Steven Colbert Totally ICE-BURNS The President at White House Correspondents Dinner

Holy crap. Colbert is the ballsiest guy ever right now.

VIDEO HERE
PART 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcIRX...search=colbert
PART 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN0IN...search=colbert
PART 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJvar...search=colbert

TORRENT HERE OF WHOLE DINNER - COLBERT AT THE END.
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http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/..._id=1002425363

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Colbert Lampoons Bush at White House Correspondents Dinner-- President Does Not Seem Amused

By E&P Staff

Published: April 29, 2006 11:40 PM ET

WASHINGTON A blistering comedy “tribute” to President Bush by Comedy Central’s faux talk show host Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondent Dinner Saturday night left George and Laura Bush unsmiling at its close.

Earlier, the president had delivered his talk to the 2700 attendees, including many celebrities and top officials, with the help of a Bush impersonator.

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. “They are re-arranging the deck chairs--on the Hindenburg.”

Colbert told Bush he could end the problem of protests by retired generals by refusing to let them retire. He compared Bush to Rocky Balboa in the “Rocky” movies, always getting punched in the face—“and Apollo Creed is everything else in the world.”

Turning to the war, he declared, "I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq."

He noted former Ambassador Joseph Wilson in the crowd, as well as " Valerie Plame." Then, pretending to be worried that he had named her, he corrected himself, as Bush aides might do, "Uh, I mean... Joseph Wilson's wife." He asserted that it might be okay, as prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald was probably not there.

Colbert also made biting cracks about missing WMDs, “photo ops” on aircraft carriers and at hurricane disasters, and Vice President Cheney shooting people in the face.
Observing that Bush sticks to his principles, he said, "When the president decides something on Monday, he still believes it on Wednesday - no matter what happened Tuesday."

Also lampooning the press, Colbert complained that he was “surrounded by the liberal media who are destroying this country, except for Fox News. Fox believes in presenting both sides—the president’s side and the vice president’s side." He also reflected on the good old days, when the media was still swallowing the WMD story.

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."

He claimed that the Secret Service name for Bush's new press secretary is "Snow Job." Colbert closed his routine with a video fantasy where he gets to be White House Press Secretary, complete with a special “Gannon” button on his podium. By the end, he had to run from Helen Thomas and her questions about why the U.S. really invaded Iraq and killed all those people.

As Colbert walked from the podium, when it was over, the president and First Lady gave him quick nods, unsmiling, and left immediately.

E&P's Joe Strupp, in the crowd, observed that quite a few sitting near him looked a little uncomfortable at times, perhaps feeling the material was a little too biting--or too much speaking "truthiness" to power.

Asked by E&P after it was over if he thought he'd been too harsh, Colbert said, "Not at all." Was he trying to make a point politically or just get laughs? "Just for laughs," he said. He said he did not pull any material for being too strong, just for time reasons.

Helen Thomas told Strupp her segment with Colbert was "just for fun."

The president had talked to the crowd with a Bush impersonator alongside, with the faux-Bush speaking precisely and the real Bush deliberately mispronouncing words, such as the inevitable "nuclear." At the close, Bush called the imposter "a fine talent. In fact, he did all my debates with Senator Kerry."

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.

This took so much guts. I can't wait to see his Monday show for a recap.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Admiral Amara

Stephen Colbert is pretty much awesome, and I can clearly picture all of his routine in my mind, delievered as his character. I would have enjoyed seeing that. It takes quite the guts to stand at a podium and make fun of President Bush that hardcore right to his face. Especially through the whole act where he pretends to be a Bush-ite. Very incisive material.

I posted a partial video link in the second sentence of this thread. Feel free to watch it.

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Ooooohohohoooo, I just got a copy of a high-res rip of the show (I'm sure one will be available over torrent/google video/youtube by tomorrow).

It's great, because you can really see the sour-faces of some of the crowd members, plus there are a lot more jokes in the beginning. It's about 10:30 minutes extra.

As I watch it, I can see that there are a lot of people who actually did laugh at him. It does seem that it was mainly the younger people (less than 40 years old) in the crowd, though, or people who didn't work directly for the administration. Hell, I even saw a shot of Lawrence Fishburne laughing.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

It's on YouTube, now.

PART 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcIRX...search=colbert
PART 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN0IN...search=colbert
PART 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJvar...search=colbert

I'll update the first post with this better video link.

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Thanks, I'll add that, too.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I'm watching the Daily Show (monday), and John Stewart totally gave Colbert props for the speech. He said it could only be called "ballsalicious," and that the Daily Show could not be prouder of Colbert. Stewart than summarized his response as simply "HOLY SHIT"

Waiting for 11:30 to see Colbert's own response to himself.

Glad to see that at least some other people on TV are reporting the event. Basically there's a sort of media blackout on the story. The NYTimes had an article on the dinner and wrote down the "Bush Twins" jokes word for word, but DIDN'T EVEN MENTION COLBERT at all.

Probably because he not only pissed off the President, but the American Press, as well.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?