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MeganGlass 就是一个古代的三明治
06/10/09

In reply to Colbert Brings Don't Ask Don't Tell Debate, Major Balls, To American Troops
OH god, that "Jody" joke was funny if you've been in the army.
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
06/10/09

In reply to Colbert Brings Don't Ask Don't Tell Debate, Major Balls, To American Troops
Is it wrong if I truly believe he will go down in history as one of the Greatest Americans Ever alongside presidents, inventors and soldiers? He's done and said more through this, his show and his Whitehouse speech than 99 percent of politicians. He is a genius.
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SomeAuthorGirl
06/10/09

In reply to Colbert Brings Don't Ask Don't Tell Debate, Major Balls, To American Troops
Skillfully, beautifully done, Mr. Colbert!! I too salute you!!

And Megan, I am totes there with you too.

'Ello? Mr. President? Can you hear us? 'Ellooooooooo??!!!!!
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Imjustnotthatintoyou
06/10/09

In reply to Colbert Brings Don't Ask Don't Tell Debate, Major Balls, To American Troops
I love Colbert. He will be my man mistress.

But I do have a bit of an opinion on this. I didn't appreciate the generalization that was implied in the original article. This quote, kinda bothered me: "In front of hundreds of active duty military personnel - the very personnel proponents of Don't Ask Don't Tell claim..." My husband's an active duty soldier, but automatically b/c he's in the military he's for DADT? A lot of the guys could care less about whether or not the soldier serving next to them is gay, as long as he/she got their backs it's all good. I hate when people stereotype soldiers as these stuck in the 80's homophobes. It's the asshats who are in charge of everything that need to be talked to or stereotyped, these are the people who are keeping this archaic policy in effect.
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Dodgergirl
06/10/09

@Imjustnotthatintoyou: I read it that way at first too, but it's "the very personnel proponents of Don't Ask Don't Tell claim require it for cohesiveness." So she was saying they are the people that DADT proponents SAY need it.
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ellaesther
06/10/09

In reply to Colbert Brings Don't Ask Don't Tell Debate, Major Balls, To American Troops
If I may: I love this man so much -- he is a good, good man, who knows what morality truly is and brings it to every day of his insane form of absurdist comedy. Can you imagine being one of those LGBT soldiers in the audience (and you know there were some) when he went into that bit? "I'm a good soldier, damn it! And Colbert knows it!" I get chills.
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Cunning_Linguist
06/10/09

@ellaesther: You may! He's practically a demi-god in my world.
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ellaesther
06/10/09

@Cunning_Linguist: A semi-demi-god?
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ManofReason
06/10/09

In reply to Colbert Brings Don't Ask Don't Tell Debate, Major Balls, To American Troops
Do you know anyone who takes this man's word without any irony? I have a hardcore right wing friend (who almost always wear sweat pants) and he completly believes everything Colbert preaches. It is just bizarre when he tells me I am wrong about his whole persona being an intentional stitch. It is like telling a 5 year old that Santa Clause isn't real.
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JinxyMcDeath
06/10/09

@ManofReason: Which just proves that the Republicans have no sense of humor...yes, it's a huge generalization...which they get to keep until someone in that starts laughing at something other than other people's misery (they should start with themselves).
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Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
06/10/09

@ManofReason: Really? That's makes me REALLY uncomfortable with the fact that his OUTRAGEOUS satire can actually be mistaken for his actual personality. Also, I think I would like to make fun of your friend. I'm available at 1:30 and 3:00 on Friday, does he have an opening?
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Erode
06/10/09

@JinxyMcDeath: I'm a Republican and I adore Colbert and Jon Stewart. You can put that broad brush that you just painted all of us with down now ;)
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onestrawplz
06/10/09

@ManofReason: Yes! Omg, I thought I was the only one. I have a friend who doesn't know jack shit about politics but claims she's a Republican because she likes to pretend she's rich. She also thinks Colbert is hilarious. I do not get it.
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
06/10/09

@ManofReason: That is terrifying. Just to be safe, keep all Orson Welles radio shows away from them, too.
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gobblegirl
06/10/09

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Uh, I didn't get the "Jody" joke. Someone care to enlighten me?
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LaComtesse
06/10/09

@gobblegirl: Army term for civilian men who have sex with their girlfriends while they are away fighting.
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andBegorrah
06/10/09

@LaComtesse: The military man's version of "Jolene," eh?
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LaComtesse
06/10/09

@andBegorrah: Heh. Never thought of it that way before, but yeah!
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gobblegirl
06/10/09

@LaComtesse: Ah yes, I forgot everything I learned watching "Army Wives." Thanks!
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LaComtesse
06/10/09

In reply to Colbert Brings Don't Ask Don't Tell Debate, Major Balls, To American Troops
Colbert jokes about having "huevos mas grandes" but he REALLY really does. This dude is so awesome and my crush is so huge. So again, I shall encapsulate his awesome via gif...

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Dodgergirl
06/10/09

@LaComtesse:

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legallynonblonde
06/10/09

@Dodgergirl: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH! That just made my day! Hilarious! What show/episode is the clip from?
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Dodgergirl
06/10/09

@legallynonblonde: @andthentheresme: It's from very early on in the Report-- extra footage from "Better Know A District" with Barney Frank. And it's even better with music:

[www.colbertnation.com]
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Little Green Frog (Wise Latina)
06/10/09

In reply to Colbert Brings Don't Ask Don't Tell Debate, Major Balls, To American Troops
I didn't get the joke about "Jody" looking after his wife. Can someone explain? Is this some sort of DADT related-story?
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hovy
06/10/09

@Little Green Frog: It could either by a female Jody, meaning that the wife is suddenly going to become a lesbian; or a male Jody which means the wife has an affair.

Either way, it implies that the wife winds up cheating on the soldier.
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LaComtesse
06/10/09

@hovy: @Little Green Frog: Jody is what servicemen call un-enlisted men who wind up having sex with the servicemen's girlfriends while they are away.
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Cafezinha
06/10/09

@Little Green Frog: Here's some Wiki on it.

[en.wikipedia.org]
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anibundel
06/10/09

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Watching this is like watching mini Wash.Hilt WHCD performances. The crowd is semi-uncomfortable. Half of them are really there because they are starved for entertainment, not because they like the guy.

On the other hand, My BF pointed out the turn out for Colbert looks to be much larger than some of the other televised USO shows, like WWE--when you'd think it would be the other way round.
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nessalicious
06/10/09

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I just watched this 3 times in a row. It was great each time. Well done him for talking about this too!
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stealthird
06/10/09

In reply to Colbert Brings Don't Ask Don't Tell Debate, Major Balls, To American Troops
I'm going to have to embarrass myself a bit here and admit that it took me more than a minute to realize that the changing backgrounds correlated with his switching between personae.

Back to bed for me.
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greengrey
06/10/09

In reply to Colbert Brings Don't Ask Don't Tell Debate, Major Balls, To American Troops
Don't ask don't tell. That means straight men get kicked out for looking at straight porn or talking about their girlfriends, yeah?
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angelheadedhipster
06/10/09

@greengrey (is not a star!): HAHAHAH! Same standards for LGBT people and straight people? YOU SLAY ME!
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Ofmyself
06/10/09

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I may be in the minority on this, but I think Colbert looks great with the shaved head.
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CherriSpryte
06/10/09

@Ofmyself: No I totally agree!
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andBegorrah
06/10/09

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Major Balls! *salute*
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andBegorrah
06/10/09

@andBegorrah: (He serves under General Awesomeness.)
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LipstickLibrarian
06/10/09

@andBegorrah: There's more than a colonel of truth in your statement.
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