We all know how brilliant Stephen Colbert is; from his self-promotional genius to his top drawer satire, he has been as funny as anyone has in the last 4 or 5 years on television.
His Whitehouse Correspondence dinner speech last year was jaw-dropping in its ability to skewer both the President and the traditional media in one fail swoop. That he did it 10 feet from the President was a show of cajones like Washington has rarely seen, and eviscerated some in attendance who could only dream of doing likewise with a countless number of hours on TV or columns in print.
Who knew though that Colbert would specifically expose a Bush flaw that this week would be reinforced almost word-for-word.
For those who haven't seen it (and those who have it is so worthy of another viewing), here is the speech:
Here is the part that I'm referring to:
[T]he greatest thing about this man is he's steady. You know where he stands. He believes the same thing Wednesday that he believed on Monday, no matter what happened Tuesday.
Now here is an excerpt from Bush's speech on Tuesday:
THE PRESIDENT: I'm saying that I believed before the NIE that Iran was dangerous, and I believe after the NIE that Iran is dangerous
Almost nothing has come of this comment in the traditional media. Here we have the leader(?) of the country saying he just doesn't give a damn about intelligence, no matter what it says. We all knew it, but it took a late night comedian to again show up the press and this time he did it 18 months in advance!