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[prog]

Steven Colbert presentation at the White House Correspondents' dinner. Rather long; if you're pressed for time, skip ahead to the "press conference" bit towards the end. Jaw-droppingly funny. It makes you wonder how he even got invited; did someone in charge of booking think he was an actual conservative comic? God love them, at any rate

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[leighjen]

I loved all of Cobert's speech, particularly because no one was laughing. He was pinning both the President and the Media to the wall and they knew it. If they couldn't take the heat, they should have never invited Cobert. They got what they deserved.

[prog]

I liked how a few notable poeople were having a good time, though. Scalia looked like he could barely contain himself!

[radtea]

It just cracked me up. I don't understand how the audience wasn't rolling in the aisles, unless they were a bunch of sycophantic hacks who... oh... maybe I do get it.

Colbert was brilliant. Genuinely courageous. Willing and able to point out clearly and loudly that the emperor not only has no clothes, but that he knows it and he's lying about it.