Acting up: With the American election just months away, the competition is getting heated—and mean. We can have an entire election with less fanfare than the Americans give to just one speech, but their campaigns are much more interesting to watch. Like this four-minute video of Will Ferrell as George Dubya, riffing and improv-ing on the ranch in a hilarious parody of a campaign ad. It’s for a pro-Democrat group called ACT. Stay with Bushy at www.whitehousewest.com.

Harm charm: If you heard about Dubya’s latest verbal gaffe—leaving room for the possibility that a worse one will occur between the time this paper goes to print and you read it—you’ll know that in a speech he says the White House never stops thinking about ways to harm the U.S. He really says it—and you have to watch the clip. It’s like being told your grandmother is your grandfather and vice versa. Blow your everlovin’ mind at www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0805042bush1.html.

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