America’s Edgiest Rants

ColbertJust thought you might want to see what happens when you invite the Daily Show's Stephen Colbert to give a speech at the annual Whitehouse Correspondents' Dinner.

A scathing, barely polite rant delivered – astonishingly – straight to the president's face.

I stand by this man. I stand by this man because he stands for things. And not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers, and rubble, and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message: that no matter what happens to America, she will always rebound with the most powerfully staged photo-ops in the world.