The Big Dick Yukks It Up At The TV & Radio Correspondents' Dinner
By Nicole Belle Wednesday Apr 16, 2008 8:20am
You'd be amazed at how many guys want to go fishing with me these days...
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Hardy har har...it was a busy night in the nexus of Washington politics and journalism. While we were busy last night with the Pennsylvania Democratic debate, President Bush was hosting a dinner in honor of Pope Benedict's visit to the U.S. (ironically, the Pope was off washing his hair, or his mitre or something). And Veep Dick Cheney was hosting the annual TV & Radio Correspondents' Dinner. The Big Dick took the opportunity to show what is left of his humanity by tossing out a few jokes (some mildly at his own expense) to the great guffaws of the press corps, unbothered by the presence of one of the Principals of Torture and driving force of the biggest quagmires in American history. Gosh, and you wonder why journalism is so risk-averse to holding this administration accountable. Ah well, at least we were spared Karl Rove rapping this year.
In case you don't know it, (head-lining comedian Mo Rocca)'s blog is titled "MoRocca180: Only half as tedious as the regular news." Among his other credits, Mo used to host a TV show called, "Things I Hate About You." I'm sure I've seen that program, only I believe it's now called "Countdown with Keith Olbermann." Keith's not here tonight to savor my company, but we do have many big names from the broadcast media. And you can use a little good cheer, because these are tough times in your industry, in this age of YouTube and the blogs that threaten to overshadow the old media. At times, you must feel like you're at the center of events, but no one's really paying attention to you. You understand the world better than anybody, but no one wants to hear it. Now you know exactly what it's like to be Vice President. But I've had frustrations of my own. I'm old news in this election, but I want a piece of the action. I'm fired up for my own candidate, but the feeling isn't always returned. I feel kind of like Bill Clinton.
Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk. In case you were curious, C&L contributer Bill W said Mo bombed. Not bombed as Stephen Colbert did, in a cool and heroic way, just bombed.
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it can and never will get any lower than when bush did his little "no weapons of mass distruction here" video while american troops were being killed. i can not imagine any event that should have outraged the media and the american people more. and yet MSM said little about it. oh how i miss the days of true journalism.
At least Cheney is looking like what he actually is: A gangster just like Al Capone.
War criminal toadying to ignorant assholes who think they matter. What an edifying spectacle. Yuk it up you vile, fat, old piece of human waste.
Your days are numbered.
You know, if Cheney would have gotten up there with a cigar, his shotgun while wearing that hat and sunglasses he would look just like Saddam Hussein. Fitting actually, since they are both cut from the same cloth.
It's always good to be reminded of just what republicans think is funny.
I watched most of Mo Rocca's bit on FoxNews and he was just terrible. Nothing funny at all. He hasn't been funny since he was on the Daily Show anyway. He tries way too hard and it can be painful to watch.
He's laughing all the way to the bank since gotten countless of innocent people killed so his Halliburton stock options can increase 3000%.
War profiteer. War criminal. Satan.
Joe O. @ 4:
A video of Saddam Hussein. Tell me that Cheney doesn't see himself in the same way that Saddam did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzxcJfG6fwA&feature=related
I'm sure way back when, it was just as creepy when Hitler laughed. And soldiers have died and suffered permanent injuries for these mother fuckers. A total waste.
Why the fuck do we allow our media to schmooze with any of these assholes?
Ha ha ha ha ha.
Here's a good one for ya:
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST!
Why couldn't Rober Scheer host the "debate" last night? BO and HRC could've spent the night airing Bushco, Inc.'s dirty laundry instead of fighting each other.
The world will cool off when his pace maker finally fails for the last time.
chinless's routine killed the audience.
Al Capone probably had more principles and honour than that creep.
Watching the audience in the video gleefully laughing along with Cheney's little act is stomach-turning sickening.
In other news, scores of people killed in more suicide bombings in Iraq - but who cares. That's over there and we're over here. Out of sight and out of mind. Nothing to see here. Move along.
