Colbert Stands By His Obama/Hitler Analogy (VIDEO)

On Thursday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart took the media to task for its response to the Arizona shooting memorial. In contrast, "The Colbert Report" praised President Obama for giving such a touching speech at the service.

But that doesn't mean he's going to stop calling him Hitler.

Colbert lamented that Obama "had to politicize it by doing a great job," but that despite the inspirational speech, Colbert explained that you can't go back once you've called someone Hitler.

"Last night, I was moved by Hitler," Colbert said. "Turns out, Hitler is much more sensitive than we give him credit for."

If you think it sounds terrible to hear Colbert refer to the President as Hitler, just wait until you see how "The New York Post" handled Obama's uplifting speech about Gabrielle Giffords.

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Comments

[cal5000]

08:35 AM on 01/20/2011

Better keep your head up and on a swivel, Canada.

[trickjames23]

05:38 PM on 01/18/2011

I thought it was funny.

[Gutts]

08:23 AM on 01/17/2011

where is my comment?

[Joe in Vegas]

12:51 AM on 01/17/2011

Not only will President Obama win easily in 2012, he will go down in history as one of the greats in our nation's history. He has been in office for just under two years, and a lot of people simply refuse to accept that the USA is in markedly better shape that it was at the end of '08 when some of the more credible economists where claiming our great recession was in fact a depression. Two years is not bad considering the GOP establishment went far an above to wreck ANY and ALL of Obama's fine work. President Obama's historic speech in Tucson only affirms what a class act this man really is and not matter how hard some so-called American's try, Obama WILL NOT be derailed by a bunch of petty and childish (but damning) vandals of what makes the USA such a great nation..

[Clare53]

03:44 PM on 01/16/2011

That's terrible.

[nick mcnickles]

03:42 PM on 01/16/2011

No Colbert. Hitler sympathizers where republicans from Wall Street: http://www.reformed-theology.org/html/books/wall_street/index.html

[BannedInBoston]

03:38 PM on 01/16/2011

The right's Obama-_Hitler meme is completely ridiculous. The _Hitleresque politicians (and there are more than a few in this country, not all of them male) are all on the right. _Nazism is nothing but an _extreme right-wing ideology....

[T4]

01:02 PM on 01/16/2011

Obama as Hitler? Pick your time frame and maybe a good fit. Except maybe you reverse some things and Obama gives us a amercian economic holocasut by bailing the megabankers and leaving the rest of the country in foreclosure to them. Interesting that most of the emgabanks are jewish. Ana,ogies are slippery things.

[Hitchcockcameo]

06:42 PM on 01/16/2011

Colbert aptly makes fun of the Obama/Hitler reference, and yet here you are, earnestly believing it so. Pathetic.

[allison77]

01:50 AM on 01/17/2011

Please tell me this is supposed to be ironic sarcasm that just doesn't translate well without the body language clues.

[MrJoyboy]

11:14 AM on 01/16/2011

Hitler has had a good couple of years. Lots of pub.

[Gutts]

08:14 AM on 01/16/2011

no colbert....only white people are evil enough to fit the title of hitler.

[Meggie]

03:01 PM on 01/15/2011

The Post had that front page for real?  And anyone still subscribes? 
I guess they'd be the real joke.

[BannedInBoston]

03:44 PM on 01/16/2011

Given that the Post is well-known to be a right-wing _rag, I'm sure the juxtaposition of _Sting and Gifford's recovery was a deliberate tactic for downplaying the latter and even not taking it seriously....

[Bartolo27]

01:07 PM on 01/15/2011

See how the Republicans are saving America by preventing President Obama from doing a good job for America and Americans. They are stopping him from doing good so he won't be like Hitler. Awesome huh?

[ProfWagstaff]

11:17 AM on 01/15/2011

"He had to politicize it by doing a great job."

That pretty much covers the rationale behind all of the right_wing faux anger, regarding the Tuscon memorial and the President's speech.

[obama20082012]

11:41 PM on 01/15/2011

Of course Libs do a great job! Doing things well comes naturally to us!

[JuanCarlosysofia]

01:42 PM on 01/18/2011

yes, plus we don't brag or ask for compensation.free will, free love, free beer..i'm out to tick off the baggers this mornin'

[EmmaLib]

11:00 AM on 01/15/2011

The NY Post, truly a "rag".

[freddsky]

10:54 AM on 01/15/2011

I googled "mood ring" "HP" and "shopping channel" and got this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UY2uw3yoIA