Reply #23: a few blogs

[Gabi Hayes]

http://blondesense.blogspot.com/2006/04/you-cant-count-on-press-to-be-honest.html



Bush lampooned himself at the Press Corp Dinner, but the best part of the evening was when Steven Colbert got to lampoon bush, his staff and the news media. The president and the mrs. were not amused. Perhaps they didn't want to face the truth. Good. From Editor and Publisher:

Noting those low ratings, Colbert advised, "The glass isn't half empty - it's 68% empty. There's still some fluid in there, but I wouldn't drink it."

He attacked those in the press who claim that the shake-up at the White House was merely re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. “This administration is soaring, not sinking,” he said. “They are re-arranging the deck chairs--on the Hindenburg.”

Colbert told Bush he could end the problem of protests by retired generals by refusing to let them retire. He compared Bush to Rocky Balboa in the “Rocky” movies, always getting punched in the face—“and Apollo Creed is everything else in the world.”

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http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=2819

mostly a rehash of the E/P article, but with comments, as well as a couple of links to wingnut sites who didn't find the humor in colbert's presentation

''Watching this group unable to laugh at what we found hilarious underscores his point. They can’t see themselves and they can’t laugh at themselves. Why should they? The rest of us are only using humor to alleviate the incredible pain of what this administration is doing - with the subtle blessings of the White House Correspondents (Helen Thomas and a few others excepted).

Eventually, the truth in Colbert’s lines and the reaction outside the ballroom may make it’s way into the minds of those who sat stunned during the performance.''