I'm posting this primarily because I think it won't get as much coverage as it deserves. There is a transcript (or if you prefer and have decent broadband a streaming video) of satirist Stephen Colbert's frankly extraordinary speech at the White House Correspondent's dinner last weekend available here. Whilst I think the full routine - especially the sketch at the end - is way over the top (not unusual for Colbert, if you've seen his show), you have to admire the breathtaking audacity it takes to get up in front of your country's most important politicians and journalists and say something like this. I can't imagine who booked Colbert for this event, but I'm fairly sure their career is now in tatters.
I don't take the same satisfaction from Colbert's stinging remarks as the Democrat bloggers seem to, since I think it's a sign of just how depressing America has become (politically) in the last few years. Still, at least someone is making the most of the 1st amendment, and how!
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