Comments on White House's Chickenshit Asswipes

What surprised me is that Rich Little is STILL ALIVE?? Wow, that is impressive. I think Bill Maher should have been asked to do the dinner though. Or maybe Stephanie Miller.

Was Gallagher busy that night?

I can't wait to hear him do his Jack Benny! And then watch him seamlessly go into his Lyndon B. Johnson routine! A Howard Cosell bit might be too much of a good thing.

I guess Fred Travalena was asking for too much money.

If they really wanted to kiss Bush’s ass they would have invited Carrot Top

Carrot Top did a funny appearance in an episode of Reno 911 not too long ago.

Larry the Cable guy would have been a safe choice for Neocons who don't want to get their feelers hurt.

Proof that everyone in the DC beltway is now so crazy and disassociated from reality that they all think they are still fighting the Vietnam war and can somehow win it. Even the Dems are busy fighting the "war on poverty" with blinders on and cotton stuffed in their ears. "Iran? What's that? Oh, can't do anything about that, but we can pass this minimum wage bill we should have passed 20 years ago, oh yes." Its 1969 in the beltway! Earth fucking Day is just around the corner! (but how come there is such fiddle shortage at the local music store?)

Mirror @7 said:

"Oh, can't do anything about that, but we can pass this minimum wage bill we should have passed 20 years ago, oh yes." Its 1969 in the beltway!"

Um, last time I checked, 20 years ago was, uh - lesse - 1987. And it's a bill that should have been passed 10 years ago, which was the last time the minimum wage got a hike.

And given the Dems threat to cut off funding for mini-muff's "Whar Agin Muh Pappy's Enimah!", I'd have to say there's at least one group inside the Beltway actually grounded in the here-and-now.

It's Colbert's fault. He went too far last year. The point of the dinner is for both the White House and the press to have a good time - and that means being funny but not being mean.

My favorite Colbert line was "this administration isn't sinking, it's soaring! Like the Hindenburg!"

That took more courage than anyone in that room could ever dream of, especially those fawning, repulsive sycophants in the media.

It marked a true turning point, where some began to tell it like it is, instead of the usual propaganda and lies.

And Gawd bless Helen Thomas. That skit almost made me pee my pants.

You can tell the End is Near when they can't even take a risk of people telling jokes about them ... maybe Rich can recycle his Richard Nixon jokes? They're still relevant, even if Dick was smarter than the entire Bush White House.

Colbert was purly wonderful! Someone told Bush the Truth and Bush simply could not handle Truthiness in it's purest form. I bought the recording of the dinner on iTunes and listen to it regularly! Like Stephan said about wanting Tony Snow's job, "I have nothing but contempt for these people (refering to the press)"

COMTE:
Ok, I got a little carried away about minimum wage. They should have done something solid about it 40 years ago.
The minimum wage needs to be tied to something real, like cost of living, but that's not a new idea.

Some Democrats saying "maybe we'll do something" is not going to do anything to stop Bush/Cheney. The Cheney administration is excited and willing to fight much much tougher challenges to executive power than the Democrats are even willing to allow themselves to think.

it's already been said but it bears repeating: rich little is alive?!?!

Kerri Harrop,

I know!

All they had to do was look back 30 years to find a comedian who wouldn't eviscerate Bush II on sight. What if they'd chosen Sacha Baron Cohen or Kathy Griffin? The mind reels!

Wouldn’t it be totally awesome if Rich Little delivered a similar, Colbert style performance?

Put Kathy Griffin with Stephanie Miller playing the roles of the Bush Twins..

OK, then there should be no problem with Rush Limbaugh headlining the dinner for the next Democrat President.

God, I was reading another blog and the name Charles Nelson Reilly came up. Woah, get out the valium Twiggy I'm having a flashback.

they should have booked phyllis diller! anyone that knows me is well aware of my phyllis diller obsession.

in fact, let me take this opportunity to suggest you rent the documentary goodnight, we love you, which details diller's life & career.

it features the likes of don rickles, lily tomlin(!), red buttons(!!), and rip taylor(!!!), all singing the praises of "the world's worst housewife."

it is great. i was surprised with a copy of it in the mail this week, sent by a friend in LA. it is signed to kerri, love phyllis diller (!!!!!).

sorry for all the exclamation points. clearly, i'm still really excited about this amazing treasure.

Chip, the difference between Rush Limbaugh and Steven Colbert is that Colbert is actually funny, whereas Limbaugh just rants. If an actual, funny, conservative stand-up comedian exists, then by all means, bring him in the next time there's a Democratic president. Until then, we'll go with intelligent comedians like Colbert who are as capable of skewering liberal idiocy as conservative.

I should also note that by "actual, funny, conservative stand-up comedian" I'm not talking about Larry the Cable Guy and his ilk, though personally I do think conservative=asinine.

Chip Chipmunk,

We should also point out that Rush Limbaugh is a nasty, hateful, wrong wing, bloviating asshole, while Stephen Colbert just plays him on TV.

Poor Rich Little -- saw him on something recently, and he was so happy to even be there he pretty much kept trying to give the camera his paw.

Chip: Limbaugh for the next Dem? Bring It On!

Original Andrew: Exactly.

Bush probably saw Colbert as a nasty, hateful, wrong wing, bloviating asshole. Despite how funny it us for us on television, from what I've read, the White House press corps nervous because the President was clearly agitated. And despite that many of us enjoy seeing his agitation, its not a venue to rake the President over the coals in a nasty way. Don Rickles and other comedians could do that and still be nice, Colbert can't. It's a time to be funny, and there's plenty of funny things to lampoon a president about, and still make it so the President can have a good time too. That's the whole point of the dinner.

Chip, you are right, really. But the reason everyone went nuts with happiness and joy was nailed by Orig Andrew @ 10: "That took more courage than anyone in that room could ever dream of, especially those fawning, repulsive sycophants in the media.
It marked a true turning point, where some began to tell it like it is, instead of the usual propaganda and lies."

I pumped my fist for Colbert getting into The Castle, but I also gave Bush credit for taking it without blowing a fuse. He likes to blow a fuse, we all knew too.

Do you really think Bush had a clue what Colbert was talking about? Bush wouldn't know a Hindenburg from a Duesenberg.

Chip and Lloyd: the time for friendly funny is long passsed boys. And the time for White House Correspondent brown-nosing is long passed too.

Rush Limbaugh is no comedian, he's just a clown. A sad clown. Dennis Miller would probably qualify now as a conservative comedian.