Isn't the White House Correspondance Dinner actually a roast?

[mdmc]

Colbert was great at making fun / roasting the GOP and shrubby.:toast:

[NYCGirl]

1. Yes, it always is. Here's a link to a WHCD speech from Al Franken —

he did it the year after Imus.

http://www.alfrankenweb.com/whcd.html

[mdmc]

2. Colbert was great. I lol very much

hey - were you in the street yesterday?



ps-thanks for the link

[NYCGirl]

3. I was at the march for a while, and I live a couple of blocks from

Union Square, so I was there, too.

[mdmc]

6. cool-i-o

i got to meet meganmonkey there!

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[NYCGirl]

8. No footage, but a transcript — courtesy of a Wonkette link:

http://imonthe.net/imus/ispeech.htm

http://www.wonkette.com/politics/white-house-press-corps/

[wtmusic]

4. When thousands of people are dying

the humor turns black and it's not funny any more. Colbert made the segue with brilliance and élan. :thumbsup:

[mdmc]

7. agreed