MrsSpringsteen
Blue Crack Addict
I hope they are showing this again on CSpan. They say the audience wasn't amused either. What did they expect when they invited him? There have been other people who have spoken at that dinner who have gotten themselves into "trouble". Where do you draw the line? I guess Bush also poked fun at himself w/ a Bush lookalike.
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"In one of the ballsiest comic stunts ever pulled in Washington, comedian Stephen Colbert delivered a blistering "tribute" to President Bush at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner. It was so edgy and uncomfortable that it was almost too hard to watch, as a cold-faced and stunned Bush sat on the dais with the look of someone who had just been ambushed.
Acting the part of the faux conservative talk show host that he plays on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, Colbert leveled an all-out assault on Bush under the guise of mock praise. He lampooned Bush over everything from his low approval ratings to his handling of Iraq to his vaunted stubbornness -- and got in a few shots at the press corps as well.
The members of the media elite and political glitterati in attendance gave Colbert a tepid reception, while the president and First Lady Laura Bush couldn't get off the stage fast enough when the drubbing came to a merciful end."
Highlights from Colbert's Comedy Routine
On Bush's 32% approval rating: "The glass isn't half empty -- it's 68% empty. There's still some fluid in there, but I wouldn't drink it. "
"Guys like us -- we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that people are thinking in ‘reality’. And ‘reality’ has a well known liberal bias."
"I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers, and rubble, and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message that no matter what happens to America she will always rebound with the most powerfully staged photo-ops in the world."
"I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq."
On Bush, "the decider": "When the president decides something on Monday, he still believes it on Wednesday -- no matter what happened Tuesday."
"Fox News gives you both sides of every story -- the President’s side and the Vice President’s side."
On claims that the shake-up at the White House was merely re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic: "This Administration is not sinking. This Administration is soaring. If anything they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg."
On the press corps: "You should spend more time with your families, write that novel you've always wanted to write. You know, the one about the fearless reporter who stands up to the administration. You know -- fiction."
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about.com
"In one of the ballsiest comic stunts ever pulled in Washington, comedian Stephen Colbert delivered a blistering "tribute" to President Bush at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner. It was so edgy and uncomfortable that it was almost too hard to watch, as a cold-faced and stunned Bush sat on the dais with the look of someone who had just been ambushed.
Acting the part of the faux conservative talk show host that he plays on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, Colbert leveled an all-out assault on Bush under the guise of mock praise. He lampooned Bush over everything from his low approval ratings to his handling of Iraq to his vaunted stubbornness -- and got in a few shots at the press corps as well.
The members of the media elite and political glitterati in attendance gave Colbert a tepid reception, while the president and First Lady Laura Bush couldn't get off the stage fast enough when the drubbing came to a merciful end."
Highlights from Colbert's Comedy Routine
On Bush's 32% approval rating: "The glass isn't half empty -- it's 68% empty. There's still some fluid in there, but I wouldn't drink it. "
"Guys like us -- we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that people are thinking in ‘reality’. And ‘reality’ has a well known liberal bias."
"I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers, and rubble, and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message that no matter what happens to America she will always rebound with the most powerfully staged photo-ops in the world."
"I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq."
On Bush, "the decider": "When the president decides something on Monday, he still believes it on Wednesday -- no matter what happened Tuesday."
"Fox News gives you both sides of every story -- the President’s side and the Vice President’s side."
On claims that the shake-up at the White House was merely re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic: "This Administration is not sinking. This Administration is soaring. If anything they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg."
On the press corps: "You should spend more time with your families, write that novel you've always wanted to write. You know, the one about the fearless reporter who stands up to the administration. You know -- fiction."
more here
http://politicalhumor.about.com/gi/...article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002425363
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