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It’s Called Irony
05 2nd, 2006
05 2nd, 2006
I guess it’s all over the internet by now, but Stephen Colbert’s routine at the Washington Correspondent’s dinner was spot on. Ridicule for the president, irony for the media, nothing but sarcasm for what we’ve become – no wonder hardly anybody laughed. He held up a mirror and all the sycophants gazed upon their reflection.
Watch his opening monologue here.
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