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Colbert: Not In Bushworld Anymore
BAGnewsNotes —
... That was then.
This is now.
Can't say what this means for Colbert's career, but what the pictures testify to is a lot less antagonism in Washington. (At least through the honeymoon.)
More: WAPO Colbert Roast slideshow. Rahm Emanuel via bootleg video at HuffPost.
(image: Richard A. Lipski-The Washington Post. 20th Annual Roast for Spina Bifida, Hilton Washington. November 15, 2008) ...
Rahm Emanuel: Obama, Biden one-liners
The Swamp —
... The Colbert roasting with Emanuel and others at the podium, as the Huffington Post reports it with a video clip, was part of a charity for the Spina Bifida Association organized every year by Judy Woodruff and Al Hunt. ...
Rahmbo Roast Colbert at Spina Bifida Benefit
The Latest on Air America —
Rahmbo Roast Colbert at Spina Bifida Benefit By Air America [image] Huffington Post Well, Air America was there but alas our video person was busy interviewing the ghost of FDR. Huffington Post does a Blair Witch Project video and here's what they say: White House chief of staff-designate Rahm Emanuel took some time off from the transition Friday night to hurl barbs at his longtime pseudo-nemesis Stephen Colbert (as well as Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Joe Lieberman, et al...) More here. ...
Emanuel's roast
Ben Smith's Blog —
... in brightcove reporting
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Via Huffington Post, some video from Rahm Emanuel's roast of Stephen Colbert at a charity event ...
Rahm Emanuel Roasts Stephen Colbert (at Spina Bifida Association Event)
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... I loved it when you told Helen Thomas that the 'Mission Accomplished' banner should have read, 'Mission Accomplished For These Sailors Who Are On This Ship On Their Mission.' I certainly hope you had a banner for that explanation. Do you get sore the next day after shoveling it that hard? I kid, I kid, but no, Dana, you are the one person who I don't mind slamming me on this entire podium, because I know for the last year and a half you haven't meant anything you've said." Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/15/rahm-emanuel-r...
