Broncobuff1 this link is for you. Colbert at the Whitehouse Correspondents' Dinner

[Natedogg]

http://www.c-span.org/

Click the link near the bottom of the page. colbert starts at aroud 1:02. Truly a gem of a performance. Really made my day.

Bush got ridiculed.

[freak6]

On Tucker Carlson's show, they said he bombed, and everyone felt really awkward about his sarcastic routine. Personally, I love it.

[Natedogg]

Well, in my opinion it depends how refined your sence of humor is. I think he was brilliant. A once in a lifetime opertunity and he nailed it.

[freak6]

Did you see Bush's reaction when he left the podium, he was pissed. He mumbled something to the guy on his right, I'd love for someone who can read lips to translate it.

[Hercules Rockefeller]

Originally Posted by freak15

On Tucker Carlson's show, they said he bombed, and everyone felt really awkward about his sarcastic routine. Personally, I love it.

He bombed because Colbert showed that he had no idea what the Correspondent's Dinner is all about. People of both sides of the political aisle are there, so the night is supposed to full of self-depracating humor. You don't attack other people at that dinner. Colbert's jokes might have been funny in a vaccuum, but he showed that he had no idea what the night was all about or what the audience expected.

[Merlin]

Originally Posted by Hercules Rockefeller

He bombed because Colbert showed that he had no idea what the Correspondent's Dinner is all about. People of both sides of the political aisle are there, so the night is supposed to full of self-depracating humor. You don't attack other people at that dinner. Colbert's jokes might have been funny in a vaccuum, but he showed that he had no idea what the night was all about or what the audience expected.

Did you watch it? The Correspondent's Dinner is like a roast of all attendees; i.e. they are all fair game. He satirized the president, the conservative and liberal media, the democrats and the nebulous (e.g. McCain).

PS, The president handled himself just fine. I did not see indication he was pissed, in fact he as he was leaving he patted Colbert on the shoulder. I also thought the First Lady showed class.

[bendog]

I saw it, and thought bushii looked his typically pissed off self, but I was at the gym, so I wasn't paying much attention. I can't get the link to work, though. I get to the csopan page, but linking to the dinner story I get the dreaded "this page cannot be displayed" message

[Natedogg]

Originally Posted by bendog

I saw it, and thought bushii looked his typically pissed off self, but I was at the gym, so I wasn't paying much attention. I can't get the link to work, though. I get to the csopan page, but linking to the dinner story I get the dreaded "this page cannot be displayed" message

Hmmm. Worked for me with firefox and the newest version of realplayer. I wouldn't put too much credence in what *ucker Carlson reports. He has to wear a gay bowtie so people remember him. Colbert mocked the president and the media. The president more so. To Bush's credit, his act (with a double) wasnt too bad either.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by Hercules Rockefeller

Colbert's jokes might have been funny in a vaccuum, but he showed that he had no idea what the night was all about or what the audience expected.

Nope.

He just showed that the audience, as expected, consisted of media lapdogs/BushCo sycophants.

Ignoring Colbert: A Small Taste of the Media's Power to Choose the News - The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner was televised on C-Span Saturday evening. Featured entertainer Stephen Colbert delivered a biting rebuke of George W. Bush and the lily-livered press corps. He did it to Bush's face, unflinching and unbowed by the audience's muted, humorless response. Democratic Underground members commented in real time (here, here, and here). TMV posted a wrap-up.

On Colbert's gutsy delivery, watertiger writes, "Stephen Colbert displayed more guts in ten minute of performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner than the entire Bush family. He, along with the ever-feisty Helen Thomas, deftly exposed the "truthiness" to the world (or at least those who were watching) that Bush AND the D.C. press corps are indeed a naked emperor and his gutless courtiers."

Mash at dKos says, "Standing at the podium only a few feet from President Bush, Colbert launched an all out assault on the policies of this Administration. It was remarkable, though painful at times, to watch. It may also have been the first time that anyone has been this blunt with this President. By the end of Colbert's routine, Bush was visibly uncomfortable. Colbert ended with a video featuring Helen Thomas repeatedly asking why we invaded Iraq. That is a question President Bush has yet to answer to the American public. I am not sure what kind of review Stephen Colbert's performance will get in the press. One thing is however certain - his performance was important and will reverberate."

It appears Mash's misgivings about press coverage are well-placed. The AP's first stab at it and pieces from Reuters and the Chicago Tribune tell us everything we need to know: Colbert's performance is sidestepped and marginalized while Bush is treated as light-hearted, humble, and funny. Expect nothing less from the cowardly American media. The story could just as well have been Bush and Laura's discomfort and the crowd's semi-hostile reaction to Colbert's razor-sharp barbs. In fact, I would guess that from the perspective of newsworthiness and public interest, Bush-the-playful-president is far less compelling than a comedy sketch gone awry, a pissed-off prez, and a shell-shocked audience.

This is the power of the media to choose the news, to decide when and how to shield Bush from negative publicity. Sins of omission can be just as bad as sins of commission. And speaking of a sycophantic media establishment bending over backwards to accommodate this White House and to regurgitate pro-GOP and anti-Dem spin, I urge readers to pick up a copy of Eric Boehlert's new book, Lapdogs. It's a powerful indictment of the media's timidity during the Bush presidency. Boehlert rips away the facade of a "liberal media" and exposes the invertebrates masquerading as journalists who have allowed and enabled the Bush administration's many transgressions to go unchecked, under-reported, or unquestioned.

A final thought: Bush's clownish banter with reporters - which is on constant display during press conferences - stands in such stark contrast to his administration's destructive policies and to the gravity of the bloodbath in Iraq that it is deeply unsettling to watch. This may be impolitic, but wouldn't refraining from frat-style horseplay be appropriate for this man? Or at the least, can't reporters suppress their raucous laughter every time he blurts out another jibe... the way they did when Colbert put them in their place?

http://daoureport.salon.com/synopsis...7-2312cb69e096

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Many say Stephen Colbert went too far in lampooning President Bush at the White House Correspondents Dinner, or was just "not funny."

Where was all that disapproval when Bush, at a very similar gathering two years ago, built a whole comedy routine around not finding WMD in Iraq?

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ea..._id=1002426015

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by Hercules Rockefeller

He bombed because Colbert showed that he had no idea what the Correspondent's Dinner is all about.

You’d think the guy had based his routine on joking about launching a war and then not finding the WMDs that inspired it.

Oh, right, that was President Bush.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ea..._id=1002426015

[Crushaholic]

I hope his show is funnier than that routine. There wasn't anything funny about his presentation, which is why few people were laughing. He botched the joke about the glass being 1/3 full and it went downhill from there. However, I got a big laugh out of Bush and his impersonator just before Colbert went on. THAT was funny...