Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Colbert Gettin' Jiggy On Bush's Tush

Yeah! Fucking right fucking on! Bush doesn't like the cream pie facial? Too fucking bad! Did he think it would be twinkletoes like at the frat house? Is he that fucking arrogant? Did he assume that all speakers would be vetted (read that as censored) for content embarrassing to his Highness? Good on Stephen. Smackdown on the Royal Bitch. Bitchslap on Mr. "Oops, no WMD's under my desk". Intelligent skewering of Herr "We hit the trifecta". WWF bodyslam on Senor "Mission Accomplished".

Skewering comedy skit angers Bush and aides
By Paul Bedard
Posted 5/1/06

Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert's biting routine at the White House Correspondents Association dinner won a rare silent protest from Bush aides and supporters Saturday when several independently left before he finished.
"Colbert crossed the line," said one top Bush aide, who rushed out of the hotel as soon as Colbert finished. Another said that the president was visibly angered by the sharp lines that kept coming.
"I've been there before, and I can see that he is [angry]," said a former top aide. "He's got that look that he's ready to blow."
Colbert's routine was similar to what he does on his show, the Colbert Report, but much longer on the topic of Bush, suggesting that the president is out of touch with reality. Aides and reporters, however, said that it did not overshadow Bush's own funny routine, which featured an impersonator who told the audience what Bush was thinking when he spoke dull speech lines.
In fact, some aides crowed over reports that the president easily bested Colbert in the reviews of both comedy acts.

Heh. Bush bested Colbert? That's like saying Jessica Simpson has talent or Paris Hilton should be nominated for an Emmy. Or Tom Cruise isn't a nutcake. The only outer limits argument these guys could use in their defense is that the audience felt compelled (drinks were spiked?) to obligatorially laugh for Bush and didn't want to be seen guffawing at Colbert's truly funny, intelligent, ingenious zinging. oh well. let's see if I can find the second half of Colbert's routine for ya.
Part One.
Part Two.
Part Three.
This is from a different source than before (thanks to Atrios for this) and should cover the whole evening.
Jon Stewart weighed in with his critique of Colbert's performance.
The Huffington Post has the full transcript (plus, pissed off liberal critique). Be warned that the transcript is typed by someone who was a bit tired and coming down from their caffeine high.

Moving on, you know it's getting out of hand when even the Cato Institute begins criticising the Bush administration. The Press likes to call Cato libertarian, but it is much more conservative than that. If they're feeling nervous, then Bush and his handlers are truly losing control of their party. And, if you're like me, that's a very very very good thing. Neither party should ever lie down and let an idiot extremist steamroll or dutch-oven it.

Screw Amsterdam.

4 comments:

Mustang said...

SSM,

If you did not catch it, Colbert did a great interview with Morely Saffer on 60 Minutes last Sunday.

M

ScarySquirrelMan said...

yes, i did. and he seems to be a fairly grounded man who knows he is an entertainer first, but must speak the truthiness as well. fun stuff. i don't doubt that he would go after a Democrat in much the same manner as he did Bush.

Mustang said...

Truthiness...what a wonderful "word", or perhaps term is a better description. I would propose that a synonym-ish term might be "Bushiness", or the relative close-ish-ness to the truthiness of something. I can just see the bumper sticker now...

Bushiness IS Business..or...

Business means getting the H out of Bushiness.

I read an interesting article in the New Yorker this evening. Apparently Al Gore is releasing a documentary this summer about global warming. The reviewer felt that despite past feelings and misgivings about Mr. Gore, the message of the movie is worth hearing and taking to heart.

See ya soon!

M

ScarySquirrelMan said...

Bushiness: When the Pork Can't Find The Barrel.
See you REAL soon.