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No, sir, not to do what you just did. You have the biggest balls of them all...

The Videos: White House Correspondents Dinner: Colbert
The Transcript

You did what we all wanted to do. You did what we all wished we could do. You did what we all know none of us would have had the BALLS to do. You risked public embarrasment and endured the humiliation of a non-responsive crowd to deliver the truthiness personally to a man, an administration, and a press that we all wish would listen to the concerns of the American people. Thank you.

"I stand by this man [the president, sitting 10 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."