Toots de la Footsjelly: And...... Newt is the face of family values! Santorum is the face of anal lube. Mitt is the face of Flippy Floppy the Clown! Obama is the face on the targets of most hate/redneck groups. Biden is the face of bewilderment. Limberger is the face of fat cats everywhere. Ron Paul is the face of Ross Perot after the operation. Nancy Pelosi is the face of the Great Sphincter. My face gives you Banaitial Shankroids. Your face should be on a milk carton. ......

Face!

tcan: Colbert suffers from the same disease as SNL, Stewart and various other comedy/satires. They don't believe in equal opportunity bashing. I remember when Obama was elected I waited for SNL to poke some holes in his ego and sure enough there was a sketch about him which made fun of ......his ears. Wow that was such hard hitting satire I was astonished. I don't expect these guys to be fair or nice but if for example Colbert wanted to be really surprising he could have run against Obama in a primary instead of leaving it open to Vermin to take the spotlight. Comedy and satire should be unexpected if it is to have real impact and making fun of the Republicans isn't because everyone is doing it. All he becomes is a "me too" guy.

So you're blaming comedians for going after the low-hanging fruit? The Republican Party's is so ripe for comedy it writes itself.

tcan: Colbert suffers from the same disease as SNL, Stewart and various other comedy/satires. They don't believe in equal opportunity bashing. I remember when Obama was elected I waited for SNL to poke some holes in his ego and sure enough there was a sketch about him which made fun of ......his ears. Wow that was such hard hitting satire I was astonished. I don't expect these guys to be fair or nice but if for example Colbert wanted to be really surprising he could have run against Obama in a primary instead of leaving it open to Vermin to take the spotlight. Comedy and satire should be unexpected if it is to have real impact and making fun of the Republicans isn't because everyone is doing it. All he becomes is a "me too" guy.

Ask yourself this question: Why aren't there many Republican comedians?

There's a reason why Republicans love outrage as their political entertainment, not comedy.

Might as well let him have the office. He's smarter and funnier than the last half dozen clowns we've had in there.

Chuck Todd is worried that Stephen Colbert is making a mockery of the system.

Citizens United is a mockery of the system.

Calling an atrocious special interest group like this Citizens United is a mockery of the system, if not outright trolling.

andrew breitbart is a horses ass.

tcan: Colbert suffers from the same disease as SNL, Stewart and various other comedy/satires. They don't believe in equal opportunity bashing. I remember when Obama was elected I waited for SNL to poke some holes in his ego and sure enough there was a sketch about him which made fun of ......his ears. Wow that was such hard hitting satire I was astonished. I don't expect these guys to be fair or nice but if for example Colbert wanted to be really surprising he could have run against Obama in a primary instead of leaving it open to Vermin to take the spotlight. Comedy and satire should be unexpected if it is to have real impact and making fun of the Republicans isn't because everyone is doing it. All he becomes is a "me too" guy.

You sound...well....mad.

I know your a hardcore Republican, but you are the joke. Thats what is funny. Start up another half hour news hour if you think Obama's ego is hilarious.

This is what I find hilarious:

tcan 2011-01-22 12:13:06 PM
I just love the way liberals keep touting all the bad, has-been, and never were candidates for the GOP nomination. Is it that you don't believe that Obama can actually beat a good candidate? Your wishful thinking is so cute.

Alot has changed in a year huh?

nevirus: tcan: Colbert suffers from the same disease as SNL, Stewart and various other comedy/satires. They don't believe in equal opportunity bashing. I remember when Obama was elected I waited for SNL to poke some holes in his ego and sure enough there was a sketch about him which made fun of ......his ears. Wow that was such hard hitting satire I was astonished. I don't expect these guys to be fair or nice but if for example Colbert wanted to be really surprising he could have run against Obama in a primary instead of leaving it open to Vermin to take the spotlight. Comedy and satire should be unexpected if it is to have real impact and making fun of the Republicans isn't because everyone is doing it. All he becomes is a "me too" guy.

