Colbert is a comic genius
Funny satirical sketch by Colbert lambasting Bush and Co and sending up Republican rhetoric – right in front of them.
Remarkable Colbert has courage in spades and is a genius modern-day court jester.
Although this dates back to April 29 I re-viewed it recently and howled again with laughter at the tremendously funny and close to the bone one-liners Colbert levels at Dubya et al.
Well worth viewing – click on link below also available at the Colbert Comedy Central site and transcript as well as video clips available at ICH here and from the NotInOurName site:
http://www.notinourname.net/archive/sc-video.htm
Steven Colbert
Faux talk-show host on Comedy Central
at White House Correspondents Dinner
April 29, 2006
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25:48 minute video by C-SPAN
Excerpt:
“The greatest thing about this man is he’s steady. You know where he stands. He believes the same thing Wednesday that he believed on Monday, no matter what happened Tuesday. Events can change; this man’s beliefs never will. As excited as I am to be here with the president, I am appalled to be surrounded by the liberal media that is destroying America, with the exception of Fox News. Fox News gives you both sides of every story: the president’s side, and the vice president’s side.
But the rest of you, what are you thinking, reporting on NSA wiretapping or secret prisons in eastern Europe? Those things are secret for a very important reason: they’re super-depressing. And if that’s your goal, well, misery accomplished. Over the last five years you people were so good — over tax cuts, WMD intelligence, the effect of global warming. We Americans didn’t want to know, and you had the courtesy not to try to find out. Those were good times, as far as we knew.
But, listen, 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. 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!
Because really, what incentive do these people have to answer your questions, after all? I mean, nothing satisfies you. Everybody asks for personnel changes. So the White House has personnel changes. Then you write, “Oh, they’re just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.” First of all, that is a terrible metaphor. This administration is not sinking. This administration is soaring. If anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg!”
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