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Colbert on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (from Iraq)

dcnick — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:10:26 +0000

Great clip from the Colbert Report last night.

Gutsy to do it in Iraq for the troops, but this is the guy who eviscerated Bush at the Correspondent’s Dinner.

Eleanor Holmes Norton on the Power of Colbert

dcnick — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:49:58 +0000

There is something very genuine about the moment when (soon to be voting) Rep. Holmes Norton talks about Stephen Colbert at the end of this clip. Often people talk about how scary the statistics about how many people get their news from Stewart and Colbert are, but this is a good demonstration of their potential impact (for good). The clip at this link is definitely worth the 54 seconds it takes to watch.

via Stephen Colbert Credited For Raising Awareness Of DC Vote Effort.

“Stephen Colbert has done more than any other single human being to inform the country, which was largely ignorant of the fact that we do not have the vote. I tell my constituents – you don’t owe it to me, you don’t owe it to DC Vote, you owe it to Colbert. You want to talk about sacrifices I’ve made, I’ll let the man beat up on me anytime he wants to just to get the word out.”

Why don’t you try making policy…or at least suggesting it?

dcnick — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:58:40 +0000

I’m someone who generally embraces creativity. I even momentarily defended Congressmen and women twittering during a Presidential Address to Congress (until I actually saw what they were tweeting). But we’re reaching an entirely new low when members of Congress aren’t just going on the Colbert Report (which I think is great move), but are trying to recreate it. Here’s the problem: You’re. Not. Funny. Did you come to Capitol Hill to be “cool” or to lead the country?

Seriously, who are his staff that somehow thought this was a good idea? The only thing worse than a dumb politician is a bad attempt at humor…

This, by the way, is Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) via Swampland