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Colbert New Comic-in-Chief
scottzak writes "Hail to the Chief! Stephen Colbert addressed the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday (attended by the President, the elite of Washington politics, and the White House Press Corps) and told the truth. Jaws dropped. Eyes popped. The live audience gasped. Scalia laughed his ass off. You want to see a brilliant comic display some real courage? Look no further. Enjoy the reaction shots, and Colbert's audition for Press Secretary job." The BBC covers the act just prior to Mr. Colbert's, where the President and a look-alike took turns making fun of his speaking skills.
All I could think watching this, with Colbert never wavering, never holding back, never hurrying his words, was this man has balls.
Big, brassy, get-put-on-a-no-fly-list, cajones.
And kudos for being kinda funny too.
Stephen was in great form with such lines as:
"Wow, what an honor...to sit here, at the same table as my hero, George W Bush. To be this close to the man. I feel like I'm dreaming. Somebody pinch me. You know what? I'm a pretty sound sleeper, that may not be enough. Somebody shoot me in the face...is he really not here tonight?" (in reference to the Vice President) "The one guy that could have helped."
That killed me. Later:
"I believe in democracy. I believe that democracy is our greatest export. At least until China figures out a way to stamp it out of plastic for three cents a unit. As a matter of fact, Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, uh welcome. You're great country makes our Happy Meals possible."
Huge groan from the crowd on that one.
He got some huge laughs, but some got no reaction and I can only assume that either those in attendance were brain dead and didn't get it or offended by his frankness. Either way, he was dead on and hilarious.
Must be a slow news day when Slashdot is reporting on Stephen Colbert making fun of republicans.
What's next, the NY Times not agreeing with the president on Iraq?
Dog bites man
"I think this one's going to go down in the history books..."
25,000 people using bittorrent to download an hour-long C-SPAN special
That should go down in the history books as "the day that the anti-filesharing lobbies collectively went: WTF??"
Ignored? It's front page on the drudge report.
http://www.drudgereport.com/
It's interesting, really, to see what percentage [the religious nutbags] make up, and I'm glad it's only 32...
You know, it scares the hell out of me that we've reached the point that we're glad only 1/3 of the population is composed of these fuckwits...
Well, at least I know how to use a comma.
Mod down people who tell people how to mod in their sigs
They eat children, too!
Only when market forces allow it, not all the time.
--fatboy
I have to agree with you on this, however, on a lighter note, I really do like the trend we've seen, started by Fox News of hot looking 'news chicks'....
The networks may be spewing drivel, but, at least there is something pleasant to look at while they're doing it now.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
I read multiple news sources, even the same story ... While I am reading I am thinking critically, asking myself questions... Often enough, by reading carefully from multiple sources, I can piece together the whole picture.
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He needs as much protection today to walk the streets of America as he does to walk the streets of Pakistan (an outer ring of military protection and an inner ring of those draft dodgers from the US Secret Service protecting him).