Colbert is an ------.

[Sandman33]

This guy just walks the middle ground so gingerly while pushing lefty bullshit it makes me want to vomit.

He actually sat there tonight trying to make republican congressmen look stupid for opposing the cap and trade abomination.

He played tape of upset republicans addressing congress stating how the bill will increase taxes and kill jobs...then claimed that it's only going to cost the avg taxpayer 170 bucks a year....which is a total LIE and still doesn't address the job losses it will create.

I thought Colbert was cool when he roasted Bush....but I officially hate that sellout now.

[cindy25]

he has an audience, and he plays to that audience.

[Reason]

I really can't watch the daily show or colbert anymore because their comedy is actually what is really happening...

Laugh as we crumble.

Laugh as we crumble.

Laugh as we crumble.

Laugh as we crumble.

[Indy Vidual]

He has talent, too bad he can't put it to better use.

[SimpleName]

Colbert is a great comedian and delivers lines like few others can, but I stopped watching a while ago for this reason. I think it was about the time he had on the Philadelphia mayor who wanted to ban handguns. The crowd cheered him like I had not heard before. Quite sickening. He is either far left or he knows his audience is a bunch of dopes.

As for the 170 dollars. I assume that number is narrow-mindedly formulated to the absolute direct cost increases that Americans will feel by the extra cost of adding "green" energy-saving technology. But they aren't including the new taxation and penalties on high-emission companies and all the new environmental safety regulations on dumping and whatever else was probably pumped into the bill. Nevermind the increased costs of food and every other product (think CARS).

[devil21]

It amazes me how few people understand that Colbert is NO DIFFERENT than any of the other MSM pundits. The only difference is that Colbert openly "portrays" a character on his show. Beck, Olbermann, etc are the ones that pass off their acting as being who they really are.

[youngbuck]

I can find humor in what he says if I ignore the hogwash. Admittedly, I on rare occasions stoop to such a level.

[micahnelson]

Jon stewart is better, but they are both quite funny.

If you have to agree with the politics of a joke to find it funny you won't be laughing much.

[angelatc]

This guy just walks the middle ground so gingerly while pushing lefty bullshit it makes me want to vomit.

He actually sat there tonight trying to make republican congressmen look stupid for opposing the cap and trade abomination.

He played tape of upset republicans addressing congress stating how the bill will increase taxes and kill jobs...then claimed that it's only going to cost the avg taxpayer 170 bucks a year....which is a total LIE and still doesn't address the job losses it will create.

I thought Colbert was cool when he roasted Bush....but I officially hate that sellout now.

Wait - several smug people will soon show up to tell you that most people (including you) just don't understand Colbert's humor. Try to ignore them.

I gave up on both of them a while ago. I don't miss Stewart, because his mannerisms and schtick are wearing thin. The show is now resorting to including the "F" word several times a week. That's such a cheap ploy it shows you how weak their stylings are becoming. Colbert is a little more sarcastic which I like, but both of them are total party hacks.

Having said that, are you sure Colbert wasn't just making up a number out of thin air? The position you have him taking is out of his character. It would seem more likely for his neocon persona to claim it would cost $17 million per person.

Of course I haven't watched him for a while now.

[angelatc]

Jon stewart is better, but they are both quite funny.

If you have to agree with the politics of a joke to find it funny you won't be laughing much.

When the jokes are always one-sided, they are laughing at you.

Have you seen Stewart berating Obama for bombing a Pakistani funeral? I would suppose not.

[mediahasyou]

colbert, wonkette, and others are examples that explain that the only argument the statist left has left is to make fun of the opposition.

[Bossobass]

I've been reading the ACES Bill for days without putting a dent in it.

Mandatory home inspections.

Heavy fines for non-compliance. If you refuse the home 'invasion', it's $1,000.00.

Authorizes USAID (Agency for International Development) to dictate environmental policy to "developing nations", which basically means they can stop those nations from ever developing at all.

Brokering pollution rights means pollution will not decrease, a few will get rich while stealing resources from one country and giving them to another country and WE will pay for it all.

We're spending 100s of billions in Afghanistan to build a pipeline from the Caspian Sea Basin. What does the ACES Bill say about that?

Colbert has no clue what the 1,200 page ACES Bill says. Nor did ANY Congress Puke who voted for it. His job is to condense the Bill into a few jokes full of propaganda BS for the stupid masses to get it passed through the Senate.

He should be jailed for pretending to speak with any authority about its contents on TV without the disclaimer that he has not read the Bill and has no idea of its content.

The simple bottom line? TV is shit. There's NOTHING of value on that dolt box. Disconnect the umbilical cord now and regain your ability to think logically.

