Three days later, and Colbert is still the talk of the town,

[ProSense]

and not just on liberal blogs. That's pretty relevant.

Snips and links:

0: Chance that Comedy Central funnyman Stephen Colbert will be invited back to White House Correspondents Association dinner, after 15 minutes of relentless media- and Bush-bashing on Saturday.

http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/14480861.htm?source=rss&channel=dailynews_local

Now you might think that a professional comedian hurling barbs at the White House Correspondents Dinner might be graded on a simple scale: funny or not funny.

You would be so wrong.

Colbert was devastating. He practically punched the president in the stomach. He did what all those sniveling, lapdog journalists have failed to do for the last five years!

At least, that's what the liberal bloggers say.

The conservative bloggers just say he bombed.

Rick Moran at Right Wing Nuthouse sounds like he's starting to defend Colbert:

"I disagree with those on the right who are skewering Stephen Colbert for his performance at the White House Correspondents dinner on Saturday night. Much of it was actually pretty funny. It's just a pity that Colbert, in his ignorance, never realized that people were laughing at him rather than at what he was saying.

Mash at Daily Kos is ecstatic:

Dependable Renegade believes the man is a hero:

Salon's Peter Daou is in the coverup camp:

Mark Kleiman at Reality-Based Community suggests Colbert was too funny for his own good:

HuffPost's Chris Durang also uses Stephen for some press-bashing:

Extreme Mortman ponders the cool audience reception:

And one more, from the New Republic's Noam Scheiber:

Josh Marshall sees a Day That Will Live in Infamy:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/05/02/BL2006050200424.html?nav=rss_politics/administration

We mostly ignored the news. As comedian Stephen Colbert told the Washington press corps Saturday night at the White House Correspondents Dinner, "What are you thinking, reporting on NSA wiretapping and secret prisons in Eastern Europe? Those things are secret for a very important reason. They're super depressing. And if that's your goal, well, misery accomplished."

http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=84645§ion=localnews

When Colbert finished, the president and first lady gave him quick nods, unsmiling. The president shook his hand and tapped his elbow, and left immediately.

Those seated near Bush told Editor & Publisher's Joe Strupp, who was elsewhere in the room, that Bush quickly turned from an amused guest to an obviously offended target.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/living/people/14479238.htm?source=rss&channel=cctimes_people

Stephen Colbert White House Correspondents Dinner Speech
Posted on Tuesday, May 02 2006 02:04:29 PDT by JWSmythe
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Stephen Colbert was a hit at the White House Correspondents dinner, on April 29th, 2006. He took a crack at laughing at the press, and the President. Many felt it was a bit hard on the President, but hey free speech, remember. I thought it was funny.

http://freeinternetpress.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6773

From SlightlyToasted
Heya Net, did you hear the news? Net: Yeah, but we already knew Stephen Colbert is a comedic genius. The Iraq war is over! Turns out that they were just waiting for a group of high school and college kids in the Midwest to skip class, there is now peace in the Middle East! All the world’s terrorists were just waiting for 250 people to get-together and lick each other. Now I could have my facts wrong on a few of those counts. Net: Who needs facts? Just go with your gut. To everyone not in CBS, or IT, enjoy your finger-painting and macaroni picture finals. Net: To (almost) everyone in CBS and IT, enjoy being socially awkward and painfully unfunny. Peace net (they mean it this time…).
http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2006/05/02/68320/

Rumsfeld needs to resign
Criticism of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is justified and significant.

At last weekend’s Washington Correspondents Association dinner, TV show host and entertainer Stephen Colbert delivered a brilliant performance that deftly criticized the Bush administration and, specifically, its handling of the war in Iraq. Colbert’s performance was great because of its direct and serious indictment of many top administration officials.
At one point, and perhaps most significantly, Colbert joked that President George W. Bush could prevent criticism of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld from U.S. generals by keeping them from retiring. That joke would have been funny if it didn’t ring so close to the truth and if one didn’t think of its larger meaning.
http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2006/05/02/68306/

When the President Joked About Not Finding WMD
Many say Stephen Colbert went too far in lampooning President Bush at the White House Correspondents Dinner, or was just "not funny." Where was all that disapproval when Bush, at a very similar gathering two years ago, built a whole comedy routine around not finding WMD in Iraq?

