The truthiness hurts

[TexasLawyer]

The truthiness hurts
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President Bush had the press eating out the palm of his hand at last night's White House Correspondents' Dinner. (If you need proof, a Google news search reveals more than 300 articles dedicated to the celebration of Bush and his look-alike lampooning the president for such now-innocuous foibles as mispronouncing "nuclear." If you control them, they will follow...) But it was comedian Stephen Colbert's biting political satire, and the awkward silence that followed, that brought the real "truthiness" to last night's event.

If the mainstream press' allegiance to the current administration wasn't painfully obvious enough, so far only Editor and Publisher has extensively reported on Colbert's roasting, which, in the best kind of political satire, resonated as hard-hitting political commentary disguised as stupidity in the form of Colbert's faux-Republican persona.

Colbert lambasted the president for Iraq, Valerie Plame, global warming, and his response to disaster. There's a video of Colbert's entire speech after the jump, as well as a transcript of Colbert's best "jokes" of the night. (Colbert will also appear on 60 Minutes tonight.)

On Iraq: "I believe the government that governs best is the government that governs least. And by these standards, we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq."

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http://blogs.citypages.com/ctg/2006/04/the_truthiness.asp

Minneapolis City Pages

[KeepItReal]

1. MSM Strategy: Just ignore Colbert and that night will just fade away

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[BrklynLiberal]

2. So,that means it really DID happen, and we did not just imagine it.