Bosso

[satchelmcqueen]

yep colbert is a douchebag. his show and stewarts went from making fun of the stupidity of government to now supporting it it seems. i dont watch them much anymore unless im bored.

[Bodhi]

He is just a comedian making a living, I did enjoy his Bush roast.

YouTube - Colbert roasts Bush (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSE_saVX_2A)

[emazur]

yep colbert is a douchebag. his show and stewarts went from making fun of the stupidity of government to now supporting it it seems. i dont watch them much anymore unless im bored.

I only occasionally watch Colbert, but Stewart does take on Obama:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=231571&title=cheney-predacted

That wasn't the first time either, and I'm sure it won't be the last as America continues to deteriorate

[JamesButabi]

Since I have become much more informed in the past 4 years the shows have lost alot of appeal. The worst part of these shows, is that people take what they say as fact. Might as well be another arm of the propoganda machine we have to work against.

[ctiger2]

I don't think a lot of people who complain about Colbert "get" his humor. You people need to look up the words: satire, irony & sarcasm. Colbert is hilariously brilliant.

[haaaylee]

When the jokes are always one-sided, they are laughing at you.

Have you seen Stewart berating Obama for bombing a Pakistani funeral? I would suppose not.

I watched Stewart the other night when he had a guy on supporting the free market (mostly) and he wasn't a dick at all, he even said something about not wanting to go to socialism -- and there was no laughing.

[Natalie]

Since I have become much more informed in the past 4 years the shows have lost alot of appeal. The worst part of these shows, is that people take what they say as fact. Might as well be another arm of the propoganda machine we have to work against.


I agree! I used to LOVE the Daily Show and the Colbert Report. Now I can't even watch it.

[dantheman]

Learn to pick your battles. How many shows actually give us news? Of course they have a leftist bias. It's Hollywood. But they actually say Obama is just lime bush. But y'all would rather alienate people instead of making allies in this fight. Chill out.

[federalistnp]

I don't think a lot of people who complain about Colbert "get" his humor. You people need to look up the words: satire, irony & sarcasm. Colbert is hilariously brilliant.

I would believe him more centrist if Colbert's wit were given in equal proportions to the top Left leaders, but that is not the case. His show and Stewart's spends a disproportionate amount of time lambasting all things associated with anyone in the right side of the spectrum: individual liberty, general conservatism, Ayn Rand, patriotism.


The Rand Illusion:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/12/stephen-colbert-loves-ayn_n_174204.html

Show me something this blatantly skewed concerning Democratic icons and I will be more inclined to believe that his satire is universally genuine and not merely a satire aimed at ridiculing talk news shows on Fox.

[ChaosControl]

I used to kind of like them, but I found it too one-sided. They are clearly far left totalitarian types. Occasionally the shows are interesting, but not really worth devoting a full half hour of my time to see.

[ctiger2]

Learn to pick your battles. How many shows actually give us news? Of course they have a leftist bias. It's Hollywood. But they actually say Obama is just lime bush. But y'all would rather alienate people instead of making allies in this fight. Chill out.

I think the problem is most people don't understand that The Colbert Report is a political comedy show making light of the hypocrisy of politics & politicians by satirizing "real" news programs. Try this, the next time you watch The Colbert Report, think that Steven actually means the opposite of everything he's saying. Some people don't understand or like sarcasm & irony so they're just not gonna like the show. He also does devils advocate debates a lot when interviewing guests. Challenging the interviewee can make for a better interview. The show has phenomenal writers and Steven is just fantastic at delivering this kind of humor.

[kojirodensetsu]

The whole point behind Colbert's character is to make fun of republicans. So of course he's going to appear to be a leftist.

[ctiger2]

This one's hilarious:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/149062/january-31-2008/ron-paul-sounds-alarm

[Brian4Liberty]

Colbert and Stewart have both taken great pleasure in the downfall of Mark Sanford (and keep mentioning it). They really want to bury the guy. It's obvious that the MSM had a strong agenda against Sanford. This was far more than an obscure governor who had an affair. They hated him, and I suppose it's because they are all a bunch of big government socialists (even the "conservatives"). Was it Colbert who made the joke about how "double white" Sanford is (in their opinion)? I don't want to start any race talk, but their hatred of Sanford seems to have racial/religious undertones (i.e. get the WASP).

[ctiger2]

Colbert definitely doesn't hate Sanford:

March 16, 2009: Better Know a Governor - Mark Sanford (http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/221838/march-16-2009/better-know-a-governor---mark-sanford)

[dantheman]

Colbert did do a sketch where he said he liked Obama now because his policies are so similar to Bush's. He's keeping the wire tappings, he's keeping us in Iraq, etc. Stewart just the other week showed how Obama is not having a "transparent" government even though he promised all throughout the campaign that he would give us a more open government. So why the hostility then? These are comedians and y'all treat them like Rush and Hannity sometimes.

