Stephen Colbert has the greatest job in the world

Who else gets to stand up in front of the president and all sorts of senior government officials and personally insult every single one of them for laughs?

Take this bit from his speech at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, a transcript and links to video of which can be found here:

Now, I know there are some polls out there saying this man has a 32 percent approval rating. But guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in "reality." And reality has a well-known liberal bias.

So, Mr. President, please, pay no attention to the people that say the glass is half full. Thirty-two percent means the glass -- it's important to set up your jokes properly, sir. Sir, pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, because 32 percent means it's two-thirds empty. There's still some liquid in that glass is my point, but I wouldn't drink it. The last third is usually backwash.

How do you get paid to do this for a living, seriously? I'm funny and biting, and I'm prettier than Stephen Colbert besides. On a good day. Maybe. SHUT UP.

But I must hand it to the lad, the re-arranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg line and the one about the president doing all that brush-clearing in Crawford in an attempt to develop an alternative fuel are pure gold.

And anyone who has the balls to so publicly rip on Saint John McCain the Bipartisan for cavorting with religious kooks is just unqualifiedly awesome. Bravo, good sir. Bravo.