Posted on 05/07/2006 9:53:58 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
And for some one to pull a fire alarm, call in a bomb threat or even sneak Code Pink in with a banner...any of those would have been funnier than Colbert.
For a professional television critic to believe that Chris Matthews is in any way a conservative just underscores what a load of crap this article is. I'm glad you posted it, it shows how far over the edge some of the lunatics really are...lol
"... and hired on-air Republicans and conservatives-lite, from Tucker Carlson to Joe Scarborough and Chris Matthews"
This moron doesn't even know that Chris Matthews is a liberal Democrat who worked for Tip O'Neill.
Elf-person doesnt get it. Colbert's speil was barely mentioned and panned because he was hired as a comedian and he wasnt that funny. That's all. There was no conspiracy to make Colbert un-funny, he just did it himself.
Thing with Helen Thomas? ... WORST. SKIT. EVER.
Bitterness is never funny.
But thinking MSNBC is conservative?
Now THAT'S funny.
I've never appreciated comics whose acts consist of alternating snide comments and smirking stares toward their audiences or cameras.
Look, I for one USED to LOVE Colbert UNTIL that mean fiasco last week!!! I was STUNNED at how m=viciously un-funny Colbert was. I had thought he might be a moderate Republican!! FOOL!!! Foolish me.
Yeah, I'm with you. My point is that Bush is very like Truman.
Colbert's humor is like putting flaming bags of dog poop on the doorstep and ringing the bell. Such is the depth of liberal elites. Take DUers for example. They spend half their days thinking up cutesy nicknames for the Bush family and admin. It's like a particularly bad 3rd grade class.
....and Jimmah Carter, who was the WORST PRESIDENT IN MY LIFETIME.
Agreed - Mr. Peanut was the worst in many lifetimes closely followed by El-BJ and Slick Willie.
"Another Bush hater" .. Apparently so.
I guess he expected the the press to expound on the rude, and yes "brazen..." antics of Colbert.
To me .. the guy was boring. It wasn't a comic routine .. and in truth .. the President was much, much funnier. His alter ego WAS SAYING ALL THE THINGS THAT THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO SAY .. but he's constrained by his position.
I especially loved, "screw 'em"! That was one of the very best lines.
Nobody noticed what happened with the last 5 seconds after the program.
Bush actually shook Colbert's hand, turned around and RAN, not walked. It was a direct insult to Colbert.
It happened so quickly, nobody noticed it.
He nailed the "feel-good" rhetoric that's been coming out of the White House, and is even someitmes repeated in the press. He thrashed the empty verbiage like Thank You for Smoking thrashed the anti-tobacco crusade. He had a few stinkers, but his points struck home. The media aren't reporting it because he made them look bad, and he made them know it.
Wow. I honestly thought I was the only person on FR to appreciate Colbert's act.
Good to know I'm not alone.
The question still remains, why does this bozo Elfman feel the need for this rescue mission.
OK, this is something like the third time lately that I've heard this dailykos.com website referred to as some kind of humongous, "must-see" website. Does it even have half the members - let alone the traffic - of Free Republic? Anyone know?
i don't understand this. He shook his hand and that was supposed to be an insult? If he hadn't shook his hand and then "ran" away, that would be an insult....am I missing something?
Star comedian? I've never heard of him.
I think (at least part of) the point was that this was the time for comedy, not a highly-political harangue against the administration. It wasn't funny except to the far-left moonbats. The near-left moonbats in the audience barely thought it funny as evidenced by the general lack of laughter and the tepid applause.
I hope our President has the intestinal fortitude to be the first to inform the media "thanks, but no thanks" to the next invitation to dine with the jackals.
Declining the invite would especially send a lesson to the yutes of America that the office of president is to be treated with respect, even if some do not respect the person.
What purpose is served by what started out to be funny "roasts" of attending presidents and has evolved into blood-sucking rhetoric in front of a crowd of Draculas?
C'mon, President Bush. If anyone can break this degrading chain of unedible dinners, you can. Next year, tell the drooling DC media hyenas that you and Laura have a previous dinner engagement at Denny's next year.....or be out of the country dining with real humans, our brave troops.
Leni
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