A lot of conservatives actually believed he was as he was in the show.

Conservatives historically have never understood sub context, even if it jumps up and slaps them in the mouth.

For what it’s worth, Bush knew it was a roast. Roasting the president is a traditional part of the press correspondents’ dinner (or was, before paper-thin-orange-skin became president). Earlier in that very same dinner, Bush did a bit roasting himself with a Bush impersonator.

Every so often, I used to go back and re-watch the entire thing. It was just so good.

I had to laugh when the "liberal media" was later spinning it the next day (and the hard right outlets like Faux and hate radio picked this up and used this spin - "see, even the liberal media says it was bad!") as not that funny, it got hardly any laughs in the room, etc.

Yeah, NO SHIT many people in the room weren't erupting in loud guffaws. He was making fun of YOU motherfuckers, too. Right to your smug little faces.

Just like Orange Jesus didn't erupt into laughter when years later, Seth tore him a new one right to his face, as did Obama. Orange Jesus sat there, seething. Orange Jesus gave it 0 stars, boo, it was terrible, no more discussion. LOL.

He talked about why he left at one point and this was part of it. Because even if he didn't mean what he said there were still people that believed him.

Shhhh, nobody correct him, it’s way funnier that way.

“You mean Trump cancelled a conservative host?”