Aide Says Colbert's Skit had the President ready to blow

May 2, 2006

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[Zepps_News] Aide Says Colbert's Skit had the President

" ready to blow "

Bush Aide Says Colbert's Skit had the President " ready to blow "

Paul Bedard, U.S. News and World Report, May 1, 2006

Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert's biting routine at the White

House Correspondents Association dinner won a rare silent protest from

Bush aides and supporters Saturday when several independently left

before he finished.

" Colbert crossed the line, " said one top Bush aide, who rushed out of

the hotel as soon as Colbert finished. Another said that the president

was visibly angered by the sharp lines that kept coming.

" I've been there before, and I can see that he is [angry], " said a

former top aide. " He's got that look that he's ready to blow. "

Colbert's routine was similar to what he does on his show, the Colbert

Report, but much longer on the topic of Bush, suggesting that the

president is out of touch with reality. Aides and reporters, however,

said that it did not overshadow Bush's own funny routine, which

featured an impersonator who told the audience what Bush was thinking

when he spoke dull speech lines.

In fact, some aides crowed over reports that the president easily

bested Colbert in the reviews of both comedy acts.

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talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court

order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about

chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order

before we do so "

-George W. Bush, April 20, 2004

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