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BREAKING: Colbert To Head WHCA Dinner

By Garrett on January 27, 2006 12:02 PM

Word out of the White House today, that the fake Bill O’Reilly will headline the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in April. Fresh off of making fun of the entire Washington punditocracy, the White House Correspondents Association will today announce that Stephen Colbert will be the head entertainer.

Last year, the dashing Stephen Colbert, then a mere Daily Show correspondent, was the guest of ABC News’ Jake Tapper and sat through a not-very-well-received Cedric the Entertainer talk. This year Colbert had been courted by straightlaced competitor Jim Lehrer.

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