Desperate for Supporters, DeLay Turns to Stephen Colbert

[kpete]

Desperate for Supporters, DeLay Turns to Stephen Colbert



A good sign that Tom DeLay doesn’t have the facts on his side: the top source for his latest defense against his critics is Stephen Colbert.

This morning, DeLay’s legal defense fund sent out a mass email criticizing the movie “The Big Buy: Tom DeLay’s Stolen Congress,” by “Outfoxed” creator Robert Greenwald.

The email features a “one-pager on the truth behind Liberal Hollywood’s the Big Buy,” and the lead item is Colbert’s interview with Greenwald on Comedy Central (where Colbert plays a faux-conservative, O’Reilly-esque character). The headline of the “fact sheet”:



DeLay thinks Colbert is so persuasive, he’s now featuring the full video of the interview at the top of the legal fund’s website. And why not? According to the email, Greenwald “crashed and burned” under the pressure of Colbert’s hard-hitting questions, like “Who hates America more, you or Michael Moore?”

more at:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/delay-colbert/

[CatWoman]

1. heh

what a maroon :D

[peekaloo]

2. I have to go change my panties now.

:rofl:

[Hardrada]

89. Similar reaction here!

Those people are unbelievably imbecilic. That's why there are so many RW guests on the Colbert Report. Because they don't "get it."

[reichstag911]

104. Can you send the old ones...

...to me? My address is:

Bill O'Reilly
c/o Faux News Network
Bullshit & Horsepucky
New York, NY 10019

Thanks so much, and perhaps I'll send you a gently-used loofah to reciprocate.

:hide:

[peekaloo]

115. Just give me a call O'Huge One and I'll describe them for ya.

}(

:phonesexsmilie:

[reichstag911]

120. Vixen!

Harlot! Strumpet! Woman of easy virtue!

Uh, OK, my number's 212.lil.dick; that's 212.545.3425.

[RedStateShame]

3. How ironic

Republicans can't tell a comedy when they see one, and their supporters can't tell a tragedy when they see one.

[Julius Civitatus]

44. Republicans are really IRONY-IMPAIRED

:rofl:

[htuttle]

4. LOL! Delay is so full of 'Truthiness' I can smell him from here!

:rofl: :rofl:

[QuettaKid]

5. oh god. . . .please say you're joking. nt.

.

[The Deacon]

15. Checked the website

These Dittoheads really ARE playing the clip as though Colbert was defending the Bug Man...who'd a thunk it?

[Avalux]

6. OMG - are DeLay and his people really that stupid?

They don't know the joke's on them? Sweet! :rofl:

[IChing]

23. No. they think Delay's supporters are that stupid

and they are.:rofl:

[Jacobin]

49. yep.

they are playing to a dense and uninformed crowd and in that respect, the Colbert thing will actually help DeLay ('wait, isn't that French?') to the extent that is possible

[Chimichurri]

58. Sadly, this is true.

[Boojatta]

59. Touché !!! e.o.m.

[Dunvegan]

7. Oh, Yeah...I loves me some Stephen Colbert!

Oh, Tom...

[Wetzelbill]

8. wow, that is too funny

:)

[gratuitous]

12. Not, it's not funny at all

Don't you read the right media mouthpieces??? Stephen Colbert is not funny, and his little comedy stylings are just shrill and tasteless.

That is, if you're the target.

Hee, hee, hee.

[Wetzelbill]

18. speaking of people who hate America...

:)

[NJ_Lib]

9. C'mon, are you effing with me...? This is just too good...

... Stephen, I hope you're having a great time on vacation but you must hurry back, too much is happening and we need you...

[Mandate My Ass]

20. Oh no

What a time to be away. This is balls-alicious. :rofl:

[Roland99]

81. Comedic gold, isn't it??

[bunny planet]

10. too mucking fuch.

Looks like Drunky McPukeshoes got Colbert'd.

[Dunvegan]

13. Thank you, Bunny. Beautiful turn of phrase, that.

[Dunvegan]

11. Here's DeLay's Defense Fund Page-Replete With Colbert Video

http://www.defenddelay.com/site/c.fuIWLhMTJrE/b.1084881/k.BE08/Home.htm

[Avalux]

16. You know what though?

Watching that, if I was a DeLay supporter, I wouldn't be smart enough to understand Colbert's satire, so might think he's sincere. :scared:

[tanyev]

25. SPEND TOM DELAY'S MONEY!

Go watch the clip on his site.

