Video: When Stephen Colbert Verbally Destroyed George W. Bush

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Stephen Colbert’s incredibly successful spin off of The Daily Show, aptly titled “The Colbert Report”, is, sadly ending it’s run after almost a decade.

But, he is leaving for an even greater step up – he has been picked as the new host of “The Late Show”, filling the shoes David Lettermen is leaving behind.

One shining moment of Colbert’s career to many, however, is from when he somehow got himself into The White House Correspondents dinner and roasted George Bush to the point of absolute humiliation – and got away with it – some say gracefully and with elegance.

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The Independent UK says in an article titled “Remembering when Stephen Colbert destroyed George W Bush” [1], they explain:

[W]hat better time to remember the moment when Colbert, under the guise of his conservative pundit parody namesake, was invited to provide what was meant to be a gentle roast of the most powerful man on Earth in 2006.

Standing just a few feet from an increasingly uncomfortable George W Bush, who was wondering just whose fault it was to have invited Colbert to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, he completely tore apart the US president and his record in office up until that point.

Watching the video back it’s immediately apparent how badly the 21-minute set (including a more gentle video presentation) went down in the room, but also how incredibly brave the real Colbert was in not just making fun of the president – that was expected of him – but savaging him and his time in the White House.

If you have the time to spare it is well worth your time to watch the whole thing. And if you’ve never heard of or seen the speech, then it’s practically compulsory viewing.

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[1] Remembering when Stephen Colbert destroyed George W Bush