Stephen Colbert, emmy winning comedian, satirist and writer has officially got balls. Not only balls, but balls of steel. Picture this; on your show “The Colbert report” you play a “well intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot”, a parody of pundit show hosts found on American cable television news, a sychophantic republican. It’s the event of the year, a journalists wet dream, “anybody who is anybody was there.. oh and the president” (Colbert). You are the guest speaker and the president is sitting five feet away from you, what do you do? Rip the satirical piss out of the Bush administration, the white house press corp. and generally, the complacently voting ‘blind’ Bush supporters.
Met with a ‘oh my god, is he really saying that’ luke-warm reaction, Colbert pokes fun at Bush, “I’m a simple man with a simple mind. I hold a simple set of beliefs that I live by. Number one, I believe in America. I believe it exists”.Mocking bible-belt Christians all over America and of course, Bush himself, “And though I am a committed Christian, I believe that everyone has the right to their own religion, be you Hindu, Jewish or Muslim. I believe there are infinite paths to accepting Jesus Christ as your personal savior”.
“Most of all, I believe in this president. Now, I know there are some polls out there saying that this man has a 32% approval rating. But guys like us, we don’t pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in “reality.” And reality has a well-known liberal bias”. That one speaks for itself.
I sat in a state of shock; wondering how long it would be before the CIA/FBI/enter Bush controlled organisation here, rig up some equipment on the other side of the room and take him out!! I hesitate to say that was a joke, stranger things have happened. This man will go down in internet history (1 million video downloads within hours) as a hero, a legend.. an extremely funny man who told Bush just what the public – the ones that haven’t been ‘asleep’ for the last four years – were really thinking of him.
Google video have it up at the moment – the link for it is below. It’s about 24 minutes long but it’s worth it.
Oh and as a side note, I really hope that as more and more Americans begin to question this “War on terror” that they also start questioning their government and start thinking more carefully about who they choose to follow blindly.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879
