April 30, 2006

• Ooh, more.
• Brilliant.
• I demand a youtube link of this.
• Addressing the reporters, he said, "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." I love, love, love this. Saw a clip of it on the news, showing Colbert greeting Scalia with the same Vaffanculo gesture that Scalia recently claimed was not obscene after he'd made it to a photographer. Thank god for comedians. If we had to rely on [mainstream] journalists, these fuckheads would never get called on their bullshit. Thank god for comedians, and for the Internet.
• Crooks and Liars has a movie file (I should have checked). Goddamn!
• The video doesn't contain the first part of his appearance, but is much better than the transcripts.. the audience reaction is a mixture of shock and awe. :D
• Among attendees at the black tie event: Morgan Fairchild, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, Justice Antonin Scalia, George Clooney, and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter of the Doobie Brothers--in a kilt. Wow, glad the press added that line to the report. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was there - and a doobie in a kilt. Fine way to keep us posted of the crux of the matter.
• Jeff's a bit more than just a Doobie these days.
• What? This really happened?
• Amazing, eh?
• torrent
• Thanks!
• I don't think I've ever seen such a harsh (thought deserved) treatment of a president and such a roasting of the media at past Correspondents' Banquets. Anyone recall anything similar? The only one that stands out in my memory is a movie Clinton made of wandering around the White House, saying goodbye(?) or something.
• I don't think there's been anything like this in the last 30 years, tracicle. I don't know about before then.. I don't think anyone could have gotten away with it in the old days. The Clinton thing was self-mockery, & pretty gentle in comparison, plus he was mocking himself... this is.. apparently C-Span had an insert of Bush's face the whole time. He was not laughing. Only Scalia knew how to handle it, laughing uproariously at Colbert's stream of rude Italian gestures.
• I win this week's redundant sentence award, apparently.
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• That was great. It's about freakin' time Bush got exposed to that. Here's the whole thing (avi link). Notice how when Bush is walking past Colbert, Bush grabs Colbert's arm and turns him away?
• (That link is like 200mb big, btw. Clicker beware!)
• good stuff.
• I have to give the President some credit for allowing Colbert to be there and perform in the first place. He is not a real reporter, and I imagine it would have been easy to exclude him. The President knew what was coming. I think he was trying to help shake the idea that he will not expose himself to criticism. This helped him to do that.
• The president doesn't book the acts, wingnut. I doubt if he even knew who Colbert was before that night. Additionally, there was a comedian in on the first part of the dinner, in fact a professional Bush impersonator. It isn't unusual to have a non-real reporter in there. I mean, I'm sure a guy from the Washington Post could keep 'em rolling in the aisles, I know political correspondants fill all the open mic nights down here. Laugh riot. But yeah, I suppose you're right, public humiliation of the President is sure to be great! I'm sure they would have set that up. Look at the way George slapped him on the back and guffawed like that.. oh wait, he didn't, he shoved him aside abruptly. Oh well, nevermind.
• I hope Colbert does the same when he has our asshole governor on there.
• The man has balls the size of grapefruit.
• > The only one that stands out in my memory is a movie Clinton made of wandering around the White House, saying goodbye(?) or something. It's called Clinton's Final Days, and it centers around the denoument at the end of his presidency. Fun, classy, and it's even got a cameo by Kevin Spacey. Enjoy!
• Jeff "Skunk" Baxter of the Doobie Brothers--in a kilt. Dammit, why is the media always concerned with what kind of fashion a woman is wearing? Too bad it has to come to this type of mockery, but Colbert did a great job!! Wonder if he's likely to be the victim of a random shotgun shooting soon?
• I am very impressed with Colbert's integrity. It's one thing to say what you think elsewhere, even on national television, but quite another to say it there within five feet of the subject. I don't think I would have had the same courage. He wasn't rude, but he was willing to be very strongly critical, sweetened a little with humour, but not toned down. Also, I so want to take up "Reality has a liberal bias" as a catchphrase.
• 'give the President some credit for allowing Colbert to be there and perform in the first place.' The White House Correspondents Association picks the speaker.
• I doubt anyone involved with booking Colbert really expected what they got.
