better go for the throat, and you better risk being booed. and that s what i loved about what colbert did. i believe the government that governs best is the government that governs least and by these standards, we have set up a fabulous government in iraq. stephen colbert at that white house correspondents dinner, i watched with deep jealousy. here he was doing subversive brilliant humor, not just about it, but two, a sitting commander in chief. it s not easy to stand up in front of a room full of people who you know you re going to say crazy things about. it s very difficult. he delivered it and it was fantastic and we all appreciated it. i certainly did. this administration is not sinking. this administration is soaring. if anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on the hindenburg. i watch it at home and they cut away to the audience and huh?
fact itself and it isn t a [ bleep ] fact. we don t have anything to lose. we don t have to worry that the white house isn t going to give us access, we already don t have access so we can say whatever we want. the reason that comedians pick on politics, it s almost like a prayer. hey, could you maybe not steer us off a cliff, but the only way i can maybe keep you on it is to make you look ridiculous so you ll stop what you re doing. i feel like george bush can bring about the biblical apocalypse. because here s the thing. i don t think bush wants to be president. i think he wants to be the last president. that puts into a battleground situation, also, with those who find what you say funny and relate to it, because they agree with you, and those that disagree with you who don t find it funny or find it offensive. well, until jon stewart and colbert and bill maher, the best political satire was basically
wilmore, john oliver, samantha bee. they re very passionate and pointed. and often very partisan, and i think they make no bones about it. on this show, your voice will be heard, in the form of my voice. because you re looking at a straight shooter, america. i tell it like it, is i calls them like i sees them. i will speak to you in plain, simple english. and that brings us to tonight s word. truthiness. what colbert did was remarkable, because he was playing a very arch character that was obviously based on fox news personalities. caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. this is all an act. you re breaking my heart, bill. if you re an act, then what am i? with this character, he was improvising everything in real
time from an inverse point of view. a lot of right wingers thought colbert is actually a republican and he s just cheeky. have they didn t know that it was a joke. i mean, come on. president bush. great president or the greatest president? he did that classic satire thing. i m going to make my points through the other side. are you familiar with what we do here? i am. okay. i m familiar with the total scrubbing well, you know i m in character. yes. then i m an idiot. it s wonderful to see out of character. comedians have the credibility and the ability to tap into things that are happening right this second. couldn t be more urgent, couldn t be more on people s minds. they want somebody to say something about it, so, we turn to them and weir so desperate for it that it then spills out
different sense, and so figuring out what s going to appeal to everyone is definitely tricky. ladies and gentlemen, here with a special edition of the colbert report, stephen colbert. i think you show up at the press correspondents dinner, you better go for the throat, and you better risk being booed. and that s what i loved about what colbert did. i believe the government that governs best is the government that govers least and by these standards, we have set up a fabulous government in iraq. stephen colbert at that white house correspondents dinner, i watched with deep jealousy. here he was doing subversive brilliant humor, not just about it, but two, a sitting commander in chief. it s not easy to stand up in front of a room full of people who you know you re going to say crazy things about. it s very difficult. he delivered it and it was fantastic and we all appreciated it. i certainly did. this administration is not