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Stephen Colbert and Brit Hume

Colbert: The N.Y. Times Wants Your Family Dead

Colbert sums up the N.Y. Times bank records issue. This clip also contains the not-to-be-missed zinger about Brit Hume and Superman.

Posted on Jun 30, 2006 READ MORE


Colbert Weighs In on N.Y. Times Bank Records Controversy

Stephen Colbert said the N.Y. Times could learn a thing or two about secrecy from Superman, who continued to be “a pretend journalist”—“like Brit Hume.”

Posted on Jun 29, 2006 READ MORE


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Colbert Rocks the Minimum Wage

The “Colbert Report” host is very understanding when it comes to the minimum wage.

Posted on Jun 28, 2006 READ MORE


Stephen Colbert on Bush's

Stephen Colbert on Bush’s ‘Words’

Stephen Colbert satirically lauds Bush’s attempts to make his words speak louder than his actions (i.e. nonexistent WMDs become, in Bush’s mouth, “weapons of mass destruction related program activities”).

Posted on Jun 21, 2006 READ MORE  |  3 COMMENTS


Lynn Westmoreland on The Colbert Report

Colbert Show: 10 Commandments Bill Sponsor Knows Only Three

This is just insanely troubling: Getting beyond the fact that the GOP congressman interviewed by Stephen Colbert could name only three of the 10 commandments he wants to see enshrined in public schools and courtrooms…the guy, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, is a completely empty suit. He didn’t utter an intelligent syllable the entire interview. And he’s in Congress.

Posted on Jun 16, 2006 READ MORE  |  10 COMMENTS


Stephen Colbert delivers a commencement address
From Knox.edu

Colbert to Grads: English Is God’s Language

As the commencement speaker for a small Illinois college, satirist Stephen Colbert told the graduates, ?God wrote [the Bible] in English for a reason: So it could be taught in our public schools.?

Posted on Jun 5, 2006 READ MORE  |  11 COMMENTS


Colbert and Greenwald

DeLay Doesn’t Realize Colbert is a Satirist

To raise funds for his legal defense, Tom DeLay is showcasing a clip of Stephen Colbert “defending” DeLay against the allegations in an anti-DeLay documentary.
DeLay’s only hope is that his contributors are too dim to realize that Colbert is a satirist.

Posted on May 24, 2006 READ MORE  |  4 COMMENTS


Colbert and John Gibson

The Colbert Show Solves the ‘Under’-Population Problem

Stephen Colbert listens as Fox News host John Gibson explains that the world needs “procreation,  not recreation.”

Posted on May 17, 2006 READ MORE


Colbert Points
Roger L. Wollenberg / Pool Photo via N.Y. Times

Did Media Miss Real Colbert Story?

Check out this fantastic review of Colbert’s performance, including this: “It was perhaps the first time in Bush’s tenure that the president was forced to sit and listen to any American cite the litany of criminal and corruption allegations that have piled up against his administration.”

Posted on May 10, 2006 READ MORE


Colbert Points
Roger L. Wollenberg / Pool Photo via N.Y. Times

C-SPAN Pulls Colbert Clips From Internet Sites

The nonprofit TV network demanded that popular video hosting sites Youtube and iFilm remove clips of Stephen Colbert’s roast of President Bush—because of alleged copyright infringement.
(Google Video made a deal with C-SPAN to host the video.)

Posted on May 8, 2006 READ MORE  |  11 COMMENTS


Colbert Roasts FEMA

Colbert Suggests a New Name for FEMA

“The Colbert Report” host, fresh off his career-making roast of President Bush, comes up with a way to save the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Posted on May 4, 2006 READ MORE


Blumenthal: Colbert Spoke Truth, not Truthiness, to Power

Sidney Blumenthal says Stephen Colbert delivered the “most scathing public critique of the Bush presidency and the complicity of a craven press corps,” so it’s not surprising his routine was met by silence by the journalists in the room.

Posted on May 4, 2006 READ MORE  |  19 COMMENTS


Tucker Carlson on Colbert
From youtube.com

Everyone’s Got an Opinion on Colbert

Reactions to Stephen Colbert’s Bush roast largely break down along lines of political affiliations. But there are exceptions. Check ‘em out.
Also, watch Tucker Calson call it an “embarrassing public flop.

Posted on May 2, 2006 READ MORE  |  24 COMMENTS


Two Bushes

A Tale of Two Bushes

Check out the gag routine that Bush and a presidential impersonator did during Sunday’s correspondents’ dinner. It’s funny, but a lot safer than the Stephen Colbert roast that followed it.

Posted on May 2, 2006 READ MORE


Bush Was ‘Ready to Blow’ During Colbert’s Roast

An aide to the president says that during Stephen Colbert’s “tribute” on Sunday night, Bush “got that look that he’s ready to blow.”

Posted on May 2, 2006 READ MORE  |  13 COMMENTS


Morley Colbert

Colbert Does ‘60 Minutes’

Morley Safer profiles Stephen Colbert in the wake of his take-no-prisoners roast of President Bush. Watch for the bit about the origins of “truthiness.”

Posted on May 1, 2006 READ MORE  |  7 COMMENTS


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"The Colbert Report" host Stephen Colbert delivering the annual White House Correspondent's Dinner roast.

Bush Not Amused At Colbert’s Roast

The president and his wife, Laura, did not seem amused at the blistering “tribute” satirist Stephen Colbert gave them at the annual White House Correspondent’s Dinner.

  • Watch the video (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
  • Salon calls it Colbert’s “crowning moment.”
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    Posted on Apr 29, 2006 READ MORE  |  88 COMMENTS


    Colbert and anti-gay congressman

    Colbert Takes a Ride on a GOP Road

    Georgia Republican Congressman Phil Gingrey seconds Colbert’s motion that homosexuals shouldn’t be allowed to “gay up” the highways.

    Posted on Apr 28, 2006 READ MORE  |  2 COMMENTS


    Colbert Kristol

    Colbert to Kristol: ‘Which Dictator Do We Take Down Next?’

    “The Colbert Report” host achieves what few traditional media interviewers can do: make neocon leader William Kristol stammer and sweat about his support for the Iraq invasion.

    Posted on Apr 28, 2006 READ MORE  |  5 COMMENTS


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    From Crooks and Liars

    Colbert Gives Us the Word on the War

    Stephen Colbert continues to gain ground on Jon Stewart with his blistering satires of U.S. policy. This time he riffs on a new name that the Pentagon is using for the war on terror.

    Posted on Mar 10, 2006 READ MORE



    From "The Colbert Report" via crooksandliars.com

    Stephen Colbert Thanks You

    The “Colbert Report” warmly appreciates the wonderful people who voted against their interests and gave people like its host a tax break. | video

    Posted on Feb 4, 2006 READ MORE  |  2 COMMENTS


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