Colbert just beat the living hell out of William Kristol

[The Doctor.]

and The PNAC!

It was glorious!

Colbert's VERY first question was, 'You're a member of the PNAC, The Project for a New American Century... How's that going?'.

Find the replay, it's worth it.

[Canuckistanian]

1. This, I gotta see

It comes on in 10 minutes. (best Ahhnuld imitation) I'll be back.

[Tuesday_Morning]

30. it runs again at 1:30 am ET

[KoKo]

33. Is he on Cable? or Radio? I've never heard of him....thanks ..

[nicknameless]

44. On Cable.

It's a "spin off" of sorts from The Daily Show.

[Vinnie From Indy]

2. Colbert beat him like rented mule!

It was worth staying up to see that!~

[TexasLawyer]

22. Yeah, Colbert says-- re PNAC

So, hows that project going?

Kristol says nothing-- then says something like-- "sorry, I'm speechless." I was stomping my feet and wildly howling at that point so I am not entirely sure what came after.

Mr. Colbert-- you're my Papa Bear.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

24. So did he (Kristol) ever elaborate? Or let it drop entirely?

[demobabe]

47. He said...

Colbert asked if he was part of the PNAC, and Kristol said, "I am" and Colbert tried to clarify by asking him "was or is now" and he fumbled a bit but still acknowledged he was PNAC. He tried to say it was just a few people, then Colbert named off the whole pack and Kristol didn't deny it. Colbert got him to admit the PNAC was going good for them, Kristol said they "had to fight back after 911."

Colbert really disassembled the guy. He was fumbling all over the place.

[Marie26]

50. Did you hear him say

he wants to take out the Sudan? Where did that come from? I love how Colbert got him to reveal his real agenda - we need to take out every dictator, we need to invade Iran (& Sudan), we need to have a draft, we need more military & more wars; oh, but, I was too young at 19 to ever go to war myself. Classic chickenhawk.

[helderheid]

3. too bad liveoaktx won't have a video to share with us :(

[BrklynLiberal]

4. Yeah! NowTHAT'S sad!

x(

[TomInTib]

5. And ain't that the truth?

I would like to revisit that night with a baseball bat, a hand grenade, and a straight razor.

[Hissyspit]

8. Anyone heard from her lately?

There was a huge show of support for her and if that didn't do the job to convince her that their were just a few obnoxious detractors, I don't know what else we could do. I did plenty of praising of her posts all the time.

[sojourner]

18. omg......I've noticed absence, but thought it was like the rest of us...

got busy and would be checking back in any day now. who the hell chased her off?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

9. What ultimately happened to her? Run off by DUers? Got into copyright

problems? What actually HAPPENED?

[helderheid]

14. drove off by DUers :( n/t

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

31. I'm still confused.. did she just get upset over the few who complained

about the way her site looked? Was that all?

[madokie]

40. One of the long time duers was using her stuff and not giving credit where

credit was due, pissed her off, now she is gone and he too. I know who that is but won't drop names. I pm'd her and apologized for this person but to no avail. Basically stealing her stuff that sometimes she put a lot of effort into. so sad

[katinmn]

10. Yes. Those that drove her off should apologize.

[Change has come]

21. my first thought too

We have to find a way to get her back.

http://www.canofun.com/cof/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=31&DisplayType=flat


(no video yet)

[Marie26]

26. Such a shame. :( nt

[Nomad559]

48. (Video) William Kristo On The Colbert Report

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=109x25590

[Lin]

6. #1 it was orgasmic! #2 SO rapid-fire he didn't know WHAT was happening, I

guarentee he couldn't have realized it all until he watched and then RE-watched a tape of it later....oh! fantastic. Colbert's tounge is a woodchipper LOL!

SC:"Where were you during Vietnam?"

BK: "Oh I was very young"

SC: "HOW young?"

BK:"19- my number came up for a year and then"....blubbbberblubblub

[Bushies gotta go]

11. Yeah, that is young.

My brother was 17 when he enlisted and 18 when he was killed in Nam. Yeah, 19 is real young.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

15. I'd say a lot of U.S. military in Iraq are 19, and a lot who were in Nam.

[alcibiades_mystery]

39. 19, as the song goes, was the average age of the combat soldier in

Vietnam

[amitten]

16. I'm sorry for the loss of your brother. n/t

[faithnotgreed]

19. sorry friend....

theres not much to say i know but i want you to hear that were really sorry for what happened to your brother
and many are working to try to stop vietnam part 2

were glad youre here at du

[DesertRat]

20. I'm so sorry

:hug:

[Diane R]

23. My brother was killed over there, too

It turns a person into a career anti-war activist, doesn't it?

[TahitiNut]

27. Diane, see my post (#25) below. Same offer.

:cry: :patriot:

[faithnotgreed]

28. thank you diane

for what youre doing to stop the war/ the madness
but of course so sorry about your brother

i have no idea what that must feel like for your family
take good care and as im sure you know - youre never alone

[madokie]

43. so did being there and only wounded did for me.

I'm up at this time of morning because I couldn't sleep, something about dreams. I so feel for our soldiers today, sometimes I wonder if the ones who never came back were the lucky ones. Worry not for me, worry for our young kids today.

[Bushies gotta go]

55. I share with you, Diane

I share your pain. I share your feelings about war. I wish with all my heart no family would ever have to go through this again.

For 35 years I could not bear looking at my brother's death. Not to say I forgot him, I've never. But then I felt this huge urge to find out what happened. Thanks to the Internet, I was able to research and find not only the info on the operation he was in but my daughter actually tracked down members of his unit and the man who was with him when he was killed.

I have documented his death and that of his brothers on a site called www.operationhastings.com and I extend this invitation to you to visit. Some of my family cannot even stand the pain of going to this site while others have found it very healing.

