"He wears Jesus' robes and a neon blue halo, looks like Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and is causing a stir at a Chicago art school," the Associated Press writes about a papier mache sculpture "of Obama as a messianic figure."

It's the creation of an undergraduate student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. David Cordero, 24, says he was responding "to what I've been witnessing and hearing, this idea that Barack is sort of a potential savior that might come and absolve the country of all its sins."

Reason magazine's Hit & Run blog calls it "bizarre art installation news."

No More Hornets thinks the media have sensationalized the story.

(Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast of the AP.)

Members of "the Colbert Nation" and just regular old fans of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report are well aware that this week Stephen Colbert dared them to take his interview with Gwen Ifill of PBS and try to make him look stupid by editing it.

Looks like quite a few folks have accepted the challenge. A YouTube search on "Colbert edit" right now produces 143 hits -- most of them uploaded edits of the Colbert-Ifill exchange.

Now, be warned: The whole point was to make it look like Colbert is saying offensive things about politicians and himself -- and his "editors" have succeeded. So far the most viewed version (4,900 views as of now) is this one and the language makes it an "adult's only" take, no question.

Also only for adults: This "rap" edit.

Care for something safer set to classical music, but with an "explosive," sci-fi ending? Try this one.

Colbert has promised to air the "best."

(Photo by Adam Rountree of the AP.)

Oh great. Now reporters are rapping too.

Inspired by "MC Rove's" performance at Wednesday night's Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner, The New York Times' Sheryl Gay Stolberg this morning began a "pool report" to her colleagues in the White House press corps with this:

The GOP came to the White House today,

Had a few things they wanted to say ...

Talked about the budget, the war and such.

Bush came out and didn't say very much.

Then she got serious:

Reporters -- and millions of other folks -- thought it was oh-so-funny in 2004 when brothers Gregg and Evan Spiridellis made fun of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry in the fabulously successful web video This Land. The media got more yucks at the candidates' expense in a JibJab follow-up, Good To Be In D.C!

This evening, President Bush gets to laugh back at the reporters.

Part of the entertainment tonight at the annual Radio-Television Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington (which Bush is set to attend) will be a new satire from the brothers Spiridellis:

As you can see "What We Call The News!" is a wicked look at how some in the media seem to treat some stories -- Britney Spears' latest escapade, for instance -- as far more important than "real news." (The video is also, of course, available at Jib Jab.com.)

Later, the spoof is supposed to air on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

We asked Gregg Spiridellis where he gets off making fun of the media, and he admitted being a little nervous about "biting the hand that feeds us."

"But how could we pass this up?" he asks. After all, it's a chance to skewer the Anderson Coopers, Brit Humes and Chris Matthews of the world -- right in front of them and their friends.

And it's a chance to meet Bush.

"I can't wait to hear whether he saw This Land," says Gregg, who plans to be the dinner with his brother.

Care to sing along? Click "read more" to see the lyrics:

A movie that's having modest success at the box office is picking up fans among American politicians who think the nation's leaders and '08 candidates need to rise above partisan bickering, USA TODAY's Patrick O'Driscoll reports from Cheyenne, Wyo.

Amazing Grace, the story of 18th century British abolitionist William Wilberforce, is resonating with lawmakers such as Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., because of its "message of political civility and bipartisanship," O'Driscoll writes.

Monday night, Wyoming Gov. David Freudenthal, a Democrat in a mostly Republican state, hosted 200 people at a screening. He invited state legislators and -- as their price of admission -- asked them to bring along young people. "Everybody talks about being non-partisan, but they're not," the governor told O'Driscoll. He's hoping that seeing and talking about the movie will help.

Also Monday night, in Washington state more than 225 attended a bipartisan showing for state legislators, staff and guests.

As O'Driscoll also points out, the movie has won praise from many religious leaders and conservatives -- including GOP presidential contender Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, who said in a statement last month that:

"As the 200th anniversary of British slave trade abolition approaches we should celebrate Wilberforce's victories and use his legacy as an inspiration to renew our culture by continuing to fight for human life and human dignity."

It has sparked some criticism, though, from evangelicals who think the religious message was "toned down."

("Handout" photo of actor Ioan Gruffudd, who portrays William Wilberforce. By Murray Close for Bristol Bay Productions LLC.)