There's room at the top they are telling you still,
but first you must learn how to smile as you kill.
-John Lennon (Working Class Hero)
Off-topic question for the site admins:
Is C&L's bandwith being throttled? I am having no trouble surfing here and there, but for the last couple days, anytime I check in with C&L at work or at home, it runs like somebody hasn't fed the hamster.
Thanks.
There's a reason Mo Rocca bombed.
Mo Rocca is not funny, has never been funny, and is never going to be funny.
Even on the Daily Show, he managed to throttle any trace of humour out of anything he touched.
Is someone really funny if everyone is laughing because they are afraid you will kill them with your mind if they don't?
You watch this garbage and it's not hard to see why the media has no credibility! They are such whores for these idiots...."Oh Dick We LoveYou" "Tee Hee You're so funny" .......... Gag me, I think I'm going to be sick.
He claimed he met with the pope earlier, Why didn't his holiness bitch slap Darth for his part in destroying a soveriegn nation, the deaths of over four thousand American soldiers, the murder of an estimated million Iraqis, Torture, war profiteering and more. Nothing was said, That say's a lot about the pope I guess.
Keep smirking "Dickie Boy" You're gonna look great in that orange jumpsuit next year after you leave office!!
Please go to Democrats.org and sign the petition to impeach bush and cheney for approving torture. I tried to copy and paste the email I received, but it didn't work right.
Democrats.com...my bad.
Since this is Dick Cheney's last year as Vice President it is also his last licks at the Radio and Television Correspondents dinner.
Cheney was biting, sarcastic, often self-effacing and (mostly) funny as hell.
As far as Mo Rocca, I have nothing against him but I have never found him to be funny or clever. As it turned out, he was godawful. Maybe this is just the wrong forum for his kind of humor.
Who here thinks any post-Bush/Cheney investigation of WH criminality will actually reveal anything at all, much less result in prosecutions?
The emails have all been erased, the meetings with oil companies and lobbyists are safely off the record, the corruption of Iraqi contractors was never subject to oversight to begin with, and Bush conveniently changed the law to protect presidential papers from scrutiny. Congress just said OK, fine by us.
Cheney's comedy act is yet another condescending sideshow for the benefit of the base. The real show has taken place behind the scenes, and will never see the light of day.
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How these war criminals can stand there like nothing has happened shows how broken the American system really is.
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"Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney! Go fuck yourself!"
i could like dick cheney.. if it wasn't for the fact of all the 'other' stuff he said.. his lack of concern for the U.S. citizens and their concern.. allowing a particular business get contracts into iraq.. and allowing them to do anything they want, etc, etc, etc.
Joe O. @ 2:
Please Mr. Phantom, put your mask back on.
Pawsie @ 29:
I'd like cheney...to be tried and convicted of war crimes.
I am in awe at how deeply I can despise another human being. Just hearing that Vader voice makes my skin crawl.
Always the master of TVC (thinly veiled contempt).
Is that a ganster hat Cheney's wearing? How appropriate.
Al Capone had nothing on him.
Mo was never funny. And Dick is too evil - as a real Dick -to ever consider being "funny".
But the pomp and circumstance around the POPE. Now that's entertainment!
At the Mass today, " the gold was so bright, all the priests had to wear shades".
Now that's funny!
Mo Rocca is the guy cable TV "clip shows" hire when they can't find any other c-list celebrity to host the show. He sort of speaks in the cadence of a comedian, has that hipster look, and if you're not paying too much attention and you're folding your laundry or making dinner while the show is on, you might be distracted enough to notice that he's not funny at all. At all.