By Greg Mitchell

(May 01, 2006) -- For two days the battle has raged on the Web: Did Stephen Colbert go too far in lampooning President Bush, to his face, at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday night? Is that why his barbs did not generate more laughter around the room of 2700 journalists, celebrities and other guests? Or was it because he suggested the press was spineless in failing to confront the president on Iraq? Or was Colbert just not that funny?

In any case, the event has inspired debate on hundreds of political and media blogs, the posting of the video on dozens of sites, and massive traffic to the E&P, where the first in-depth account of Colbert’s performance was posted Saturday night.
You’d think from all the criiticism that the guy had based his routine on joking about launching a war and not finding the WMDs that inspired it. Oh, right, that was President Bush, two years ago.

http://editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressingissues_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002426015&imw=Y

Links:

Colbert Lampoons Bush at White House Correspondents Dinner -- President Not Amused?
http://editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002425363&imw=Y&imw=Y&imw=Y&imw=Y&imw=Y

Colbert, Still Digesting His Correspondents' Dinner Reception
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/01/AR2006050101558.html?nav=rss_print/style

The truthiness hurts
Stephen Colbert's brilliant performance unplugged the Bush myth machine -- and left the clueless D.C. press corps gaping.
By Michael Scherer
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/05/01/colbert/


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Skewering the news not the same as gathering it
Lawrence Journal-World - May 01 10:14 PM
The big topic of conversation around the coffee house on Sunday was Stephen Colbert’s weekend appearance at the White House Correspondents Assn. dinner.


Jon Stewart Hails Colbert's Dinner Speech
Editor & Publisher - May 01 10:01 PM
NEW YORK Probably to no one's surprise, Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's "Daily Show," hailed the performance of his stablemate Stephen Colbert at Saturday night's White House Correspondents dinner.


The Reliable Source
Washington Post - May 01 9:39 PM
The reviews from the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner are in, and the consensus is that President Bush and Bush impersonator Steve Bridges stole Saturday's show -- and Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert's cutting satire fell flat because he ignored the cardinal rule of... · John Rich...


Which one's the real W?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 01 9:10 PM
Is Bush two-faced? On TV or in our Morning File photo, it's obvious which is which. (In case it isn't, that's President Bush -- pardon the expression -- on the left.) But at the White House Correspondents' dinner Saturday, with many of the 2,600 guests far away, there was confusion.


Billmon: American Nightmarez
HuffingtonPost - May 01 5:09 PM
If you want to see the difference between real political satire and the cheap imitation stuff, watch (or read ) Stephen Colbert's merciless skewering of the Cheney administration and its media lapdogs, then go fork over your $10 and see the movie American Dreamz , which purports to do the same thing. I've done both, although in the reverse order, and I found the contrast between the two


Colbert Ruffles a Few D.C. Feathers
Zap2It - May 01 4:08 PM
Stephen Colbert broke through the barrier that normally separates him from his audience over the weekend, and some folks apparently weren't too thrilled with that.


Skewering comedy skit angers Bush and aides
US News & World Report - May 01 3:11 PM
Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert's biting routine at the White House Correspondents Association dinner won a rare silent protest from Bush aides and supporters Saturday when several independently left before he finished.

[Neoma]

1. Good for him.

Damn.

[crispini]

2. Nice job! K&R

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

3. Is the Daily Show URL post-dinner available yet?

Thanks for putting this together. Excellent.

[NYCGirl]

4. Nice compilation, but most of those are from yesterday. NT

[pacalo]

21. And they are talking about something that happened on Saturday.

:eyes:

Geez.

[Hissyspit]

5. Off to the Greatest Page with you, compilation!

"It's just a pity that Colbert, in his ignorance, never realized that people were laughing at him rather than at what he was saying."

That was part of the point, delusional idiot! Right-Wing Nuthouse is right.