Thanks, Tom! I don't have cable, so I don't get to see too much of the Colbert Report.

[Avalux]

28. I can't get it to load - lol!

I can hear it, but no video. Way to use that bandwidth! :rofl:

[Kolesar]

94. You can to to Comedy Central's website "The Mother Load" &download clips

Huge numbers of clips. www.comedycentral.com

[Ladyhawk]

110. You can stream clips from Comedy Central's site

http://www.comedycentral.com

That's where I get my daily dose of Colbert...better late than never.

[Mojambo]

14. Okay, it's good satire, but come on!

Republicans are fucking stupid!

[TechBear_Seattle]

17. The neo-cons don't know satire when it bites them square on the ass

And here, for all the world to see, is the proof. "Idiot" doesn't even begin to describe Delay and his kind.

[NJ_Lib]

30. My God, it just occured to me... Maybe they do know but...

... they're just effing with us, right? They couldn't be such complete and utter morons...

[Dunvegan]

35. Perhaps...perhaps you're right...ummm....Naaaaah!

Nope. Dumb as an ass-full of kindey stones.

[Dunvegan]

19. Starting DU Pool: How Long Before They "Get It" and Change the Page?

My money is on June 11th...

.

.

.

.

2009

[htuttle]

47. It could be quite awhile -- they're not really "It Getters".

[Laurab]

84. If enough Freepers who read DU email them

MAYBE they'll figure it out sooner. The flaw to that theory is that the freepers would actually have to "get it", too, which could be a problem.

Stephen must be kicking himself, being on vacation while that's on there - I hope it's still up when he gets back! I miss him & Jon already.

[blogslut]

21. hee

"Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."

:)

[verse18]

22. This takes a special kind of stupid.nt

[Mandate My Ass]

27. LOL

That's a great way of putting it! :rofl:

[wicket]

24. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

*gasp* Must...get....air..... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[TheFriedPiper]

26. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

And furthermore:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

and

HA!

[NanceGreggs]

29. This is too delicious!

Maybe they'll have a big fundraiser and invite Stephen to be the host! Wouldn't you just LOVE to hear him give DeLay the same 'treatment' he gave the BushBaby?

:rofl:

[BuyingThyme]

31. I don't understand. Do I?

[peekaloo]

32. Next will be a call in to the law firm of Crane, Pool & Schmidt.

:rofl:

[RedStateShame]

37. Followed by an endorsement

of Art Vandelay of Vandelay Industries.

[peekaloo]

53. wheeeeeeeeeeeeee.............

Quick Lassie go fetch help, Hot Tub Tommy is in trouble!

[oxbow]

33. Does Colbert know about this?

Either it wasn't a very funny interview, or these guys are inhumanly dense

[tanyev]

40. Wouldn't Delay have to get permission from them to use the clip?

Bet they're still laughing about it.

[NJ_Lib]

45. He's on vacation this week...

... Damnittttt..........

[Hekate]

91. Does Keith Olbermann know about this?! This IS a joke, right?

:wow: :rofl: :wow: :rofl: :wow: :rofl: :wow: :rofl:

Hekate

[progressoid]

34. Hammer-time!

What a bunch of buffoons.

[Dunvegan]

36. Slammer-Time!

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

38. priceless. Not only are they humor-impaired, they're so out of the loop..

they didin't get the talking points about attacking Colbert. Instead, they love him. I'm getting teary.

[Spazito]

39. LOL! This is delicious!

Just think, Colbert is going to get a whole new subset of viewers who will be listening to slams on their guys and not even realize it.

:rofl:

[FatDave]

82. That would so rule...

Like the republican version of people who believe the Weekly World News, only better because they don't know they're being mocked.

[wryter2000]

41. Oh my effing God

Can they really be that stupid? Reeeeeeely? :rofl:

[stepnw1f]

42. Jezzzus... That's Too Funny (nt)

[Flubadubya]

43. Dumbass Delay...

what can I say?

