Bushy & His Wife NOT AMUSED By Stephen Colbert Dinner Speech

[MON. UPDATE: FULL-
TRANSCRIPT, HERE.]


E&P has the story;
Here's some highlights:

WASHINGTON A blistering comedy “tribute” to President Bush by Comedy Central’s... Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondent Dinner Saturday night left George and Laura Bush unsmiling at its close.
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Colbert... urged the Bush to ignore his low approval ratings, saying they were based on reality, "and reality has a well-known liberal bias."
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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. “If anything, 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.”

Turning to the war, he declared, "I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq."
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Colbert also made biting cracks about missing WMDs, “photo ops” on aircraft carriers and at hurricane disasters, melting glaciers and Vice President Cheney shooting people in the face. He advised the crowd, "if anybody needs anything at their tables, speak slowly and clearly on into your table numbers and somebody from the N.S.A. will be right over with a cocktail. "

Observing that Bush sticks to his principles, he said, "When the president decides something on Monday, he still believes it on Wednesday - no matter what happened Tuesday."
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Also lampooning the press, Colbert complained that he was “surrounded by the liberal media who are destroying this country, except for Fox News. Fox believes in presenting both sides of the story — the president’s side and the vice president’s side." In another slap at the news channel, he said: "I give people the truth, unfiltered by rational argument. I call it the No Fact Zone. Fox News, I own the copyright on that term." He also reflected on the alleged
good old days for the president, when the media was still swallowing the WMD story.
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As Colbert walked from the podium, when it was over, the president and First Lady gave him quick nods, unsmiling. The president shook his hand and tapped his elbow, and left immediately.

Those seated near Bush told E&P's Joe Strupp, who was elsewhere in the room, that Bush had quickly turned from an amused guest to an obviously offended target as Colbert’s comments brought up his low approval ratings and problems in Iraq...

That's funny mang.
Bush was "offended?" Now he knows how We feel. Right? Right.

I'm Lookin' for the whole transcript of Colbert's Dinner comments (that got the First Lady's knickers twisted!). Will post it if I find it... Searchin', Herb...
[TRANSCRIPT-LINK-UPDATE POSTED TOP-SIDE]
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