Posted on 04/29/2006 3:20:36 PM PDT by Wolfstar
You missed a diabollicly mean-spirited, nay vicious, public attack.
My husband and I were trying to get outside of ourselves as Bush respecters and supporters, and were asking ourselves last night if ANYone could think that horrific excuse for a comedy routine was funny.
We concluded that only leftists who hate the President and think anything nasty said about him, regardless of how stupid it was, could think Colbert was funny last night.
And anyone who says that was funny on this forum is on my 'list' as well.......
i haven't looked though this whole thread but does anyone know if this video can be downloaded on the internet? I missed it and saw the highlights on Michelle Malkin's hotair michellemalkin.com, just wanted to see the whole thing.
The President and "President's" performance was masterful.
The contrast with Colbert was breathtaking. Like going from a mountaintop to spiderhole...........sorta. ;)
thats what i noticed from the highlights that i saw, Stephen Colbert was unfunny, W and the impersonator were hilarious. I just wanted to see the whole thing unedited. if someone could upload the movie to YouTube or PutFile it would be appreciated.
If Bush had any control of the dinner, would he have invited Joe "Media Whore" Wilson? It is basically just up to the AP who is invited.
"Skunk Baxter???
I don't know he was only on for a moment"
No, the lady sitting next to Tony Snow I meant. Sorry
I really didn't know you were the final arbiter of humor on this forum. My apologies if I missed the memo....
You also wrote: "only leftists who hate the President and think anything nasty said about him, regardless of how stupid it was, could think Colbert was funny last night."
Calling people derogatory names because they have a different opinion than you is something I would expect from a Dumbocrat, not a TRUE conservative.
I take GREAT issue with your declaration that since I like him, I have NO sense of humor. NOTHING could be further from the truth...I just have a DIFFERENT one than you.
You are so right--the President's 'performance' was brilliant.
Colbert's calculated "act" was a Bush-bashing, say-it-in-the-President's-face attack. His intention was to embarrass and humiliate the President knowing that he had a captive audience.
It was contemptible!
"All I can honestly say after a night like this is.....the only good democrat is a dead one!And any Republican that does not support our president is just as bad if not worse.I love President Bush!Anyone that claims to be a Christian and votes democrat is a liar!"
Alright, FoGW, I'm calling you out. You're a troll.
thank you!
Yes, it would appear so.
It's gone. Let the record show that I did not hit the abuse button.
Did you actually think the things he said were funny last night........at any level?
And if you did..........why?
(btw, the audience didn't seem to think he was funny either).
I've watched Jon Stewart, Jay Leno and David Letterman joke about the President and be funny.
This was a complete bomb at every single level. He was horrible!
Hi Jonny. In my opinion -- and apparently the consensus when the thread was live -- is that it was worse.
My PC is in the room next to my bedroom, where my TV is. I had the sound on the TV up loud so I could hear it while being on the computer to host the live portion of the Dose.
What I heard was an angry, hard-edge voice saying some really vicious things. It didn't sound like a comedy routine to me. Instead it sounded like a venom-filled speech. I didn't hear the DC audience laughing much except toward the end of the so-called comedian's segment.
Nor did I.
BTW Skunk Baxter attended the WH Correspondence Dinner in his kilt.
Thanks for the birthday wishes. Sure was fun to be so pampered here on FR
Pampering is nice, and you deserve it on your birthday!
The left is filled with hate, so was Colbert. The left has a disdain for President Bush, so does Colbert. The left has no sense of humor, neither did Colbert.
About 20% of the country is in that camp. That's it. I'd be surprised if anyone outside that 20% fringe left group really thought there was anything funny about that sick performance last night.
It really makes my blood boil.
I would like to see some of those people actually do something constructive with their free time. Something that would benefit others rather than spend their time spewing hatred towards their country.
I don't think Colbert had any intention of being funny.
I have seen him when he was very funny.
This was a very thinly disguised, hate-filled Liberal attack!
I'll say it again, this left me fuming!
What kind of life must one live..........how much anger must be inside that you would spend your time spewing hate?
They are really pitiful people. I would feel sorry for them if they weren't doing so much that harms this country and its people.
In stead of being angry with Colbert last night, I should have been praying for the spiritual protection of the President and First Lady.
I confess that I didn't think of that until later, when I did pray that any wounds they may have received would be healed.
God bless them both, and protect them from the attacks of the Evil One!
I just saw the replay of the dinner--as much of it as I could stand--and you were right. The difference between The President and Colbert was like night and day.
W was hilarious! His timing with the "alter-ego" was perfect.
The president introduces Laura.Alter-ego: "She's hot! Muy caliente!"
The president says he's going to talk about something serious.
Alter-ego: (deep breath) "Okay here it comes ... Nuclear proliferation. Nuclear proliferation. Nuclear proliferation.
W: "Nucular proliberation."
The audience was roaring! Everyone was laughing and having a great time. It was self-depricating humor at its best.
Then came Colbert ...
*crickets*
Excuse me for being a little "windy" here.
I was recording it and everytime clinton came on, I put the pause button on and muted the sound. Knowing he would speak for about 30 minutes, I went about my business and would check after about 20 minutes. The repeat was better, because we only had to see him spotlighted just once.
