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'Hidden From the American People,' GOP Moves to Give Trump Unchecked Trade War Powers
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FTFY.
He should bring back the character and try something like this again.
Stephen Colbert was a conservative and the democratic party offered him a late night show to switch parties.
…what…?
Did you not ever watch The Cobert Report?
Wait - do you think he’s being serious in Colbert? You realize that’s a bit, right? It’s not his serious beliefs. The entire show is satire.
Why are you treating me like an idiot?
Of course he was serious it was Comedy Central’s attempt to balance Jon Stewart’s liberal show.
I’m genuinely confused. Not trying to treat you like an idiot. Yes, he was the “conservative counterpoint” to Stewart, but his character - and the entire show - is an exercise in reductio ad absurdum of American conservatism.
I’m not sure if you’re being coy and contrarian, or if you’ve simply never actually seen it. Because if you’ve seen it, it’s fairly apparent that it’s making fun of conservatives. And it’s made even better by the fact that a lot of conservatives didn’t understand that - including W Bush. That speech he gave at the press correspondents dinner in ‘06 EXCORIATED the Bush administration, and they were NOT stoked about it. (E3: and to be clear, they thought he was going to cheerlead the bush admin right up until he got a couple sentences into his routine. Seriously, you should watch it. It’s quite good.)
Edit: I’m gonna go with “my sarcasm detector is broken” 😅
E2: I am now less concerned that my sarcasm detector is broken. I’m also far less confident that you’ve actually watched anything more than short clips of Colbert Report.
Do you think this book is satire?
Looks like it, yeah.
Yes. It is absolutely, 100% satire. I am completely and entirely serious, and am genuinely not being sarcastic. Have you even seen one of the self-promos he did for the book on his show? It’s like… he’s making fun of himself. It’s entirely a joke.
I’m honestly curious if you’ve ever actually watched or read any of the “damning” content that you’re trying to debate with here.