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Which brings me to tonight's EDWORDS
Well, if you're a fan of Stephen Colbert and/or Hillary Clinton and/or Barack Obama AND/OR John "Have I mentioned that my father worked in a mill" Edwards, then you were in for a real treat tonight. All three of them made appearances on tonight's Colbert Report. WARNING: There be spoilers ahead. Arr.
Hillary was on first and she showed up just in time with a much needed assist on some technical difficulties. As she left, she let Colbert know that he can call her if he has any additional problems, even at 3AM.
Obama was on last via satellite and all of you who are still driving the porcelain bus and saturating the Recommended list with discontent will be happy to know that he put unnecessary political distractions on Notice. I'm certain that this will help in the future. (I'll say even as a supporter of Senator Obama that he probably garnered the least laughs of the three.)
The highlight of the evening was easily when John Edwards showed up to bring us The Word, with one vital twist: Tonight it was the Edwords. I won't spoil it all for you, but I will say that he hinted at exactly what it's going to take to earn his endorsement and it may or may not have something to do with recreational watercraft.
I also have to give it up to Colbert for keeping it Even Stevphen by having on two Clinton and two Obama supporters during his four nights shooting on location in Philadelphia. It's funny that often Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are both more balanced and more informative that the so-called news media. Not to mention a hell of a lot more entertaining.
It was a great way to close the book on Thursday. Happy Friday, everyone.
Comments (9)
I liked John Edwords sense of humor.
April 18, 2008 4:07 AM | Reply | Permalink
I honestly thought he was pretty damned funny. Not to mention a really good sport.
April 18, 2008 4:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
I'll have to watch it later. You KNOW I'm an Edwards fan.
Recreational Watercraft? hmmm. Intriguing.
It was written up in the NY Times, too.
Looks like it was actually pretty funny.
Pity Colbert didn't make it on the ballot.
:)
April 18, 2008 4:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
I have a feeling that you're really going to like it. It was a lot of fun.
April 18, 2008 4:25 AM | Reply | Permalink
Here's the EdWords clip (towards the bottom of the page):
http://theendofthought.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/stephen-colbert-clinton-edwards-obama/
April 18, 2008 6:03 AM | Reply | Permalink
Best line (out of many, many hilarious lines):
Edwards: "We can end poverty in 30 years..."
EdWORDS: ["Bush Ended Middle Class in 8."]
April 18, 2008 6:12 AM | Reply | Permalink
April 18, 2008 4:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
>"I also have to give it up to Colbert for keeping it Even Stephen by having on two Clinton and two Obama supporters during his four nights shooting on location in Philadelphia. It's funny that often Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are both more balanced and more informative that the so-called news media. Not to mention a hell of a lot more entertaining."
I agree. And it sometimes makes me sad/
America's most trusted source for fair and informative coverage of news on television, and interestingly intelligent interviews comes from two half hour comedy shows. Two comedians, who made it their mission to mock our news, now shoulder the responsibility as the only men who give us anything that resembles real news.
April 18, 2008 8:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, MSM tries to be balanced. They are now trying to give the Pope equal coverage to Reverend Wright.
April 18, 2008 9:45 AM | Reply | Permalink
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