> Stephen Colbert Speaks Truth to Power at the White House Correspondent’s dinner
1 May 2006, 05:46
On the face of it that certainly seemed to be a "somebody tells the truth to power" moment. Very Funny, kind of edgy.
But in reality who arranges these events? Who sets up the speakers like that? I’ll bet something here. We all know the tight Rovian control of public events of the last 5 years. The stages, the props, the scripted audiences, the propaganda. All these mucka mucks and Very Important People at this gig, which was sure to be recorded and disseminated, with Bubble Boy himself, and Colbert wasn’t vetted R E A L closely by the Rovian machine?
I’m thinking it was a calculated safety valve effort. The string pullers are ALWAYS several moves ahead in this game. They know the general consensus and I think something like this is meant to help them, and not allowed to hurt them. How? Perhaps showing the sockpuppet as being "in touch", maybe making light of severe problems to dilute them, possibly trying to get rid of the bubble boy image.
On the face of it that certainly seemed to be a "somebody tells the truth to power" moment. Very Funny, kind of edgy.
But in reality who arranges these events? Who sets up the speakers like that? I’ll bet something here. We all know the tight Rovian control of public events of the last 5 years. The stages, the props, the scripted audiences, the propaganda. All these mucka mucks and Very Important People at this gig, which was sure to be recorded and disseminated, with Bubble Boy himself, and Colbert wasn’t vetted R E A L closely by the Rovian machine?
I’m thinking it was a calculated safety valve effort. The string pullers are ALWAYS several moves ahead in this game. They know the general consensus and I think something like this is meant to help them, and not allowed to hurt them. How? Perhaps showing the sockpuppet as being "in touch", maybe making light of severe problems to dilute them, possibly trying to get rid of the bubble boy image.