[TheFriedPiper]

46. I just had to say it again:

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
AHAHHAHAAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
AHAHAH
HA
AH
AH
AH
AH
AHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!



We knew Republicans were gullible with all their religious crap, but GEEZ, this is even stupider than that!!!!

[berni_mccoy]

48. WOW! REPUKES ARE SOOOOOO DUMB that

They couldn't smell the irony if it were a bag of bull-shit hanging in front of their faces!

:rofl:

[slay]

60. I'm still laughing.. Colbert is totally mocking them and they still don't

get it. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Gregorian]

50. How can they be duped with a last line like that?

But they ARE duped. He's doing such a good job, they don't realize it. I believe William Krystol literally thought Colbert was on his side, when he was interviewed. But it wasn't until I saw this on DeLay's website that I realized they don't get it.


Haha. This is the first real laugh I've had in a long time.

[ContraBass Black]

51. I didn't believe it until I saw it.

Somebody screen cap that before it gets disappeared.

[arikara]

52. That is surreal! Series!!!1111

LOL LOL

K&R!

[suffragette]

54. This is hilarious

:spray:

I wonder how long before they find out their error and Delay takes off his rug to take a whack at whoever decided to put this up on the website.

[opihimoimoi]

55. Desperation leads to massive fuckups and deadends...

Tom, like Bush, are 2 examples of this.

The more they open their mouths, the more a fuckup is on the way...

I love it...

[reichstag911]

56. My email to DefendDeLay.com...

...c/o [e-mail] which, sadly enough, bounced, so I wonder at the legitimacy of the page:

Brent,
Are you Republicans so clueless that you don't realize that
Colbert's persona is meant to mock your pundit heroes on the right? Did
none of you learn from his presentation at the White House
Correspondents' Association dinner? Can you learn?
I must thank you, though, for providing me proof of Republican
intellectual inferiority. It will be useful for future debates with
your Republican-voting sheeple who claim they're not stupid while
simultaneously decrying the left's intellectual "elitism." It's a good thing
for y'all that the Supreme Court put a stop to the executions of the
mentally retarded in Texas, isn't it?
ROFLMAO!
Ron

[diamondsndust]

61. "c/o [e-mail] which, sadly enough, bounced,

so I wonder at the legitimacy of the page:"..

Your email could have bounced because the address is set to an autoresponder that only sends out, but doesn't receive emails. I wouldn't base the authenticity of the site on a bounced email.

BTW, I'm not trying to put you down, just giving you some info...

PEACE!

[reichstag911]

103. But I didn't reply to an email I received,...

...I emailed the address on the contact page, so it should receive.

[tanyev]

62. Brent Perry is the attorney who administers the trust fund.

Brent C. Perry, a Houston lawyer who runs the defense fund, known formally as the Tom DeLay Legal Expense Trust, said in an interview that donations continued to flow in this year, despite recent unflattering publicity for Mr. DeLay as a result of the criminal investigation in Texas and continuing attacks on his fundraising activities from Congressional Democrats and campaign-finance watchdog groups. Mr. Perry said he was convinced the fund would have no trouble raising the money needed to pay Mr. DeLay's legal bills.

"There's tremendous support for helping Mr. DeLay pay these bills," he said. "So far we haven't encountered any reluctance."

He suggested that the publicity over Mr. DeLay's legal troubles might actually help in raising money. "Certainly, knowing the need exists doesn't hurt," he said.

http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37/9599

[Laurab]

86. I did a test email - it bounced too I don't know if it's legitimate or not

but just in case it is, DON'T tell the freepers!!! I want that to stay up until Stephen Colbert is back from vacation.

[BrightKnight]

92. Reminds me of the "Free John Gotti!" page

Free John Gotti! Free John Gotti!

http://www.geocities.com/imokproductions/freegottipage.html

Apparently they have been studying tactics from a master crook.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

57. here's another vote as if you need it

great OP!

[Cha]

63. delay hates America and

all of her Democratic Principles. delay is also criminally insane so who would listen to him but others of that ilk?

[SheepyMcSheepster]

64. this is too much

I can't believe it, crazy. Someone has no clue.

[Bossy Monkey]

65. K & R (and duped, hence the kick) n/t

[triakis36]

66. Why is DeLay asking for money and petitions...

How is that going to stop the fact that he broke a law and basically been behaving in a sneaky conniving way. He should pay for his own legal fees and leave the public out of it. He's used enough of our money anway..

