The King Of Comedy

Un-frickin-believable.

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) took on a rare role yesterday as a defender of President Bush.

Hoyer came to the defense of the commander in chief after Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner, where the president took a drubbing from comedian Stephen Colbert.

"I thought some of it was funny, but I think it got a little rough," Hoyer said. "He is the president of the United States, and he deserves some respect."

"I'm certainly not a defender of the administration," Hoyer reassured stunned observers, but Colbert "crossed the line" with many jokes that were "in bad taste."

Banging my head against the wall right now.

Steny, here's a guy (Bush) who disrespects you so much as a Congressman that he's ignored as much as 750 laws you spend your life in DC making. He 's basically made you impotent as a legislator, and invisible as a human being. And all you have to talk about is this? This is the last thing you should be worried about as a Congressman. Why even bring it up? Why not give a "no comment" when asked? What purpose does this serve? Especially on a Tuesday night when the story's over?

Obviously Hoyer is allying himself with establishment DC. That's who he's defending. He wanted his nice little backslapping event to be filled with fun, light humor like the President looking under a couch for WMD. He didn't want his glass house to be shattered.

Well, deal with it. The President's a big boy and doesn't need anyone sticking up for him.

And I love when people use the word "offensive" for things which aren't offensive at all. It's a catch-all word for when you feel ashamed and humiliated by someone. There was absolutely nothing offensive about Colbert's set. It's offensive that you don't know that, Steny.