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Then he [Stephen Colbert] turned to the president of the United States, who sat tight-lipped just a few feet away. "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."
Found on Cursor.org.
Anyone who didn't see the skewering described above can watch it here (well worth it):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcIRXur61II
UPDATE:
It appears the mainstream media (including of course our "paper of record," the NYTimes) totally blacked-out any coverage of Stephen Colbert's brilliant performance above.
Also, from Cursor.org, here is a Media Matters article about this self-censorship. http://mediamatters.org/items/printable/200605010005
SIRATYST (Stuff I Read and Thought You Should Too) “Either the triumph of imperialism and the destruction of all culture, and, as in ancient Rome, depopulation, desolation, degeneration, a vast cemetery; OR, the VICTORY OF SOCIALISM, that is, the conscious struggle of the international proletariat against imperialism.” Rosa Luxemburg
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