What did Stephen Colbert think of President Obama’s budget speech? Meh.
That’s because unlike Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Obama didn’t use any charts or graphics in his presentation. Therefore, his speech was so boring that it put Vice President Biden to sleep.
“Paul Ryan’s presentation was thrilling, with its exciting graphs and crowd-pleasing pie charts,” Colbert said. “This country loves charts and graphs. That’s why we elected President Perot.”
Colbert then cited several historical examples of famous speeches made better by charts, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s chart that showed that 100% of our fear should be related to fear itself, while 0% should be related to spiders.
Watch the video below:
| The Colbert Report | Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
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