The beautiful thing about the times we live in is that it's easier to distinguish between what's good and what's not. The entities that hold much control over the other inhabitants of this planet can no longer conceal the hideous nature of their souls. Cheney,
Bush, the Pope, Pettraeus, oil executives, bankers, the list goes on. It's fascinating that they appear to be human beings like the rest of us, but they and the evil they represent are living on borrowed time. The problem is they are trying to bring the rest of us down with them and that means a very rough road ahead. Being kind to each other is the simple reason for us being here. Good luck to all of us in that undertaking, even the evil ones. They are after all our brothers and sisters.
Hey, Dick, this one's for you...
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Funny stuff!
This is the same group of people that killed JFK, RFK and MLK.
90% of the people in that room should be rounded up and charged with treason!! War crimes!! and Crimes against humanity!! Starting with Chenney and his bitch wife!!
Everyone wonders why the media is so fucked up...this little get together say's alot.
He should be on trial at the Hague instead of yucking it up with
his bootlickersthe media.BIG Dick? I disagree. BIG and Dickless might be more accurate. The one wearing the boxers is Mrs. Cheney...or is it briefs?
That guy should be in jail....
The Big Dick Yukks It Up At The TV & Radio Correspondents’ Dinner
That's the key word alright
Yukk...
Too bad he didn't choke on a chicken bone!
Laughing all the way to the bank
Biggus Diggus @ 36:
he can be very funny on npr's "wait, wait don't tell me"....but I never thought he was terribly funny when on the daily show. truth be told...I don't really care.
I'm pretty sure Lynne Cheney is on the board of Lockheed Martin, a major weapons and defense industry corporation profiting a lot from the "war on terrer"
Wow -- I can't believe it's already been two years since I gained oh-so-much respect for Stephen Colbert.....This criminal douchebag on the other hand.....
I can't believe he's as bad at entertaining his boot licking brown shirts as he is at taking care of our country.
He is a war criminal. This whole administration needs to be brought to justice. But the US justice system has no balls, and would never waste it's time with an indictment of this magnitude. wimps!!
who are these people laughing?? why would they sit there and laugh at this sociopath's jokes?? How in the world could it benefit them at this point?? Is it possible they truly believe the way he does??
The cynic in me feels that cheney will never be brought to justice.
But I hope for the day when we can play back this video and DESTROY the careers of those who are laughing with him.
You know, with that hat on Dicky boy looks like Judge Doom from "Whoi Framed Roger Rabbit"
http://weblogs.nrc.nl/weblog/moskou/wp-content/uploads/2006okt/judge_doo...
Of course he's laughing. He and bush probably didn't think it would be this easy to bullshit the country into a war and occupation. Not only have they made money but we will have to pay for their health and security benefits after they leave office. These guys are political pirates.
Please God, do me one favor smite this asshole.
I promise I'll change and he deserves it anyway.
Count Cheney looks like Darkman.
I thought the event was held at night? Why is he wearing his "go out in the daylight" outfit?
What's with the cheap shot about the Pope washing his hair or mitre? There was lots of room to suggest that the Pope would rather meet with his bishops than give W the pleasure (and the possibility of seeming to endorse W's policies) of his attendance at a state dinner. Say that, don't insult the Pope and by inference Catholics.
Liberal AND Proud @ 54:
I was thinking he looked like the evil judge in Roger Rabbit. But yeah, Darkman similiarities too.
I'm sure this fat nasty wicked criminal laughs and jokes at his friends funerals too. I'll bet the soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan just love the dark humor from these "elitist" mother fuckers.
That's a shame about Rocca. I've seen him live and he was quite funny.
to horseman @39 Is that a horseman from north of the border? We can use that photo for the wanted poster, dicks hat size offsets his little pecker. Gee he's just to cool for words, he sure as hells not dick tracy!
geeky x-tian @ 56:
I think he looks like an asshole.
Hunter S Thompson must be break dancing in his grave.
I would rather go hunting with you DICK!
What a dick...
What bothers me the most is how the tv and radio correspondants are laughing. Hell, it looks like a GOP convention!
