Bush's Thanksgiving Surprise

"Gotta give the White House credit on this one. My colleagues and I are incredibly impressed by how well we were misled, and this was for a good cause. Just imagine if they were doing something they were ashamed of. We'd never find out. This just proves that we journalists shouldn't even try, which we don't." —Daily Show "White House correspondent" Stephen Colbert, on Bush's surprise Thanksgiving trip to Baghdad

Watch a video clip of The Daily Show's satirical coverage of Bush's Baghdad trip, and read the full text of Bush's remarks to troops, courtesy of White House.org.

Joke of the Day:
"President Bush had Thanksgiving dinner with the troops in Baghdad. It was $1,000 a plate." —David Letterman
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