Stephen Colbert addressed at the White House Correspondents Dinner

DUDE! My previous mentioning of "testicalicious" in reference to Colbert's manner doesn't even begin to describe him!

He is my new hero. How he managed to get this gig boggles my mind (are they really that stupid?) but there he was, with the Prez right there, and he stabbed him like a strider on a headcrab!

Here's a good transcript if you guys can't be bothered to watch a video.
 
Yeah, saw this in the morning. That took a crazy amount of cajones. :D
 
Not the funniest of his work, but I can understand since its so politically charged, and he's gotta get in thousands of insults before he's done.

The man still rocks though.
 
f*cking hilarious, i never liked his show as much as the Daily Show, but this is so great, especially with the Prez sitting right there
 
Okay got onto the third part... that video he has is hilarious!
 
This is the best thing to happen to American politics since Cheney shot a guy in the face.
 
MuToiD_MaN said:
This is the best thing to happen to American politics since Cheney shot a guy in the face.
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And no one will ever stop mentioning it either, it seems. ;)
 
Because it sounds so ridiculous. Say it with me, one more time: The Vice President shot a man in the face.
 
It's kindofa shame that more people aren't in this thread, discussing. In my opinion, this is the start of something new and big.
 
I agree. I'm amazed he was allowed in there. You ask yourself, did they know what he was talking about and not careing or are they really that stupid not to realize what point he was making?
 
I love the Colbert report,I watch it every night in fact. But I think he has gone way to far now. There's just some things you dont do, one of those things being ridicule the president to his face. Bush may make some questionable decisions, some I disagree with strongly, but the fact remains, he is still the leader of our nation and deserves our support, not being poked at in person. He makes decisions every day that I couldn't imagine having to make. Maybe im just old fashion, but the president is the leader of our country not some schmuck you can just make fun of anytime. How does that make us look to our enemies, when we constantly ridicule our leadership, I'll tell you,weak.

Edit: this should move to the politics section.
 
My coworker is convinced that those stodgy GOP's didn't even get his jokes and realize that he was making fun of the O'Reilly's of the world of television. And I say they couldn't have been that dumb! I mean, thoughts of elections aren't a long way off and they let Colbert go and berate Bush and his kind ... perhaps the underlings who booked him had the desire to see Dubya squirm? Dissent in the ranks? Who knows, but a little public humiliation has certainly done the trick for me.

Codcommando: I do see your point. In rebuttal, most of the world has been ridiculing our actions on a regular basis, so I think it is good that they know there are dissenting people in the country who aren't afraid to say so. And yes, it was rather uncivilized of Colbert to make these remarks to his face, but these days it's hard to get such an opinion out on such a well-heard podium. It takes guts to do what he did, and I respect that he took such an opportunity to say what all us Bush-haters have all been thinking.
 
Little known fact: Stephen Colbert is 100% serious about everything he says, because it's all 100% right.
 
Hi-larious :D

Codcommando said:
I love the Colbert report,I watch it every night in fact. But I think he has gone way to far now. There's just some things you dont do, one of those things being ridicule the president to his face. Bush may make some questionable decisions, some I disagree with strongly, but the fact remains, he is still the leader of our nation and deserves our support, not being poked at in person. He makes decisions every day that I couldn't imagine having to make. Maybe im just old fashion, but the president is the leader of our country not some schmuck you can just make fun of anytime. How does that make us look to our enemies, when we constantly ridicule our leadership, I'll tell you, weak.
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In spite of the possibility of thread derailment, I'll respond with this:

Whether or not it shows "weakness", the fact that this was even allowed to occur to begin with shows me how much more free Western society is than any other society in the world. The natives of many other countries might not openly insult or ridicule their leaders, but there's often a serious penalty applied to such an act in said countries.
 
Steve said:
Little known fact: Stephen Colbert is 100% serious about everything he says, because it's all 100% right.
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*sarcasm meter explodes
 
I am highly amused.

(oh god, he just purposefully messed up on the 'glass half full/empty' joke in blatant ridicule. this is crazy.)
 
Ennui said:
I am highly amused.

(oh god, he just purposefully messed up on the 'glass half full/empty' joke in blatant ridicule. this is crazy.)
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Reminds me of the old "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." quote
 
Stephen Colbert is just so awesome. This is great, I can't believe they let him in.
 
Heh heh. Deck chairs on the hindenberg...the hindenberg didn't have deck chairs. Silly Stephen Colbert.
 
MuToiD_MaN said:
[For those of you who are interested], there is a messageboard if you believe like me that this is cause for public appreciation. They're up to 140,000 comments last I checked.
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While I voted for Bush and still support him, I thought this was one of the greatest things ever. And it was damn important. This only serves to show other countries we're still one of the most free nations in the world. And while he was ridiculing the President, I think it's healthy for everyone to be able to recognize what's happened and laugh about it to an extent. Laughter's cathartic.
 
