Jeb Bush et le pari risqué de Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert prend la relève de David Letterman ce soir à la barre de l'émission The late show sur CBS. Il souhaitait d'abord inviter Hillary Clinton, mais cette dernière lui a préféré Jimmy Fallon qui est généralement plus amical avec ses invités. Jeb Bush sera donc le premier candidat à la présidence à se soumettre à l'humour corrosif de Colbert. C'est un tout un pari pour Bush qui compte déjà quelques maladresses. La famille Bush connaît bien le risque que présente le célèbre humoriste puisqu'il avait été particulièrement dur avec George W. lors du "White House Correspondents Association dinner de 2006" (vidéo plus bas).

  "But it can hurt too. No one knows the sting of Colbert’s satire better than Jeb Bush’s brother, former President George W. Bush, who the then-Comedy Central star, in the persona of the conservative pundit character he played on The Colbert Report, mocked for a good 20 minutes at the 2006 White House Correspondents Association dinner with the president seated just beside him on stage.

In the searing routine, Colbert ripped the president over his response to Hurricane Katrina and his declaration of victory in Iraq aboard an aircraft carrier in 2003. “I stand by this man,” Colbert said that night with Bush seated a few feet away. “I stand by this man because he stands for things. 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."

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/jebs-high-wire-act-213416