An uplifting Colbert story.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

My dyed-in-the-wool raging liberal mother is currently in a Long Term Care Facility, recovering from a fractured pelvis.

I told her about the White House Correspondents Dinner (which she watched without fail until this year) and Stephen Colbert (and she had no idea who he is).

The facility has a computer set up for residents to access the internet in a fairly public area. No one was using it, so my mother and I watched the Google video of Colbert's routine.

As we watched, we had nursing staff, patients and families joined us.

Everyone who watched it, cheered it. The nursing staff asked me to bookmark the page so they could watch the entire video on their break.

My mother loved it.


Please,keep sharing the Colbert. People are hungry to see it.

MKJ

[Kutjara]

1. COLBERT IN '08!!!

Who would be his running mate?

[rainy]

3. Al Gore/ Colbert

[Greenpeach]

5. I'll drink to that.

[Pharaoh]

2. Bless those people!

they are the downtrodden and they know better than most what a shitstorm we are in for......

[otohara]

4. Old Folks Must Really Despise

"the decider" -

[kstewart33]

6. That's a wonderful story.

I'm trying to find richard cohen's email address (Wpost columnist) to send it to him. Does anyone have his email?

[madison]

11. Richard Cohen's e-mail address

Here it is:

[email protected]

[kstewart33]

17. thanks madison.

I just sent it to Mr. Cohen.

[NJCher]

24. so glad you did that

'Cuz right after his column appeared, I wrote him about how I'd been showing it to my classes an how they DECIDEDly thought it was funny.




Cher

[IndyOp]

7. Damn it! See....

I KNEW I couldn't be the *only* person who laughed and gasped and cheered my way through it...

:applause:

[Tuesday_Morning]

8. Keep sharing the Colbert!

kick

[spooky3]

9. here's your fifth k&r! Thanks for a great story.

[Totally Committed]

10. What a great story...

all good wishes for her complete recovery.

TC

[nicknameless]

12. Great story!

"Everyone who watched it, cheered it."

Wake up, "backwash".

;)

[babylonsister]

13. Does anyone know where I can get a print version to copy the text

for my dad? He missed it and doesn't have a 'puter.

[twenty4blackbirds]

16. thankyoustephencolbert.org/

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/4/30/1441/59811

[babylonsister]

18. No, thank you! nt

[peacetalksforall]

14. Yes, yes. It was a war of truth and Colbert WON!!!!.. Thanks for the

story.

I wish we had a forum for testimonials. Hint Hint!

[nashville_brook]

15. "people are hungry to see it," -- AMEN!

it doesn't take a weatherman, to see which way this wind blows.

or a news anchor.
or a talking head.
or a white house correspondent.

[glitch]

26. "Share the Colbert" I love that turn of phrase. nt

[troubleinwinter]

19. Wonderful story, and best wishes for your mother!

[TexasLawyer]

20. heartwarming story

share the wealth!

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

21. The reward, for me, was my mother laughing her ass off for the first time

in months.

I knew she'd love it and everyone else joining in enthusiastically was icing on the cake. MKJ

:hi:

[medeak]

22. 90 year old Dad loved it!!!!

and we sent a thank you to Colbert telling him he bridges the generations....and thanks for making an old man happy.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

23. What a great thing to see this on the Greatest page this AM. I'm a little

embarrassed by the grammar in the OP, since I posted quickly, while waiting for some friends to arrive at our house.

Thanks for all your warm thoughts and wishes for my mother.

Watching her laugh until tears came to her eyes was wonderful. And, seeing that spark of hope in those eyes, when she saw that someone spoke this directly to the little emperor was, cliched as it might sound, priceless.

Keep sharing the Colbert...:pals: MKJ

[Hissyspit]

25. I just happened to watch it with my 66-year-old mother.

She loves the Daily Show and she hates Bush with a passion. She has to turn off the station when she hears his voice.