I never thought I could feel sorry for George, but that was before I saw this:
Colbert at White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner
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or try:
http://Thank You Stephen Colbert
I bet the person who booked him is looking for a new job, but at least the rest of us were treated to one of the great comedy moments in recent history. Now I must go and begin my campaign to get Mr. Colbert to come to Canada to have a word with some of our politicians…
In other speaking “truthiness” to power news, I recently overheard the following at the photocopy place:
Customer: “I only wanted one copy of that poster. Why did you make two?”
Clerk: “Hello, I’m a nineteen year-old working in a photocopy centre. What do you expect?”
Heh. I think that girl should send a resume to Stewart and Colbert.