adding. "He shot the only trial lawyers in the country who supports me."
Bush continued a tradition begun by President Calvin Coolidge in attending the correspondents' dinner.
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The featured entertainer was Stephen Colbert, whose Comedy Central show "The Colbert Report" often lampoons the Washington establishment.
Yet it's the Who's Who of power and celebrity in the audience - invited by media organizations to their dinner tables - that draws much of the attention.
Joining ABC were former Ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife, Valerie Plame, the CIA officer at the heart of a leak investigation that has reached deep into the White House.
Others on the guest list included rapper-actor Ludacris, whose real name is Chris Bridges; James Denton, the hunky plumber on "Desperate Housewives" on ABC; "Dancing With the Stars" winner Drew Lachey; New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin; tennis player Anna Kournikova; and Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
© 2006 Associated Press.
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