Codcommando said:
I love the Colbert report,I watch it every night in fact. But I think he has gone way to far now. There's just some things you dont do, one of those things being ridicule the president to his face. Bush may make some questionable decisions, some I disagree with strongly, but the fact remains, he is still the leader of our nation and deserves our support, not being poked at in person. He makes decisions every day that I couldn't imagine having to make. Maybe im just old fashion, but the president is the leader of our country not some schmuck you can just make fun of anytime. How does that make us look to our enemies, when we constantly ridicule our leadership, I'll tell you,weak.
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I agree with you. We shouldn't make fun of the president just because he doesn't make the best decisions. We should support him so he can be a strong leader and make sure he does the right thing for his country.

However a very important thing that makes a country great is letting people say their opinions and enabling the country leader(s) to get a different point of view over the way they govern. Critique is of very high importance so they will know if they do anything wrong. People should be allowed to ask questions and get answers to whatever they think is wrong. In America's case, there are many people out there, wanting answers to pretty much the same questions as anybody else. Why can't the president give a sound and honest answer to those questions? Why aren't people allowed to go into the oval office and say "Mr. President, here's my advice to you, here's what I think is important: <insert advice here>"?

Due to these facts, however, that is, rendering it impossible for the people of America to say what's on their minds to the govenment, makes it justified for Stephen Colbert (in my opinion at least) to do something about it, because how else can we make the president hear what the american people is saying? Drastic causes, ie. not being allowed to state your ideas and advices, needs drastic measures, ie, clearly stating to the president in whatever way necessary that something is wrong and that he should be more reasonable about it, even if it requires someone to ridicule him.
 
"Savor the metaphor, because your grandchildren won't even know what a glacier is."

LOL. Best line!
 
Javert said:
"Savor the metaphor, because your grandchildren won't even know what a glacier is."

LOL. Best line!
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Totally. :D
 
that was awesome. For all the people saying we shouldn't make fun of the President in his face, Ronald Reagan made fun of himself, and a lot of other things, and i still like him a lot even though he did a lot of flak. Because he admitted his mistakes, while kidding.

Besides, THEY asked him to go there. They deserved what was coming to them.
 
That's freaking funky, and I only read the transcript.

I'll watch the thing on my main later, but... I'm savouring that.
 
You guys don't find it strange that we didn't see anything in the mainstream news?

And I mean total international black-out.

Is it really because he offended the media folks who were at that dinner? (...you know, fiction)

Does this mean the mainstream media doesn't care that so much people know they're censoring this?
 
Element Alpha said:
You guys don't find it strange that we didn't see anything in the mainstream news?

And I mean total international black-out.

Is it really because he offended the media folks who were at that dinner? (...you know, fiction)

Does this mean the mainstream media doesn't care that so much people know they're censoring this?
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no, they truely dont:

http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/prewar_intelligence_wmd
 
Stupid media blackout. What are they afraid of -- Bush losing a couple more approval points?
 
I have seen lots of stuff in newspapers and on the internet and stuff. I don't know about the TV news though, I don't watch it much.
 
I think the media is boycotting him because they were offended? This is mere speculation though.
 
Who cares? All that matters is that we saw him, and he was awesome.
 
I don't think that's all that matters.

This is the first time I have endured with my own eyes that mainstream media can work together on an international scale to ommit something just because they want to.

Lately I can't stand to listen to the radio, I feel like they're forcing their "news" on me. I didn't have this feeling before the Colbert debacle. I assumed they were biased and not entirely sincere. I guess it's a lot worse then.

Did anybody go to Iraq and check to see if there really was a war going on? :p
 
Element Alpha said:
Did anybody go to Iraq and check to see if there really was a war going on? :p
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*looks at Stern's posts in politics section*

Yeah, sounds like.
 
What the...?
Did the media really think they were offended, hence the black-out? Stephen Colbert was being sarcastic! I thought even american people had the brains to understand that...
 
Codcommando said:
I love the Colbert report,I watch it every night in fact. But I think he has gone way to far now. There's just some things you dont do, one of those things being ridicule the president to his face. Bush may make some questionable decisions, some I disagree with strongly, but the fact remains, he is still the leader of our nation and deserves our support, not being poked at in person. He makes decisions every day that I couldn't imagine having to make. Maybe im just old fashion, but the president is the leader of our country not some schmuck you can just make fun of anytime. How does that make us look to our enemies, when we constantly ridicule our leadership, I'll tell you,weak.
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I don't agree. I've always wondered about the American 'leader' mentality, as it's in stark contrast to the attitude the British have to their Prime Minister. The President's lack of accountability is disturbing; a lot of Americans who didn't vote for Bush, when abroad, feel the need to defend his position. Why do so many Americans carry this almost monarchistic deference?

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