Explaining Some of the Right's Reaction to Colbert's Performance at the WHPC Dinner

What becomes a worldview most:

A delusion is commonly defined as a fixed false belief and is used in everyday language to describe a belief that is either false, fanciful or derived from deception. In psychiatry, the definition is necessarily more precise and implies that the belief is pathological (the result of an illness or illness process).

Delusions typically occur in the context of neurological or mental illness, although they are not tied to any particular disease and have been found to occur in the context of many pathological states (both physical and mental). However, they are of particular diagnostic importance in psychotic disorders and particularly in schizophrenia.

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[Leo Strauss]

I dunno Roxanne, I may have to disagree with you on this one. I was excited that Colbert was picked to appear (he is not Lewis Black funny, but funny nonetheless).

But watching Colbert was painful. He was awkward, rushed, had no "presence" and to me, at least, was unfunny. And I wanted to laugh. He had a few good jokes. But his video was overlong, poorly edited and would have been only mildly amusing even on the Comedy Channel.

I consider myself a Colbert fan but thought he struck out.

[stickdog]

To see the video for yourself in three parts (youtube version), click on my name.

[eRobin]

Colbert doesn't do stand up so you can't compare him to Black. The timing wasn't that of a comic. It was supposed to be a speech from a BushCo supporter. I agree that the video dragged in the middle. More cowbell less faces of WH reporters. Although the line, "Let's not let Helen ruin what was otherwise a nice day," was worth waiting for.

[Chris Clarke]

And given that eRobin usually despises Colbert, her comment here is high praise indeed.

I thought it was masterful, except yeah, the video dragged a little.

[he who is known as sefton]

"At the recent White House Correspondents Dinner, master comedian Stephen Colbert performed magnificently. With the rapier of wit and the mace of truth, he respectively skewered and censured the presidency of "dum'ass botch". And that's not all Mr Colbert accomplished.

Tucked away in his address to the dinner's flabbergasted attendees, like a ticking time bomb, there was an "easter egg", which we had absolutely . . . here "we" is a polite nod . . . NO right to expect. Like the Easter Bunny in a mischievous mood, Mr Colbert camouflaged a bon mot, so profound as to approach philosophical.

oh, before I reveal Mr Colbert's casual accomplishment, I should like to preface with a cave-- . . . "

The above blue text, which is enclosed within quotes, can be found appended to the article, which is located on the other side of the below hyperlink.

thanking you in advance for your gracious patience,

toodles
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.he who is known as sefton

http://hewhoisknownassefton.blogspot.com/2006/04/rehabilitation-of-and-by-and-for-right.html

. . . oh, yeah, I should add that the full title for that post is "rehabilitation of and by and for the right wing" . . .

[The Commissar]

Some guy that I've never heard of makes a big splash, gets wall to wall news coverage, and THAT is called a "blackout" ...

You were saying something about "delusions" and "a fixed false belief?" .. occurring in the context of many pathological states ...