Ask yourself this question: Why aren't there many Republican comedians?

There's a reason why Republicans love outrage as their political entertainment, not comedy.

Republican comedians still haven't made it past the n***er joke stage...

Rich Cream: cameroncrazy1984: StoPPeRmobile: Kome: StoPPeRmobile: wmoonfox: That whole "free speech" thing really bothers republicans authoritarians, doesn't it?

FTFY.

What's the difference?

Do you know the answer?

The answer is "there isn't one"


No, one is a two-party system used to divide and conquer while the other is relating to a way of life regardless of party affiliation.

Shhh, they're still giving each other oral over their cutting edge high school sophistication.

NateGrey: tcan: Colbert suffers from the same disease as SNL, Stewart and various other comedy/satires. They don't believe in equal opportunity bashing. I remember when Obama was elected I waited for SNL to poke some holes in his ego and sure enough there was a sketch about him which made fun of ......his ears. Wow that was such hard hitting satire I was astonished. I don't expect these guys to be fair or nice but if for example Colbert wanted to be really surprising he could have run against Obama in a primary instead of leaving it open to Vermin to take the spotlight. Comedy and satire should be unexpected if it is to have real impact and making fun of the Republicans isn't because everyone is doing it. All he becomes is a "me too" guy.

You sound...well....mad.

I know your a hardcore Republican, but you are the joke. Thats what is funny. Start up another half hour news hour if you think Obama's ego is hilarious.

This is what I find hilarious:

tcan 2011-01-22 12:13:06 PM
I just love the way liberals keep touting all the bad, has-been, and never were candidates for the GOP nomination. Is it that you don't believe that Obama can actually beat a good candidate? Your wishful thinking is so cute.

Alot has changed in a year huh?

Is this where someone comes in and says "pwned"? I'm pretty sure this is where someone is supposed to jump into the thread and point out that tcan just got pwned.

/pwned

PanicMan: Lando Lincoln: Stephen Colbert is shining a spotlight onto how awful the Citizens United ruling was. The Supreme Court justices that ruled for it probably hate Stephen Colbert more than anything.

His interview last night with John Paul Stevens was pretty awesome.

I'm watching it now. Hysterical. Stevens was awesome. Can't talk your way around a SCOTUS judge.

As a Fark headline reminded us earlier this week, the court jesters are the most honest people in the room.

Colbert and John Stewart have been on fire the past week. Just awesome satire pointed at a political system that should be considered a laughing stock to anyone with a shred of sanity.

Eddie Adams from Torrance: tcan: Colbert suffers from the same disease as SNL, Stewart and various other comedy/satires. They don't believe in equal opportunity bashing.

A joke that starts with "2 average middle aged white guys walk into a bar" is never going to be as funny as "A clown, an alien, and a Jew walk into a bar"

The joke I watched last night started with: "A clown, a Mormon, an adulterer and granpa walked into a stage....". It was hilarious.

voran: *sigh* You see the tag Breitbart and you just know what sorta ride you're in for. :P

Yeah, the kind where no way am I gonna click it and give these a-holes another page view.

Mad_Radhu: HIghlander was still a documentary and the events happened in real time, right?

Yes, yes it was. Why don't you and I meet at a closed amusement park or industrial plant to discuss it.

Breitbart's core readers (those who DON'T read it for comedy relief) can barely tie their shoes.

Breitbart HAS to explain even the most obvious things that normal people just take for granted.

"Leslie, for our viewers at home who might not know, are centaurs real?"

Dog Welder: As a Fark headline reminded us earlier this week, the court jesters are the most honest people in the room.

Colbert and John Stewart have been on fire the past week. Just awesome satire pointed at a political system that should be considered a laughing stock to anyone with a shred of sanity.

Hard to top the Mario Bitali bit for sheer WTF. And the one with Colbert talking through the cardboard tv? Geebus.

tcan: Comedy and satire should be unexpected if it is to have real impact and making fun of the Republicans isn't because everyone is doing it.