Okay here's a little objective analysis of the clip:
The WH Correspondence dinner is suppsed to be FUNNY...which is to say that you people REALLY need to stop taking it so seriously...it shouldnt be a major indictment on either Bush's or Clinton's presidencies...people need to friggin stop breaking down how bad they feel about a joke so-and-so told...like when Laura Bush interrupted Dubya at the podium...that was funny guys...it wasnt a comment on feminism, it wasnt a comment on Dubya being whipped...RELAX...
That being said...i only found 3 jokes funny...
1) suggesting if Romney wants to be running mate he should get on the search committee
2) next time he goes to the hospital, he insists on a hybrid ambulance
3) being referred to as Darth Cheney humanizes him
cheney (or at least whomever wrote his speech) doesnt seem to understand that the correpondence dinner is more like a roast...as such, its not the best of taste to insult people who arent there, especially people are in the opposition. when laura bush interrupted dubya, she spent the time busting on him...that was funny. when colbert hit pretty much everybody in the room...that was funny. cheney going after bill clinton and al gore? not so much.
youd think bush would have rescheduled the correspondents dinner around the arrival of the pope to get a few last shots in, but whateva....
btw, im guessing 'youd be surprised how many people want to go fishing with me' was a reference to The Godfather Part 2
What bugs me the most...is ony the most desperate TV and radion personalities actually attend this annual requiem on honesty in the news. Cheney had nothing good to say about the media....a good reason to tel him to ....off and wait until next years event, in my view.
When will the free press...that covers Washington really be free? Best thing to do...boycott this annual BS fest..and continue to report real, factual, and objective news.
The VP should have been stoned verbally already..but he is lying low and letting GW take the licks...so he can safely resume his job at Haliburton after his 7 year ....over the country ride...at taxpayer expense.
I hope the dinner sucked...the speakers sure did.
David Hill @ 66:
Nope, it is in reference to the reflection in Mr. Cheney's sunglasses in the recent photo of him fishing. Was a minor huhu about what exactly was reflected...some thought it looked like a female sunbather or 'entertainer'. Turned out it's his (or someone's) fishing rod/reel.
Thanks for making this great video available. Cheney and Romney were funny, Mo was not, his bit was sadly inferior but I suppose he can't afford the writers the others had. Cut back on the vitriol, it's really not good for you.
i hear cheney's r. bud dwyer impersonation absolutely slays..
Jimmi the Grey @ 68:
oh yeah, id forgotten about that...i think a lot of people like my reference better :-D
If a treasonous piece of crap like Cheney hosting this event isn't proof the main-stream media has betrayed us all, I don't know what is.
Laugh it up you bastard. I'm sure the Iraqis and those 4,000 dead American troops are laughing with you.
Che's Lounge @ 12:
Makes me glad we built Guantanamo, after all we'll need a place to put these pieces of shit when they are brought to justice. I don't want them stinking up the federal prisons in this country.
Sic Semper Tyrannis
Can you imagine the dire consequences of putting them in a federal penitentiary? The mafia connection would see no end in sight if we did that.
Dick was sort of funny in a morbid sense of humor.
Hey, Cheney can read!
Tell us about the Dick, war.
David Hill @ 71:
Ah, snark. Sorry, my bad...humor doesn't kick in for me until 2 cups of coffee. I'm a bartender in Oregon (pacific time zone) and it's still early for me. ;)
Instead of serving a prison sentence, the asshole is having fun on our dime & at our expense.
What a country !!
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Probably a lot more people than want to go hunting with him.
I wish they wouldn't refer to him as ''Big Dick", I usually take that as a compliment. I am sure that is the least of his attributes which are few and far between.
Riiiiggghhhtt.... But how many people want to go duck hunting with ya Dick????? har har.. Bah, you're a war criminal asshole..JD
Too bad Mo bombed -- he actually is amusing when he's on WAIT WAIT DON'T TELL ME (THE NPR NEWS QUIZ). I have to listen to that show every week, it's that good.