• Bloody funny, and right on the knuckle. Yeah BlueHorse, wonder how long Colbert'll live? Bush's known to be haemmerhoid free too, he's a perfect asshole.
• While I'm slowly, slowly downloading that 200MB avi (thanks, Mr. K!), I just have to say that based on those articles, my respect for Colbert just went up a couple notches. Not only speaking truth to power in what is simply the very same blind-believer style of such genuine partisans as Sean Hannity, but in doing so handing Bush his own ass on a spit. Fantastic.
• MOOnkeyFilter: Balls the size of grapefruit.
• "haemmerhoid free too, he's a perfect asshole." HEHEH kekeke Ok, I'm usin' that :D
• Bush (as Mr. Burns): Have Claudette Colbert killed. Tony Snow (as Smithers): But sir -- Bush: Do as I say!!
• You know, Colbert's monologue & video are about as controversial as an extended "Tonight Show" monologue. What's controversial these days is actually saying it in front of the President--have the media been in a conspiracy to prevent him from knowing what anybody says about him?
• "Steve Colbert was utterly disgusting. Even the libs didn't laugh most of the time. He was rude, snarky and unpatriotic toward the President and First Lady."
• I want the "Reality has a Liberal Bias" t-shirt.
• clip
• Some very bad thongs could happen to Stephen as a result of this. And to whoever was in charge of booking the talent for this event. Anyway, there are a lot of Conservatives out there who may have been starting to lean more toward the middle and distance themselves from this corrupt administration, who will now feel compelled to close ranks against this new "attack." All that said...I love you, Stephen. Now more than ever.
• Bad things, that is. Any bad thongs that happen to Stephen are his business entirely. Hey, maybe we should get some kind of "preview" button.
• Mmm, bad thongs.
• I agree with your point TUM, but it's also kind of a good thing for some one to stand up and say these things loudly as Colbert can and to kick these people where they'll feel it when there are so few opertunities to do so with this Administration. I'm also just in awe of Colbert's integrity as a comedian. I don't think he was really that interested in how anyone in that auditorium was going to react.
• Oh, I wasn't saying he shouldn't have done it. I couldn't be prouder of him if he was my own baby eagle!
• Bad Thongs (NSFWork if you aren't allowed to look at men's heinies)
• Talk about underpants monsters...
• ...Okay, they sneak into your home during the daytime when you are at out and open your unmentionable drawers and fling them about and dance among them and throw wild underwear parties which are no so much sexy as they are bacchanalian. Then when they hear the car pull up the drive they immediately clean up folding your underwear nicely and removing all the cake crumbs and streamers from your home. They are extremely fast, and incredibly clever when it comes to throwing undergarment festivals. You ever get that uneasy feeling when you put on a fresh pair of shorts? That feeling that there is or perhaps was a party in your pants and everyone was invited but you? Now you know...
• there are a lot of Conservatives out there who may have been starting to lean more toward the middle and distance themselves from this corrupt administration, who will now feel compelled to close ranks against this new "attack." No way. The ones who will now feel compelled to close ranks against this new "attack" aren't the ones have been starting to lean more toward the middle and distance themselves. The ones who have been starting to lean more toward the middle will find humor in this, and then feel even more alienated by those attempting to close ranks. Although none of them will hear about it, because the press will at best marginalize it, and more likely not even mention it.
• So far it has, in fact, been pretty completely marginalized by the press. Bush's performance with his double is getting all the notice instead.
• Doesn't matter. It's gone viral. Can't be stopped now. Part of the public consciousness. Wall is crumbling.
• I was surprised that they featured Colbert on 60 Minutes tonight.
• Thank you Stephen Colbert.org ^You can say thanks up there^
• I've always found The Colbert Report a little dry, compared to the Daliy Show, but now... well, that was quite interesting. Along with that 'Fuck you Mr. Cheney' clip, I hope this ends up in some history book as proof not everyone was fooled by these crooks.
• Now as much as I love Jon Stewart, I've often felt that when he actually has the people in front of him (for interviews or what have you) he turns into a softball pitcher. Not so Colbert, apparently. His balls have their own gravity and atmosphere, not to mention pre-protozoan gooey masses. Okay, that was grosser than I intended.