Gee, why in the world would "everyone" be making fun of the Republicans? Globally.

And I disagree with some Farkers here that say Republicans aren't funny. They ARE funny. Just not to other Republicans. But to the rest of the planet, they're freakin' hilarious.

Gonad the Ballbarian: Breitbart's core readers (those who DON'T read it for comedy relief) can barely tie their shoes.

Breitbart HAS to explain even the most obvious things that normal people just take for granted.

"Leslie, for our viewers at home who might not know, are centaurs real?"

Yes, just like Santa Claus, ancient aliens, Jesus's divinity, and trickle down economics.

A narrow world view, ignorance, and anger issues don't make for good comedians. Different types of people (dems and repubs)should stick to what they do best in their own camps. Repubs understand separate but equal don't they? Sucks being on the short end of it huh? How about that.

CheekyMonkey: nevirus: tcan: Colbert suffers from the same disease as SNL, Stewart and various other comedy/satires. They don't believe in equal opportunity bashing. I remember when Obama was elected I waited for SNL to poke some holes in his ego and sure enough there was a sketch about him which made fun of ......his ears. Wow that was such hard hitting satire I was astonished. I don't expect these guys to be fair or nice but if for example Colbert wanted to be really surprising he could have run against Obama in a primary instead of leaving it open to Vermin to take the spotlight. Comedy and satire should be unexpected if it is to have real impact and making fun of the Republicans isn't because everyone is doing it. All he becomes is a "me too" guy.

Ask yourself this question: Why aren't there many Republican comedians?

There's a reason why Republicans love outrage as their political entertainment, not comedy.

Republican comedians still haven't made it past the n***er joke stage...

That's not true. They like fart jokes and calling each other "gay" never gets old.

"What is his real agenda here?" he said. "Is it to educate the public about the dangers of money and politics, and what's going on? Or is it simply to marginalize the Republican Party?

To educate the public about the dangers of money and politics, you have to marginalize the Republican Party.

Colbert is great. I love what he's doing to shine a light on the corruption that has become common place in our politics.

I can't think of another media personality that is going after this problem as seriously as Colbert.

He's set himself up perfectly too. He's blowing the cover the political class counts on to keep their systemic bribery churning, and he can't be called out for it. He will always answer in character, with the kind of wit and presence of mind that the crooks just don't expect. He's really good at what he's doing and it's a lot more than just entertainment. He's pissing off all the right people and making me laugh out loud...love that guy.

He's not "Anti-Republican", he's just all about airing the political dirty laundry, and seeing as it has been the Republican Party shiatting on the US voters for YEARS, they are just an easy target.

He IS serving a noble purpose by pointing out how ridiculous the system is, and if you don't see that, it just means that you think gaming the system is OK
Colbert(And Jon Stewart) had had their fun at the expense of Democrats, and have been very fair to certain Republicans as well, but that doesn't go with these guys' agenda, so they ignore it.

If anything, we need more Colberts and less Brietbarts.

qorkfiend: I like the implication here: "he's being unfair to the process by being anti-Republican."

And then he probably went on to say something Anti-Democrat without batting an eyelid.

REPUBLICANS, THESE ARE YOUR MOUTHPIECES!! TAKE YOUR PARTY BACK, OR FOREVER BE MARGINALIZED AND SEEN AS ANTI-SCIENCE, ANTI-INTELLECTUAL RETARDS!!

Mikey1969: If anything, we need more Colberts and less Brietbarts.

THIS.

That, and Colbert doesnt need a felon flunkie to fail at doing his dirty work.

medius: from the comments:

A muslim father upset about the westernization of his family dressed up as Santa Claus, and killed 6 family members then himself. The same media that lauds Colbert and Stewart, didn't think this was news worthy. What if a Christian dressed up as Mohammd and killed his family then himself because his family has become too islamic, how would that have been handled?

Santa Claus is Jesus.

So if the media "didn't think it was newsworthy", how did the Amazing Kreskin there find out about it? Always funny when someone uses a news story to point out that the news isn't covering something.

