As most of you know, I'm not fan of 'ol G.W. His actions and arrogance, in my opinion, has put the US in some really bad situations. Recently when he speaks, I tune him out due to past experiences (the last six years).
A friend of mine had recommended that I watch Steven Colbert's roast of Bush at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. Colbert's direct and crass rant was hyped all over the internet, so I finally decided to give it a watch. You can see it here. It's fairly long (~24 minutes).
What was NOT hyped by my friend or the internet was Bush's self-deprecating, self-impersonation bit that he did with a Bush look-a-like (what a plight for that guy!) at the dinner. I've watched Bush's State of the Union speeches almost every year. During his campaigns, I've leant him my ear to see what he had to say. When there is a major national push (ex: medicare campaign), I've tuned in. I don't like the guy, but he is our president and I want to see what path he's taking us on. Regardless of the past speeches, THE DINNER SPEECH WAS AMAZING. It was great to see him have fun with his faults and stereotypes. In some round about way, it was almost as if he was admitting to faults and as we all know, he doesn't do that (one of my HUGE problems with the guy). So, if you are in the same camp as me, go and watch this ~11 minutes clip and appreciate our president for once.