About a million other people are saying the same thing as me, but I just want to record this moment for posterity. Stephen Colbert stood in front of The Press and The President at the White House Correspondents Dinner and absolutely reamed them on just about everything they have or have not done (in character, of course). All done without much applause or laughter from the audience or the folks at the head table, and standing no more than 10 feet from Bush himself.
He delivered Truth with a side order of Reality. Whoever booked him to bring humor to the event is probably going to be fired on short order.
Holy crap does Stephen have some massive huevos.
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Update: A thank you site has popped up for Stephen Colbert.
Whoever booked him to bring humor to the event is probably going to be fired on short order.
Near the beginning of the C-SPAN coverage, the president of the Associated Press took credit for inviting Colbert. I’m sure that he had no idea what they were in for!
Now Stephen Colbert is one up on Jon Stewart.
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