I actually got to catch the show; originally thought about skipping it, except that I knew Colbert was scheduled. It seemed there was quite a bit of stalling as the first hlaf of the dinner went longer than the stated schedule. And just when I was beginning to think they were going to "pre-empt" Colbert due to lack of time (i.e. someone getting the word to dubya at the last minute that Colbert might be a big mistake, but on second thought, didn't he get scheduled so the dubya crowd could show how self-effacing they really are?) - There he was, quietly stunning the mostly rigid audience into subdued disbelief - those who actually understood him - I was rolling on the floor, though not just at Colbert, who was wonderfully sly, but also because the audience mainly sat stupidly and dumbly as Colbert's scathing and well-honed witticisms flew high over their heads, missing their little brains all together, their loss. This is the kind of history that has impact!

Long may Colbert reign!!

If you watched the CSPAN coverage, or saw the video I sent yesterday, you are shocked that the major media outlets acted as if Colbert introduced Bush to the audience and then sat down. Of course, his performance, no matter your politics, was the most important portion of the whole affair.

Either you saw him as an arrogant, ill-informed traitor who embarrassed a great sitting President, or you posses some intelligence and saw him as truth-in-a-jester's-role confronting power. But, if you were the major media, you hardly noticed he was there.

Of course, there are over 300,000 other ghosts who walked down Broadway on Saturday that know how Colbert might feel.

I thought Col-(bear) was a french pronunciation since re-(pore) is pronounces the way it is. Any comments on this?

Love him no matter what! Very smart!

>> thought Col-(bear) was a french pronunciation since re-(pore) is pronounces the way it is. Any comments on this?>>

Not sure what you're asking poster? Are you asking if he's French? No, he was born in Charleston, South Carolina. 60 Minutes did a piece on him last night. If you're asking how to pronounce his name, yes, the "t" at the end is silent, it's pronounced Colbear. I don't know what this re-(pore) is you refer to; do you mean rapport?

an earlier poster said the -bear part refers to a nod to environmentalists or something like that. i had never heard that, is that true?

if you watch the show he pronouces report re-pore so its col-bear re-pore which sounds like a french pronunciation so I thought he's just playing around with words.

monday morning -

Colbert got the facts right and the audience right, the delivery right, and spoke truth to power. He ought to get a MacArthur. or an Emmy. or a Pulitzer. or the attention of the American public.

Jeanne Meyers

Hailey ID

The earlier poster wasn't referring to how Stephen prounounces his last name, but rather to his frequent diatribes against bears. They're fairly consistently the #1 threat on the Threatdown.

The Today show showed clips of Bush's ridiculous skit with not a single mention of one of the guttsiest, cleverest, truthiest satire EVER.

Actually, it's quite Fucking Believable.

Stephen Colbert is my hero. He is hilarious and brave!

Cannot believe he actually said all of that right to Bush's face. I doubt anyone has been able to sit Bush down and hand him his ass in any type of seriousness. Thank god for the comic genius of Colbert!

I live just outside D.C., and picked up the Sunday paper anxious to read what zingers Colbert had launched the night before at the Washington press corps' annual Prom Night, because I knew he'd be brilliant. Nothin'. Deadline problems, I thought; it'll be in Style Monday. Today, nothin'.

Now that I've seen the clip, I know why.

Bravo, Colbert. Shame on the Post.

love it, and no suprise the media (that group snoring over in the corner, most of whom were there that night), said nary a word. king george probably said bury it (or karl did). on second thought, they would know anyway from long experience. love that helen. long may she live and prosper.

frank burnette

great stuff. no surprise the media said nothing, although weren't most of them there? practice, practice, practice. king george doesn't even have to tell them to roll over (or is it karl?). love that helen, may she live long and prosper.

frank burnette

Do they really have us smothered in bullshit too deep to escape from..? I guess I could add Mearsheimer & Walt to that short list, but they barely suggested raising an eyebrow and were buried.

Russ Feingold suggested censure, which is as pussified a move as can be imagined. What a little halfwit cunt. Bush didn't kick a puppy. Bush committed treason. The press is voluntarily paralyzed. The Congress is full of spineless organisms.

Stephen Colbert. I'd never heard of him, and now I feel that his profile ought to be on our money since he's a bona fide American hero IMHO.

Scalia thought he was funny! The glacier comment got a lot of applause. Colbert really slid into that routine, and then sliced everybody to shreds. It was too funny!

Was that Mare Winningham of St. Elmo's Fire in the audience?

Plaudits to Colbert, the Voltaire of our times. In ten minutes he spoke more truth to power and displayed more courage than those in the "establishment" audience had displayed in a decade. No wonder the establishment media tried to make believe that it hadn't happened.

Perhaps, for a moment at least, Colbert let George W. Bush know what it was like to be Louis XVI when everyone stopped believing in the absolute monarch and in his self-serving ancien regime.

Next, perhaps the revolution?

It was the 20 seconds he dedicated to John McCain, who was once renowned for his integrity and independence and now transformed into a Typical Republican Running for National Office who also suckles upon W's bosom. I hope he likes losing the nomination to Guiliani in 2008.