His "best behavior"? Well, maybe for Rock it was good behavior, but his first line was, "Sit your asses down". He also used "sucked" several times.
He was still 100 times better than Whoopi Goldberg.
In the eyes of the liberals, it was his best behavior. He actually waited about 2 and a half minutes before bashing Bush! Yes, and as Drudge noted, he managed to use "ass" in his very first statement. Would Bob Hope or Johnny Carson have done that? Or would the trio of Goldberg/R. Williams/
Crystal (who have also hosted a few Oscar ceremonies)?