Monday, May 01, 2006

Stephen Colbert: Truthiness Hurts Bush

I admit that I missed the public bitchslapping Colbert delivered, but it seems it was deliberately ignored by a cajones-less media, as Peter Daou pts out. And since the NYT's coverage of the event also made not a single mention of Colbert (in addition to C-SPAN editing it out during the rebroadcast), I guess it is up to us unpaid bloggers to spread the truth, huh? Hat tip to Earl for his post about Stephen Colbert's appearance at the White House Correspondent Dinner on 4/29/06. Earl says: "I can't recall when I've seen so many unhappy reps. And he bashed the press too. He salted the earth after scorching it. Colbert rocks and has Giant Brass Balls."... and after watching the 15 mins Colbert clip via Crooks & Liars, I couldn't agree more. DailyKos also provides the complete transcript of Colbert's appearance. Please watch the C&L clip to see Helen Thomas ("Doubting Thomas" as Colbert dubs her) and Colbert show us what a tough job Scotty the Lying Doughboy had and what Tony Snowjob now has. Especially when this is Snowjob's reality (via Colbert's transcript): "Now, I know there are some polls out there saying this man has a 32% approval rating. But guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in "reality." And reality has a well-known liberal bias. So, Mr. President, please, pay no attention to the people that say the glass is half full. Sir, pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, because 32% means it's 2/3 empty. There's still some liquid in that glass is my point, but I wouldn't drink it. The last third is usually backwash." Backwash indeed... and by the way, in case you feel like sending some love Colbert's way, please feel free to thank him here. It took brass ones to do that. Thank him accordingly. And our esteemed prez? Well, he didn't appreciate having reality bite him in the ass. Boo frickety hoo. Truthiness sometimes hurts. Now be a big boy and get over yourself, fucktard.
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