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

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.

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OH... MY... THIS IS FANTASTIC! I just watched the whole thing, and I think I'm the biggest fan of the first amendment... ever. Stephen Colbert is absolutely hilarious!

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I would cry if Stephen Colbert was "black bagged". WHOOPS, THERE GOES AMENDMENT #1 BYE!

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HAHAHAH YAHOO NEWS

I think they might have a Bush bent, but I don't keep track of much other than the Headlines.

However, this article, especially with its coverage focus and also their method of covering Colbert's thing, and with a video linked to the Bush routine and some talking heads commenting on how funny it was...

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One of the Bush impersonators WAS Bush... I like how Jon Stewert say that picture and said that Bush was asexually reproducing to create a "10,000-strong Busharmy". That guy was actually a very, very good Bush impersonator.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Well the one judge that he made rude gestures to was laughing pretty hard. Maybe he can take a joke better than the rest of them.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I'd be the most surprised person in the coutry if they let Colbert back there ever again. I must say, though, that I was still fond of his line near the beginning that was something to the effect of "Oh, and if you need anything at your tables, just speak slowly and clearly into your table number and the NSA will bring you a cocktail." That was nice. "If anything, this administration is rearranging deck chairs on the Hindenburg" was another good one, but it still sucked that the people in the audience (for the most part) couldn't take a good joke. Oh, and the "Rocky" thing was awesome.

It's sad that the audience didn't get as big a kick out of Colbert as the rest of us did, but everybody laughs like trained animals when the President says "Nucular".

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Originally Posted by Arbok

I wasn't really expecting anything like that, I doubt even I would be laughing very hard if I was in their possition getting digs taken at me like that. However, I find it very sad at the lack of news this has generated from regular outlets, as they seem to be ignoring this and focusing almost 100% on the Bush imitator bit that played before it.

Truth. Mainstream outlets almost EXCLUSIVELY focus on the Bush Impersonator routine, and while that guy is very good at his job and the routine was commendable, Colbert was easily much funnier and made far more cunning jabs and incisive commentary, and I think he pissed off the entirety of the nation's press. Which only ranks him higher in my mind, but of course doesn't get him the same kind of coverage (he was MENTIONED, but only because he had 20 minutes and it was unavoidable).

I personally would be laughing very hard if someone was making jabs at me that were that funny. In fact, I have all my life, because some people really do know how to tell a good joke, and I'm a very willing butt for jokes, and some of the funniest things I've heard have been aimed at me.

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How do I used Wikipedia?

That should answer your question, sir.

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia (Jeff Gannon)

Questions have arisen as to Guckert's relationship with the White House and with the Republican Party. Although he did not qualify for a Congressional press pass, Guckert was given daily passes to White House press briefings "after supplying his real name, date of birth and Social Security number."

Guckert first gained national attention during a presidential press conference on January 26, 2005, in which he asked United States President George W. Bush a question that some in the press corps considered "so friendly it might have been planted."

Yeah, I think they mean this guy.

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Yeah, this echoes the American sentiment of how every major media outlet in this country also was all over the Bush/Bridges skit at the expense of Colbert's superior performance. I still have to give Mr. Bridges big props for being a very, very talented Bush impersonator. Speech patterns and typical elements of Bush's and mannerisms were very well-executed from what I saw, though the material itself was relatively stale, as opposed to Colbert's relatively fresh commentary.

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Originally Posted by a lurker

Come on, I'm wasn't the only person who thought , was I?

I thought that as well, but only at first, realising that it had to be something more 'relevant' that the typical Press yuppie or veteran would readily understand. Jeff Gannon is the reference, as I've previously stated, but I think that a Ganon button fixes most problems as well.

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