StoPPeRmobile: Craptastic: Pants full of macaroni!!: stoli n coke: I also heard Borat isn't really from Kazahkstan.

And Larry the Cable Guy isn't really a cable installer.

And his name is really Dan, and he doesn't really have a hillbilly accent, and he began his comedy career wearing ill-fitted pleated khakis and telling jokes about his gramma, and he's a total douche.

Jealous much?

He's also a one-trick pony who can't give a simple radio interview without falling over himself to say 'Git 'er Done' as many times as humanly possible. The guy is about as funny as a train wreck, and no I'm not jealous, he just has no real talent.

tcan: Colbert suffers from the same disease as SNL, Stewart and various other comedy/satires. They don't believe in equal opportunity bashing. I remember when Obama was elected I waited for SNL to poke some holes in his ego and sure enough there was a sketch about him which made fun of ......his ears. Wow that was such hard hitting satire I was astonished. I don't expect these guys to be fair or nice but if for example Colbert wanted to be really surprising he could have run against Obama in a primary instead of leaving it open to Vermin to take the spotlight. Comedy and satire should be unexpected if it is to have real impact and making fun of the Republicans isn't because everyone is doing it. All he becomes is a "me too" guy.

Years ago Fox News tried to do a "conservative" version of the Daily Show. From what my television writer friend told me, it was awful and (obviously) it was too bad to air.

Rapmaster2000: OK so I found the story and he killed his family over financial problems. He had just lost his business and his house was foreclosed. Those are sadly typical reasons for a man to kill his family. A person I knew from my hometown did this. I even managed to drive out to his parents house and off them after killing his whole family.

Lair!! According to the very credible original poster, the media completely ignored this, so you couldn't possibly have "found" the story, because a Muslim hater ALWAYS tells the truth...

Right?

brantgoose: coeyagi: Could Colbert be getting press coverage because he was polling better than Perry even before he dropped out?

MSM: Subverting the will of South Carolinians who support Colbert... or something.

The only reason anybody is getting any press coverage from 666 News or CNN or other MSM is that they're not Ron Paul. So keep your big yap shut until the media and the GOP have finished fighting over whether Mitt Romney, the Annointed One, or that drip Rick Santorum, the Annoying Annointing One, will be the guy to fail to be elected President.

Ron Paul.

I hope he runs as an Independent and chooses Ralph Nader as his running mate and hands his campaign over to that Republican back room guy (who self-describes himself as a GOP hitman) who worked for Al Sharpton Jr., Roger Stone, and to Nader's Skull and Crossbones advisor, Donald Etra (Check this--I am not making it up.)

Roger Stone, Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Stone

Donald Etra
http://interactivist.autonomedia.org/node/3617

Republicans make the best campaign advisors and donors to Democrats with no real chances of winning because they are so sincere in their desire to see them do well that they give their all.

And let me say, once again: Ron Paul. I sincerely wish him well, especially among Loony-Tunes Republican voters on the far right and the even further right evangelical-fundamentalist-Dominionist voters.

Yeah, Ron Paul, the guy who walks onstage to the Imperial March from Star Wars. Nothing like Darth Vader's them song to put everyone at ease about your ideas on Democracy.

El Morro: /laughed so hard at the "anti Colbert" super PAC commercial I woke up my fiancée.

Dammit, bliptv blocked at work, and they seem to have all of these. I'll have to wait until I get home for this one... :(

Lollipop165: tcan: Colbert suffers from the same disease as SNL, Stewart and various other comedy/satires. They don't believe in equal opportunity bashing. I remember when Obama was elected I waited for SNL to poke some holes in his ego and sure enough there was a sketch about him which made fun of ......his ears. Wow that was such hard hitting satire I was astonished. I don't expect these guys to be fair or nice but if for example Colbert wanted to be really surprising he could have run against Obama in a primary instead of leaving it open to Vermin to take the spotlight. Comedy and satire should be unexpected if it is to have real impact and making fun of the Republicans isn't because everyone is doing it. All he becomes is a "me too" guy.

