Colbert Slams Today Show And GMA For Asking Why Politicians Go On His Show

[Karenca]

In case you missed the show....so funny!

ViIDEO Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/07/26/colbert-slams-today-sh_n_25857.html

[Joe Fields]

1. Simply eviscerating! Just too good and too funny to be true!

Mea culpa.

[Atman]

2. This is why I pay $100 a month for cable

I only wish I could be sure Katie and Matt and all the morning clowns actually saw the bit. And understood it.

[ContraBass Black]

8. Email them the link.

:evilgrin:

[ixion]

3. freakin' fantastic

Colbert is a treasure. :woohoo:

[morgan2]

4. I love how they criticize Colbert

for making a politician look foolish, especially Westmoreland, by asking a relevant question. Then they laugh, why would someone go on a show where they risk being made to look a fool. How dare he not try and prop up their guests and ask a difficult question?

[Cha]

5. Thank you!

Colbert in fighting mode! OMG..he got that matty lauer back and then SOME!

Those losers over on ge and disneyland stepped right into their own shite. And Colbert got to point out how totally vapid their fucking waste of air is.

Wexler! Unopposed..where's the repukes in Florida? :scared:?

[im10ashus]

6. I saw that the other night.

It was BRILLIANT!!! He really put them in their place.

[ContraBass Black]

7. He seemed genuinely angry that they tried to turn it into an emarrasment

For Wexler, and for comparing him to the idiot who couldn't name the commandments. He did the entire segment out of character.

[TlalocW]

10. That's what I was thinking

He was about 90% out of character the entire time especially at the end when he told people to vote for Wexler.

It's incredible to me that the media can't see the difference between Wexler and the 10 Commandments guy. Wexler got the joke and played along with it. The 10 Commandments guy got busted on something he should have known and that other proponents of putting the 10 C's up everywhere SHOULD be asked by the "real" media. Colbert sitting there with his hands raised, counting the number of commandments he could name (and only showing 3 fingers), was hilarious, but it got the point across better than anything the media could come up with.

TlalocW

[spooky3]

15. I'm piling on too. How could they not see the difference?

[Karenca]

23. Freepers don't get Colbert

Alot of the think he's a Conservative
That, in itself speaks volumes.

[spooky3]

25. Yes, you're right, but what's the excuse for Lauer et al.?

These are people who are among the privileged in society, who have received a lot of natural gifts and societal advantages such as good educations.

You would think that they could make some of the distinctions that Colbert has painfully had to point out in very simple terms.

Unlike many DUers, I generally like Matt Lauer, or at least the nice guy that he appears to be on TV. I would like to think he is not so Rethug and/or foolish, but...

[Karenca]

26. Repukes own all of the media... The journalists, anchors,

whatever,
are all Media Whores.

The only one I trust anymore is Keith Olberman.

[lumberjack_jeff]

9. Bloody brilliant. n/t

[Karenca]

11. I'm seriously in love with this man.

He can sum up all the BS
in a 3 minute segment.
Colbert is unique.

[titoresque]

12. I wonder how that snake is doing?

LOL! I love him! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Blistering! *lol*

[Sparkly]

14. kick

:kick:

Not to be missed!

[Generic Other]

16. Go Colbert

Puncture some stuffed shirts. Let out some hot air. Fuck 'em all.

[Shredr]

17. Hilarious!

And so true.

[Stinky The Clown]

18. "This show IS the news"

Yer damn right. Because there's NO fucking news on the networks or cable channels.

I have said this hundreds of times, but one more won't hurt: How sad that we have a media that plays second fiddle to a comedy show when it comes to dispensing truth.

[bleedingheart]

19. god that was so funny.....

[Initech]

20. I've said it before and I'll say it again:

The Colbert Report is the best thing to happen to television as long as I've been alive.

[jasmeel]

21. You know Colbert must have been pissed when he realized

that Wexler could potentially be made to look bad for talking to him. I'm sure he wanted to set the record straight ASAP. As soon as I saw Wexler's story hit the Yahoo news page I couldn't believe it. This is what we've come to.

[ContraBass Black]

24. He also seemed somewhat contrite as he told people to vote for him.

[ItNerd4life]

22. Wexler was hilarious

I didn't stop laughing for days after he was on.

I love how Colbert defended him and made fun of the other shows.

[Karenca]

27. .