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

Editor & Publisher ^ | April 29, 2006 | E&P Staff

[West Coast Conservative]

Colbert bombed. His fake O'Reilly persona fell flat.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I just heard FOX news pronounce Colbert's name as "Col-Bear." Does that mean he's a cheese-eating, surrender monkey Frog? I never heard of the idiot before.

[james500]

In other words, President Bush was funnier than one of Comedy Central's top comedians.

That is, if you use laughter as a metric for being funny. I do.

[jocon307]

"Jeff "Skunk" Baxter of the Doobie Brothers--in a kilt."

Nice, is there a kilt-wearing ping list. A kilt is always acceptable as formal wear.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I thought Cedric the Entertainer was fantastic last year. Classy, also

[Dick Bachert]

No way for ANYBODY to top Imus' hilarious and well-deserved trashing of the Clintons of a few years ago.

[Jimbaugh]

I liked when IMUS jumped ugly at theWhite House Correspondents Dinner when clinton was in office. That was really rude. I still have the tape.

Why do the President go to theses events??

[Das Outsider]

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.”

Which begs the question. Jokes are supposed to be funny, not heavy-handed political commentary.

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 of the story — the president’s side and the vice president’s side."

He almost hit upon something there. Fox isn't the sole bastion of truth in a world of left-leaning MSM bias. But who thinks that way at this point?

He also reflected on the alleged good old days, when the media was still swallowing the WMD story.

Yeah, because nobody in the press second guessed that Hussein had biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons prior to March, 2003, did they?

Did the DU write Colbert's material?

[gunnedah]

The Democrats and MSM have trashed Bush from day one and that is all this country has ever heard from this bunch of SOB's.The Democrats have initiated it and the press has constantly slanted their stories on Bush. I dont agree with everything the man does but under his circumstances I think he has done a very good job.Much better than the Dinwits or the press.

[Das Outsider]

Nice, is there a kilt-wearing ping list. A kilt is always acceptable as formal wear.

Sion?

[rawhide]

Any transcript of what was said back then?

[james500]

I've been watching these things for a few years and they generally ARE quite funny. They just don't get widely covered unless some jerk like Don Imus or Colbert decides to spoil the occasion by taking cheap shots. They're not trying to be funny. They're trying to be the guy that "got" the President.

[alnick]

He said he did not pull any material for being too strong, just for time reasons.

As long and tedious as the routine was, apparently he intended for it to be even longer, but cut it short "for time reasons."

[oceanview]

he goes, because its what the "insiders" do - its the place to be, and unfortunately, President Bush is not one to go against the flow.

[maggief]

[james500]

I don't believe he goes anywhere without his formal kilt...and I'm fairly serious about that.

He's not just a wannabe, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter knows a lot about ballistic missiles and has spoken before congress many times on the subject.

[alnick]

I thought Cedric the Entertainer was fantastic last year. Classy, also

I did too. "Hold my purse, Mr. President."

[Edit35]

(Colbert) who ostensibly supports the president strongly...

Anything nice Colbert says about President Bush or conservatives is simply part of his act.

He's been a strident lib for years, or so I read on several entertainment websites.