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To: stockman_scott who wrote (186046)	5/2/2006 3:49:30 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

Luckily people like Colbert provide cover for people like Leno who is getting more blunt about Dubyette. Unfortunately the media, including corporate news media, is still hiding behind the people of the US. Media = cowards but nice, blow-dried attractive cowards. Colbert was really funny when he said he patterned his mannerisms on Stone Philips who really does emphasize his points with his neck. LOL.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (186046)	5/2/2006 5:53:39 PM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

MUST SEE: Click on Part I, Part II and Part III to watch the Colbert Bush Roast. It's priceless! sfgate.com Stephen Colbert Has Brass Cojones CSPAN Colbert, just warming up, gestures over to Shrub who, presumably, is thinkin' 'bout ways he can have this guy killed Bush glowered. Laura looked confused. Scott McClellan was like a dead deer caught in the headlights. Many of the journalists, celebs, ranking generals and other 'notables' at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner laughed openly, albeit uncomfortably, as Stephen Colbert of "The Colbert Report" just made himself about 500 times more of a national treasure and cemented himself as one of the most fearless satirists of this generation (instantly outpacing Jon Stewart, who, you get the feeling, wouldn't have had the nerve to go as far as Colbert did) by way of a savage and hilarious roast/takedown of President Bush, who was seated not eight feet away. Have you heard? Did you see? You simply must. It was a revelation. CSPAN Bush leans back in his chair as the big polysyllabic words come at him, wishin' he could be sippin' a beer at the ranch Colbert roasts Bush Parts 1, 2 and 3 (but parts one and two are really the ones to see) (Direct links: Part I \| Part II \| Part III) Never have you heard anyone go straight at our mumbly and confused prez this way, with the prez in spitwad distance and listening, reluctantly, frowningly, to every word (though possibly not understanding them all). Colbert essentially says everything you wish you could say to Bush (well, almost everything) -- WMD, Iraq, Cheney, tanking poll numbers, scandals, global warming, his absolute refusal to let the truth change his mind, etc -- all while employing his full "Colbert Report" persona, playing a mock media pundit who hates annoying things like books and facts and ostensibly loves Bush because Bush thinks "with his gut" and ignores pesky things like, well, books and facts and ideas. CSPAN Stunned laughter seemed to be the general consensus. Can you really get away with saying stuff like that to the president? Oh, hell yes It is a beautiful public scolding couched in a satiric wink, and it simply could not have been much better. It is making the rounds on the Net faster than any viral marketing junk, as well it should. It is an instant classic. I've been of mixed feelings on "The Colbert Report," never quite sure Colbert could sustain that brilliant but slightly annoying persona for entire episodes and whole seasons, without needing to break character. Almost too much of a good thing, a one-note joke without enough range. But this, this makes it all worthwhile. This changes everything. Colbert should get some kind of award. Sit back, click play, and be amazed. God bless America. Oh, and also YouTube.com.