I hope this site doesn't have a counter or something that pays DeLay for number of hits...

[NastyDiaper]

67. Irony is something dim wits should avoid..

..but let's keep that a secret :)

[Swamp Rat]

68. LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[laundry_queen]

69. HAHAHAHAHAHA

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
*deep breath*
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
ha
ha
*sigh*

You know, I've heard that a few of them didn't get it. It's been obvious with a few guests. But I didn't know how pervasive brainlessness was in the puke party.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[calimary]

83. They are manifestly the most brainless. The proof is in the Oval Office.

I mean - look who they put up as their "leader"?

[BrklynLiberal]

70. Are they really so stupid THEY believe it,or just think their constituency

is so stupid that they will think Colbert is NOT being sarcastic.

Guess none of them have the vaguest idea of what satire is.
What did they think happened at the White House Press Corps dinner? :silly:

[Faygo Kid]

71. It's still there on DeLay's site, 7 p.m. EDT on Tuesday

This is jaw-dropping. DeLay is as out of it as the DLC! Stephen Colbert, here is my message to you: I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!

http://www.alternet.org/images/managed/Story+Image_thumb_051006_story1.jpg

[bleever]

72. Alas, it appears to be gone now, 4:11 PDT.

The factinistas win again.

[annabanana]

73. I can still get it...

But there are clearly more "not it-getters" than I thought. It's really astounding, isn't it?

[bleever]

75. Thanks; you're right.

Talk about yer irony deficiencies!

[tanyev]

95. Still there for me, 7:16 a.m. Thurs., CDT

[robbedvoter]

74. Colbert'd!

[tandot]

76. OMG - They are so absolutely f*cking stupid - typical right-wingers

This is just too hilarious

:spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

77. Hmm I smell some more Colbert pieces on this in the near future...

[SlavesandBulldozers]

78. what an idiot.

Good God it's still there. wtf?

[gordontron]

79. kick and rated, lets get this on the front of the DU/nt

[Melissa G]

80. TOO FUNNY!!! Great find , kpete!

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

85. Freepers haven't figured it out yet

Anyone have posting priviledges over there?

Would be hilarious to post this there.

Or just send the info from Delay's webpage
to your republican representatives.

[WiseButAngrySara]

87. Unbelievably hilarious! I had the suspicion that the WH Press Dinner

invite was an accident...that someone really goofed, thinking that Colbert was 'one of them.' Anyone else have this suspicion revived? Is he still up at DeLay's site as of this hour?

Great laugh! Thanks kpete.

[MetaTrope]

90. We saw the same thing happen in the '70s

When ALL IN THE FAMILY hit the airwaves, Archie Bunker was tearfully embraced by conservative idjits everywhere (in a manly and totally non-sexual way of course).

[CAcyclist]

116. The guy that invited him and introduced him - earlier on the DVD

- I just received the DVD from C-Span and watched the whole thing - that guy, the AP correspondent, mentioned that one of the first things Bush said to him was that "he had a face for radio". I'll bet this was pay-back.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

88. I wonder if De Lay asked for the right to post the video

After all, CNN was making U Tube and Ifilms
pull the clip of the White House Correspondent Dinner.

C-Span Asks Web Sites to Pull Colbert Clip
AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/8/06 | Natasha T. Metzler - ap
WASHINGTON - Political comedy often is intended to stir controversy, but this doesn't usually involve broadcasting rights and the public affairs network C-SPAN. The cable network asked two Internet video providers, YouTube and IFILM, to pull clips of Stephen Colbert's April 29 performance at the White House Correspondents Association dinner from their Web sites. C-SPAN said it contacted the companies because the copyrighted material was posted online without its permission. Both YouTube and IFILM complied with the request. Colbert hosts a satirical current events show on Comedy Central and performed his comedy routine at the correspondent's dinner. YouTube posted the...

[Jazz2006]

93. ROTFLMAO

:rofl:

Seriously, they can't REALLY be that stupid, can they?

I'm series!!!!!!!

They can't be, right?