[Crankie Avalon]

6. OK, but what people will remember years from now when...

...discussing the Washington Correspondents Dinner will be the "funny" and "hardhitting" routine of Bush and his Impersonator. You know, the one where they told those jokes about...well, whatever it was they talked about.

[deutsey]

7. "Stephen Colbert Has Brass Cojones" SF Chronicle

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=3&entry_id=4791

Bush glowered. Laura looked confused. Scott McClellan was like a dead deer caught in the headlights. Many of the journalists, celebs, ranking generals and other 'notables' at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner laughed openly, albeit uncomfortably, as Stephen Colbert of "The Colbert Report" just made himself about 500 times more of a national treasure and cemented himself as one of the most fearless satirists of this generation (instantly outpacing Jon Stewart, who, you get the feeling, wouldn't have had the nerve to go as far as Colbert did) by way of a savage and hilarious roast/takedown of President Bush, who was seated not eight feet away.

More...

:evilgrin:

[Bumblebee]

8. Great compilation but I did not see Froomkin in there.

He should be included.

[tanyev]

9. Yes! I am so glad that someone wrote about the fake search for WMDs.

Now that was tasteless and over the top.

You’d think from all the criiticism that the guy had based his routine on joking about launching a war and not finding the WMDs that inspired it. Oh, right, that was President Bush, two years ago.
http://editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressingissues_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002426015&imw=Y

Editor and Publisher has really been doing some excellent reporting lately.

[info being]

10. Nice attempt to frame the debate...."was he funny?"

That isn't the point, and isn't the question to ask.

[redqueen]

13. Didn't that talking point get around fast?

Impressive how coordinated they are...

[Guaranteed]

17. The answer to that is, "Yes, he was." nt

[emulatorloo]

11. Thanks for the summary -- kick! n/t

[malaise]

12. A friend at the UN phoned me last night

he said Colbert's comments were the only discussion all day.

[gristy]

23. No way!

too effin' cool. I think I was using the word "historic" here on DU within minutes of his wrap-up. Indeed.

[Javaman]

14. To those of you trolls still saying that Colbert wasn't funny...

Please Please, keep saying that! As long as you continue your feigned indignation, his name and message will continue.

Like my mom would say every knock is a boost! :)

[Us vs Them]

15. E&P Changes headline from Stewart "Defends" to "Hails"

Partly because of my e-mail I think!

"Really? "Defends?" When someone characterises a speech as "HOLY SHIT" that's not so much "defense" as complete shock and awe. Perhaps a little admiration?

Nice objectivity, though.
Keep up the good work."

[central scrutinizer]

16. Rick Moran? LOL

Boy, he sure deserves his moniker with this bit of idiocy:


"I disagree with those on the right who are skewering Stephen Colbert for his performance at the White House Correspondents dinner on Saturday night. Much of it was actually pretty funny. It's just a pity that Colbert, in his ignorance, never realized that people were laughing at him rather than at what he was saying."

No, you idiot - do really think Colbert is ignorant? The lack of laughter shows that his darts found their targets.

[jasmeel]

18. He's even made the gossip blogs-not that I read that junk.

http://thighswideshut.org/2006/04/colbert-colbest.html
Sunday, April 30
Colbert = Colbest
Stephen Colbert does his thing at last night's Annual White House Correspondents Dinner. Hilarity ensues, unless of course yer a 32%er. Eat yer heart out Gnarls Barkley!!

http://www.thesuperficial.com/archives/2006/05/01/the_superficial_ketchup_3.html
n case you haven't seen it, here's Stephen Colbert's speech at the White House Correspondents’ dinner. Everybody's going crazy over this so if you haven't seen it by the end of the day you're officially a loser.

[Mr_Spock]

19. Good to see...

It was a rare moment indeed...

[chat_noir]

20. Stephen Colbert on DU Research forum

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x3618

[greiner3]

22. And you know what was the coolest part?

My hot evolutionary biology professor asked me, 'Did you see Stephen Colbert? You can download the video online.' Cool!

[Ganja Ninja]

24. "When the President Joked About Not Finding WMD "

Exactly! That comment is spot on. These worthless media whores laughed heartily at Bush's clowning while thousands were and still are dying. They deserved everything they got from Colbert.