media schmedia...gotta read these replies..

[SoCalDem]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-gardels/bush-disarms-comedy-centr_b_20165.html


Bush Disarms Comedy Central's Colbert (54 comments )


Bush Outironicizes Colbert

For those of us in the smart political set who are right about Bush being wrong in Iraq and elsewhere, it was hard to swallow. At the White House Correspondent's Association dinner Saturday night in Washington the President embarrassingly outironicized Steven Colbert. If, as Kierkegard long ago understood, the capacity for ironic self-reflection is a sign of deep intelligence, what did it mean?

I surprised myself by saying to Mort Zuckerman that "a man who is that funny can't be all bad." And his timing was better than Jerry Seinfeld's.

snip


The other notable drama of the evening was seeing all those former secretaries of state and stentorian talking heads tripping over each other to have a thirty second chat with George Clooney. Despite the first big public emergence of Valerie Plame, the CIA agent most probably outed by Karl Rove, who was also there, all eyes of the serious journalist set were on Clooney. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chariman Peter Pace, resplendant in his medals and tails, went almost unnoticed. CNN's Suzanne Malveaux, beautiful and poised even when she silently suffers Lou Dobb's tirades on camera, had to admit that the Darfur genocide would now get a bigger airing on her channel since Clooney was on the case.

snip...

A president more hilarious than his comedic critics and a starstruck White House press corps. Washington would be a very entertaining place if the consequences weren't so serious.


hysterical replies follow.....

[ClusterFreak]

1. Go back to your typing, Nathan. n/t

[Buzz Clik]

2. Damn! Many boots up Gardel's butt.

The responders found the irony that Gardels did not, and they pointed out that his ignorance of Colbert's real meaning made that irony even sweeter.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. -snip-

comparing Dubya Bush's performance to Stephen Colbert's is like comparing Battle of the Network Stars to the Olympics.

[ChiciB1]

4. Colbert Was Barely Finished Before The Slams From MSM

started. Maybe they even wrote the slams BEFORE the event! I wouldn't put it past them.

[devilgrrl]

5. This one cracked me up...

"Dear Sir,

Well, of course it being May 1, 2006, you are quite justified in screaming, "MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY! INCOMING!..INCOMING!..MAYDAY! MAYDAY!"

It must feel awful to've worked hard all your life at miming the court jester for the entertainment of 'Royalty' to all of a sudden come up against a Great, Natural Talent like Stephen Colbert. It is obviously a bitter pill for you to 'try' to swallow.

Makes me glad to know I've never even heard of you, much less never read any of your drivel.

Thanks for being obscure."

:rofl:

[Gabi Hayes]

7. that was great! thanks for saving me the trouble of reading any more

of that drivel

obscurity deserved, obviously

seems like the respondees are much better writers than that idiot OPer

has Harry Shearer weighed in?

[devilgrrl]

8. Here's another good one...

"Yeah, and I know you tittered last year at Laura describing her Georgie jacking off a horse, too, didn't you? How about the "Missing WMD" bit your Georgie did the year before. I bet you thought that was funny, too. I didn't.

The funniest thing about Colbert's bit was that you didn't get it: he is talking about you. You and your Bush sucking bloviating superficial sycophants on the perpetual cocktail weenie circuit."

[Gabi Hayes]

13. thanks...think I'll save the Huffpost for later delectation

these jackasses don't realize just how idiotic they are until they get out among those with whom they disagree, which is, what over TWO THIRDS of the country?

they're still living under the illusion that anything they say will be taken at face value.

when your audience isn't comprised of ignorant suckups and suckers, you're apt to get slapped mr. obscurato

crawl back into the neofascist bunghole whence you came

[havocmom]

6. So many gems, thanks for the link

I loved this one especially:

...

You stuffy intellectual types don't get it, we loved it. The people loved it. And the fact that you liked the ventriloquist dummy act better than Colbert's razor sharp satire tells me one thing. It stung you. It stung you good

Thanks, SoCalDem. Hadn't checked Huffington blog today. Would have been a real loss to have missed these!

[SoCalDem]

9. I kept thinking of Senor Wences during the dummy act

s'awright:)

[pacalo]

14. Damn, I remember him from the Ed Sulllivan Show!

You've got a sharp memory! (You're not a comedy writer, are you? Your posts are always great. )

[Gabi Hayes]

15. bet you don't remember Senor Cosa.

Cosa!

[pacalo]

17. I didn't, but looked it up...

Christopher Guest as the ventriloquist with Ricardo the Dummy (SNL). :)

[SoCalDem]

16. Not paid to write comedy..but I do have a wicked sense of humor

gets me into trouble sometimes :evilgrin:

[zeemike]

10. OMG I just read as many replies as I could

They blasted him with no mercy at all.
It was like him being on that stage and Colbert going after him with a chain saw.
It was great.

[SoCalDem]

11. "...Nathan, you're a whore...".. (subtle, eh?) funny? yes!

Nathan, you're a whore.

Golly gee whiz, your hilarious Celebrity President was there! What a hoot it must have been for you, sipping on your highball! Too bad you didn't get His Highness's autograph on your ass! Or would it have blocked the tattoo you already have there that says "Owned"?

You are not a journalist, you're a joke.

By: starianna on May 01, 2006 at 06:26pm
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[EstimatedProphet]

12. So which one of you is Clevelandchick?

[SoCalDem]

18. I had the feeling that a LOT of DUers responded to this article

:evilgrin:

[bling bling]

19. bwaaahahahah -- Chimpy Mcflightsuit !!!

http://thankyoustephencolbert.org/...

mr gardels,
your post is complete tripe. could you be any more jealous of george clooney? and quite frankly...i don't want a pResident whose greatest strength is his humor. i want a president whose greatest strength is...well...everything that chimpy mcflightsuit doesn't have!!!

stephen colbert is a national hero. i encourage all your commenters to go to the above link and add your thanks to the thousands of messages already there.
By: DLT on May 01, 2006 at 04:29pm