Call us old fashioned, but this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner made us nostalgic for 2006. Craig Furgeson delivered some OK funny lines, telling Bush “You could look for a job with
more vacation time” and saying Cheney “is already moving out of his
residence. It takes longer than you think to pack up an entire dungeon.” But it was nothing like the night when
Steven Colbert changed WHCD history by roasting the *&^$ out of
Bush and the press. So for old time's sake, let us wax poetic with the
top 10 most brilliant moments from Steven Colbert's WHCD speech:
- By the way, before I get started, if anybody needs anything else at
their tables, just speak slowly and clearly into your table numbers.
Someone from the NSA will be right over with a cocktail.
- 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.
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