The Daily Show's irrepressible Stephen Colbert on the Republican Convention:
"Jon, to call this convention a little manipulative is like calling Marcel Marceau a little quiet."
Where to begin with the GOP, huh? Ah, yes, the Republicans are holding their convention this year near Ground Zero, shortly before the 9/11 anniversary in the one American city they'd usually most want to avoid like the plague because of its huge Democratic constituency. (I'm a little surprised the whole metropolitan NYC area hasn't disappear in a sudden cosmic burst at the utter irony, positive and negative forces effectively canceling each other out.)
Then you could talk about presenters like Arnie and Guliani who hardly reflect the party's swerve to the hard right. Though Guliani seems determined to wander off in that direction himself lately. (2008 ain't that far away is it, Rudy?)
I'm not telling you anything you didn't already know, so I'll quit there. Really just wanted to throw up that Colbert quote. He's a force unto himself that Colbert. I can see him having his own show.
(Via Amy Sullivan on Atlantic Monthly)
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