[Sandman33]

He is just a comedian making a living, I did enjoy his Bush roast.

YouTube - Colbert roasts Bush (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSE_saVX_2A)

Thats exactly what I thought when I saw this clip too. His rant on bush there was awesome and I had a lot of respect for him.

But afterwards I'd swear the Elite got ahold of him and he's playing ball for them now.

What I saw last night literally enraged me. I was actually fipping off and cursing at my tv.

And he's NOT just a comedian because most of young America watches him. He and Jon Stewart are really the only political aspects that young America watches...and they're rolling right along the train tracks to Zionism.

[Sandman33]

I think the problem is most people don't understand that The Colbert Report is a political comedy show making light of the hypocrisy of politics & politicians by satirizing "real" news programs. Try this, the next time you watch The Colbert Report, think that Steven actually means the opposite of everything he's saying. Some people don't understand or like sarcasm & irony so they're just not gonna like the show. He also does devils advocate debates a lot when interviewing guests. Challenging the interviewee can make for a better interview. The show has phenomenal writers and Steven is just fantastic at delivering this kind of humor.

Oh believe me I understand his sarcasm. And last night he went out of his way to make republicans look like crazies for stating the truth about this horrible bill.

Here's the show. Watch it at 4:30 in.

http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=232647

[yaz]

Colbert has been great to Dr. Paul

[yaz]

Oh believe me I understand his sarcasm. And last night he went out of his way to make republicans look like crazies for stating the truth about this horrible bill.

Here's the show. Watch it at 4:30 in.

http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=232647

Republicans are crazy though?

[libertarian4321]

Hmm, I seem to remember Colbert having Ron Paul on his show, and giving him a very good interview (as well as giving him the "Colbert bump").

Do we really need to hate everyone who doesn't agree with us all the time?

[libertarian4321]

Colbert and Stewart have both taken great pleasure in the downfall of Mark Sanford (and keep mentioning it). They really want to bury the guy. It's obvious that the MSM had a strong agenda against Sanford. This was far more than an obscure governor who had an affair. They hated him, and I suppose it's because they are all a bunch of big government socialists

Or maybe, just maybe, they are making fun of Sanford because Sanford is making his governorship a laughable political soap opera? I can't remember the last time I saw a public figure imploded like Sanford has (and believe me, if it wasn't for Michael Jackson dying, he would have been on the political shows 24-7).

The guy disappears for days without telling anyone, comes back and makes a rambling speech about how he had zipped off to Argentina for a last bang with his mistress (along with a lot of crying, apparently), then goes on and on about how his Argentine mistress is his soulmate, but he's trying to fall back in love with his wife, and how he's had a number of inappropriate contacts with other women, but apparently didn't go all the way with them, and that he's going to reimburse the state for his misappropriation of the aircraft and how he and a religious official met with the mistress in New York earlier this year to break it off, but he couldn't and... well you get the idea. The guy is a complete mess.

C'mon, do you really thing ANY comedian with a fake news show, regardless of his politics wouldn't take a shot at that mess? That's about as realistic as throwing raw meat in front of a wolf and expecting it to not feed...

[V-rod]

I gave up on both of them a while ago. I don't miss Stewart, because his mannerisms and schtick are wearing thin. The show is now resorting to including the "F" word several times a week. That's such a cheap ploy it shows you how weak their stylings are becoming.



I noticed that too at end of last year.

"hey Cheney, **** you" "hey auto czar, **** you" "Hey newfakeoutrage, **** you".



Yes Jon, that's REAL EDGY. :rolleyes:

It is only funny when it is said rarely and with the right comedic situation.

[Brian4Liberty]

Someone explain this episode of Colbert. Watch the first segment starting at about 3:50. He starts to introduce race (says that previous census was manipulated in favor of whites), takes a jab at Thomas Jefferson, and then calls Mark Sanford "double white". What does that even mean?

http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=232255

[Brian4Liberty]

Colbert definitely doesn't hate Sanford:

March 16, 2009: Better Know a Governor - Mark Sanford (http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/221838/march-16-2009/better-know-a-governor---mark-sanford)

I had forgotten that Colbert was also from SC.

I don't think that Colbert is completely positive on Sanford. And I said that Colbert (and/or his writers) seemed to be going after Sanford with an evil "WASP" slant. The clip you just referenced, which came before the scandal, has Colbert taking a dig at Sanford for being a Protestant. Probably just a coincidence...