The “Republican Wave” in 23 seconds, courtesy of Stephen Colbert:
Via Don Waisanen at Thick Culture.
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Ricky — November 19, 2010
Shellacking
JohnMWhite — November 19, 2010
A transcript, or even just a description of the talking point, would be appreciated for those of us who cannot view this content in our country. I do recall The Daily Show and Colbert being great at pointing out how blatantly scripted and fed these points come across as, when they just appear again and again and again.
Jenn — November 19, 2010
John- Basically, Colbert says that the election is coming up and there's only one way to describe it, then every single one of those little talking heads says "a big Republican wave." Then Colbert grabs his surfboard, makes a surfer noise like, "Shaka-bra!" and says, "This is the Colbert Report!" Then, not shown, the opening music for the show started. [The clip is a few weeks old.]
Jake — November 19, 2010
they's done been doing dat for years now.
Check da "outfoxed" doc for even more ways a talking point is echo chambered into national consciousness.
Calvin — November 19, 2010
Anyone have any interesting videos about 'liberal' talking points?