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

Hmm, I must be the only one who thought the whole thing was hilarious, but at the same thought that it wasn't a "gutsy" move per se. It's not like he's risking death or blacklisting by doing it. He's got little to lose doing it, especially here.

If Hu Jintao was given the full foreign dignitary treatment and Steve Colbert was the main entertainment, and he did his spiel, except the subject being China's government, I would call THAT brave.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by soniclover

Do you understand the term, Taboo? And discussing it right in front of the President's face? He basically directly attacked the president. Many people have done this before but let me ask you, how many people have said these things right in front of the President?

I might as well lay a disclaimer that I tend to be one of the most uncouth people in reality and my sense of candor often going against my good judgment, so no, I have less awareness of taboo and other forms of proprietry. I guess that makes me think in unrealistic terms.

I'm not so sure if there was a precedent for such an action, but I'm sure there was at least one. I doubt there is much to prevent such situations aside from so-called "good taste".

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Shock factor. That would be the view that would interpret the event best.

In this day and age, the threshold for suprise and shock is very high, so, you can say that I expect something like Colbert roasting the president to happen, hence my indifference to it.

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

I'm suprised the press would be offended enough to omit mentioning all of Colbert's routine. You'd think they would at least show the stuff that didn't mention or target the press.

My school's paper pretty much plastered the opinion page with quotes of Colbert's speech surrounding an article that lavished praise on him.

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