[jeanmarc]

96. That's so pathetic of them....

That's so pathetic of them...it almost makes me want to donate to their crappy cause.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

97. what really amuses (and is SO fitting) is that he has become completely

irrelevant. And that is the one thing that DeLay cannot stand.

[SIMPLYB1980]

98. OMFG!!

What a complete and utter moron. I thought after Colbert gave Bush the political finger you would think they would "GET IT." Guess they are as stupid as I thought.

[peacebuzzard]

113. Hey! great stuff! welcome to DU

[SIMPLYB1980]

117. Thanks for the welcome.

:toast:

[Reader Rabbit]

99. Has this made it into the MSM anywhere?

It's so ludicrous that you'd think someone would find it newsworthy!

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

100. Keith had it on last night. It's still posted on Delay's website this a.m.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

101. roflmao!!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[bluefish]

102. This is hilarious!

Who the hell came up with this idea?

[CoffeeCat]

105. I just saw the video...

Ohmy.

If Tom DeLay is stupid enough to think that this interview was fodder for supporting him, he more moronic, than he is corrupt.

I don't know if that's possible...but it appears to be.

You would have to be a complete myopic, humorless, dimwit to not get Colbert's irony.

Furthermore, this demonstrates how completely dense they are. Do they actually believe that there is a journalist/interviewer out there who would take that stance? Has DeLay's reality been so altered by the few slobbering supporters with whom he surrounds himself--that he actually think that someone out there is toeing the line like that, for him? Oh please.

This is so hysterical.

Will they ever live this down?

[Imperialism Inc.]

106. I knew it!

I knew those dumb pieces of shit thought his character was truly a neo-con supporter. When I saw William Kristol on his show it seemed like he was quite surprised to find out Colbert wasn't a fawning reporter! he got invited to that White House dinner and now this. I think someone told these bozos that Colbert was on their side.

[joefree1]

107. It's still there

7:50 AM Pacific Time May 25, 2006

Unfreakingbelieveable.

[quisp]

108. Republicans and humor...

...not so much

as they say on the Stephanie Miller Show.

[lividtiff]

109. ha ha ha ha..

OMG this is too funny. I can't wait to see what Stephen has to say when he returns! I can't believe the stupidity!...oh wait...yes I can. ha ha ha what a good laugh this is. :rofl:

[Ladyhawk]

111. I didn't think anyone could be a non "It Getter" after the WHC Dinner.

Was I wrong? Are they really this stupid????

[krispos42]

119. Well, it's an unpleasant truth

Regressives have a problem with unpleasent truths. Truths like... the 4th Amendment. Those other two pesky branches of government. The 1st Amendment. Global warming. Bush is NOT the second coming of Jesus. Invading Iraq was a bad idea. Osama is still alive and transmitting.

It's much easier to stick your fingers in your ear and scream "You're either with us or with the terrorists!"

[sofa king]

112. That's... that's so beautiful.

It's really there. I just watched it. Hilarious!

And why not? I suppose there is a direct relationship between the people who believe Tom DeLay is innocent and the people who believe that Stephen Colbert is serious.

Heck, toss in those people who think NASCAR isn't fixed and I suppose Tom's won the trifecta.

[Ino]

114. Video "no longer available" in Delay's site

LOL!

[krispos42]

118. I'd tell them, but....

Okay, I'd tell them that the joke is on them, but that would require me to wiggle my mouse and tap some computer keys and frankly, it's just not worth the effort. I mean, it's the bottom die-hard 29% of the country that I'd have to tell, right? Well, these people are so dense I would actually have to brand "IT'S SATIRE, YOU IDIOT! YOU'RE THE BUTT OF THE JOKE!!!!" backwards on their foreheads with a hot iron. Then I'd have to brand the definition of 'satire' on their chests, also backwards, and buy them a mirror.

If they want to dismiss reality and believe that Stephen Colbert is on their side, that's fine with me, because remember, "reality has a well-known liberal bias"!

[ProfessorGAC]

121. And There Are Those, Right Here At DU. . .

. . .who have castigated me for underestimating the enemy when i say they are just degrees of stupid.

Now who's laughing, folks? One of their "braintrust" is too stupid to know that their "supporter" is making fun of him and his ilk.

I hate to say i told ya so! But i told ya so.

The Professor