Colbert Turns Obama Speech Into Kids' Book

Goes from 10th-grade-level to kindergarten-level
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 18, 2010 8:19 AM CDT

If you found yourself struggling to understand President Obama’s 10th-grade-level oil spill speech, Stephen Colbert is here to help you out. “Mr. President, your flowery verbiage is opaque and perplexing,” he said last night on the Report. “I’m sorry, I meant to say, your talky words make ears mad.” He then turned the speech into a children’s book, which of course required a character named “Spot” (the oil spill)…and another named Dick (Tony Hayward, of course).

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