Stephen Colbert kicks ass at White House press corps dinner

Started by TehBorken, Apr 30 06 10:11

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TehBorken

 [h3]Stephen Colbert kicks ass at White House press corps dinner         [/h3] Stephen Colbert's routine at last night's White House Press Corps dinner sounds like one of those perfect moments of comedy and commentary -- someone, find me a transcript! [blockquote]Colbert, who spoke in the guise of his talk show character, who ostensibly supports the president strongly, urged the Bush to ignore his low approval ratings, saying they were based on reality, "and reality has a well-known liberal bias." He attacked those in the press who claim that the shake-up at the White House was merely re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. "This administration is soaring, not sinking," he said. "They are re-arranging the deck chairs--on the Hindenburg." [/p]Colbert told Bush he could end the problem of protests by retired generals by refusing to let them retire. He compared Bush to Rocky Balboa in the "Rocky" movies, always getting punched in the face--"and Apollo Creed is everything else in the world." [/p][/blockquote]  [a href="vny!://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002425363"]Link[/a]  
The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music.

weird al

Colbert kills! We need more of this up-front, right in your face stuff every day, all day, all the time.

weird al

Here's the transcript. This is one of the best things I've ever seen. Check out the audience's odd silences and not-quite- suppressed laughter. Colbert is a real artist with the knife, no question.

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weird al

Even better, here's the uninterrupted full-length version:

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