Our Twain? Swift?
Maybe Stephen Colbert isn’t a Twain or J. Swift, but he’s the closest we have now…and I don’t remember any of those guys having the stones to ridicule a man seated a few feet from him…get ‘em, boyo!
WASHINGTON A blistering comedy “tribute” to President Bush by Comedy Central’s faux talk show host Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondent Dinner Saturday night left George and Laura Bush unsmiling at its close.
Earlier, the president had delivered his talk to the 2700 attendees, including many celebrities and top officials, with the help of a Bush impersonator.
Colbert, who spoke in the guise of his talk show character, who ostensibly supports the president strongly, urged Bush to ignore his low approval ratings, saying they were based on reality, “and reality has a well-known liberal bias.” </i>
Watch it here.
