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To: Chispas who wrote (66005)	5/2/2006 8:10:18 PM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 361732

Web-Exclusive Satire By Andy Borowitz Special to Newsweek Updated: 5:21 p.m. ET May 2, 2006 May 2, 2006 - President Bush's appearance with a comedic look-alike at last Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington may have backfired, as a new poll released today shows that the public prefers Bush's look-alike to the president himself by an almost three-to-one margin. According to the survey conducted by the University of Minnesota's Opinion Research Institute, in a head-to-head match-up Bush's imposter garners 74 percent support while the president gets only 25 percent, with the other one percent saying they found "no difference" between Bush and his funnyman look-alike. And while only 36 percent of those surveyed approve of the job Bush is doing as president, 97 percent approve of the job Bush's look-alike is doing of ridiculing the job Bush is doing as president. Dr. Davis Logsdon, who supervised the survey for the University of Minnesota, believes that while the new poll numbers are troubling news for the president, Bush could dramatically improve his standing with the American people by involving his look-alike in more key White House decision. "Most Americans do not approve the idea of President Bush invading Iran, but they wouldn't mind so much if his funny look-alike did it," Logsdon said. But behind the poll numbers, Logsdon added, there is potential trouble looming for Bush's popular look-alike: "There is already a perception out there that he is being controlled by a Dick Cheney look-alike." Elsewhere, magician David Blaine began a week submerged in a human-sized goldfish bowl, attempting to set a record for the most desperate bid for attention ever. msnbc.msn.com