On April 29, 2006, American comedian Stephen Colbert appeared as the featured entertainer at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
There - in front of 2500 guests, described by the Associated Press as a "Who's Who of power and celebrity", comedian Stephen Colbert played the role of the character that he played on his television show, The Colbert Report.
He satirically praised the foreign policy, lifestyle, and beliefs of George W. Bush and referred to his declining popular reputation according to actual polls. In praising Bush he portrayed him as anti-intellectual, as a guy who detested the facts, who decided 'out of his guts'.
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