Stephen Colbert mocked Fox News’ recent attacks on President Obama regarding border security and his embrace of the Enlightenment Tuesday night.
He began the episode of The Colbert Report, saying:
“I don’t mean to sound like a broken MP3 file, but I gotta say it again. Barack Obama doesn’t have the right stuff to be president, and I, and I’m beginning to think that he agrees because he’s beginning to do something far worse than destroying America – he’s slacking off at destroying America.”
Colbert then cut to clips of various Fox New’s hosts trashing President Obama over border security, starting with Greta Van Susteren saying that “this week, President Obama refusing to go to the Mexican border — but guess where the president is going? On vacation. News today that the Obama’s will be heading back to ritzy Martha’s Vinyard this month.”
Next he played a clip of Lou Dobbs: “President Obama spent three days avoiding a visit to the border – instead playing pool, sipping beers, and of course, raising lots of money.”
Eric Bolling finished the montage stating: “Wake up America. We elected a president who would rather play pool and drink beer in Colorado than address the American crisis developing at our border.”
“Yes,” Colbert responded, “while America burns, President Nero is fiddling on vacation. In Martha’s Vineyard, shooting pool in Colorado, and down in Disneyworld, he’s just hanging around giving the same damn speech all day long. Must be nice. And you won’t believe what he did on his latest trip to Europe.”
He added, “Peter Johnson Jr. break it down for us”, handing off the segment to a clip of the Fox News host complaining about “the salon society of the 17th and 18th Century of the Enlightenment has now come to President Obama and the White House.”
“We know that as soon as he stepped off the plane in Rome, he’s asked the ambassador, ‘let’s have a dinner party.’ We can discuss art, architecture — the Englightenment! Wonderful!”
Colbert took over, stating:
“Yes, wonderful! The Enlightenment! The 17th and 18th Century revolution that believed that knowledge was worth acquiring and that the scientific method is superior to superstition and witchcraft!”
“Oh, Garçon! Garcon, please bring us pasteurized milk and vaccines so we can all live past age 30!”
Colbert continued mocking Fox News explaining that Obama was merely suffering from “Senioritis,”
“He’s in the last two semesters of his presidency and he’s totally checked out…tossing back beers, late night bull sessions with his friends…traveling across Europe…”
You can watch the segment, below, from Comedy Central.
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