The Freepers Respond to Colbert

[Ringo84]

Looks like the Freepers did respond to Colbert's routine. I found some of the "better" posts concerning the dinner for your enjoyment:

"Here's a better explanation than that offered by the deranged and depraved left:

A leaden, dim-witted attempt at a 'comedy' routine violated the basic premise of the event by turning into a vicious partisan assault rather than the light-hearted teasing that is the norm at this kind of event. The tough, fearless 'comedian' was so unsuccessful in his feeble attempts at comedy that virtually no one laughed.

Rather than explain to a national audience just how bad the leftist raving 'comedian' was, the MSM largely ignored the act (even though it was the featured act).

SO, contrary to what the loony left is saying, AP and other MSM outlets were doing them a FAVOR by trying to screen the public from the knowledge that yet another tradition (though who cares about the stupid WH Press Corps dinner except the MSM?) has been viciously trashed by humorless leftists who are truly psychotic in their rage against this WH and this country."

Oh, and you'll love this one:

"Do these Bush-haters have to make up fairy tales in a vain attempt to win an argument? The media is now to conservative for them? Would they be happy with something along the lines of Pravda, only with continual Bush-bashing?"

Somebody can't handle the truth..... and it ain't us!
Ringo

[rurallib]

1. You may want to throw in a link for the brave who want to wade

into freeperland.
I'd also recommend a shower after your excursion there.
Welcome to DU :beer:

[Ringo84]

3. Re:

Oh. OK. Thanks for the tips. I didn't think about a link.

Yeah, I know what you mean about the shower (laughs). Thanks.
Ringo

[NYC Liberal]

2. You're goddamn right it was a viscious assault and RIGHTFULL SO.

Bush and the lamestream Bush sycophant reporters got exactly the beating they deserved. Good. After all they've done these last 5 years, it's about time!

[Ringo84]

6. Re:

Yeah, I agree.

It sure sounds to me like the Freepers were trying to rationalize the whole thing - "he wasn't funny". "His performance had no class", etc.

Of course they wouldn't find him funny! He's a liberal comic after all! I sure don't find Mallard Fillmore funny. But that's 'cause it's a right-wing cartoon.
Ringo

[Old and In the Way]

11. I agree it wasn't funny...but it was brutally honest.

So far, neither the Freeps nor the Media are taking him to task on what he said. Thet can't, because it was truthful, not truthiness.

[immoderate]

4. Hey, Wecome to DU!

:hi:

Don't spend to much time there, you'll herniate your cortex.

--IMM

[Ringo84]

8. Re:

Thanks!

And thanks for the advice. I spend too much time there. I don't know why; I guess I'm a glutton for punishment. I just wonder sometimes how they react to the news stories.
Ringo

[immoderate]

15. I might spend more time there...

...if I could figure out how to navigate their board. Just as well, I guess.

--IMM

[Ringo84]

17. Re:

You're not missing much. Right-wing, conservative, fundamentalist musings on current events.
Ringo

[tsuki]

5. "to conservative" Is that a verb? nt

[sandnsea]

7. I see they got their talking points

Singe don't burn. Singe don't burn. Singe don't burn.

I wonder how many times it takes for them to be fully indoctrinated. We should really start timing them.

[Horseradish]

12. Imagine ...

.... what Colbert's act would have been like if he actually DID go for the jugular and "Burn" them?!?!?!?

Considering all that this administration represents, I would say that Colbert actually did just "singe" Bush and the press.

[Old and In the Way]

9. They still don't get it.

If this was a liberal media, it'd be 24/7 Steve Colbert. Instead this media has the same reactions they do. At what point will they admit that the media is aiding and abetting the Criminal-in-Chief? I could give a shit what the idiots in Freeperville think about Colbert, but for our media to pretend it didn't happen is disgusting. I remember how they amped out any Clinton problem, no matter how ridiculously inconsequential I remember how they made a big deal about Imus's criticism at the same dinner...they didn't come to Bush's defense then, did they?

