# The President of the United States vs. Steve Colbert? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-of-the-united-states-vs-steve-colbert/354915 "2006-05-01T04:11:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-of-the-united-states-vs-steve-colbert/354915/161 "2006-05-06T23:30:22Z")
[QUOTE=New Iskander] And with all becoming modesty I’d like to point out that the most hilarious contributions by **Sampiro** and **Gorsnak** wouldn’t be possible without my interjection. [/QUOTE] And neither would the Internet, Viagra, digital memory disks, the Hoover dam or flying cars. Folks, this man is too modest, but let’s all have a huge round of applause for New Iskander, the man who makes Prometheus look like a common mugger! WHOOOOOOO! WHOOOOOOOOOOO! (Is there an emoticon for “the Wave”?) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-of-the-united-states-vs-steve-colbert/354915/162 "2006-05-07T00:34:43Z")
[QUOTE=New Iskander] Once again, I have no beef with Colbert. I think his performance was fine. I also think it is being over-hyped. [/QUOTE] Absolutely. I agree. However, I might point out that every single thing that any modern president does is overhyped. FDR could secretly meet with Churchill outside the U.S. but a modern president’s day is scheduled and public to the last second. Every move George W. Bush makes, every decision, every word that comes out of his mouth is overhyped. Anything that anybody does in his presence is also therefore overhyped. Thank you for adding this monumental historic insight to your list of other historic insights. Well, insight is too strong a word. Obviousity, maybe. Or apparenturpitude. Palpableable. Self-evidentury. Those are Colbertian words. They go perfectly along with your truthiness. TOOT! TOOT! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-of-the-united-states-vs-steve-colbert/354915/163 "2006-05-07T00:51:08Z")
This is my thread and if anybody goes TOOT one more time I am going to _scream_. Thank you, have a nice day. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-of-the-united-states-vs-steve-colbert/354915/164 "2006-05-07T04:08:53Z")
Toot ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-of-the-united-states-vs-steve-colbert/354915/165 "2006-05-07T11:26:51Z")
Moderator coughs: Just as a reminder: this thread is in Cafe Society. Personal insults directed at other posters are not permitted. And the content of the debate is on the entertainment value and related, not on the politics (which would go in the Great Debates forum.) ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-of-the-united-states-vs-steve-colbert/354915/166 "2006-05-07T16:09:10Z")
[QUOTE=Homebrew] Toot [/QUOTE] [Stephen Colbert] NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! [/Stephen Colbert] ---
**Author:** ![New\_Iskander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@New\_Iskander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Iskander)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-of-the-united-states-vs-steve-colbert/354915/167 "2006-05-07T16:54:17Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] Thank you for adding this monumental historic insight to your list of other historic insights. Well, insight is too strong a word. Obviousity, maybe. [/QUOTE] I’ve seen this one coming three days ago. [QUOTE=New Iskander on 05-04-2006] The time has come to state the obvious, and I feel enormously privileged to be in the position to do so. [/QUOTE] TOOT! TOOT! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-of-the-united-states-vs-steve-colbert/354915/168 "2006-05-07T18:03:26Z")
[QUOTE=New Iskander] TOOT! TOOT! [/QUOTE] That’s it! _chases **NI** and **Homebrew** around with a wet trout_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-of-the-united-states-vs-steve-colbert/354915.md?page=8)