Sunday (Bonus) Screening

I know, there's not much that can stand up to Markus's bowling videos (btw, I'm sad that I didn't have enough perseverance to win the prize), but here I go anyway:

First up, Barack Obama boils down the Indiana electorate to "Hoosiers" (which might actually work, judging from my knowledge of Indiana (which comes entirely from "Hoosiers")).
The genius of this video comes from the very uncomfortable-sounding announcer and from the graphic at the end:

Hope 15
Away 5

And now to the main attraction: the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the annual event where President Bush makes fun of everything he's done wrong in the past year, a comedian makes fun of Fox News, and liberals act dismayed at the press for laughing with the President instead of standing up to him but then feverishly search the videos out on YouTube anyway.
Two years ago, of course, was the infamous Stephen Colbert Smackdown, which I have embedded here because it is that awesome:

This weekend, Craig Ferguson (the CBS late-night host and newly-naturalized U.S. citizen) gave it a go, and I think he did a great job. While not nearly as ballsy as Colbert's speech, Ferguson managed to get in some good jabs at the administration while also bringing in some great humor, a conversational tone (which made his speech a lot less awkward than Colbert's), and a unique viewpoint as a new American (including playing dumb to great effect).
Below, my favorite quotes, George Bush conducting the Marine Corps band (quite well, actually), and all three parts of the Ferguson speech (I've even put them in order for you). Enjoy!

A reporter from -- what's the name of that paper? The Mound? The Hill!

It's your task to watch the government, to make sure they don't exceed their power. Uh, well done on that, by the way, the past eight years. [knowing look to Dick Cheney]

FERGUSON: During your administration there was not one single sex scandal in the White House. Not one. Except the time when Barney humped the Pope's leg.
BUSH [to guy sitting next to him]: What did he say?
GUY: [repeats it]
BUSH: [George W. Bush laugh/chuckle thing that Jon Stewart is not any good at imitating]

(btw, I love how Barney the dog has a Wikipedia page)

I didn't embed the President's speech, because it was not actually funny at all, except for this one line:

For eight years as Vice President, Dick has ridden shotgun. That's probably not the best analogy.