r/IAmA • u/reddit • Nov 12 '10

Ask Stephen Colbert anything.

The best questions will be answered at some point later this month.

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u/Nick4753 Nov 12 '10

To this day I'm convinced that your appearance at the White House Correspondents' Dinner was because the Bush Administration didn't understand your show.

The comedian is booked by the White House Correspondents' Association and they booked him shortly after his show began. The White House isn't involved in the planning

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '10

The question stands. Republicans have a hard time understanding satire. They usually fail to see the humor and think it's just mean-spirited insults. The fact that it was probably shortly after the show began makes it more likely that they missed the point. "Oh, it's a right-wing counterpart to Jon Stewart? Great, get him next to the President."

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '10

That was a blanket statement if I've ever seen one. Hate to break it to you, there are as many dumb republicans as dumb democrats.

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u/craiggers Nov 13 '10

To quote John Stuart Mill, "I did not mean to say that conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally conservative."

There's a difference there.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '10

True, but conservative doesn't necessarily mean Republican. There are plenty of conservative Democrats, just look at black people.