Now that Stephen Colbert has thrown his metaphorical hat into the presidential ring, I think it’s time to revisit Colbert’s most famous moment.
No, not inventing the word “truthiness”. I’m talking about his speech in front of the president and press in which he speaks his character’s mind and gets to some truths as only an idiot can. Terry Gross of NPR described it as courageous. I would prefer to call it honest. Despite all the timely jokes, I think this is a speech that will age well over time, as a man, a comedian, brilliantly challenges the president, the press, and the establishment over their hypocrisy and stupidity, and does it to their face.
People called him rude for speaking the ugly truth at this social event. But if one cannot rudely speak the truth when the issue is life and death, you have no business holding any public trust. Perhaps this is why Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are trusted in a way that few others are. They speak the truth, rudely and leavened with humor. Here’s Colbert:
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