stephen colbert: BALLS of steel

Nay, not steel. Diamond, perhaps. (Thanks to luna_k for the heads-up on this!)

I'm not sure who thought it would be a dandy idea to invite Stephen Colbert to be the main "entertainment" at last night's White House Correspondent Dinner, but man, they got their money's worth. From the linked article:

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. “If anything, they are re-arranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg.”

[snip]

Addressing the reporters, he said, "Let's review the rules. Here's how it works. The president makes decisions, he’s the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Put them 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."
This isn't getting a whole lot of coverage in the media at large (gee, can't imagine why!), but that's why we have YouTube. They have the whole thing in three parts, including the stony-faced reaction shots of nearly everyone in attendance. (I hear Lawrence Fishburne was laughing, though.)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Dude. First Jon Stewart at the Oscars, and now this. I think perhaps Comedy Central should be on the lookout for suspicious packages left at their door.

Rock on, guys. Rock on.

stephen colbert: BALLS of steel

Nay, not steel. Diamond, perhaps. (Thanks to luna_k for the heads-up on this!)

I'm not sure who thought it would be a dandy idea to invite Stephen Colbert to be the main "entertainment" at last night's White House Correspondent Dinner, but man, they got their money's worth. From the linked article:

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. “If anything, they are re-arranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg.”

[snip]

Addressing the reporters, he said, "Let's review the rules. Here's how it works. The president makes decisions, he’s the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Put them 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."
This isn't getting a whole lot of coverage in the media at large (gee, can't imagine why!), but that's why we have YouTube. They have the whole thing in three parts, including the stony-faced reaction shots of nearly everyone in attendance. (I hear Lawrence Fishburne was laughing, though.)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Dude. First Jon Stewart at the Oscars, and now this. I think perhaps Comedy Central should be on the lookout for suspicious packages left at their door.

Rock on, guys. Rock on.