• MonkeyFilter: pre-protozoan gooey masses
• Good. Bush’s face needed some sticking. Needs more. (I’m a conservative. Of course that has completely different connotations now. So I suppose I’m a...what, traditionalist? Anti-spend-tax-money-like-it’s-water-alist? Conservationist? Whatever it is, Bush ain’t it.)
• Smedleyman: I would say that now you must be considered a traditional conservative as opposed to a neo-con? I dunno. I can have fun and productive debates with traditional conservatives (such as my late grandfather) because there's mutual respect and a willingness to get the job done. However, it's hard for me to discuss politics with neo-cons because of the "with us or against us," compromise is deadly point of view (such as, occasionally, my much beloved college roommate back in the day). We can talk about other stuff and get along fine, but politics is right out!
• Chasing the Chief Thief
• House minority whip Hoyer (D-Md) sucks ass. “I thought some of it was funny, but I think it got a little rough,” Hoyer said. “He is the president of the United States, and he deserves some respect.” “I’m certainly not a defender of the administration,” Hoyer reassured stunned observers, but Colbert “crossed the line” with many jokes that were “in bad taste.” I wonder if intelligence manipulation to go to war and outright lying about illegal wiretapping and torture are also in bad taste to this ignorant fucking dipshit weasel.
• Yes, we must be decorous in all things, especially regarding torture and the death of gob knows how many Iraqi civilians for the greater shining good.
• The Fool and the Knave
• Making Colbert Go Away
• Colbert's deadly performance did more than reveal, with devastating clarity, how Bush's well-oiled myth machine works. It exposed the mainstream press' pathetic collusion with an administration that has treated it -- and the truth -- with contempt from the moment it took office. Intimidated, coddled, fearful of violating propriety, the press corps that for years dutifully repeated Bush talking points was stunned and horrified when someone dared to reveal that the media emperor had no clothes. Colbert refused to play his dutiful, toothless part in the White House correspondents dinner -- an incestuous, backslapping ritual that should be retired. For that, he had to be marginalized. Voilà: "He wasn't funny."
• If Colbert really did launch an unfunny attack on the pres and the press, right to their faces, that would've been all over the papers, immediately.
• Froomkin spills His take: the beltway crowd loved it, the MSM isn't 'in the loop' enough to get it. I think.
• C-SPAN Asks Sites to Pull Colbert
• Too late, motherfuckers! The horse has bolted, the barn is burned down! W00t!
• YouTube posted the Colbert video shortly after the dinner ended and received the letter to remove it May 3, according to Julie Supan, senior director of marketing. The Colbert video was viewed 2.7 million times in less than 48 hours, she said.
• There were multiple versions of the entire thing on peer2peer nets. Quite amazing that his appearance was getting word of mouth even among people who wouldn't ordinarily be interested in either his comedy or politics. Remarkable.
• I can't believe they're trying to deep-six it. Assholes will now try to re-write history--AGAIN. That should have been broadcast on six o'clock news for a week running.
• Deep six it? They let it stay on Google video. I heard somewhere that C-Span has plans to release it on DVD too.
• yep
• But...but...he wasn't funny! Right?
• Some funny, some I couldn't say, but my reference level and appreciation for US political satire (and political satire in general) is fairly weak beyond a grander sweeping scope. I don't get a lot of kicks from tabloids, so it's hard to know what's going on. The bullshit Clinton thing really turned me off the triviality of it all. Whatev.
• White House correspondents: Don't knock Bush Call it the belt-and-suspenders approach to presidential humor: The White House Correspondents' Association, already having taken pains to avoid another Stephen Colbert moment by choosing Rich Little for this year's annual dinner, has also made it clear to the 69-year-old "master impersonator" that he's to make nice with George W. Bush when he performs at the event. Pathetic.
• Wait'll Rich drops his Jack Benny imitation on 'em. Hilarious, and so timely.
• Oh I like Rich Little, sure. I hope he gets uppity tho :)
• Two Years Ago: When Stephen Colbert Mocked Bush -- To His Face