[Ringo84]

13. Re:

Very good point.
Ringo

[Ringo84]

10. Link

Here's the link to that thread. Sorry I didn't post it originally.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1624275/posts

(If you can stand being on FreeRepublic long enough to read)
Ringo

[walldude]

14. I love this bit:

"A leaden, dim-witted attempt at a 'comedy' routine violated the basic premise of the event by turning into a vicious partisan assault rather than the light-hearted teasing that is the norm at this kind of event. The tough, fearless 'comedian' was so unsuccessful in his feeble attempts at comedy that virtually no one laughed."

First of all I don't remember any freepers being upset when Imus did his "light-hearted" attack on Clinton. Second, how fucking stupid are they? Comedy?? Not Funny?? For once I agree with the freeps, it was not funny and it was not comedy, it was pure FUCK YOU to Bush right to his fucking face. Just like Imus did to Clinton. The only difference is the freeps are going to cry in their Cheerios because that was the first time someone had the balls to tell Bush he's a gigantic jackass to his face. Typical of schoolyard bullies, they can dish it out but they can't take it.

[immoderate]

16. Walldude,

It really was funny, but that was masked by the bite, and people didn't laugh, because they were to stunned. By the third viewing, the shock is dissipated and the humor comes through.

--IMM

[walldude]

23. I'll have to watch it again, because you are right I was in total shock

just sitting there with my mouth hanging open. My heart was actually racing by the time he got to the Generals.

[Burning Water]

18. You know, somehow

I missed the whole thing, both here and in FReeperland, plus a coupla other sites I visit. who is Colbert and what makes him important.

Thanks

[immoderate]

19. Heres a funny one:

To: alnick
This president simply refuses to fight back. That's his prerogative. However, again I ask: why does President Bush willingly subject himself to these juvenile events? Doesn't he get enough of this treatment during the week? The man is a gluten for punishment, and it's starting to look bad.

13 posted on 04/30/2006 2:58:14 PM PDT by manwiththehands (No, usted no puede!)

We may have a new vocabulary word here, folks.:+

--IMM

[Maccagirl]

20. Poor Bush-suffering from "glutenty"

Is there medication for that?

[immoderate]

21. No, but you have to lay off bagels.

--IMM

[Julius Civitatus]

22. Bullshit! - Imus was rude and nasty to Clinton

ten years ago.

The freeper talks about "the light-hearted teasing that is the norm at this kind of event." My ass!!!

Imus put a nasty and vicious performance. But it's apparently OK when it's one of their own doing the skewering

[EstimatedProphet]

24. The freepers never cease to amaze me in their denial

Bush Can Do No Wrong. All Liberals Just Hate Him Because They Hate America.

Never mind the things he's done...

Lied us into a war? We just hate Bush because we're bitter about losing the election.
Outed a secret agent? We just hate Bush because we're bitter about losing the election.
Used terror tactics against the American populace to boost his ratings? We just hate Bush because we're bitter about losing the election.
Subverted the goodwill following 9/11? We just hate Bush because we're bitter about losing the election.
Alienated the entire world? We just hate Bush because we're bitter about losing the election.
TRIPLED gas prices in his term? We just hate Bush because we're bitter about losing the election.
Completely erased the national surplus into the biggest national debt in history? We just hate Bush because we're bitter about losing the election.
Actively destroying the environment? We just hate Bush because we're bitter about losing the election.
Reduced public education to a laughingstock? We just hate Bush because we're bitter about losing the election.
Clearly aided the corporatocracy steal BILLIONS from Iraq? We just hate Bush because we're bitter about losing the election.

And the list doesn't even stop here.

[Orsino]

25. "[V]iolated the basic premise of the event...

...by turning into a vicious partisan assault rather than the light-hearted teasing that is the norm..."

"Violated." All of a sudden freeps have great respect for the media's customs at a private event to which they're not even invited? Not a hint of outrage left for a president who dismantles whole Articles?

It's only a "vicious partisan assault" because it illuminates essential truths, and makes the status-quoers uncomfortable. THe GOP's platform is not strong enough to withstand jokes that are not the "norm."

Bush lost that night. Get over it.

[EstimatedProphet]

26. You have to expect this-they are human backwash after all.