So the buzz seems to be that Stephen Colbert wasn't funny at last night's White House press dinner. Georg and I watched it and we thought it was funny. It dragged a bit at times, but we laughed out loud a lot too. The audience wasn't laughing that much, but maybe they weren't expecting him to take aim at them too. I've got to say, that guy has some major cojones to do that routine right in front of the president. Bush seemed amused at first, or at least willing to pretend he was, but not so much as the jokes got more cutting.
Some of my favorite jokes:
"Sir, pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, because 32% means it's 2/3 empty. There's still some liquid in that glass is my point, but I wouldn't drink it. The last third is usually backwash."
"They're not rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. This administration isn't sinking, it's soaring. They're rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenberg."
"I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message, that no matter what happens to America, she will always rebound -- with the most powerfully staged photo ops in the world."
"The greatest thing about this man is he's steady. You know where he stands. He believes the same thing Wednesday that he believed on Monday, no matter what happened Tuesday. Events can change; this man's beliefs never will."
There's a complete transcript here.
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