[Ford Prefect]

Oh. My. God. Just.... Oh. My. God.

Stephen Colbert has just redefined "balls".

[Nix]

Awesome

[Mefustae]

Somewhat humerous...

[Scuddie]

He should never have done that.  All he managed to do was make a fool of himself.  Hell, people weren't laughing at most of his poorly-thought jokes.  He could have ripped much more, and be funnier with it.  I am honestly quite ashamed.

[Jetmech Jr.]

He should never have done that.  All he managed to do was make a fool of himself.  Hell, people weren't laughing at most of his poorly-thought jokes.  He could have ripped much more, and be funnier with it.  I am honestly quite ashamed.

If I could, I would reach through my monitor and slap the sense out of you.

[Ghostavo]

"It's like the movie Rocky, alright? The president in this case is Rocky Balboa. And Apollo Creed is... everything else in the world."

 

He could have done much better if he wasn't trying to hold himself from doing much more.

 

[Mefustae]

He could have done much better if he wasn't trying to hold himself from doing much more.

IMO, he went as far as he could given the audience, and even a little too far in places. There's a definite difference between making a light-hearted poke and a biting jab, the difference being that when you make a light-hearted poke, you don't wind up getting 'disappeared'.

[Ford Prefect]

He should never have done that.  All he managed to do was make a fool of himself.  Hell, people weren't laughing at most of his poorly-thought jokes.  He could have ripped much more, and be funnier with it.  I am honestly quite ashamed.

Are you ****ting me? Did you hear what he was saying? He was effectively calling the president a simpleton while standing five feet away from him, looking him in the eye. The reason people weren't laughing was because he was playing so rough, and you could cut the tension in the room with a knife.

[vyper]

I've... never been so impressed by a yank.

[Janos]

He should never have done that.  All he managed to do was make a fool of himself.  Hell, people weren't laughing at most of his poorly-thought jokes.  He could have ripped much more, and be funnier with it.  I am honestly quite ashamed.

People didn't laugh because it was a hand-picked audience and they just couldn't believe what they were hearing. Laughing at his jokes would've been a suicide in that enviroment.

"Ok, now he's calling our generals cowards... Now he's calling our President stupid... Now he's dissing Rumsfeld.."

[Col. Fishguts]

Badass   I doubt Dubya got most of the jokes, though.

[Jetmech Jr.]

Alt video (full version):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiSEIQ7SfgA&search=Stephen%20Colbert%20White%20house
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YucAX_byj5U&search=Stephen%20Colbert%20White%20house

[Unknown Target]

I thought it was A) Hilarious, and B) totally f'in amazing that he'd do that right to their faces.

[Turambar]

the funniest parts were where they weren't laughing
that's when i was laughing the hardest

[Skippy]

Anyone has a written summary ? Can't dl it

[Jetmech Jr.]

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0501-30.htm

But I'd advise you find a way to see it post-haste .

[Ace]

Absol-frakking-lutely awesome.

"Remember that 68% approve of the job that you're not doing."

[Corsair]

Colbert is honestly one of my heroes. And I'm going to write him in as my vote for president in 2008. I think he had the audience in a state of semi-shock, which is why it looked like they weren't laughing at times. My only criticism was that his audition tape seemed to drag on for a little too long... other than that, he was absolutely fabulous.

[Ford Prefect]

My biggest question is this: Who the hell let him in? I'll bet someone got their ass fired over this.

[Mefustae]

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.

Funny and true. Hats off to Colbert.