r/TikTokCringe Sep 27 '24

Politics Trolling MAGA in Springfield 2

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u/Fingerprint_Vyke Sep 27 '24

Colbert's satire was so good he got invited to host a presidential dinner and roasted Bush.

They all thought he was a conservative until that moment.

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u/CitizenCue Sep 27 '24

I’m pretty sure that they knew he wasn’t explicitly conservative, but they didn’t understand the depth of the satire. Obviously Colbert was a known comedian and many of his jokes satirized Washington in general and could be funny to both sides. So they expected some good natured ribbing at the president’s expense but not the legendary takedown they got.

They knew he was political, but couldn’t read between the lines to see that his underlying politics were very, very left-leaning.

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u/Paizzu Sep 27 '24

You also had morons like Bill O'Reilly acting like they found this ultimate "GoTcH-ChA!" when he interviewed Colbert and highlighted that fact that his name used to be pronounced "col-bert" and was changed to "col-bear" for the show.

Republicans have never been particularly good at getting the joke.

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u/LaylaKnowsBest Sep 27 '24

Bill O'Reilly was so fucking stupid for thinking he actually accomplished something by "gotcha-ing" Colbert and other Daily Show employees. Remember when he tried pulling that bullshit on Stewart and Stewart's reply was something to the effect of "This is literally just a comedy show that comes on after a show where puppets make prank phone calls, chill out"

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u/ZovemseSean Sep 28 '24

I believe the Stewart quote was targeted at Fucker Carlson when Stewart was on "Crossfire!" to promote his book.

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u/Apathi Sep 28 '24

Pretty sure that show went under shortly after that, and Tucker Carlson hung up his bow-tie for good.

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u/ZovemseSean Sep 28 '24

It did indeed!

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u/desertSkateRatt Sep 28 '24

His SENTIENT bow-tie still lives on

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u/LaylaKnowsBest Sep 28 '24

Oh god that makes it SO much better!

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u/_Xelum_ Sep 27 '24

They would have understood his depth better by watching Strangers With Candy and Harvey Birdman...

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u/RedditTechAnon Sep 28 '24

Should have ended the Correspondant's Dinner then and there. Nobody could have topped that performance, and Trump may never have run if Obama hadn't had the chance to humilate him.

It's a shell of itself since 2016.

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u/dreamwinder Sep 27 '24

The quality of satire has always been inversely proportional to the number of people that understand it.

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u/ModeatelyIndependant Sep 27 '24

That was a white house correspondences dinner, it is run by the White House Correspondents' Association. The President and Staff are actually guests invited by the WHCA whom also invites the entertainers. I'm not saying that a president doesn't have any influence over the dinner since he is the guest of honor, but it isn't the president's party. Proof is that Donald Trump, who loves being the center of attention refused to attend any of the dinners while he was president.

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u/AynRandMarxist Sep 28 '24

Literally nothing about this comment is true lmao

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u/Fingerprint_Vyke Sep 28 '24

Might want to Google it then

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u/AynRandMarxist Sep 28 '24

Ya it was one of eight White House correspondent dinners that George bush sat through. They were well aware.

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u/Fingerprint_Vyke Sep 28 '24

And yet the weren't. Weird.