Colbert at White House Correspondents Dinner

[geogob]

That was an interesting speech

What surprises me is that no medias speaks of this... not here anyways.

Transcript or use your favorite torrent search to find a copy of the feed.
(for once, use it to download something legally... and worth it hehe)

 

[geogob]

well. I just fast forward through the actual video (not just reading through the transcripts).
What a boring event. I hope they get payed to be at that thing.

 

[yurch]

I saw the last bit of it when it first happened. God damn does he have some balls.

I'm suprised he made it out alive.

 

[TheShiningWizard]

Heh, good stuff.

Somewhat off-topic, I wish he was still funny.

 

[ravens_hawk]

Not his funniest material to date but then I get the sense he really didn't want to be there...

 

[ant75]

This link was posted in general OT.
I'd really like to hear the backstory of this, and why was this guy allowed to speak. Great speech indeed .

 

[geogob]

I'm suprised he made it out alive.

I'm sure he didn't make a lot of friends.

 

[UN17]

Yikes, scary! Making jokes of about the President when he's 15 feet to your right? Tough crowd!

 

[chuckus]

This link was posted in general OT.
I'd really like to hear the backstory of this, and why was this guy allowed to speak. Great speech indeed

I thin kI can safely say none of us would have watched that garbage if Stephen Colbert wasn't in it. They're "political magnets" for a demographic who for generations have largely ignored these events (apparently watching them makes us more politically aware).

The powers that be don't get the fact that most of us get our news from other sources, desceminate it amongst our friends and colleagues, debate it and come up with our own opinions rather than listen to CNN/FOX/Comedy Central exclusively for our news. Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart understand this fact which is WHY their shows are so succesful. They're not telling us to laugh or to think. They're joking and thinking along with us.

 

[ant75]

I thin kI can safely say none of us would have watched that garbage if Stephen Colbert wasn't in it. They're "political magnets" for a demographic who for generations have largely ignored these events (apparently watching them makes us more politically aware).

The powers that be don't get the fact that most of us get our news from other sources, desceminate it amongst our friends and colleagues, debate it and come up with our own opinions rather than listen to CNN/FOX/Comedy Central exclusively for our news. Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart understand this fact which is WHY their shows are so succesful. They're not telling us to laugh or to think. They're joking and thinking along with us.

Well that's interesting and all, but i don't think it'll help me understand what was the purpose of this event and what were the officials thinking letting Colbert deliver a speech there. (or maybe you just hit the "quote" button by accident ?)

 

[cracwhore]

Yikes, scary! Making jokes of about the President when he's 15 feet to your right? Tough crowd!

More like, five feet to his right.

Brilliant speech. Thanks Geo, can't believe I missed it live.

 

[JaFO]

This link was posted in general OT.
I'd really like to hear the backstory of this, and why was this guy allowed to speak. Great speech indeed .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester might be the reason ...
What better way for Bush to pretend he's cool by allowing himself to be insulted by a comedian of sufficient status ?

I guess it's only strange in the USA, because around here it happens at least once a year.

 

[Keganator]

The transcript was amazing. I really really wish I had kept watching it and seen it live.

So the White House has personnel changes. Then you write, "Oh, they're just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic." First of all, that is a terrible metaphor. This administration is not sinking. This administration is soaring. If anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg!

Oh, mercy.

 

[MP_Lord_Kee]

http://www.break.com/index/bushimposter52.html

That was pretty fun. The Colbert stuff wasn't so funny IMHO...

//K

 

[geogob]

For those who haven't seen it yet...
http://isohunt.com/download.php?mode=bt&id=11023245

That points to the torrent (or should).