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I'll add an "intro" to the OP.....
Two observations....
It was supposed to be "comedy" by Comedy Central's Steve Colbert, but there wasn't much laughter....or applause from the 2700 in attendance. At the end, Bush and Laura got right up to leave, with only a "nod" to Colbert, who delivered his keynote, "entertainment", from the other end of the table that they were also seated at.
At a recent annual Press Club dinner, Bush engaged in a skit where he pretended to search for the missing, infamous WMD, under his desk. Things aren't so funny anymore. Cobert's performance could be considered to be in "bad taste", but he has no control over the myriad of issues that are available to lampoon....Bush created those...and Bush "opened the door", with his own prior participation in the "find the WMD skit"
Colbert covered it all....the Plame leak, Bush's dismal approval ratings, Helen Thomas's recent "question" as to why Bush attacked Iraq in a war of choice that killed thousands, the climate of corruption in Washington, Katrina, the Jeff Gannon, gay escort posing as press corps member scandal, Fox news bias, the attempt to repackage this presidency via hiring Fox's Tony Snow, and Bush's reputation for aversion to recognizing and facing actual problems, global warming, etc. There's a lot there....Colbert touched on all of it with irony, humor, and sarcasm...but it wasn't "great fun". He seemed like the emcee at a funeral.
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