Question about Colbert and the Press Corps Dinner

[Phlegmak]

Sorry to but what was the reason why Colbert was invited to the 2006 Press Corps Dinner, where he insulted the president?

By the way, I found a Youtube clip of Laura Bush telling Colbert to "get f*cked" as he was bowing to her. If you watch her lips, it looks totally like she's saying that, but it's completely inaudible, so she could have said anything. Anything that's very short.

 

[El_Machinae]

Vacuum! She said Vacuum!

Anyway, I suspect because it was considered good PR if the president exposed himself to a light roasting. I certainly think better of any politician who would do so. As well, it certainly supports the idea that free speech is still supported when something like this dinner routine happens.

I don't think anyone realised how aggressive Colbert would be.

 

[Elrohir]

I don't know what all the noise is about. You guys know that I'm a conservative, and in general a Bush supporter, but Colbert was hilarious. Lighten up Mr. President! Everyone's got to have a sense of humor!

 

[CartesianFart]

Sorry to but what was the reason why Colbert was invited to the 2006 Press Corps Dinner, where he insulted the president?

What make you infer that the president was ever offended?

 

[silver 2039]

Ooh...anyone is there a video of him insulting Bush on youtube?

 

[Godwynn]

Ooh...anyone is there a video of him insulting Bush on youtube?

Google Video

Youtube was asked to pull the video, which they did.

 

[Elrohir]

Ooh...anyone is there a video of him insulting Bush on youtube?

I believe GoogleVideo has the exclusive online rights to the full video. It's pretty good, actually.

EDIT: Darn you Godwynn!

 

[El_Machinae]

Lighten up Mr. President! Everyone's got to have a sense of humor!

Oh, Colbert was being really mean. I wouldn't be able to keep a cheerful face if someone went off on me like that, either.

While I have ideological differences with the American President, I don't think I can fault his behavior (with no "u", because it's american behaviour) at the dinner.

And, like I said, I can respect a politician who sets himself up to be roasted for humour's sake.

 

[Phlegmak]

What make you infer that the president was ever offended?

I didn't infer it. You can clearly see it on his face. There is a video showing the president only during Colbert's little video clip of him auditioning for the position of press secretary.

This should be it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-oMlBSiX3g

It's around 3:09. Throughout the rest of the video, the president makes those stupid chin jut movements that he does when under pressure.

 

[Elrohir]

Oh, Colbert was being really mean. I wouldn't be able to keep a cheerful face if someone went off on me like that, either.

While I have ideological differences with the American President, I don't think I can fault his behavior (with no "u", because it's american behaviour) at the dinner.

And, like I said, I can respect a politician who sets himself up to be roasted for humour's sake.

I dunno, he didn't seem to be acting unreasonably to me, since they had to know that he was coming there to act as himself. I thought it was generally amusing, anyway.

 

[CartesianFart]

I didn't infer it. You can clearly see it on his face. There is a video showing the president only during Colbert's little video clip of him auditioning for the position of press secretary.

This should be it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-oMlBSiX3g

It's around 3:09. Throughout the rest of the video, the president makes those stupid chin jut movements that he does when under pressure.

Maybe we differ on how to interpret facial expression.You make an decision and believe that the president is displaying somekind of a stress and i leave it as nothing to infer it about.

It is wise to only take an account of the person behavior with some degree of doubt with some acknowledgement of assumption- not taking it literally.

 

[Phlegmak]

And, like I said, I can respect a politician who sets himself up to be roasted for humour's sake.

Man, so far El_Machinae is the only one who had some kind of reason, and I disbelieve his reason. I really don't think the president or his staff expected Colbert to thrash the president. I suspect they didn't have a clear understanding of who he was.

 

[Godwynn]

Man, so far El_Machinae is the only one who had some kind of reason, and I disbelieve his reason. I really don't think the president or his staff expected Colbert to thrash the president. I suspect they didn't have a clear understanding of who he was.

I heard that they actually thought Colbert supported the president.

 

[CartesianFart]

Plegmak,do you have any reason to suppose that it is true that Bush and his staff did not know what they were expecting or that the staff misinform the president that these comedy bites will be shrewdly satirical?

Or is it that the Colbert show lied to the President and his staff on the material that was going to be used in this roast?

All assumptions and nothing much.

 

[shortguy]

IIRC it's traditional to have a comedian speak, which is why they had Colbert. I think it's also traditional that the President prepares a humorous and perhaps mildly self-deprecatory speech/presentation.

 

[Phlegmak]

Plegmak,do you have any reason to suppose that it is true that Bush and his staff did not know what they were expecting or that the staff misinform the president that these comedy bites will be shrewdly satirical?

Or is it that the Colbert show lied to the President and his staff on the material that was going to be used in this roast?

All assumptions and nothing much.

I have no information either way.

 

[CartesianFart]

So this thread is merely a presupposition on the premiss of George Bush being troubled by these satirical pieces that the entertainer Colbert have somehow truthfully exploited and the rest is merely assumptions on whether it is true or not- which in fact is embedded by its own presupposition.

 

[Pokurcz]

The only "facts" one could get about the truth in this case would be a public admission by W.

So it really lies in the eye of the beholder, and maybe a poll would be in order?

 

[Phlegmak]

So this thread is merely a presupposition on the premiss of George Bush being troubled by these satirical pieces that the entertainer Colbert have somehow truthfully exploited and the rest is merely assumptions on whether it is true or not- which in fact is embedded by its own presupposition.

I'll start over:
Sorry to but what was the reason why Colbert was invited to the 2006 Press Corps Dinner, where he insulted the president?

I thought that was a pretty clear question.

 

[shortguy]

And I gave an answer--it's traditional to have a comedian perform.

I've never seen this explicitly stated, but by my memory it seems to be true, and looking back over news articles I see that Leno performed in 2004 and Cedric the Entertainer did so in 2005, so if nothing else it seems to be a recent trend.