I'm glad to see that Vice-President Dick Cheney is having a good time. I wouldn't want approving torture, launching an illegal police action in Iraq or spying on U.S. Citizens to get anyone down.
what is wrong with America when you honor a war criminal? Have you no shame? Why are you all so afraid of Bush and Cheney? The world cries for you!
What a prize piece! A "fucking lying, thieving, moronic, war mongering fool, who thinks he's funny..........TYPICAL ASSHOLE REPUBLICAN!
If I were in the media, my ass would be well distant from that "FELON"!
Just when I thought the American situation could get no worse, this happens. Good grief! Of course, as When Cheney made his joke about the hybrid ambulance I thought, "Maybe the driver could get lost."
I just do not understand how the people in the audience could sit there, applauding this criminal against humanity, laughing at his "humor". What low sycophant life forms they are. This is about as disgusting, embarrassing, idiotic as it gets, I think, especially now when the extent of criminality of this administration is starting to really become known. Notice the use of the phrase, "starting to become known"…
I agree with the first comment by willie that Bush's facade of searching for WMD under tables was about as low as you can get, but when you combine that with this, America sinks even lower. How embarrassing.
What's with that photo of Truman Capote at the Correspondents' Dinner? I thought Truman Capote was dead. Oh, right, that's Dick Cheney doing his Truman Capote impression. And thinking about his future autobiography: "Dick Cheney, In Cold Blood."
So Cheney gets to make fun of all the folks that saw the naughty lady in his sunglasses. including C&L. pwnd by Cheney's knuckle. Ooops. Don't bring THAT up here.
Ya see the beauty of the internet is that it is a self correcting mechanism. just sucks to be on the wrong end of it for a change eh? Apologize?
Not in a million years.
I got to the Gore comment of Cheney's quagmire of sad one-liners and decided I have been right this whole time about him...and the media and anyone that laughed at the pathetic "jokes"... We, as a nation, are, without reservation or even a hint of irony, a country of apathetic, spoiled, sinister, no-good, raging bottom feeders ad we are fucked...
I'm going to save this video until the next time someone says, "What would it have been like if Hermann Göring did stand-up?"
and just how many websites have been scrubbed of cheneys litany of crimes over the past seven and a half years? he will get the attention he craves, just not in the manner he expects.
War Crimes Tribunals and Impeachments...coming soon.
with that fedora on, did dick cheney just have his jack abrahmoff moment?
I've looked at this post a fw times, and then moved on. I haven't watched the video because I'm afraid I might brain damage myself. I'll read the commments first.
3 Philip Combs Says: War criminal toadying to ignorant assholes who think they matter. What an edifying spectacle. Yuk it up you vile, fat, old piece of human waste.
Your days are numbered.
DITTO!!!!!
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1 willie Says: it can and never will get any lower than when bush did his little “no weapons of mass distruction here” video while american troops were being killed. i can not imagine any event that should have outraged the media and the american people more. and yet MSM said little about it. oh how i miss the days of true journalism.
DITTO!!!!!
And there we have it.
C&L contributer Bill W said Mo bombed. Not bombed as Stephen Colbert did, in a cool and heroic way, just bombed.
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Stephen Colbert didn't bomb. Far from it. The audience loved him. They had just become so accustomed to living in the dark, they didn't know what to do when he turned the lights back on.
I don't like his policy decisions, but he does seem to have a good sense of humor.
Good Ghost Comedy Writing by someone. Very good reading by Cheney the War Criminal. What a country! God bless America and all the ships at sea.
You'd be amazed at how many guys want to see me in the Hague or naked on a pyramid or on a leash or water-boarded or standing on a box with electrical wires attached to my nuts. You'd just be amazed.
I bet the people laughing in the audience didn't think about the over 4000 families and the thousands of injured soldiers (and Iraqis) who are probably not laughing and have lost more than anyone can imagine in the name of oil and military profiteering. I hope he can never show his face in public again-preferably behind bars.
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