Stephen Colbert on George W Bush
In what will undoubtedly be one of the more heavily discussed performances of this week, Stephen Colbert absolutely eviscerated President George W Bush at the White House Correspondent’s Association dinner last night. He said what we’re all thinking…and have been for several years. It is quite possibly the first time George W Bush has had to so publicly face these opinions (delivered in Stephen Colbert’s typical, satirical style) and it was interesting to see his absolute lack of interest in almost everything said. It was interesting, also, to see the almost complete lack of interest from the audience members (ie – the press) to any of the biting comments. The biggest laughs from the audience (and quite loud, proving that it wasn’t simply a matter of no microphones to pick up the audience reaction) were all about digs on democrats and safe topics like “Washington, DC”.
All told, a tremendous performance and a world-class roasting from Mr. Colbert. It’s just sad that so much of it is true…
See for yourself:
part1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcIRXur61II
Catherine said,
April 30, 2006 at 6:52 pm
Hey Evan,
I caught that speech completely by chance while channel surfing. I think Colbert is absolutely nuts – he must have seen what Bush did to Joe Wilson since he mentioned that in his speech. How does he think he’ll get out of this alive, mocking the most powerful man in the world when he’s only feet away? I agree that it’s sad how little response he got from his audience. That includes Bush, who looked positively pissed off by the end, despite saying earlier that he had to have a good sense of humor for his job. Colbert was certainly getting some laughs and quite a few gasps of disbelief out of me. He didn’t miss a single opportunity to slam Bush, did he?
Catherine
Evan Dodds - Non-work-related blog » Thank you Stephen Colbert said,
May 6, 2006 at 8:21 am
[...] In this morning’s PI there is an opinion piece about it that caught my eye. Not only because it was well written and interesting, but also because the writer used the word “eviscerated” to describe the impact on GWB. Coincidentally, this is the same word I had used… so I nailed it! [...]