Stephen Colbert Is My Idol

Stephen Colbert's wonderfully sarcastic and cynical roasting of both the Bush Administration and the so-called "liberal" Media was, in one word, Awesome. Cynicism and Sarcasm don't work in a vaccuum. They only work when the subject is true.

The entire performance was dripping with sweet cynical sarcasm.

"I stand by this man. I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message, that no matter what happens to America, she will always rebound with the most powerfully staged photo ops in the world."

And he let the media have it too. They were not amused. I think he hit too close to home.

"Here's how it works. The President makes decisions, he's the decider. The Press Secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Put them through a spell check and go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration. You know, fiction."

Cynical Sarcasm abounded! It was quite a spectacle.

"So the White House has personnel changes. Then you write they're just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. First of all, that is a terrible metaphor. This administration is not sinking. This administration is soaring. If anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg."

- Demosthenese