Comments | skryche: Colbert at White House Correspondents Association Dinner

skryche

Colbert at White House Correspondents Association Dinner

Jun 06, 2006 11:34

Most people who are in to this sort of thing have already seen it. I just caught it now. It's so nice to watch Stephen Colbert insult the president to his face for fifteen minutes straight.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879

funny, bush, colbert, speech, politics

Comments 5

shoukinkasegi June 8 2006, 15:47:53 UTC

I personally found it amazing that el prez had that dumb as a box of rocks look on his chevy chase. It's one thing to have thousands protest or question the legitimacy of him being on the throne and all, (being so dumb and uh... Diebold, and Florida, hello?) but to see actual proof. Man. Wow.

skryche June 8 2006, 15:51:04 UTC

All he could do was smile dumbly (or patronizingly) -- political comedy is funny 'cause it's true, so he couldn't laugh. And he couldn't look unhappy, 'cause then he couldn't take a joke or, worse, it would look like one of the barbs had actually stung him. So his handlers probably shut shut down his hearing and sent a low-voltage current to his pleasure centers. Problem solved!

shoukinkasegi June 10 2006, 16:09:15 UTC

"sent a low-voltage current to his pleasure centers"
Oh!!!!! You might just be right. XD

skippykawakami June 11 2006, 01:20:57 UTC

He didn't just insult the president to his face, but the entire journalism establishment to their faces as well. If he had just done one or the other, half the room would have been on his side, but going after both? Man, that takes cojonés.

From an audience reaction standpoint he bombed, almost to the point of making me uncomfortable for his while watching it. But outside of that room, he killed.

My favorite line: "... and we all know reality has a well-known liberal bias."

skryche June 11 2006, 17:47:40 UTC

Or, “The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Just put 'em through a spell check and go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration. You know - fiction!”

Loved it.