The media just can't seem to help themelves. Because it was the media's "big" event and they wanted the world to see them---what they couldn't control was having to share the spotlight with the one they hate---while the world saw him as a wonderful, decent, likeable human being. So, they had to make sure the world also saw their "god" and put the spotlight on him again. They didn't just spotlight him once, but THREE times. Did you notice when they made the little movie about past presidents --- they made sure the democrat presidents were focused on the most? They'll use ANY excuse to make sure people can compare their "god" to President Bush, hoping it will make people think they have really been missing something for the past 5 years.
You watch: when they want to spotlight clinton, they'll have him on for an hour or two and to make it appear fair and balanced, they'll select a Bush event that lasted about 5 minutes and when they HAVE to show President Bush, they'll give clinton MORE than equal time. Anyone who spends any time watching C-Span could think clinton was still president. They're so glaringly biased and really feel they are pulling the wool over our eyes. I write C-Span every now and then and remind them that President Bush is THE president---not clinton. About the only time they show him is when it's something they consider controversial. When he's "shining" they don't consider that newsworthy.
The liberal media doesn't like to spotlight him. Even they consider him an embarrassment. :)
President Bush has great wit and great timing. Ex42 only has self aggrandizement. If both were unknowns playing in a comedy club, people would go outside for some air 2 minutes int Clinton's act.
Have you noticed that hillary is not only using parts of his speeches as her own, but last week, I saw her using his mannerisms--especially the one of him continueously touching the temple area of his head. He's such a country hick (nothing against country folks because I grew up in the country :) trailer trash yet the media laps it up. They can't possibly like this guy. I see them as pretending they like him, just because of his politics and a slap at President Bush. I always thought of him as Bugs Bunny and her as Porky Pig. Think about it---their appearances--his mouth and teeth area and her face with the fat cheeks and the mouth area.
Great take, Pat....I agree wholeheartedly...
Is Steve Bridges a comedic persona of Colbert?
BTW, the post from the DU troll that you quoted is now being credited to you in a DU thread. They, of course left off your comment about calling the troll out so it would appear you were the one that wrote it. Typical lib liars.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1065973&mesg_id=1066002
and such a good christian you are, wishing people dead. And BTW, Bush is not god get a grip.
I guess the idiots at DU and 'getsomehelp' don't know the meaning of quotation marks?
It was probably our troll who went back over there and started the thread.
Oh well, "stupid is as stupid does."
Thanks for the heads up, jj.
I'm sorry I missed it.
That is the name of the W impersonator that the President had by his side last night. I know nothing of Colbert.
Thanks! I finally ran across an identification that got me straight on who he is.
really?
Get some HELP! Leadpenny was quoting the troll..Note the link back to the deleted comment..and his quotation marks.
I have been so busy with PPs that hubby and I needed a weekend of R & R and missed the fun in the US.
It will take me days and weeks to catch up with politics!
You really haven't missed much, Kate.
Yes, I thought many things were funny - although he wasn't as funny as he usually is. I LIKE the guy, I'm familiar with his sense of humor (unlike MOST of the people here who found him so objectionable), and I wanted it to go well for him.
I really don't think he's a hate-filled liberal, like some people here have declared. In fact, I'm pretty sure he was thoroughly vetted by the powers that be in the White House. Evidently, someone there liked him - maybe Josh Bolten or, who knows, even Karl Rove...
So you think the White House is sooo out of touch that they had no idea Colbert was a vicious hate-filled liberal? In other words, they were tricked into this? That's a pretty big assumption.
I wasn't trying to be cute, I was trying to make you think. The left does what you did....if they don't like what you say, they call you names or revert to ad hominem attacks...which is what YOU did.
The Correspondents picked out Colbert..The President's staff picked his "double" and wrote his part...
The White House has nothing to do with anything concerning this dinner except as an honored guest..They don't vet who is the featured speaker/comic..This is the WH Correspondent's Dinner..not a White House affair.
I thought Colbert fell flat..some people have off nights. I am unfamiliar with his politics..I only judged him on performance.
Yes, I agree he was flat. And thank you for being respectful about my taste in comedy. I have an odd sense of humor, as does my family, and Colbert just cracks us up. Doesn't mean we're liberals or hate Dubya, which is what some people here were proclaiming.
Check out "King Florez" on the DU site. Post "I did a little trolling" took place withing three minutes of "getsomehelp's" post here.
Getsomehelp, I'm close to calling you out. I bagged two yesterday, and it would have been great to have scored a hat trick.
Please give me an example of what you thought was funny. I thought he was bad from the beginning, and got progressively worse.
To tell the truth, I was embarrassed for him. Anyone who makes a living on his sense of humor and is as bad as he was should think twice about his career choice.
He was in front of millions of people and bombed......BIG time.
I repeat, the AUDIENCE wasn't laughing. Maybe obligatory, or the people who thing meanness is funny, but not the majority.
And when the President and his alter-ego did their bit, the mostly-can't-stand-the-guy crowd was roaring.
The contrast was painfully obvious..........for Colbert, that is. Our President is a better as a stand up comic than he is.
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