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. >> i'm sensitive. i'm -- >> 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 actually is a republican and he's just cheeky. >> 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