Barbed commentary at the Press Awards is par for the course. Bush, et al, knew that, going in. (Besides which I suspect that dubya missed the significance of quite a bit of Colbert's jousting.)

I thought that Colbert, funny or not, was swinging as hard as he dared and connecting as often as he could. In my opinion, he gave those present a number of points to think about.

And as for being funny- Colbert may be a funny man but most of his stuff was funny only in being shocking. Even I cringed a little from time to time.

I think that Colbert made his political position abundantly clear.   If you noticed, upon leaving the podium he nodded to Bush, bowed to Ms. Bush and kissed Helen Thomas.

What I liked best about the evening is that it reminded me that we still have a country where this kind of thing can still happen. Long may his ilk wave, so to speak.