I am so against Viet Nam2 and the madness of this pResident. The people who can't even consider the pain a family feels as a result. All these soldiers and Marines are nothing more to them but a statistic.

[TahitiNut]

25. What year, Bgg? I was there Jan-Nov 1969.

I'll probably be visiting The Wall this year, again. Let me know what panel so I can spend a moment "with him"... OK? (Use PM if you'd like.) I'll be visiting panels 31W and 23W, mostly.

:cry: :patriot:

[faithnotgreed]

29. hope this is ok

i dont mean to intrude tahiti but just wanted to say how sweet that is
i know youre all family and its a powerful bond

thank you for all youve done and all you are
were lucky to have you

[madokie]

46. I truly need to go but emotionally I haven't been able to yet.

traveling wall has been here twice and I can't/haven't gone yet. june '69 thru oct.'70

[Bushies gotta go]

52. The Wall

I have been to the Wall once and to the Traveling Wall twice. It is the most beautiful place on earth. Be prepared to cry and don't feel bad about doing so. It is very moving. And you'll find people there that understand.

[TahitiNut]

58. It took me over 25 years for my first visit. It wasn't easy.

My distant cousin's name is on The Wall - same time I was there, same last name and first two initials as mine. (I never met him.) There are guys who were killed in the same actions in which I was involved - guys whose faces I'd probably recognize but whose names I never knew. Thankfully, none of the guys I was close to were killed. It's an eerie feeling - maybe like flying almost too close to the sun. The feeling of overwhelming loss is still profound. Fewer than one million of us left and getting fewer every day. What a fucking waste! :cry: :puke:

[Bushies gotta go]

53. My brother

July 24th, 1966 in a battle called Operation Hastings. That was the then to-date worst casualty loss for the USMC. I invite you to visit my site: www.operationhastings.com if you are so inclined. A tribute to my brother and the men who fell with him.

This summer I'll again go to the reunion of the men of his company. I have had the honor of meeting the man who was with him moments before he died and heard the whole story in detail.

[TahitiNut]

57. Quang Tri Province was the closest thing to a "front line" in 66-72

Also one of the closest places to Hell. :cry:

[Canuckistanian]

32. Yes, Colbert was pumped

Just bang! bang! bang! with the questions, his arms flying all over.

It was great.

But the best part was

"Dems take the house"

[Minnesota_Lib]

7. Kristol's initial reply" "I'm speechless." He was totally blindsided.

I just wish Colbert would have pressed the issue by quoting out of the PNAC where they said we should invade Iraq regardless if Saddam was still in power or not, and then followed up with a quote about controlling Iraqi oil. That would have really rocked.

But as it is, that was the very first time I have seen anyone on TV ask any of the PNAC signatories about it and it was great.

[faithnotgreed]

12. thank you everyone for the details

when i saw the post that bill kristol was going to be on i rolled my eyes but im so glad to hear he got hit hard by colbert

thanks again everyone

[TahitiNut]

13. It was terrific. Kristol was dumbstruck.

Colbert just kept on slugging - all in that ironic parody of a neocon that's impossible for them to counter. It takes very little to magnify their insane postures and show them for the whack-jobs they are. It's almost impossible to differentiate between a parody and their psychopathic rantings so Kristol was left without either defense (against what?) or offense (against what?) in his arsenal of lunatic talking points - Colbert just loaded 'em up and flung 'em at him. Kristol looked like the malodorous, vacuous dolt he really is.

[Marie26]

17. I think Stephen Colbert is probably a genius. nt

[Guaranteed]

45. Yup. The beauty of satire.

And Colbert in particular has a knack for it.

Remember his "milking the horse" joke bit, by "Laura Bush"?

[SofaKingLiberal]

34. Kick

:kick:

[nonconformist]

35. Just caught the replay.

It was fanfuckingtastic! Kristol had a case of the nervous giggles the whole time.

Colbert is a genius.

[Guaranteed]

36. I was going to make this post using nearly the same words if you didn't.

That was a savage beating. Very pretty.

[johnnydrama]

37. Colbert

Colbert is a genius at what he does, and hilarious, but couldn't anybody here savage these people just
as easily. I mean, it's not like Kristol or his ilk have any real answers when confronted with the truth, and
people who ask good questions and followups.

[Guaranteed]

38. No, because this is satire. This takes real talent.

And practice, actually.

He is doing it through his character- the "neo-neo-con," as he put it.

He's not just asking questions to hear their response- he KNOWS their response, already. He's making FUN of them.

[Marie26]

49. And it's beautiful,

cause it catches them so off-guard. They have no idea how to answer & sometimes actually end up resorting to the truth. He's gotten more honest answers out of these people than any actual "journalist." The talking points are just useless against satire.

[Bushies gotta go]

59. and making fun of them while they don't even know it. n/t

[Peggy Day]

61. Sometimes I don't know if he is kidding or not nt

[nonconformist]

42. I think most of us would dissolve into an obscenity-laced rant

complete with crying and screaming. It takes real talent to be able to keep your cool and stay right on the relevant points. Even better, disguised as a "like-minded" individual.

[TheFarseer]

56. No because if you fight with the truth

they can roll out the talking points and those are nearly impossible to defeat in a 5 minute segment but the way Colbert did it made him look like a jackass in about 1 minute. If you fight it, you are just fighting yourself and if you go along with it, you look even more insane than you are.

[Swamp Rat]

41. y-y-y-yes he d-dd-d-did!

:woohoo: :patriot:

[Coexist]

51. it was beautiful to see!

[AlCzervik]

54. The whole issue of serving--loved it!!!

[SeattleRob]

60. Man that was hilarious!

Colbert Rules!