Years ago Fox News tried to do a "conservative" version of the Daily Show. From what my television writer friend told me, it was awful and (obviously) it was too bad to air.

Oh it definitely aired, and it was terrible. Republicans think stuff like President Limbaugh and Vice President Ann Coonter are hilarious stuff. This is what tcan wants to see more of.

Mikey1969: StoPPeRmobile: Craptastic: Pants full of macaroni!!: stoli n coke: I also heard Borat isn't really from Kazahkstan.

And Larry the Cable Guy isn't really a cable installer.

And his name is really Dan, and he doesn't really have a hillbilly accent, and he began his comedy career wearing ill-fitted pleated khakis and telling jokes about his gramma, and he's a total douche.

Jealous much?

He's also a one-trick pony who can't give a simple radio interview without falling over himself to say 'Git 'er Done' as many times as humanly possible. The guy is about as funny as a train wreck, and no I'm not jealous, he just has no real talent.

What's your trick?

StoPPeRmobile: Mikey1969: StoPPeRmobile: Craptastic: Pants full of macaroni!!: stoli n coke: I also heard Borat isn't really from Kazahkstan.

And Larry the Cable Guy isn't really a cable installer.

And his name is really Dan, and he doesn't really have a hillbilly accent, and he began his comedy career wearing ill-fitted pleated khakis and telling jokes about his gramma, and he's a total douche.

Jealous much?

He's also a one-trick pony who can't give a simple radio interview without falling over himself to say 'Git 'er Done' as many times as humanly possible. The guy is about as funny as a train wreck, and no I'm not jealous, he just has no real talent.

What's your trick?

A Larry the Cable Guy fanboy?

Now I've seen everything.

tcan: Colbert suffers from the same disease as SNL, Stewart and various other comedy/satires. They don't believe in equal opportunity bashing. I remember when Obama was elected I waited for SNL to poke some holes in his ego and sure enough there was a sketch about him which made fun of ......his ears. Wow that was such hard hitting satire I was astonished. I don't expect these guys to be fair or nice but if for example Colbert wanted to be really surprising he could have run against Obama in a primary instead of leaving it open to Vermin to take the spotlight. Comedy and satire should be unexpected if it is to have real impact and making fun of the Republicans isn't because everyone is doing it. All he becomes is a "me too" guy.

You dont watch the show enough.

Steven Colbert is clearly a problem. Why point at a broken, unfair system and call attention to it when you can stick your head in the sand and ignore it up until the time that the poor burn everything to the ground in frustration?

Why would anyone want to draw attention to our problems prior to the moment when our problems annhilate us?

NateGrey: Oh it definitely aired, and it was terrible. Republicans think stuff like President Limbaugh and Vice President Ann Coonter are hilarious stuff. This is what tcan wants to see more of.

Wow, I think even the laugh track was forced to do its job at gunpoint.

StoPPeRmobile: What's your trick?

Getting your Mom to call me for a repeat performance. I'm good and all, but she really gets around, it's hard to compete.

sethstorm: Mikey1969: If anything, we need more Colberts and less Brietbarts.

THIS.

That, and Colbert doesnt need a felon flunkie punk to fail at doing his dirty work.


_{punk: slang for a young man who is the sexual partner of an older man}

ChaoticLimbs: Steven Colbert is clearly a problem. Why point at a broken, unfair system and call attention to it when you can stick your head in the sand and ignore it up until the time that the poor burn everything to the ground in frustration?

Why would anyone want to draw attention to our problems prior to the moment when our problems annhilate us?

You're talking about a group of folks who have spent an incredible amount of money, time, and resources trying to discredit climate change scientists, educational experts, and societal activists. Of course they're all going to point at Stephen Colbert and scream "INFIDEL!". They certainly can't fix anything, at least not while there's a half-black Kenyan sekrit Muslim Manchurian Candidate in the Oval Office - they can't afford to make him, or anyone like him look good.