What’s left for satirists? GRITtv Guest Host Lizz Winstead with Baratunde Thurston of The Onion and Jack and Jill Politics and Lee Papa, a.k.a. the Rude Pundit. They marvel at the president’s ability to turn an insult into an object of his own benevolence. If it weren’t for me, says Bush, the shoe thrower would never have had the freedom to do what he did. "So what," says Bush to Martha Radditz who reminded him that Al-Qaeda wasn’t in Iraq until after the US invasion. It might serve as a good title for his autobiography.

So where do those in the business of political satire turn now? There are last licks. As Lee Papa says the horse isn’t completely dead yet. And the Bush administration may be the gift that keeps giving. Witness a recent report on George Tenet’s bawdy behavior in Prince Bandar’s pool.

As far as political corruption goes there’s been no shortage of drama over the last eight years. Yet the sheer rot of our political system may at times obscure the motivations and machinations of those in high office. Corruption of course is not limited to the political class. Ronan Noone’s play The Atheist tells the story of Augustine Early an American journalist who will do anything to capture the perfect front-page headline. Campbell Scott plays Early in a Barrow Street Theatre production of The Atheist. Guest host Esther Arma spoke with Scott recently.

Thanks to Lizz Winstead and Shoot the Messenger for video in tonight's show.